On the Air - Mā runga iarere for Friday 12 January 2024

Show Notes

Nau mai haere mai, welcome to On the Air - Mā runga iarere with Mark Williams and Kara Rickard for Friday, 12 January 2024.

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12:30pm Wish You Were Here: Ruban Nielson from Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Ahead of his appearance at the Laneway festival in Auckland, Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman Ruban Neilson joins Kara & Mark from his home in Portland to talk D'Angelo,Cassette tapes and 90s Vampire movies.

Ruban Nielson / Unknown Mortal Orchestra Photo: Juan Ortiz-Arenas

1.25pm - Dimmer: How we made 'I Believe You Are A Star'

Twenty-one years after the launch of Dimmer's sensational 'I Believe You are a Star', Shayne Carter and drummer Gary Sullivan recount the stories that led to the creation of one of RNZ Music team's favourite local albums of this century.

Photo: Dimmer - I Believe You are a Star

2.05pm - Stand By Your Woman: Tami Neilson on Feminism in Country Music

New Zealand's Queen of Country Tami Neilson joins Mark & Kara for an exploration of the positive and negative themes attached to woman in country music.

Tami Neilson Photo: Mary Ellen Matthews

3:30pm - Proud: An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation

In 2022 Independent Music NZ announced the seminal 1994 album ‘Proud - An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation’ as the recipient of the 2022 Classic Record award and a year later (May 2023) the album was released on vinyl for the very first time.

A compilation of South Auckland artists, Proud paved the way for OMC’s worldwide hit, How Bizarre. In this episode of Essential New Zealand Albums, Nick Bollinger talks to Proud’s producer Alan Jansson.  

Pauly Fuemana - OMC Photo: © Simon Grigg

4.:10pm - Motor City Soul with Detroit DJ Marcellus Pittman

Songs Played:

12-1pm
Beastie Boys - Lighten Up
Ze Roberto - Lotus 72
Canned Heat - Going Up the Country
D'Angelo - Spanish Joint
Th' Dudes - Be Mine Tonight

1-2pm
MF Doom - Doomsday (Instrumental)
Open Sky Unit - Sunshine Star
Dimmer - Pendulum (Live at The Hollywood)
Marlon Williams - After the Revolution
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Jimi Hendrix - Pali Gap

2-3pm
Tami Neilson - Beyond the Stars (feat. Willie Nelson)
Carter Family- Single Girl/ Married Girl
Kitty Wells-It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Loretta Lynn - You Ain’t Woman Enough
Patsy Cline  - Crazy
Wanda Jackson - Hard Headed Woman
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
The Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice
King of Country Music - Tami Neilson

3-4pm
Bill Withers - You Got the Stuff
Marina & Oceans before Me - We Want the Dawn
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman
Senor Coconut- Man Machine
Inner City - Good Life
Cedric IM Brooks - Africa
Sound Dimension - Real Rock

4-5pm
The Temptation - What Love Has Joined Together
Alicia Myers - If You Played Your Cards Right
One Way - Push
RJ’s Latest Arrival - Shackles on My Feet
Model 500 - Bang The Beat
Slum Village-Players
Joan Crawford - Do It In Detroit
Jay-Z & D'Angelo - I Want You Forever