Music 101 for Saturday 7 March 2009

Saturday 7 March 2009

Nick Bollinger swoons over the epic heights of the new U2 album 'No Lines On The Horizon'

French Chanteuse Melanie Pain talks about the move from Nouvelle Vague to a solo show. She's in NZ for the Wellington Jazz festival

The Mint Chicks have been toiling away in their Portland, Oregan basement- we speak to them and have a preview of the new album, Screens

Tunisian Oud player and singer Dhafer Youssef talks about combining ancient Sufi music with modern electronic sounds

New Orleans swamp rock n rollers Quintron and Miss Pussycat deliver a dash of the Mardi Gras ahead of their NZ tour.

At ten past four we continue our series celebrating Forty Years of Pink Floyd:

Part two covers the astonishing success of Dark Side of the Moon, which was released in 1973, and remained one of the 200 top-selling albums for almost 15 years.

And Nick Bollinger listens to a new EP by lovely songwriter Bon Iver.