Music 101 for Saturday 12 March 2011

Saturday 12 March

2-3pm

Cook Island crooner Will Crummer (pictured) is making a welcome return to his singing career after retreating to raise a family - including daughter Annie Crummer. We visit him in the studio as the string section records for his new album - and it's not just ukuleles.

We cross live to the Pacifica Festival at Western Springs in Auckland.

Funk originators The Funky Meters - they added the 'funky' in 1994, after a legal battle over the use of the name - talk about New Orleans funerals, and their syncopated strut. Listen to the interview with The Funky Meters here

3-4pm

Locals 'An Emerald City' add kraut-rock to their prog-psych mix for their second album 'The Fourth'. They tell of the Berlin winter, their love of Jean Michel Jarre, and fun fun fun on the autobahn. Listen to the interview with An Emerald City here

A report from last weekend's Homegrown Festival on the Wellington waterfront.

Homebrew's Tom Scott takes on the man with the metal face and the gilded tongue, U.S.A. rapper MF Doom. Listen to Tom Scott interview Doom here

A round-up of gigs across the land.

4-5pm

60s pop star Shane (Hales) tells of coming 'Full Circle' with his new album, and the early days, when Eldred Stebbing hired him to front The Pleazers, and Paul McCartney sent him a telegram. Listen to the interview with Shane Hales here

Classically trained multi-instrumentalist Andrew Keoghan brings his band into Roundhead for a special RNZ session. You'll hear pizzicato slide violin, big hairy bass sounds, drum machines and a piano-accordion accompanying Keoghan's songs about human interactions. Photos and audio from the Andrew Keoghan session here.