2-3pm

Liam Finn
Liam Finn and EJ Barnes reflect on their seven-year musical partnership and their work on Liam's new solo album, The Nihilist.

Liam Finn

In Session: Neko Case
Singer-songwriter Neko Case was here for the NZ Festival and stopped by Radio NZ with a scaled-down version of her band for a live session.

The Sampler: Angel Olsen
Nick Bollinger reviews the bleakly poetic second album Burn Your Fire For No Witness from 26-year-old Missourian Angel Olsen.

Introducing: Marla Jean

3-4pm

Raga For Peter Walker
Still performing at 75, American guitarist Peter Walker originally gained attention on the Greenwich Village folk scene in the mid-'60s. Walker went on to study Indian raga composition with Ravi Shankar and later worked with LSD pioneer Timothy Leary, becoming music director at Leary's Millbrook Estate in 1965.
He recorded two acclaimed albums for the Vanguard label in the late 60s before retiring from
public performance for 40 years. Since then his albums have been re-issued on the Light In The
Attic label as well as an acclaimed tribute album recorded on the Tompkins Square label.

Peter Walker

I Am The Centre: New Age Music in America 1950-1990
One of the last widely-agreed bastions of musical bad taste, new age music has been largely ignored outside of spiritualist bookstores and hotel spas until late last year when Seattle-based reissue label Light In The Attic released I Am The Centre, a compilation of American private press new age music from 1950 to 1990. We speak to the curator Douglas Mcgowan about the compilation and the wider new age music renaissance.

Rob Thorne
We meet one of a new generation of Taonga Puoro (Maori musical instrument) players and makers, Rob Thorne. His album Whāia Te Māramatanga is a meditative work, which delves deep into the Wairua of these ancient instruments.

Folk Fortnight
We attend the opening cèilidh (Scottish folk dance) of Auckland's 'Folk Fortnight' which throws a spotlight on regular folk music events in the region, and provides a good excuse for some special tribute concerts.

Gig Guide

4-5pm

Stages: Barrytown Hall
In Stages, Anthonie Tonnon visits New Zealand's most talked about places to see music, from big city institutions to port town oddities and near-mythical stages in the bush. While on a long summer tour this year, Tonnon met the organisers and audience members that keep our stages running, and collected stories from the bands who travel to play them.
The Barrytown Hall on the South Island's West Coast has been hosting bands since the early '70s, fuelling demand from a migration of alternative lifestylers. Its allure among musicians has seen it visited by international legends like Fugazi and Townes Van Zandt, as well as providing an early touring stop for New Zealand bands, from Blerta to Trinity Roots and The Mint Chicks.


Barrytown Hall

Beastwars live at Kings Arms
Wellington sludge-metallers belt out a set of songs live at Auckland's Kings Arms.

Beastwars

Music played in this show

2-3pm

Artist: Betchadupa
Song: RT 10 90
Composer: Liam Finn, Chris Garland
Album: Aiming for Your Head
Label: Liberation

Liam Finn

Artist: Liam Finn
Song: I/Snug As Fuck/4 Track Stomper/Dreary Droop/The Nihilist
Composer: L.Finn
Album: The Nihilist
Label: Liberation

Artist: Liam Finn
Song: Burn Up the Road
Composer: L.Finn/J.Mullholland/E.Finn/EJ Barmes
Album: The Nihilist
Label: Liberation

Artist: Liam Finn
Song: Miracle Glance
Composer: L.Finn/EJ Barmes
Album: The Nihilist
Label: Liberation

Artist: Tiny Ruins
Song: The Ballad of the Hanging Parce
Composer: Fullbrook
Album: Bright Painted One
Label: Arch Hill/Spunk

Session: Neko Case

Artist: Neko Case
Song: Local Girl, City Swans
Composer: N Case
Album: RNZ Recording
Label: RNZN

The Sampler: Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Artist: Angel Olsen
Songs: Unfucktheworld, Dance Slow Decades, Hi-Five, White Fire, High and Wild
Composer: Olsen
Album: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Label: Jagjaguwar

Artist: Lykke Li
Song: No Rest For The Wicked
Composer: Li
Album: I Never Learn
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Marla Jean
Song: Blackberry
Composer: Marla Jean
Album: Nocturnes
Label: Self-released

Artist: The Eastern
Song: Turn It Around
Composer: McGrath
Album: Hope and Wire
Label: Lyttleton Records

3-4pm

Artist: Karen Dalton
Song: Katie Cruel
Composer: Trad
Album: !966
Label: Delmore

Raga For Peter Walker

Artist: Peter Walker
Song: Cante Gitano (Gypsy Song)
Composer: trad arranged Peter Walker
Album: Echo of My Soul
Label: Tompkins Square

Artist: Peter Walker
Song: Por Rosa (Song In e Major)
Composer: Peter Walker
Album: Echo of My Soul
Label: Tompkins Square

Artist: Peter Walker
Song: City Pulse
Composer: Peter Walker
Album: Long Lost Tapes 1970
Label: Tompkins Square

Artist: Peter Walker
Song: I & Thou, Circus Day, Mixture, Southwind
Composer: Peter Walker
Album: “Second Poem To Karmela" Or Gypsies Are Important
Label: Light In The Attic

Artist: Peter Walker
Song: Hot Fusion, Cathedral Et Chartes II
Composer: Peter Walker
Album: A Raga For Peter Walker
Label : Tompkins square

Artist: Peter Walker
Song: White Wind
Composer: Peter Walker
Album: Rainy Day Raga
Label: Vanguard Records

Artist: Peter Walker
Song: Me and My Lady
Composer: Peter Walker
Album: Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?
Label: Delmore Recording Co.

Artist: The Beatles
Song: Love You To
Composer: Harrison
Album: Revolver
Label: Apple

New Age Music

Artist: Don Slepian
Songs: Awakening (excerpt)
Composer: Don Slepian
Album: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
Label: Light In The Attic Records

Artist: Wilburn Burchette
Songs: Witch’s Will
Composer: Wilburn Burchette
Album: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990

Label: Light In The Attic Records

Artist: Aeoliah
Songs: Tien Fu: Heaven’s Gate (excerpt)
Composer: Aeoliah
Album: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
Label: Light In The Attic Records

Artist: Peter Davidson
Songs: Glide V
Composer: Peter Davidson
Album: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
Label: Light In The Attic Records

Artist: Laraaji
Songs: Unicorns in Paradise (excerpt)
Composer: Laraaji
Album: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
Label: Light In The Attic Records

Artist: Mark Banning
Songs: Lunar Eclipse (excerpt)
Composer: Mark Banning
Album: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
Label: Light In The Attic Records

Artist: Gail Laughton
Songs: Pompeii 76 A.D.
Composer: Gail Laughton
Album: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
Label: Light In The Attic Records

Rob Thorne - Taonga Puoro

Artist: Rob Thorne
Song: Whakaaro, Aro, Kore, Torino
Composer: Thorne
Album: Whāia Te Māramatanga
Label: Rattle

Folk Fortnight

Artist: Gaidhealtachd
Song: Stripping The Willow, Ceilidh
Composer: Traditional
Album: Unreleased
Label: Radio New Zealand recording

4-5pm

Artist: The Coalrangers
Song: West Coast Bound
Composer: Valente
Album: Valente
Label: Front Porch

Stages: Barrytown Hall

Artist: The Bats
Songs: Things/ North By North
Composer: Robert Scott
Album: At The National Gird, Daddy’s Highway
Label: Flying Nun

Artist: Alistair Riddel
Songs: Out On The Street
Composer: Alastair Riddel
Album: Space Waltz
Label: RPM

Artist: Chris Parfitt and the Hi-Revving Tongues
Songs: Tropic Of Capricorn
Composer: Chris Parfitt
Album: Tropic of Capricorn
Label: Zodiac

Artist: Blerta
Songs: Drugs/Dance All Around The World
Composer: Corban Simpson (Dance All Around The World), Geoff Murphy, Bruno Lawrence (Drugs)
Album: Dance All Around The World
Label: Epic

Artist: Rough Justice
Songs: When I Get To Heaven
Composer: Rick Bryant
Album: Radio Trax (RNZ compilation)
Label:

Artist: Fugazi
Songs: Waiting Room
Composer: Ian MacKaye
Album: 13 Songs
Label: Dischord Records

Artist: Bad Manners
Songs: Lip Up Fatty
Composer: Douglas Trendle
Album: (single)
Label: Telstar Records

Artist: Townes Van Zandt
Songs: Pancho and Lefty (with Freddy fender), Colorado Girl
Composer: Townes Van  Zandt
Album: Legend
Label: Snapper

Artist: The Mint Chicks
Songs: Opium Of The People
Composer: Kody Neilson, Ruban Neilson
Album: Rippon 2006
Label: Loop

Artist: Die! Die! Die!
Songs: Paquin
Composer: Andrew Wilson
Album: Form
Label: Flying Nun

Artist: Alizarin Lizard
Songs: Hipster
Composer: Paul Cathro
Album: Hipster
Label: Banished From The Universe

Artist: Sebadoh
Song: Rebound
Composer: Barlow, Fay, Loewenstein
Album: Bakesale
Label: Domino

Artist: Yolanda
Song: Double Cream
Composer: Ruddell / Redwood / Hutson
Album: Single
Label: Self-released

Artist: Nirvana
Song: All Apologies (Original Steve Albini 1993 Mix)
Composer: Cobain
Album: In Utero
Label: Geffen

Artist: Ume
Song: Black Stone
Composer: L Larsen
Album: Monuments
Label: Dangerbird Records

Beastwars Live at The Kings Arms

Artist: Beastwars
Song: Lake Of Fire/Realms/Mihi/Damn The Sky/Rivermen/Sleeper
Composer: C.Anderson/N.Hickey/M.Hyde/J.Woods
Album: Unreleased Live Recording
Label: Radio NZ Recording

Artist: Kerretta
Song: His Streets Of Honey, Her Mouth Of Gold
Composer: Kerretta
Album: Single
Label: Midium