Music 101 for Saturday 5 November 2016

1:05 PM.This year’s New Zealand Music Awards Critics’ Choice winner might be seen as an up-and-comer, but he’s no newbie. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Alex Behan delves into local drum and bass artists Tali and Shapeshifter. Kiran Dass meets with Flying Nun artist Bill Direen, and some new tunes by Bonobo and The… Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger checks the unique and familiar sounds of local duo Hopetoun Brown. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Play it Strange is the foundation encouraging school aged kids to write songs and develop as musicians and is still going strong in its thirteenth year.  Founder Mike Chunn talks Alex Behan through… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:00 PM.Tali's new EP celebrates her influences and inspirations from nineties Christchurch rave culture to Olympic gymnasts and swimmers. Read more Video, Audio

2:25 PM.One gets the feeling that Drum n Bass band Shapeshifter are either going through a fundamental crisis of confidence or, at the very least, some very confusing growing pains. Their lastest release… Read more Video, Audio

2:40 PM.Auckland singer, songwriter and producer Anna Coddington has released a new album Luck/Time - a feat, considering she's also produced two children in the past four years. Read more Video, Audio

3:05 PM.Crowded House is celebrating the 30th anniversary since their debut eponymous album - here's part two of their look back at the songs and their development. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:30 PM.With their 1983 album Beatin Hearts, Bill Direen's 'The Builders' were the first group to release a long playing studio album on Flying Nun Records. Beatin Hearts has just been re-issued by Brooklyn's… Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger explores the Nordic noir of Berlin-based, Danish-born Agnes Obel. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.This week's RNZ Music mixtape selector is the outgoing Saturday Mornings producer Mark Cubey. He speaks with Yadana Saw about his decade in the job and many other things he's turned his hand to. Read more Audio