Music 101 for Saturday 18 October 2025
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Anthonie Tonnon LIVE
1:30 PM.That was Anthonie Tonnon and two Free Hands, the Taite Music Prize-winner is set to open this year's Nelson Arts Festival with Cinematographer, a stunning new live event that fuses music, archival… Read more Audio
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Kristin Hersh on life as an independent musician
2:15 PM.The American singer-songwriter performed solo shows in NZ earlier this year, and will return in 2026 with her band. She talks to Tony Stamp about her recent book, bringing her kids on tour, and a… Read more Audio
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Romi Wrights LIVE
2:30 PM.In Te Whanganui-a-Tara tonight Romi Wrights & the Commotions join forces with LEAO for a one-night-only show, in a celebration of Aotearoa's Pacific music scene. And Romi joins us from the RNZ… Read more Audio
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Not for Broadcast - Part 3: Political football
11:01 AM.What's the difference between a political satire and a campaign song? In the third part of this series Nick Bollinger listens to some songs about politicians that were deemed suitable for broadcast -… Read more Audio
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The Mixtape: Rob Davis
4:10 PM.The creative brain behind some of the biggest video games in the world - including the new Ghost of Yotei - is picking the songs this afternoon. Audio
Show Notes
13:15 Anthonie Tonnon's ambitious new endeavour
Since winning the Taite Prize in 2022 Anthonie Tonnon has been relatively quiet, and it turns out he's been cooking up Cinematographer, an "immersive ode to cinema, turn-of-the-millennium dance culture, and the Situationist International", which will open Nelson Arts Festival.
Photo: Supplied
14:10 Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh on over 40 years as an independent musician
The American singer-songwriter performed solo shows in NZ earlier this year, and will return in 2026 with her band. She talks to Tony Stamp about her recent book, bringing her kids on tour, and a career avoiding the commercial music industry.
Photo: Steve Gullick
14:40 Romi Wrights takes to the stage
We're premiering a brand new track from the local neo-soul singer, and catching up with her before she performs at Meow in Wellington tonight.
Photo: Supplied
15:10 Not For Broadcast part three
In Not For Broadcast Nick Bollinger tells the story of New Zealand’s censored songs. In this segment, he investigates some of the records that were kept off the radio for political reasons – and a few that got through.
Photo: Robert Whitaker
15:30 The Sampler: Who Is The Sky? by David Byrne
Tony Stamp catches up with the latest from the former Talking Heads singer, a defiantly cheerful, opulently-orchestrated selection of pop songs.
Photo: Shervin Lainez
16:10 The Mixtape: Rob Davis
The creative brain behind some of the biggest video games in the world - including the new Ghost of Yotei - is picking the songs this afternoon.
Photo: Playstation
Songs Played:
1pm-2pm
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Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy
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D’Angelo - Another Life
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Muroki - Someone Someday ft Len Blake
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Anthonie Tonnon - Two Free Hands, Old Images
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Hollie Cook - Shy Girl
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Nightmares on Wax - True
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Kiss - Rock and Roll All Night
2pm-3pm
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Menahan Street Band - Home Again!
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Talking Heads - Slippery People
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Fables - Sundown
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Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
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Throwing Muses - Summer of Love, Surf Cowboy
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Romi Wrights - Shine Your Light
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LEAO - Musika Malie
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Shapeshifter - In the Rain ft Ladi 6
3pm-4pm
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Clear Path Ensemble - Cascade d’Ars
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Sly and the Family Stone - Underdog
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The Bats - Loline
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Tame Impala - My Old Ways
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David Byrne - Everybody Laughs, The Avant Garde, She Explains Things to Me
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Ann Annie - The Meadow
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James K - On God
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D’Angelo - Lady
4pm-5pm
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Billy Joel - Longest time
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Silverchair - Straight Line
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Air - Remember
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Beach house - Space Song
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The Beatles - Something
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Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
