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5:00 PM.Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton plays songs live and talks about the historic roots of his modern-day music with Nick Bollinger. Read more Video, Audio

12:00 PM.James Jackson Toth is a music writer for NPR, Stereogum and Salon. He talks to Yadana Saw about his failed experiment to listen to only one album per week. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger considers why Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos might be this generation's Beatles. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger tunes in to the American strains of Swedish singing sisters First Aid Kit. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.To celebrate Pride Festival 2018 The Topp Twins and Possum Plows from the band Openside share stories, experiences and choose some songs for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Read more Video, Audio

3:20 PM.Gareth Shute introduces his new two piece Fever Party, and their song 'Working Love' Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.Acclaimed journalist and author Jimmy McDonough talks to Trevor Reekie about his new book Soul Survivor - Biography of Al Green. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Yadana Saw met US soul merchants The Internet at laneway last week and she made them try NZ lollies. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Auckland folk musician Jocee Tuck performs her latest single 'Made to Be', from her album Mt Dora with an eclectic range of instruments including her gorgeous xylophone. Read more Video, Audio

1:45 PM.Russell Brown shares stories about the life and funeral of Headless Chickens bass player Grant Fell. Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Loyle Carner started his career in hip hop aged seventeen, as a way to help his mum pay rent. Six years later he's been nominated for The Mercury Prize and two Brit Awards, overcoming ADHD and… Read more Video, Audio

1:05 PM.Noel Woods talks us through the 24th annual Te Ra o te Raukura festival held today in Lower Hutt. Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger contemplates the kinetic rhythms and colonial guilt of Tune-Yards' Merril Garbus Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Tony Stamp speaks to Rnb smooth dude Craig David, Jana Whitta gives us a tour of the inaugural Girls' Rock Camp Aotearoa and composer Gareth Farr shares his summer jam. Audio

4:00 PM.Gerry Paul is a musician, and promoter, currently the director of Kapiti festival Coastella and music programmer for CubaDupa, he’s played music at over 500 music festivals in 40 countries around the… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.UK band The Stranglers have had 23 UK Top 40 hit singles and 17 UK Top 40 albums. Before their two NZ shows Strangler Baz Warne chatted with Trevor Reekie. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Winner of the 2018 Auckland Folk Festival social media competition Sophie Mashlan performs her original song 'Pictures'. Read more Video, Audio

2:20 PM.UK RnB musician Craig David achieved global superstardom at age eighteen when his debut Born To Do It sold seven million copies worldwide. Eighteen years later he's enjoying a career resurgence, and… Read more Video, Audio

2:10 PM.Fire Festival is a virtual music festival that pulled in almost 90,000 punters within the computer game Minecraft. Festival founder Max Schramp explains how to host a 2-day online music festival. Read more Audio

1:05 PM.Gin Wigmore is about to embark on a New Zealand tour, then she's packing up and moving to Palm Springs. She tells Yadana Saw how she balances music, motherhood and her driving need to do new things. Read more Video, Audio

12:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Georgia Nott from Broods about her new project, Laneway act Sylvan Esso, and champion whistler Molly Lewis. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger listens to the final album from Sharon Jones and recalls an encounter with the late soul star Read more Audio

4:05 PM.This week's mixtape selector is Pearl Little, 95bFM's Top Ten presenter. She speaks with Melody Thomas about being involved with the Auckland independent radio station. Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Grayson Gilmour shares his favourite song of summer with Kirsten Johnstone. Audio

3:40 PM.Laneway visitors Sylvan Esso are trying to keep the human imperfections in their electro-pop music.  Read more Audio