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3:30 PM.Drum & Bass icon Andy C talks with mega-fan David Ridler ahead of his upcoming New Zealand shows. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Tony Stamp picks through the legacy of Roland founder Ikotaru Kakehashi, who died on April 1st. Read more Video, Audio

2:35 PM.Nick Bollinger talks to Joshua Tillman - the artist better known as Father John Misty - about comedy, tragedy and the human condition. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.The Map Room perform songs from their second album Weatherless and talk about travel, music and staying in the moment. Read more Video, Audio

1:50 PM.RNZ Music is proud to present the first look at Ria Hall's brand new video for her latest release 'Tell Me', featuring Che Fu. Read more Video, Audio

1:15 PM.Lord Echo AKA Mike Fabulous gets grilled by Yadana Saw about the challenges he set himself in the making of his new album Harmonies. Read more Video, Audio

1:05 PM.Damian Vaughan from Recorded Music New Zealand helps Music 101's Alex Behan break down recent figures showing a double digit rise in music earnings for the second year running. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger decodes the Latin quote behind Laura Marling's new album Semper Femina. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.A fixture of Wellington's musical landscape, a pioneer in this country's experimental and jazz scenes, Drummer Anthony Donaldson comes armed with a clutch of rare records for the mixtape. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw and Nick Bollinger speak with one of Living Colour, Sam Wicks checks in with fellow ex-pat Melburnian Jon Toogood and Tony Stamp is on the phone to Future Islands'… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Wellington musician Lake South performs a few songs from his debut solo album before he heads over to France for shows with his duo Wellington Sea Shanty Society. Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.Jon Toogood has called Melbourne home for the last 18 years, and it's here that he's readying his forthcoming Solo & Acoustic tour, a nine-date run that will see the Shihad frontman reduce and refine… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Nick Bollinger and Yadana Saw speak with Living Colour's Vernon Reid and Doug Wimbish. Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.American synth-pop outfit Future Islands are about to release their 5th album The Far Field. Frontman Samuel Herring talked to Music 101 about his vast array of influences. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.The small settlement of Te Mata, just south of Raglan in the Waikato, is the home of new label, Red Robin Records.  The label’s founders - Michael ‘Red Robin’ Robins and producer Naram - are using… Read more Video, Audio

11:00 AM.Fran/ Bar Group introduce their song 'Same Name'. Read more Audio

11:00 AM.Spoon's new album Hot Thoughts is out almost twenty years after the band first started releasing their taut, tight pop songs. Alex Behan tiptoes through their back-catalogue with bass player Rob Pope.

11:00 AM.Songbroker is a service streamlining access to New Zealand music for international producers of film and TV. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.During the 1970s Barry Jenkin aka Dr. Rock was a champion of a free-spirited playlist that embraced music that defied commercial accessibility. For many music lovers, his radio broadcasts and time… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Kendall Elise introduces her song Heart Full Of Dirt. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Aaron Short is a member of the Naked And Famous who now makes music with Maddie North and Sam McCarthy as Space Above. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Hans Zimmer has written music for some of the biggest blockbuster films of our time - 'Gladiator', 'The Lion King', and the Batman franchise amongst the list of hundreds. Zimmer speaks to NZ film… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.Ed Sheeran has all sixteen songs in New Zealands chart at the same time. Paul Kennedy from Recorded Music New Zealand explains how this is possible. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin gets the 'Respect' she deserves from four of New Zealand's best soul singers: Annie Crummer, Bella Kalolo, Esther Stephens and Aaradhna. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger checks the soulful debut of British singer and songwriter Sampha.  Read more Audio