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1:00 PM.A new service targeting the mental health problems of local musicians is being launched to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger talks magic and romance with Texan troubadour Hayes Carll. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In the Music 101 Pocket Edition tonight Yadana Saw attends the Renters United fundraiser gig, Trevor Reekie has his time with the Reverend Horton Heat and Alex Behan talks busking with Passenger and… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.RNZ Music producer Sam Wicks walks us through a C60's worth of musical selections. Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Renters United is a Wellington collective seeking change in the local rental property sector. Yadana Saw heads along to their fundraiser gig. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Psychobilly royalty, Reverend Horton Heat has spent the last 30 years relentlessly playing every dive bar and night club across the U.S.A. and around the world - and he's heading to New Zealand for… Read more Video, Audio

2:10 PM.Following the release his debut album 'Plan A' Graham Candy joins Alex Behan in session to play a few songs and tell a few stories. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Nick Bollinger reviews a coming-of-age album from Blue Mountains-born singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Busking is the hard and fast way to learn your trade as a musician. After four years playing the streets Graeme James has just released his debut album News from Nowhere. Read more Video, Audio

3:40 PM.Sandboards introduce their song 'Duneboys Theme'. Read more Audio

1:30 AM.Visiting Welsh singer-songwriter, Cate Le Bon, performs live in the Auckland studio and speaks to Jesse Mulligan. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger reviews an acoustic retrospective of Jack White. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Alt-rock trailblazers The Pixies have made an official replacement for founding member Kim Deal, who left the band back in 2013. With their sixth album 'Head Carrier' out this week, new bass player… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Poet, rapper, writer and youth mentor Dominic Hoey picks some verbose and subversive music for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Affsid Kidjhagiffy introduces his song 'Wallace Went Walking'. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Mara TK talks about re-configuring Electric Wire Hustle's line up and his new EP 'The 11th Sky'. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Passenger has a billion YouTube clicks for the song 'Let it Go' and his latest album Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea was recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The national finals for the Smokefree Rockquest and Pacifica Beats are this weekend in Auckland and RNZ celebrate 28 years of music by bringing together students from this years final with Te Awanui… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Veils' Finn Andrews and Run the Jewels' El-P talk to Sam Wicks about their unlikely collaboration. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Modern day troubadour, North American singer-songwriter Ryley Walker talks to Trevor Reekie about maintaining  motivation in his own musical belief. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Thomston's debut album Topograph has just been released and he joins Alex Behan in studio to perform a few songs and share a little bit about his musical journey. Read more Video, Audio

9:51 AM.Moana Maniapoto, leader of Moana and the Tribe, will join a distinguished group of New Zealand artists when she is inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame later this month. Read more Audio

In The Mixtape, Derek Jacombs talks to Nick Bollinger about his influences and inspirations, and introduces a few of his current favourites. Read more Audio