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4:00 PM.On the Mixtape today, we do things a little different: Instead of one guest picking their favourite tunes, we play some of the songs that didn't make our top 20 Countdown list, and speak to the RNZ… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.We pay tribute to Robbie Shakespeare, who passed away earlier this week. Yadana Saw and Jim Pinckney discuss his epic career as one part of the best Jamaican rhythm sections ever: Sly and Robbie. Audio

1:30 PM.Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite local releases of 2021, including summery beats, bedroom pop, Dunedin legends, and dance floor bangers. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Charlotte Ryan talks to Marlon Williams about life in Lyttelton, singing and touring with Lorde and his new Christmas song collaboration on Paul Kelly's new Christmas album "Paul Kellys Christmas… Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.Debbie Harwood is a multi-award winning New Zealand solo artist and producer. She has also lent her voice and production skills to countless solo projects and recordings of other NZ artists over the… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Acclaimed New Zealand producer and multi-instrumentalist,  Julien Dyne has released his fifth solo album, Modes.

Julien was the drummer for the Opensouls, Tyra and the Tornadoes and he currently… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Tony Stamp marvels at the new album by Whanganui-a-Tara folk outfit French for Rabbits, and a deeply spiritual EP from anonymous South Auckland artist FABLE, while Elliott Childs assesses a… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Charlotte Ryan talks to Chris Graham the director of the brilliant new NZ Hip Hop Stand Up video series. He joins us for The Mixtape to talk about the series and goes deep about Scribe and his new… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Mick Rock took the album photos for Syd Barrett’s solo album The Madcap Laughs.  The one with the naked girl in the corner and Syd's hand painted floor. It’s brilliant! Curiously, that photo… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.French for Rabbits have just released their third album The Overflow. By lead singer and songwriter Brooke Singer's estimation the record is the most accomplished for the Pōneke act. Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Betty-Anne Monga of Ardijah fame appears alongside young and talented musicians HINA, Disciple Pati, Jhasmyne and Emily Muli for a supreme showcase of musical prowess at The Civic Club. Powerful… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Tony Stamp explores the new album by retro-rockers The War on Drugs, a stripped back set of lockdown songs from Aussie wit Courtney Barnett, and trip-hop kingpin Nightmares on Wax's latest guest-heavy… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Dave Gahan's new album with Soulsavers is a collection of covers from artists like PJ Harvey, Rowland S Howard and Charlie Chaplin. He spoke with Tony Stamp about why he wanted to honour them.  Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.This week's Mixtape guest is Jess B, one of Aotearoa's most celebrated female Hip Hop artists. She selects music from her list of "Songs that a rapper likes, that are not rap songs". Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Ladyhawke latest album Time Flies has many calling it her best yet. She talks to Charlotte Ryan about the huge personal challenges she faced in recording the album, her love of video games and… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Charlotte Rayn talks to Alison Krauss and Robert Plant about the joy and friendship of recording their new album Raise the Roof. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.As part of our celebration of 100 years of NZ radio, Tony Stamp looks into what the future of music radio might look like in this country, with expert help from Jess Fu (95bFM), David Ridler (NZ on… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Tony Stamp rummages through Tori Amos' nature-inspired sixteenth album, guitar-pop wunderkind Snail Mail's second, and an electronic tribute to a lost friend by Tāmaki producer Skymning. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Constable Keith de Dulin, and his puppet dog, Sniff, became household names during the 1980s for their road safety promotion work in schools and on children's television. As part of RNZ's 100 years of… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Sting talks to Charlotte Ryan about reassessing life under the shadow of the pandemic and how that influenced the making of his latest album The Bridge. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Director Sophie Musgrove talks to Charlotte Ryan about capturing the stories behind some of New Zealand's most important hip hop tracks and the contribution to the the history, culture and art of… Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.Tony Stamp mulls over the second EP by Iranian-NZ rapper Chaii, a dance-influenced outing from NYC rockers Parquet Courts, and Alec Bathgate's 1996 solo debut. Read more Audio