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3:00 PM.Wellington solo artist Samuel Morgan introduces his song 'Forever Together' from his debut album Nicotine Dreams. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.South Auckland based Samoan artist Disciple Pati talks with Charlotte Ryan about her new single and powerful music video. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Sisters Valentine & Clementine Nixon had an unusual upbringing, splitting their time between Christchurch and Hong Kong, before relocating to a valley in Coromandel. Their second album as Purple… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Charlotte Ryan talks with Bruce Ward, the man who made the Christmas song 'Snoopy's Christmas' very popular in NZ. Read more Audio

3:35 PM.At the turn of the millennium 15,000 people gathered at the top of a mountain to dance. And then, it rained. A lot. Produced by Kirsten Johnstone Read more Audio

8:00 AM.Māori artists Rob Ruha, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, Bella Kalolo, Majic Paora, Kaaterama and the East Coast Tira Waiata (Choir) sensation Ka Hao have united to create a powerful visual album, entitled Mōhau… Read more

5:00 PM.The Killing Joke frontman and classical composer picks five of his favourite songs and spins plenty of yarns about his life and career. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Fanfickk introduces us to her song 'Pure'. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Charlotte Ryan speaks with Joel Shadbolt, the singer for hugely popular kiwi band L.A.B. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Charlotte Ryan chats with Stella Donnelly, a young Australian singer-songwriter making an impact with her brazen lyrics, ahead of her appearance next month at Laneway Festival. Read more Audio

4:09 PM.Ballads for the end of the world, torch songs for broken hearts, political missives for everyone, and a glimmer of hope in them all. It’s Song Crush’s 2019 wrap of the (international) songs they’ve… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we pay tribute to the late Rick Bryant, talk to Nadia Reid about her new single, and Angel Olsen about her new album. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.This week's RNZ Mixtape selector is jewellry designer Boh Runga, best known as the flamehaired frontwoman of Stellar*. She shares her tunes with Yadana Saw. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Nick Bollinger remembers blue eyed soul man, raconteur Rick Bryant and poet, songwriter, screenwriter and stand up Arthur Baysting, both of whom died earlier this week. Nick and Yadana Saw reflect… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Kirsten Johnstone talks to the singer-songwiter about her acclaimed new album, moving to North Carolina, and maintaining mental health on the road. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Auckland musician Ashley Alexander introduces his song 'Nicotine'. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Nadia Reid spoke to Charlotte Ryan about the recording process of her new album 'Out Of my Provence' and introduces us to her single 'Best Thing'. Read more Audio

2:38 PM.It was another strong year for music in Aotearoa, from the internationally acclaimed Aldous Harding and Tiny Ruins, to the grass roots DIY acts just bubbling up. The Song Crush team play some of their… Read more Video, Audio

4:30 PM.A new book called "Wired For Sound - The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music" by Grant Gillanders & Robyn Welsh tells the story of an enduring Kiwi success story. Trevor Reekie talked to the 2… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Auckland band Na Noise introduce their song 'Bad Dreams'. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Eddie Johnson tells us about spending two years in Los Angeles recording his second album All I Have with some heavyweight producers. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Over the past twenty years there has been a bumper crop of memorable and beautiful local albums that have found notable success. We are proud to offer you our top 21 albums of the twenty-first century… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Founding member and bass player for Bad Religion, Jay Bentley talks to Elliott Childs about keeping the L.A punk band going for 40 years. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Art-pop from Moses Sumney and FKA Twigs, a techno soundtrack from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, an afrobeat banger, some sad-boy-soul, and some Scottish minimalist dream-pop feature on Song… Read more Video, Audio

2:23 PM.Whanganui-based musician Anthonie Tonnon's rail journey across the country last year was a love letter to passenger rail in Aotearoa. He plays us some new music from the upcoming tour Rail Land 2019.