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1:20 PM.American-born, Auckland-based singer-songwriter Reb Fountain has a new album just out, How Love Bends. On the eve of its release, she spoke to Nick Bollinger for Music 101 about some of the trials and… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.The long-time RNZ studio engineer shares his favourites with Trevor Reekie. Read more Audio

3:40 PM.The local indie supergroup continue to hone a very specific vision on their second EP of sparse, krautrock-infused jams. Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Pianist Chris Abrahams joins Music 101 ahead of the show. Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Groove Terminator — real name Simon Lewicki joins Music 101 ahead of the Auckland show Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Charlotte Ryan talks to longtime band manager Scott Muir about the album, and the legacy of Martin Phillipps. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Picking the music is one of Aotearoa's most celebrated and recognisable artists. From reimagining the Four Square man to exploring Maori iconography in a pop-art style, his work is bold, playful, and… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.David Kilgour is a heavyweight in New Zealand music. The singer-songwriter has been prolific with his band, The Heavy Eights, who have released 11 albums. The group has been enlisted to play the Port… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.The American garage rock musician teams with underground hip-hop producer Kenny Segal for an album that goes deeper and darker than he has before, as per its title. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.They've been described as the funnest, most charming musical groups in Aotearoa right now, the post punk band from Tamaki Makaurau 'Ringlets' are playing a very special gig next Saturday alongside… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Formed in 1974, The Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and successful bands to have originated in the UK punk scene. They stood out for their musicianship, their often aggressive or… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.We pay tribute to Aotearoa music legend Toni Huata. with a replay of a Mixtape from 2023.

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3:15 PM.In the past year, Melbourne’s underground pub rock-punk band Amyl and The Sniffers have made a remarkable rise to global prominence. Maggie Tweedie speaks to guitarist Declan Merhtens about the bands… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Jason Parker joins Charlotte Ryan to talk about his show Little Gay In, and share some of his favourite pride songs. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The singer speaks to Charlotte Ryan about her New Zealand Fringe Festival Show. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest this week is Pachyman, an LA-based, Puerto Rican DJ and multi-instrumentalist producer. On his RNZ Mixtape, Pachyman pays tribute to legends like King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee "Scratch"… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.The UK singer's third album harks back to '80s pop greats, using sex as set dressing to get at something deeper. Audio

2:15 PM.Led Zeppelin is one of the biggest rock bands of all time but for decades its three surviving members have been notoriously media-shy… until now. In Becoming Led Zeppelin - the first ever… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.In 2023, after the pandemic had stamped out her budding international career, a pregnant Nadia Reid moved to the UK with her partner and their toddler. On her new album Enter Now Brightness, the… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Leesa Tilley is a musical polymath who launched and managed the first four years of the Ragamuffin Music Festival as a promoter. Over the years, she has organised and presented numerous events, worked… Read more Video, Audio