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5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan learns some Samoan with the help of Anoymouz and Tha Movement; Jana Whitta hosts Corduroy Cape - The Persnicketty Mixtape with Soaked Oats, Being, Ha the… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.A meeting of minds between electronic producer Fis and taonga pūoro player Rob Thorne resulted in Clear Stones, an experimental album that saw the duo invited to play shows around Europe. Ahead of… Read more Audio

1:05 PM.South Auckland rapper Tha Movement (David Saotupe) and beat-maker Anonymouz (Matthew Faiumu Salapu) tell Alex Behan how Samoan language and culture enriches their lives and their work. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.New Zealand Music Month has been running for 17 years. Alex Behan asks the people who were there from the start to tell its story: how it began, what it's achieved and where it's going next. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Three years on from a spectacular debut album, how does Courtney Barnett really feel? Nick Bollinger listens to her latest and offers his conclusions. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Local hip-hop heavyweight King Kapisi was the first hip-hop artist ever to win the Silver Scroll - NZ's most coveted songwriting award - back in 1999. These days he's a father, grandfather, basketball… Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.Australian R&B producer/singer Oscar Key Sung on how his visa woes set him on his own Berlin-inspired musical adventure. Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.We discuss with Matthew Young the long road towards his excellent new E.P. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Wellington hip-hop artist dropped into the RNZ studios to perform his songs 'Kia Tau' and 'Rangatira', from his new te reo Māori EP Rangatira. Read more Video, Audio

1:09 PM.We check out the Vodafone Pacific Music Awards Audio

12:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to te reo rapper Rei, and Melbourne pop musician Oscar Key Sung. Read more Audio

1:34 PM.The creator of legendary Wellington club nights Atomic and 24 Hour Party People, Bill E has been getting crowds dancing to New Wave and synth pop for over 20 years. For NZ Music month he's playing a… Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger reviews a brassy, gaudy - and at times surprisingly restrained - set from Tami Neilson. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Kirsten Johnstone speaks with Courtney Barnett about her new album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Alex Behan speaks with Sola Rosa about his latest release and Auckland's… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Rick Bryant has been the vocalist and bandleader in bands like Original Sin, Mammal, Blerta, Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir and the Windy City Strugglers. Here he talks… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Nick Bollinger discusses the space-lounge excursion of Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Auckland 'no wave' band Wax Chattels on their jazz school background, and getting signed to both Flying Nun and American label Captured Tracks. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Sola Rosa's new EP 'In Spaces' features collaborations from Noah Slee and Kevin Mark Trail. Andrew Spraggon joins us to discuss the new record, his next record, his indie rock beginnings and burning… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Supporting his debut album Layers and his upcoming tour, Nick Dow is joined by a string trio to showcase his beautiful songs for a very special RNZ live session. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The upcoming New Zealand Music Month Summit will highlight issues facing our local music industry including mental health, regional isolation, and making the scene more diverse. Alex Behan talks to… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.On her new album Tell Me How You Really Feel Australian musician Courtney Barnett lays her cards on the table with songs of frustration and anger, introspection and self-help, and some of the sweetest… Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger considers a Texas-tinged set from Wellington singer-songwriter Emily Fairlight. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger discusses guitar hooks and notions of romantic quarantine in the songs of Wellington trio Hans Pucket. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Beloved NZ musician, singer-songwriter and rock n roll goddess Julia Deans takes us through her excellent new album – her first in six years – We Light Fire. Read more Video, Audio

1:35 PM.Louis Baker and an incredible band perform two new songs before he heads off to sold-out shows on his upcoming European tour. Read more Video, Audio