Music 101

Show notes

13:10 It's been a landmark year for country music queen Tami Neilson

The award-winning musician Tami Neilson joins us to discuss her new album Neon Cowgirl and her recent tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.

Photo: Tony Stamp

14:20 Pacific Music Awards preview

The Pacific Music Awards are happening in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland next week. So'omālō Iteni Schwalger from the RNZ Tahi team joins us to share some favourites, dark horses, and maybe a few surprises.

So'omālō Iteni Schwalger for The TAHI Photo: Tom Grut

15:30 The Sampler: Geneva AM, Obongjayar, Hotline TNT

Tony Stamp reviews Pikipiki, the debut album by Geneva AM, which mixes English and te reo Māori, uplifting beats with garage rock and neo-classical.

Geneva Alexander-Marsters Photo: Mike Hall

16:10 The Mixtape: Lauren Tapper

Our guest on the mixtape today is the co-founder of kiwi fashion label Harris Tapper, which she started alongside her creative partner, Sarah Harris Gould in 2017. It's been praised for its "sculptural minimalism and subversive femininity".

Lauren joins Kara to share some favourite tracks.

Photo: Harris Tapper

Songs Played:

1pm-2pm

• Nathan Haines - Belo Dia
• Olivia Dean - Man I Need
• Tami Neilson - Keep On (feat. The Secret Sisters), Borrow My Boots, Neon Cowgirl (feat. Neil Finn)
• Mutton Birds - Anchor Me

2pm-3pm

• Quincy Jones - Summer in the City
• Bressa Creeting Cake - Palm Singing
• Everything is Recorded - Wear and Tear (ft Sampha and Florence and the Machine)
• Black Keys - Down to Nothing
• Aaradhna - Mango Tree
• Sam V - 90's Fine
• SWIDT - Protocols
• Tree, Wayno - Tupulaga Samoa
• Brotherhood Musiq - Open the Eyes of my Heart
• Bic Runga - Thats Alright
• Fazerdaze - Cherry Pie
  

3pm-4pm

• The Circling Sun - Kohan
• Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
• Santigold - Disparate Youth
• Geneva AM - Tīpuna Rākau, Urban Planning, Toitū Te Tiriti, Pōkarekare Ana, Pikipiki
• Obongjayar - Talk Olympics (ft Little Sims)
• Hotline TNT -  Dance the  Night Away
• Leao - Musika Malie
• Radiohead - There There
• Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

4pm-5pm

• Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?
• Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
• Henry Mancini - Moon River
• Elton John - Durban Deep
• Dinah Washington & Max Richter - This Bitter Earth/ On the Nature of Daylight
• Gang of Four - Natural’s Not In It
• Kiasmos - Looped