RNZ Music

Troy Kingi, Mara TK and Mark Vanilau are Love and Hope. To coincide with Te Matatini, the national kapa haka championships, the trio played Wellington's Old St. Pauls for a special night with friends… Read more Audio

To mark the end of the Red Bull Music Academy- a yearly worldwide programme of lectures and workshops- we invited four Kiwi graduates to share their experiences. Read more Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition we speak to Australian chart-topper Matt Corby, and Damon Krukowski from Galaxie 500 explains his podcast Ways of Hearing, which tackles the ways digital audio is… Read more Audio

Ill Baz is one of the acts performing at the upcoming You Are Us/Aroha Nui benefit shows, raising money for those affected by the Christchurch terror attack. He talks to Tony Stamp about growing up… Read more Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present the brand new video from budding NZ pop sensation Abby Wolfe, 'Change My Mind'. Read more Video

RNZ Music is proud to present the new single and video from Kiwi jazz/soul singer Lou’ana, who's headlining this weekend’s Waiheke Jazz Festival. Read more Video

Last night, the second of two benefit concerts for those affected by the Christchurch terror attack took place at Christchurch Stadium. Artists including Lorde, Stan Walker, Sol3 Mio, Marlon Williams… Read more

Auckland rapper Tom Scott's collaborative project Avantdale Bowling Club has taken out the 2019 Taite Music Prize, which recognises outstanding creativity in an album. He joined Kirsten Johnstone to… Read more Video, Audio

Tom Scott’s Avantdale Bowling Club; Northland thrash metallers Alien Weaponry; trailblazing 90s group Moana and the Moahunters; and local singer/song writing legend Bernie Griffen were all honoured at… Read more Video

"He was one of television’s most distinctive characters and a person who was totally uncompromising in his own ideas." How the legacy of the late television broadcaster Dylan Taite led to the creation… Read more Video

Bob Marley played his first and only NZ concert on Monday, 16 April 1979, at Auckland's Western Springs. Gareth Shute looks back on that visit and the seismic effect it had on this country's… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present the new video from rising Kiwi-Rwandan rapper Blaze the Emperor. ‘Before’ is a jazz and soul-infused hip hop track with a vid that’s dripping with luxury. Read more Video