RNZ Music

Grant Smithies is a music critic, writer, reviewer and record store owner. He shares his favourite songs and tales of alternative careers in his mixtape with Yadana Saw. Read more Audio

Auckland hip hop artist Samson Pax introduces us to his track 'Coast' Read more Audio

Singer/songwriter Marlon Williams talks to Yadana Saw ahead of tonight's You Are Us (Aroha Nui) concert in Auckland. Audio

A new book and podcast explores how digital audio has affected our lives. Author and former Galaxie 500 drummer Damon Krukowski talks to Elliott Childs about Ways of Hearing. Read more Video, Audio

Australian singer-songwriter Matt Corby has won multiple Aria Awards, and spent a good deal of time at the top of the Aussie music charts. He spoke to RNZ's Tony Stamp about being an introverted fella… Read more Video, Audio

Lily West from Mermaiden's joins Yadana Saw to discuss the bands new single 'You Maintain the Stain' and the process of putting your music on vinyl in 2019. Audio

Auckland pop/R&B artist Geoff Ong calls himself a “pop star for dorks” and we’re proud to be premiering his brand new video for summer jam ‘Save Me the Weekend’... just in time for autumn. Read more Video

New Zealand's biggest-selling jazz artist drops by our Auckland studio to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking jazz fusion album Shift Left. Read more Video, Audio

Somali-New Zealand rapper Mo Muse – aka Mohamed Muse – has released a track called ‘Friday’, dedicated to the 50 victims of the Christchurch terror attack. Read more Video

Aldous Harding has just released a brand new song and video, ‘Fixture Picture’ from her forthcoming third album Designer, which is out April 26. Read more Video

On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to DJ IllBaz ahead of his performance at the Aroha Nui Christchurch benefit shows, and country music critic Grady Smith tells us about the recent collision… Read more Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present the brand new single and video from Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders, ‘Out of Our Hands’. Read more Video