RNZ Music

Teresa Paterson has been involved in the NZ music industry for more than two decades working in band management, PR and at record labels, including a stint as the head of Virgin Records NZ. She shares… Read more Video, Audio

In 1993 Phil Bell AKA Sir Vere co-founded 95bFM's True School Hip Hop Show. Since then he's dabbled in TV and publishing, and is now Program and Content Director at Mai FM. Ahead of the True School… Read more Video, Audio

Horace Panter talks to Trevor Reekie about his career in the band which he documented in his book 'Ska'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials' published in 2008. Read more Audio

British singer Jorja Smith won the Critics Choice Prize at the 2018 Brit Awards, and scored a Grammy Nomination for Best New Artist on the strength of her debut album Lost & Found. Prior to her set at… Read more Audio

Electronic musician Jon Hopkins was in town last week to perform the closing slot at Auckland's Laneway festival. Tony Stamp caught up with him to chat about transcendental meditation and his surprise… Read more Audio

With a rich discography that spans two decades of broken beat, jazz and Auckland's High Street scene, Mark de Clive Lowe has finally made an album that goes to his core. Heritage is a musical response… Read more Audio

After two new shocking documentary series about R Kelly and Michael Jackson's alleged sexual misconduct, can we still listen to their music with a clear conscience? Yadana Saw speaks with… Read more Audio

Christchurch alt-country singer Katie Thompson is an expert at enlisting fans of her music – about half of whom are outside New Zealand – to help out her career. Katie's third album is due out… Read more Video, Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition we chat to Masego about muscles, Zach from Beirut talks ghost peppers, and Pickle Darling tells us how he made his debut album in various moldy bedrooms. Read more Audio

Christchurch band The Butlers introduce their song 'Leopard of Sweet Dreams'. Read more Audio

Last night, veteran British drummer, songwriter, and singer and Phil Collins performed the first of two NZ shows as part of his Not Dead Yet tour. James Dann was there. Read more

Peter Posa interviewed by Bill Timmings on 3ZC Timaru in 1965. Read more Audio