RNZ Music

RNZ Music is proud to present Beachware’s brand new vid for 'Respite', by the ultra-talented director and producer Frances Carter. Read more Video

The Nelson-bred, LA-based duo will release their third album Don't Feed The Pop Monster on February 1st and are playing in Auckland and Christchurch in March. Read more Video

UK-based Australian musician Nick Cave and his wife Susie Bick have visited a children's grief workshop while in New Zealand for Cave's Q+A sessions and performances in Wellington and Auckland. Read more

Legendary US rock group Fleetwood Mac have announced they'll be playing in Auckland and Dunedin September. The shows will be the first chance for New Zealanders to see the group perform with new… Read more Video

RNZ Music is stoked to premiere the new video from Christchurch bedroom-pop artist Pickle Darling. Read more Video

Nick Cave has often been a mythical character, a dark horse singing songs of depravity and desperate acts. And tonight fans get the chance to ask him anything, in person. Read more Video

RNZ Music is proud to present our first video premiere of 2019. It’s a kooky but beautiful vid which you should definitely watch ‘til the end. Oh, and it's a great song too! Read more Video

Last year Anderson.Paak and the Free Nationals promised an enthralled Laneway Festival crowd he would return to New Zealand. Yadana Saw was there to witness his promised return at Spark Arena Read more Gallery

The gender imbalance  in music festival line-ups persists this year, despite the noise in promoters ears getting louder. Kirsten Johnstone asks why this is still an issue. Read more Video

Tami Neilson, Bic Runga, Nadia Reid, Julia Deans and Ria Hall are among more than 20 female artists who’ll be performing across three cities as part of the Milk & Honey festival in March. Read more

RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone runs us through the best music podcasts for both music discovery and music deep-dives! Read more

Andrew Scheps is a mix engineer who has worked on some notable albums, and won Grammy awards for three of them. Currently in Auckland hosting workshops as part of the NZ Music Producer Series, he… Read more Audio