RNZ Music

Karyn Hay is no stranger to Aotearoa's airwaves, from hosting Radio With Pictures in the early 80s, heading up Kiwi FM in the 2000s,  and wrangling talk-back radio for the last nine years at… Read more Video, Audio

Singer/songwriter Anthony Stretch aka Stretch has released his debut album called 'Bury All Horses' recorded at the Lab Studio with producer and drummer Wayne Bell. His musical journey includes… Read more Audio

Dunedin band Soaked Oats introduce their song 'Avocado Aficionado' Read more Audio

Decades scrimped, saved, begged and borrowed to make their debut album with Shihad's Tom Larkin as producer and the reults are definitely worth it. Read more Audio

JessB is the first woman to appear on the David Dallas-curated 64 Bars series. Aroha Harawira spoke to the Auckland rapper about her burgeoning career. Read more Video, Audio

Being Queer, Christian and from Memphis seems like an unlikely combination, but 21-year-old singer songwriter Julien Baker embraces all three with pride and ease. [audio_play] Julien says she feels… Read more Audio

Auckland rock'n'roll four-piece Clap Clap Riot play songs from their latest album Dull Life. Read more Video, Audio

Each scene has a song to go with it and most scenes, including dialogue-driven ones, are paced to fit with their songs. It’s not an exaggeration to call the film a musical, even though no one breaks… Read more Video, Audio

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This year's Silver Scrolls Top 20 songs are more diverse than ever with significant proportions of women and non-Pakeha, as well as a huge range of musical genres from R&B to metal. Read more Video, Audio

We’re halfway through 2017, and what an amazing year for music so far. Alex Behan, Tony Stamp, Kirsten Johnstone, Katie Parker of The Wireless and Trevor Reekie pick some favourites. Read more Video, Audio

In the second of our two-part series on Prince, Georgia Duder-Wood speaks to those that knew him to find out what he was like as a kid, a colleague, a friend. Read more Audio