RNZ Music

Jon Toogood has called Melbourne home for the last 18 years, and it's here that he's readying his forthcoming Solo & Acoustic tour, a nine-date run that will see the Shihad frontman reduce and refine… Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger and Yadana Saw speak with Living Colour's Vernon Reid and Doug Wimbish. Read more Video, Audio

American synth-pop outfit Future Islands are about to release their 5th album The Far Field. Frontman Samuel Herring talked to Music 101 about his vast array of influences. Read more Audio

The small settlement of Te Mata, just south of Raglan in the Waikato, is the home of new label, Red Robin Records.  The label’s founders - Michael ‘Red Robin’ Robins and producer Naram - are using… Read more Video, Audio

Arts laureate and national treasure Moana Maniapoto performs with her band live in RNZ’s studios. Read more Video, Audio

Radio Active, a Wellington independent radio station which has long been a champion of local music, has announced that it will be able to remain broadcasting, despite the company having gone into… Read more Audio

Fran/ Bar Group introduce their song 'Same Name'. Read more Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition: We talk to indie stalwarts Spoon about their 20 year back catalogue, NZ film composer Rhian Sheehan talks to German film composer Hans Zimmer about his work on… Read more Audio

Songbroker is a service streamlining access to New Zealand music for international producers of film and TV. Read more Audio

Spoon's new album Hot Thoughts is out almost twenty years after the band first started releasing their taut, tight pop songs. Alex Behan tiptoes through their back-catalogue with bass player Rob Pope.

During the 1970s Barry Jenkin aka Dr. Rock was a champion of a free-spirited playlist that embraced music that defied commercial accessibility. For many music lovers, his radio broadcasts and time… Read more Audio

Kendall Elise introduces her song Heart Full Of Dirt. Read more Audio