RNZ Music

Australian indie-rock surrealist Kirin J Callinan is touring NZ this month. He joined us to explain how Hollywood actress Andie MacDowell ended up staring in his latest music video 'You Weren’t In… Read more Video, Audio

Tiki Taane joins Yadana Saw in the RNZ studio to play his new song 'Serendipity' and talk about what inspired the song and it's heart warming video. Audio

Woodstock '99 is remembered as a violent, fiery disaster. The media blamed the bands for the mess, but did they really cause the riot? In his new podcast Break Stuff, author and music journalist… Read more Video, Audio

The golden-voiced Steph Casey from Kapiti Coast is in the studio with her full band to play her latest album, On The Seats In My Car. Read more Video, Audio

L.A.B., Theia and PERE are among the finalists for 2019 Waiata Māori Music, which celebrate excellence in Māori music. Past winners include Six60, Troy Kingi, Maisey Rika and Rob Ruha. Read more Video

Grey Lynn hip-hop duo Eno x Dirty perform new songs and talk about some of the inspirations behind their high energy party raps Read more Video, Audio

Nick Atkinson of Supergroove and Hopetoun Brown fame has a new musical project called Love Square. RNZ Music is stoked to be the first to share his new track ‘Where Does It Go’ featuring vocals from… Read more Video

Twenty-five years after releasing New Zealand’s landmark jazz album, Shift Left, Nathan Haines is bringing his musical prowess to the role of Music Director at the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll songwriting… Read more Video

A new documentary on Pacific Reggae pioneers Herbs celebrated its world premiere at Auckland’s Civic Theatre last night, as part of the NZ International Film Festival. Our reviewer, Steve Newall was… Read more Video

Highlights of live performances by the rising star of alt-country Marlon Williams, captured by RNZ Music over the past decade. Read more Video, Audio