RNZ Music

New Brighton based Blair Parkes is in the Christchurch studio for NZ Live today. The multi-talented Cantabrian shares some tracks from his latest and fifth album, Liveable City. Read more Audio

Rapper and producer Tyler, The Creator, who was banned from performing in New Zealand in 2014, is set to headline the Bay Dreams festival in Nelson and The Mount in 2020. Read more

RNZ Music is proud to present the new video from Christchurch multi-instrumentalist and producer Pickle Darling. ‘Bicycle Weather’ is from his debut album Bigness, which came out earlier this year. Read more Video

Wellington-based singer-songwriter Louis Baker performed this stunning cover of Prince's 'Purple Rain' as part of Jesse Mulligan's Friday afternoon live music feature, New Zealand Live. Read more Audio

Louis Baker one of the biggest names of the NZ live music circuit who only last month released his first full-length album, Open. Louis and his incredible band give us a peek – and play a stunning… Read more Video, Audio

Tim Finn's 21-year-old son Harper is the latest to join the family songwriting business. He's just released two piano-pop songs that might have him swatting away comparisons to his dad, but also show… Read more Audio

A new documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence, currently showing at the NZ International Film Festival, seeks to reveal the truth about the late INXS singer. Director Richard Lowenstein speaks to RNZ… Read more Audio

This is your first look at the incredible new video from Northland musician Troy Kingi. ‘Ethiopia’ is visually stunning, political and a bit surreal. Read more

After a six-year hiatus, Mike Skinner and his band The Streets are back with their early-2000s hip-hop club bangers. RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone caught the final show of their world tour at… Read more

A new documentary playing at the NZ Film Festival called The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash is a sensitive and compelling portrait of the man and the artist. As film-maker Thom Zimny tells Kirsten… Read more Audio