RNZ Music

Singer and songwriter Flip Grater opens up about balancing being a mother and a musician and her new EP, Lullabies for Anaïs. Read more Audio

Wellington poet and singer/songwriter Claudia Jardine shares her song 'Hide'. Read more Video, Audio

Guitar and drum duo Skinny Hobos bring straight down the barrel rock and roll to the RNZ Studio. They speak to Yadana Saw about taking their big drums and big riffs to the provinces. Read more Video, Audio

Award-winning songwriter Jan Hellriegel has just released her fourth solo album Sportsman of the Year. It’s more than just an album – there’s a book and a podcast too, in which Jan shares stories from… Read more Video, Audio

Enjoy the energetic indie-pop brilliance of The Beths, recorded live by RNZ Music. Read more Video, Audio

This week we have rising country and folk singer Kendall Elise who has just released her debut album, Red Earth. She performs live in our Auckland studio with her band. Read more Audio

Every songwriter has a mother, and most of them have written at least one song about them, or written songs about being a mother themselves. Here are some of our favourites. Read more Video

Malcolm Black is known for his time up front with top 80s pop band Netherworld Dancing Toys, and the hit song 'For Today', but it is his work off stage that has had the greatest impact on New Zealand… Read more Video

On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to UK soul merchants Jungle, Nashville blues-rockers Larkin Poe, and host a live session with Wellington's A.U.R.A. Read more Audio

Auckland country singer songwriter Kendall Elise has just released her debut album, Red Earth, which features the track ‘Kirks Bush’. RNZ Music is proud to be the first to share the song’s brand new… Read more Video

Auckland soul/RnB five-piece Leisure have just released a video documenting their concert with the APO at Auckland’s Town Hall in 2018. Read more Video, Audio