RNZ Music

In this week's Pocket Edition, Kirsten Johnstone talks to Grammy winning country pop star Kacey Musgraves and Trevor Reekie explores an album of psychedelic music from Wellington that hasn't been… Read more Audio

The 2019 Pacific Music Awards take place tonight at Manukau's Vodafone Event Centre. Finalists include Tomorrow People, Kings, Adeaze and SWIDT. The late Tongan Monarch, Queen Sālote Tupou lll will… Read more Video

Following the release of her new album Designer, Aldous Harding has announced she’s touring NZ in August. Read more Video

RNZ Music is proud to be the first to share the brand new single and video from Auckland rapper Unchained XL, ‘Weight On My Bars, Pt. IV’. Read more Video

Taranaki born soul singer Bailey Wiley is becoming stronger and more resolutely herself with each release. Kirsten Johnstone finds out more about her evolution. Read more Video, Audio

Small Island Big Song is an album that unites indigenous musicians from seafaring cultures across the Pacific & Indian Oceans. All the songs were recorded in nature, using traditional instruments and… Read more Video, Audio

Sophie Scott-Maunder and Jonathan Shirley of Wellington band Beatcomber talk to Elliott Childs about their new EP Creature Comforts and the difficulties of having half the band living in the UK. Audio

ZÖ introduces us to her song 'To Be Loved' from her debut EP WAR. Read more Audio

'Cosmic Cowgirl' Kacey Musgraves played the Auckland Town Hall on Friday, charming a diverse crowd of devoted fans. Kirsten Johnstone sat down with her to find out more about her psychedelic, Grammy… Read more Video, Audio

Does the music played in shops and on the radio in the lead-up to Christmas make you think 'I could do better than that!" Well, here's your chance. Jesse Mulligan announces RNZ's new orignal… Read more Audio

New Zealand musician Neil MacLeod is with us today for NZ Live. He's a singer/guitarist and he's got a couple of mates with him in the Wellington studio. Read more Audio

By teaching a machine to sing with an ensemble of voices, Holly Herndon has created an otherworldly album that presents a utopian vision of how technology can co-exist with humanity. Read more Video