Nights for Friday 15 July 2016
7:07 Sonic Tonic
Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence.
7:45 Winners
Surfer Silvana Lima excels at her sport despite being refused sponsorship in the past.
8:12 Nights' Sport - Europe
In the grandstands with the German crowds is Football Collective editor, American Dave Raish.
8:30 Spotlight
Despite a 20 year break from touring overseas, The Chills still maintain a loyal fanbase in the U.K. and U.S. Keyboardist for the band, and keen anthropologist, Oli Wilson, talks to the fans there to figure out what makes this love of The Chills so enduring and strong.
9:07 Country Life
Country life tonight meets a couple who care for injured birds before releasing them back to the wild, also the trials of farming livestock in rural India, and we have part 4 of Possumer Colin Cox's memoir; today their previously illegal deer capturing escapades become a legal activity.
10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International
11:07 The Friday Finale
The legendary frontman of The Clash and punk rock icon Joe Strummer was an avid radio listener and music collector; between 1998 and 2001 he hosted his London Calling radio show for the BBC World Service playing an eclectic mix of punk, reggae, folk, jazz and world music. Tonight Joe Strummer shares sounds that inspired him from Columbia to the Congo alongside classics from The Meters, The Pogues and The Wu-Tang Clan.
Music played in this show
Sonic Tonic - Peace
Artist: Paul Simon
Song Peace like a River
Artist: Jacque's Brel
Song: Quand on n'a que 'amour
Artist: The Staple Singers
Song: I'll take you there
Artist: Cat Stevens
Song: Peace Train
Artist: The Flaming Lips
Song: Do you realise
Artist: Zara McFarlane
Song: Police and thieves
Artist: War
Song: Why can't we be friends
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Song: What's going on?
