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Congratulatios to L.A.B. who've been voted NZ's best live act in RNZ Music's highly scientific NZ Music Month poll. We picked 25 of Aotearoa's best live bands and you voted. Here are the results! Video

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. Video

Lyttleton bluesman Delaney Davidson and country legend Barry Saunders are touring NZ to celebrate the release of their new collaboration, Word Gets Around. They dropped into RNZ to perform the album's… Video, Audio

An exhibition of New Zealand music photography, From the Pit, is on display at Auckland’s Flying Out record store, and Q Theatre throughout New Zealand Music Month.

RNZ Music is proud to present the brand new single and video from Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders, ‘Stolen River’, from their collaborative album Word Gets Around, which is out today! Video

"He was one of television’s most distinctive characters and a person who was totally uncompromising in his own ideas." How the legacy of the late television broadcaster Dylan Taite led to the creation… Video

William Dart celebrates the joy of live music with two new concert recordings: Mavis Staples Live in London, and a full scale 75th birthday party for Joni Mitchell in Los Angeles. Video, Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present the brand new single and video from Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders, ‘Out of Our Hands’. Video

This superb performance by Hollie Smith and Teeks is the first single from Offering, an album that brings together some of NZ’s top musicians to raise money for the Salvation Army. Video

Kiwi expat and music industry professional Milly Olykan on her role in bringing country music to the world, and why women in country are often writing more interesting songs than their male… Video, Audio

Mark Rogers plays new music from Townes Van Zandt, Tami Neilson, Tom Russell and the Willard Grant Conspiracy. There's also classic jazz from Herbie Hancock, a preview of Alejandro Escovedo's NZ dates… Audio

Tami Neilson has released a brand new song, ‘Big Boss Mama’, to celebrate International Women’s Day, and RNZ Music is stoked to be the first in NZ to share it. Video

Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) has just announced the finalists for this year’s Taite Music Prize, which recognises outstanding creativity in an album. Previous winners include Lorde, Aldous Harding…

Milk & Honey festival is set to take place on International Women's Day (this Friday) in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown. The gigs feature women and are run by women. We profile four… Video

Two Auckland Festival shows in March put waiata Māori front and centre - a free sing-along event in Aotea Square called Tira, and another called Tōku Reo Waiata. The brains behind the shows, Tama… Video, Audio

The gender imbalance  in music festival line-ups persists this year, despite the noise in promoters ears getting louder. Kirsten Johnstone asks why this is still an issue. Video

Tami Neilson, Bic Runga, Nadia Reid, Julia Deans and Ria Hall are among more than 20 female artists who’ll be performing across three cities as part of the Milk & Honey festival in March.

Mel Parsons, Tami Nielson and Lawrence Arabi are among the many fantastic live performances we enjoyed on NZ Live in 2018. RNZ's studio engineers got together and picked their favourites. Video, Audio

An eclectic bunch of New Zealand musicians made it big in 2018. RNZ Music takes a look at some of the Kiwi artists whose stars burned bright this year. Video

On tonight's show Mark previews forthcoming New Zealand tour dates from Mavis Staples, CW Stoneking and Alejandro Escovedo. There's also music from Los Lobos, Tami Neilson and Jason Isbell plus a… Audio

Tami Neilson performs live at Auckland's Town Hall as part of her SASSAFRASS! tour, August 2018. Audio

Dunedin five-piece Six60 took home a total of five Tuis at the 2018 Vodafone NZ Music Awards, which took place at Auckland’s Spark Arena tonight. Video

The finalists for this year's NZ Music Artisan Awards have been announced and include Estère, Marlon Williams, director Shae Sterling and the engineers and producers behind Alien Weaponry's Tū. Video

After more the four decades of Kiwi rock'n'roll, Hello Sailor guitarist Harry Lyon makes a solo album. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio