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After four years talking music with us every fortnight on Nine to Noon, today is Graeme Downes' last show. Graeme is a rock musician who founded The Verlaines in Dunedin in 1981, at the heart of what… Audio

Graeme squeaks in two years early on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit! He joins Kathryn to deconstruct the song and discover what made it such an instant… Audio

Graeme joins Kathryn to continue with this country theme, this time looking at Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Glen Campbell. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and former senior lecturer in the… Audio

Graeme has been doing some house renovations and streaming some US country radio, with a small playlist on high rotate! But it's offered up the best of country music royalty: including Kenny Rodgers… Audio

This week Graeme takes a trip down memory lane, looking at Deep Purple's Live in Japan album. The band is still active and have their 21st album coming out next month. He'll also look at concerts… Audio

Music commentator Graeme Downes joins Kathryn to share another live album and continues with his transformation theme of the last show. Today he breaks down two songs from Lou Reed's Rock 'n Roll… Audio

Music correspondent Graeme Downes joins Kathryn to look at Bob Dylan's Hard Rain, Rolling Thunder Tour, keeping his live album theme going in a time of cancelled live gigs. Audio

Music commentator Graeme Downes looks at why Neil Young's album, recorded in 1971, sat in limbo until 2007. He'll share some gems, including Old Man, Cowgirl in the Sand and A Man needs a Maid/Heart… Audio

Music commentator Graeme Downes has been thinking about the number of live recordings he owns, and what makes a good live album. He shares some tunes from Tom Waits' Big Time and Glitter and Doom live… Audio

Music correspondent Graeme Downes has been looking back this summer as he downsizes his music collection. He joins Kathryn for a look at English post-punk band Public Image Ltd. Graeme Downes is a… Audio

Music commentator Graeme Downes has booked his tickets for a night with Randy Newman when he's here in February. With six decades of back catalogue, Graeme picks five short songs that illustrate some… Audio

Musicologist and University of Otago lecturer Graeme Downes' students introduced him to some Russian music he'd not heard before and he's decided to share it today. The band is Kino, which was closely… Audio

Music commentator Graeme Downes looks at the Beatles' Abbey Road album at fifty - but focuses on the side two medley. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department of Music at… Audio

This week's RNZ Mixtape selector is Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance and unofficial Minster of Flying Nun. He shares an exclusively Dunedin collection of tracks ahead of The Others Way Festival. Video, Audio

Music reviewer Graeme Downes looks at the music of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, 25 years after his death. What was it about the 'Nevermind' album that resonated with so many of his fans?  Audio

Music commentator and University of Otago lecturer Graeme Downes has been continuing his seminar series with his students and finds the songs that students connect with are the ones their grandparents… Audio

Music reviewer and academic Graeme Downes looks at why some songs mean so much to us. He touches on 'Both Sides Now', by Joni Mitchell, 'What's Going On' by Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone's 'Feeling… Video, Audio

On Tuesday June 11th, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra will be joined at the Civic Theatre in Auckland by Nadia Reid, Liam Finn and Anna Coddington for NZ Mix Tape. The event will see an orchestral… Audio

Otago University’s research library, archive and art gallery, Hocken Collections has a number of special events taking place throughout NZ Music Month.

Music commentator Graeme Downes joins us for the last time before he takes a sabbatical with a very personal look at the Verlaines 10th studio album Dunedin Spleen, to be released on May 10. Video, Audio

Music correspondent Graeme Downs focuses on two songs from Canadian-American roots rock group The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and The Weight. Audio