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    • Graeme Downes
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    • Verlaines Songwriter Dr Graeme Downes Lecture

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    • Wrapping up the 2021 Season

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      12 Dec 2021
      Graeme Downes

      In his penultimate programme for 2021, William Dart looks back over the year and pursues themes of time passing, complexity versus simplicity, and the importance of legacy, with music by Peggy Seeger… Audio

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      Wrapping up the 2021 Season
    • The Sampler: Charlotte Day Wilson, Joy Orbison, Adelaide Cara

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      28 Aug 2021
      Charlotte Day Wilson

      On The Sampler this week Tony Stamp attempts to stave off cabin fever by checking out three debut albums - one from Canadian soul singer Charlotte Day Wilson, one from UK dance producer Joy Orbison… Audio

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      The Sampler: Charlotte Day Wilson, Joy Orbison, Adelaide Cara
    • Kiwi Covers

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      13 Jun 2021
      True Colours New Colours album cover

      William Dart has a look at a handful of albums that feature cover versions of songs by Chris Knox, Neil Finn, and Tim Finn, including the new True Colours, New Colours. Audio

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      Kiwi Covers
    • 'I write music and it helps me understand what the hell I'm trying to do'

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      7 Jun 2021
      Graeme Downes

      Composing songs and teaching music have been a natural fit for the founding member of The Verlaines who has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Audio

      Dr Graeme Downes honoured for contribution to music, education
    • See who is on the Queen's Birthday honours list

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      7 Jun 2021
      Queen's Birthday Honours recipients

      The Queen's Birthday Honours list for 2021 has been announced today, and it includes prominent artist Grahame Sydney, the former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull, and former long-serving MP Ruth Dyson.

      Queen's Birthday honours list announced for 2021
    • Dr Graeme Downes - MNZM for services to music

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      7 Jun 2021
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      Graeme is a rock musician who founded the Verlaines in Dunedin in 1981, at the heart of what came to be known as the Dunedin sound - along with Toy Love, The Chills, The Clean, Straitjacket Fits and… Audio

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      Dr Graeme Downes - MNZM for services to music
    • Graeme Downes looks back

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      25 Nov 2020
      Graeme Downes

      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

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      Graeme Downes looks back
    • Music with Graeme Downes

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      14 Oct 2020
      Kurt Cobain performing with Nirvana for  MTV Unplugged, 1993.

      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

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    • Music With Graeme Downes

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      16 Sep 2020
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      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

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    • Music with Graeme Downes: Renovating with country royalty

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      19 Aug 2020
      Kenny Rogers accepts the Legacy Award onstage during the 2017 SESAC Nashville Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.

      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

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      Music with Graeme Downes: Renovating with country royalty
    • Deep Purple and Beethoven with Graeme Downes

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      22 Jul 2020
      Beethoven conducting

      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

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      Deep Purple and Beethoven with Graeme Downes
    • Music With Graeme Downes: Lou Reed - Rock 'n Roll Animal

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      24 Jun 2020
      Lou Reed in New Zealand 1974

      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

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      Music With Graeme Downes: Lou Reed - Rock 'n Roll Animal
    • Music With Graeme Downes

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      27 May 2020
      Bob Dylan

      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

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    • The long wait for Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall album

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      29 Apr 2020
      Neil Young

      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

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      The long wait for Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall album
    • Music With Graeme Downes

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      1 Apr 2020

      Graeme joins Kathryn to talk about The Who - and songs from their The Kids are Alright album. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Otago.

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    • The lure of a (good) live album

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      4 Mar 2020
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      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

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      The lure of a (good) live album
    • A revisionist summer with Public Image Ltd

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      5 Feb 2020
      Public Image Ltd. on stage performing in 2013.

      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

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      A revisionist summer with Public Image Ltd
    • The music of Kate and Anna McGarrigle

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      11 Dec 2019

      Music reviewer Graeme Downes joins Kathryn to talk about Canadian sister singer-songwriting duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle, with a look at their songs First Born, Dancer with Bruised Knees and Perrine… Audio

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      The music of Kate and Anna McGarrigle
    • Longer story songs, music and unpleasure

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      13 Nov 2019

      Music correspondent Graeme Downes looks at some country music with longer narratives and the pain that's experienced by the subjects of the songs, featuring Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris' $1000… Audio

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    • A retrospective - and prospective - of Randy Newman

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      16 Oct 2019
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      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

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      A retrospective - and prospective - of Randy Newman
    • Russian rock with Graeme Downes

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      18 Sep 2019
      Kino

      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

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    • The other side of Abbey Road

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      21 Aug 2019
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      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

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    • The Mixtape: Grant Robertson's top six Flying Nun songs

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      17 Aug 2019
      Minister of Finance and Flying Nun fanboy Grant Robertson amongst the RNZ local vinyl archive

      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

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    • Kurt Cobain: Still the master craftsman

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      7 Aug 2019
      Kurt Cobain was the lead singer and guitarist of American rock band Nirvana. (Seen here performing at Sony Music Studios on 18 November 18 1993 for the television series 'MTV Unplugged')

      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

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    • The shifting focus of the music business

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      24 Jul 2019

      Music reviewer Graeme Downes looks at how the music industry has extended itself beyond the music. The hook is no longer just confined to the handling of musical ideas - but extends to activities on… Audio

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