Jared Mackley Crump
What makes you groove?
Why does one song make you happy, and another make you sad? Why does one chord sound "right" and another sound "wrong"? Audio
Calypso, Soca and the Steel Drum: The music of Trinidad
In this week's music feature, we're off to the Carribean - Trinidad, to be precise: the home of calypso and soca and the birthplace of the steel drum. AUT musicologist Jared Mackley-Crump takes us… Audio
The rise of Pacific pop in New Zealand
Our regular music expert, Musicologist and AUT lecturer Jared Mackley-Crump takes us on a tour of the history of Pacific Pop. Here are his Pacific music picks.
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The Latin pop explosion
A few weeks ago we talked about the Irish pop music explosion of the 80's and 90's. Around the same time Latin music also took the world by storm. Audio
The 90's Irish music explosion
A look and listen back to the Irish pop music explosion of the 1990's. Audio
The history and politics of Eurovision with Jared Mackley-Crump
Songs that ended wars. Songs that sparked political coups. Songs that brought walls down and threw the closet doors open on celebrating gay culture. Yes, it's Eurovision. Audio, Gallery