Kirsten Johnstone

Flight of the Conchords have gone and got pretty famous. On the back of their BBC Radio 2 series they've got their own American telly show, where they play a folk duo from New Zealand trying to make… Audio

Improvised music includes the widest possible variety of sounds, it is a genre and a technique without rules beyond the inclination of the players. Free jazz players Chris O'Connor and Dan Beban, join… Audio

Afrobeat is a funky cross pollination of the sounds of Africa and African-America including West African percussion and call-and-response, along with jazz and funk rhythms. Audio

The Phoenix Foundatio have had a busy time since their 2005 album Pegasus. Luke Buda and Sam Scott released solo albums, bass player Warner Emery released an EP with his band Hot Swiss Mistress, and… Audio

The Enright House is the name that Christchurch based producer Mark V. Roberts makes music under. He's only been in New Zealand for two and a half years - he grew up with his American mother in… Audio

A film's music soundtrack is one of those things that if done well, will go largely un-noticed, yet it's a vital aspect in conveying the emotional and dramatic intent of a movie. It is a highly… Audio

Emeralds and Greenstone talk to Jody Lloyd for the Music Mix. Ariana Tikao first stepped onto NZ stages in 1993 with her group Pounamu, and she's been involved in the New Zealand music scene ever… Audio

George and Queen is the name of a couple who've been playing together since they met at the contemporary music course at Otago University. The pair, Immi Paterson and Neil Newton, have just released… Audio

The Whipping Cats are an Auckland three piece who've been at the epi-centre of the thriving NZ indie scene for a few years now. Vincent, Straton, and Chanel have a reputation as one of the wildest… Audio

Wellington band Grand Prix have been using racing as a metaphor for life since 2002, and apparently they're not giving up the fumes anytime soon. In July they released their third album 'Terraplane… Audio

The world's favourite candy-coloured kids, The White Stripes are just about to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their musical union, and with that milestone comes their sixth album, Icky Thump. Jack… Audio

The inaugaral 'Camp a Low Hum' was attended by an 350 campers. Fifty bands played over three days at Brookfields Scout Camp in Wainuiomata near Wellington, New Zealand. Audio

Take an audio fieldtrip to ALT TV - an Auckland music TV station taking a punk rock approach - to see what kind of ropes and tape are holding this operation together. Sam Wicks and Kirsten Johnstone… Audio

The elusive, Mysterious Tape Man has been lurking in dark Wellington Alleyways for a few years now, his face always hidden with a wrap of quarter-inch tape. The mask never comes off in public. Sam… Audio

Warren Maxwell came to the attention of the nation as the songwriter and frontman for Trinity Roots- a group that melded aspects of Blues, soul, dub and rock, all with a distinctly New Zealand… Audio

B-LIVE OE: BRAZIL is a project that took 5 New Zealand musicians to Brazil to collaborate with local Brazilian musicians, record new music for an album and film the event for a documentary. The aim… Audio

Hawkes bay-based soundscapers Jakob is made up of a trio who have been together since '98. On the release of their third album Kirsten Johnstone took Guitarist Jeff Boyle, and bass player Maurice… Audio

High Dependency Unit have stirred live audiences with their sonically and emotionally charged rock since their first rumblings from the Deep South in late 1995. The trio has been rather too quiet for… Audio

Splore ''06 was a three day multi-discipline arts and music festival, melding a strong music line-up together with visual arts, performance art, workshops and film screenings. This year was in the… Audio