Kirsten Johnstone
Music 101 Pocket Edition 251: JessB/ Miss June/ Tipene
On this week's Pocket Edition we speak with locals JessB and Miss June about their new releases, and profile Waiata Maori Music Awards nominee Tipene. Audio
Flaxmere-raised rapper Tipene: "Music saved my life"
As a kid growing up in Flaxmere, Tipene assumed his destiny was being a Mongrel Mob member, but music steered him on a different course. Kirsten Johnstone finds out about the long and winding path to… Video, Audio
Getting students a-buzz about bees with beats
This story is about a classroom, bees and beats. A couple of Massey researchers in conjunction with two Wellington schools are using the arts to engage students in learning science, technology… Video, Audio
A little bit of country music
RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnson goes country, with a look at newly formed band Highwomen - a name playing homage to the legendary Highwaymen, deep-south Kiwi singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell and Lillie… Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 248: Sons of Zion/ Justin Townes Earle
On this week's Pocket Edition we host a live session with Sons of Zion, celebrate 50 years since Woodstock, and chat with outlaw country artist Justin Townes Earle. Audio
Strong top five for Silver Scroll Award 2019
Five top acts have made the shortlist for this year's APRA Silver Scroll Award, recognising excellence in songwriting: The Beths, Tiny Ruins, Aldous Harding, Benee, Avantdale Bowling Club. Kirsten… Audio
Live in Session: Sons of Zion
In the ten years since Sons of Zion released their debut album, they've given up their day jobs, written some chart-topping songs, and played to massive audiences in New Zealand and abroad. They… Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 245: Richard Lowenstein
This week on Music 101 Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw talks to director Richard Lowenstein about his new documentary on Michael Hutchence and Harper Finn tells Kirsten Johnstone about hi two new singles. Audio
Music With Kirsten Johnstone
Music reviewer Kirsten Johnstone looks at the new singles from Harper Finn, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter - son of Tim Finn, of Crowded House fame. She'll also share some music from Wellington… Audio
Johnny Cash: The man, the music and his gift for storytelling
A new documentary playing at the NZ Film Festival called The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash is a sensitive and compelling portrait of the man and the artist. As film-maker Thom Zimny tells Kirsten… Audio
Song Crush - Wilco, Denzel Curry, Sampa The Great
The Song Crush team this week play some tracks you should listen to instead of the new Ed Sheeran record Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 243: Villainy/ Warpaint
On this week's Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw chats to Villainy about people mispronouncing their name and Elliott Childs talks to US band Warpaint backstage in Wellington.
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The Mixtape: Paddy Free
Paddy Free is one half of pioneering NZ electronic act Pitch Black. He's collaborated with top musicians including Moana Manipoto, Neil Finn and the NZ Symphony Orchestra, and produced some of this… Video, Audio
Repulsive Woman on her introspective, One Direction inspired debut
Dunedin's Millie Lovelock plays in noisy rock duo Astro Children, but has just released a quiet, introspective album as Repulsive Woman. She talks to Kirsten Johnstone about how studying boy-band One… Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 241: Beastwars/ Grace Kelly
On this week's Pocket Edition Beastwars' Matt Hyde tells us how a cancer scare brought his band back together, and sixteen year-old Grace Kelly performs her viral hit song 'San Jose'. Audio
Music for Matariki
Music reviewer Kirsten Johnstone joins Kathryn for some Matariki tunes, including some Whirimako Black and Dunedin rangatahi He Waka Kotuia. Audio
Song Crush: Iron & Wine And Calexico, Jordan Rakei
Make a cuppa, pull up the blankies, Kirsten Johnstone and the Song Crush team serve up toasty new tunes to warm you up. This week's show includes The Comet is Coming, Iron & Wine and Calexico and… Video, Audio
How cancer brought New Zealand’s favourite metal band back together
Wellington’s Beastwars is perhaps New Zealand’s best-loved metal band, so when they broke up in 2016, fans were gutted. Worse news was to follow – a year later, the band’s frontman Matt Hyde was… Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 239: Lonnie Holley
On this week's Pocket Edition we meet American outsider artist Lonnie Holley, and learn about Girls Rock Camp Wellington. Audio
What RNZ Music has in store
Kirsten Johnstone & Elliot Childs share some of the interesting stories RNZ's music team has been working on, including the Universal Music archive fire in 2008, the WOMAD 2019 concerts that are… Audio