Matthew Bannister
Matthew Bannister and The Changing Same
It's difficult to keep up with the energetic Matthew Bannister, now coming through with a second album from his band, The Changing Same. William Dart looks at this along with Bannister's brand new… Audio
Music feature: Songs from Songs from The Front Lawn
Before Harry Sinclair moved onto a successful film career and Don McGlashan formed The Mutton Birds, the two founded the iconic Kiwi band The Front Lawn. Musician and writer Matthew Bannister has… Audio
Year-End Catch-Up #2 - Local
William Dart looks back at some of the exceptional local music that's passed his way over the year including a preview of what promises to be a highlight of next year's Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
Bannister & Dickinson
William Dart looks at Matthew Bannister's literary adventure of setting the poetry of Emily Dickinson into song. Audio
Jonathan Bree & Sneaky Feelings
William Dart catches up with two local releases: Jonathan Bree's After the Curtains Close and Sneaky Feelings' The Mercury Moment. Audio
The Beatles – re-released and re-imagined
William Dart considers The Beatles – re-released with the 50th Anniversary Edition of Abbey Road; and re-imagined with Matthew Bannister's individual take on Rubber Soul. Video, Audio
Kiwi Rules: Matthew Bannister
Time for Kiwi Rules where a New Zealand artist or band plays it forward... In 2013, Matthew Bannister of Flying Nun act Sneaky Feelings put out his version of the Beatles album "Revolver" called… Audio
The Sampler: Creative Evolution by The Changing Same
Nick Bollinger finds something familiar and something different in the latest album from The Changing Same. Audio
Martin Phillipps and Graeme Downes: Dunedin double
Founders of Dunedin bands The Chills and The Verlaines, respectively, who have pursued musical careers since the early 1980s and will perform at the 2016 New Zealand Festival. Audio
New Horizons - 26 October 2014
William Dart features a whole swag of local acts including new releases from Robert Scott and Bernie Griffin. Audio
The Arts Report for 11 April 2013
19-year old Colin Wolfe had been serving in the American Marines for just six weeks when he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Now his mother Amy Grant Wolfe has created a memorial to him. Wolfe… Audio
Musical Chairs - Matthew Bannister
In Musical Chairs today Mathew Bannister - founder member of Dunedin's SNEAKY FEELINGS - narrates the birth and decline of one of Flying Nun Record's most formative bands. Never taking the easy road… Audio