Nick Bollinger
Essential NZ Albums: Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club
On his 2018 album Avantdale Bowling Cup, Auckland rapper Tom Scott blends powerful, polyrhythmic rhymes with fine jazz and a strong sense of place. Video, Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 25 August 2022
In this week's Pocket Edition, we meet Gussie Larkin from the heavy rock duo Earth Tongue, Nick Bollinger reflects on The Beatles influence on counterculture in New Zealand, and UK musician and… Audio
Blue Smoke: Dylan Down Under
Nick Bollinger and Chris Bourke discuss and share New Zealand musicians responding to Bob Dylan. Audio
Nick Bollinger: sounds of Aotearoa's counter culture
What exactly is counter culture? Were Baby Boomers ever actually cool? Musician, historian and critic Nick Bollinger has been on a mission to find out what the cultural moment of the late 1960s and… Audio
Kill 'Em and Leave : Remembering James Brown
James Brown is the undisputed inventor of funk music, the singer, bandleader, raconteur and entrepreneur lived more life in his seven decades than most. Nick Bollinger and Yadana Saw share their close… Audio
Bob Dylan celebrates 80th birthday
It's a big day in the music world - Bob Dylan turns 80 years old today.
The musician is often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and in 2016, was awarded the Nobel prize in… Audio
The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Bob Dylan
Nick Bollinger identifies some of the many and various musical references on Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan's epic 2020 album - from Jimmy Rodgers to Chopin. Audio
The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Bob Dylan
Nick Bollinger identifies some of the many and various musical references on Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan's epic 2020 album - from Jimmy Rodgers to Chopin.
AudioThe Summer Sampler Radio Hour: New Orleans
New Orleans rap duo The 79rs Gang draw on the rich cultural and musical traditions of their hometown. Taking their 2020 release Expect The Unexpected as a starting point, Nick Bollinger traces some of… Audio
The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: New Orleans
New Orleans rap duo The 79rs Gang draw on the rich cultural and musical traditions of their hometown. Taking their 2020 release Expect The Unexpected as a starting point, Nick Bollinger traces some of…
AudioThe Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Sault
In a turbulent year, this clandestine British collective produced an album that plays like a Black Lives Matter soundtrack. Nick Bollinger discusses these new Black protest statements and recalls a… Audio
The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Sault
In a turbulent year, this clandestine British collective produced an album that plays like a Black Lives Matter soundtrack. Nick Bollinger discusses these new Black protest statements and recalls a…
AudioThe Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Harry Smith
In the 1950s, an eccentric collector called Harry Smith fuelled a folk music revival with a definitive anthology of American folk recordings. Now the reissue label Dust-To-Digital have turned those… Audio
The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Harry Smith
In the 1950s, an eccentric collector called Harry Smith fuelled a folk music revival with a definitive anthology of American folk recordings. Now the reissue label Dust-To-Digital have turned those…
AudioThe Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Paul McCartney
On the fiftieth anniversary of his first solo album, Paul McCartney releases a new homemade set. Nick Bollinger evaluates it in the context of a half century of post-Beatles albums. Audio
The Summer Sampler Radio Hour: Paul McCartney
On the fiftieth anniversary of his first solo album, Paul McCartney releases a new homemade set. Nick Bollinger evaluates it in the context of a half century of post-Beatles albums.
AudioThe Sampler - International album highlights 2020
Nick Bollinger revisits some of the outstanding international albums of the past 12 months. Audio
The Sampler - International album highlights 2020
Nick Bollinger revisits some of the outstanding international albums of the past 12 months.
AudioThe Sampler - International album highlights 2020
Nick Bollinger revisits some of the outstanding international albums of the past 12 months. Audio
The Sampler: Best local albums of 2020
Nick Bollinger revisits some of the local albums that stood out in 2020. Audio
