Music Critic
Is this month 30 years ago the biggest in music history?
Critic Simon Sweetman explains why this month is regarded as being such a stand out. Audio
Music critic Russell Baillie
Music critic Russell Baillie shares some music trivia about Talking Heads with a New Zealand link. Audio
Musical scholar Alex Ross
Alex Ross is the music critic for The New Yorker and the author of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century. He will appear at the Auckland Writers Festival and talk about his latest work, on… Audio
Carl Wilson - 'Let's Talk About Love'
Freelance writer and Slate music critic Carl Wilson's 'Let's Talk About Love' is an exploration into the phenomenon of Celine Dion and wider discussion around the nature of taste, good and bad. He… Audio
Robert Christgau - An Appointment With The Dean
Nick Bollinger talks to the self-proclaimed 'Dean of American Rock Critics' about modern pop, good writing and the changing role of the rock critic in age of the internet. Audio
In Memoriam John Amis (1922-2013)
In 1985 John Amis recorded a 13-part series Amiscellany for RNZ Concert recalling some of the music and personalities he had encountered on his travels as a wandering miscellanist. In Crrrrrrr-RITic… Audio