Music Industry
Simon Grigg's picks from 50 years of New Zealand music
Simon Grigg has been a key music industry figure for the last 50 years - most well known as the man who's record label Huh! brought the world the OMC mega hit "How Bizarre!". That's not where his… Audio
Queen of country music, Tami Neilson
Fresh off the back of Americana Fest in Nashville, Tami Neilson is back in Aotearoa, and will soon pick up the last leg touring her new album; Kingmaker. The album centres on themes of female… Audio
My Current Song: Jenny Mitchell, 'Snakes in the Grass'
Exhibiting a darker, Americana sound, 'Snakes in the Grass' is the fourth single from Wellington-based singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell's forthcoming album, Tug of War. Mitchell joins the show to… Audio
Matthew Davis from Flying out Records - The music industry is suffering
The music industry has been hit hard by Covid-19 and the uncertainty around lockdown levels has made planning events difficult. Audio
Dave Dobbyn on love, music and Mother's Day
Kiwi music legend Dave Dobbyn has been using his lockdown time to pin down some new songs. He joins the show to discuss the beauty of limitations when writing music, the search for truth, and the… Audio
Keeping the South Island film industry alive
We speak to Arrowtown-based Great Southern Television chief executive and executive producer Philip Smith about what the South Island Film Industry will need to continue once it emerges from the… Audio
Vinyl poised to outsell CDs for the first time since the 1980s
Vinyl, a format that was believed by some to have died decades ago, is now on the verge of outselling CDs for the first time since the mid-1980s. Roger Marbeck is with us to discuss. Audio
Calling Home: Brigid-Anne Gilbert in Berlin
Brigid-Anne Gilbert has been living in Berlin for the past seven years and is firmly entrenched in the local and international music industries. Audio, Gallery
What's it like being a woman in the music industry?
Music critic Amy Raphael first wrote about sexism in the music industry in her 1995 book 'Never Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock'. She's revisited the subject 20 years later in her new book 'A… Audio
It's been 20 years since Napster changed the record industry forever
Napster, the pioneering file-sharing service that almost destroyed the record industry, turns 20 this month. Music journalist and author Steve Knopper joins RNZ Music to discuss the lasting effect… Audio
Malcolm Black: fair-minded and humble NZ music hero
Malcolm Black is known for his time up front with top 80s pop band Netherworld Dancing Toys, and the hit song 'For Today', but it is his work off stage that has had the greatest impact on New Zealand… Video
The Mixtape: Andrew Dubber
Andrew Dubber is a music technologist, author, broadcaster, and academic. Along with his partner Michela Magas he runs Music Tech Fest, and lives in Sweden with two big fluffy dogs. Back in NZ to… Audio
How to make your band succeed: the inside guts on the music industry
Going Global is a local music summit that brings together musicians and key music industry players from across the globe. Here are some of the things we learned this year.
Jane Abernethy discovered Bon Iver and signed Grimes
Jane Abernethy is the Director of A&R for seminal record label 4AD. Trevor Reekie talked to her ahead of the Going Global Music Summit in Auckland. Video, Audio
Hijacking NZ Music Month: the campaign to get marginalised voices heard
Equalise My Vocals aims to address issues brought to the surface by a story published last year by The Spinoff, outlining serious allegations of grooming and sexual predation in the local music… Video, Audio
Three Wise Men - the producer, the manager and the artist
Speakers at the New Zealand Music Month Summit convene in the RNZ studios to discuss the changing industry and how best to navigate a music career. Video, Audio
The benefits of breaking up in public
Thom and Alisa from The Naked and Famous talk world tours, surviving in LA, and keeping the band together post-relationship breakup. Audio
The Mixtape: Lizzie Marvelly
In this week's mixtape, Lizzie Marvelly shares the songs that have travelled around the globe with her. She speaks with Yadana Saw. Audio
TPP clause 'not making copyright easy to understand'
The music industry wants to dump the new copyright provisions in the TPP, saying New Zealand is the only country to sign up to such cumbersome and costly rules.
The Record Store Of The Mind
Tompkins Square's label head Josh Rosenthal chronicles his musical journey in 'The Record Store of the Mind', a book about his thirty years releasing an eclectic catalogue of American music. Audio