Music

Last year Erny Belle's debut album Venus is Home was nominated for both the Taite Music Prize and Best Independent Debut. In the coming fortnight, the Ngāpuhi alt-folk musician will follow that up… Video, Audio

Kobie Dee is a 25-year-old indigenous Aboriginal Australian rapper, and he's just released a really powerful new single featuring Aotearoa's own Stan Walker. Video, Audio

Today's first song is from a new album filled with well known tracks from Shayne Carter. It was recorded and produced by RNZ and our very talented Andre Upston over three nights in Auckland at the… Audio

A reissue of Tricky's crucial debut album, the first new Stones original music in 18 years, and a fine solo debut from Ebony Lamb. Audio

The long-awaited "final" Beatles song - featuring each member of the Fab Four - is due to be released next week thanks to new technology.

"Now and Then" was written and sung by John Lennon in the… Audio

Award winning Kiwi-Samoan violinist Hayden Afele-Nickel talks to Bryan Crump about getting classical music out of the museum and into the lives of all New Zealanders. Audio

On today's show, So’omālō talks to Ben Horlock of Mirage about their debut single, Rebel Reid of Valkyrie gets candid with Evie about grief and her new project, and X (FKA Twitter) costs $1 now! We… Audio

The brilliant English organist Anna Lapwood talks to Bryan Crump about how a chance midnight meeting with electronic artist Bonobo in London's Royal Albert Hall led to a viral TikTok video. Video, Audio

The Kiwi circus trio, Laser Kiwi, have been travelling the world with their act titled "The rise of the olive". Imogen Stone and brothers Zane and Degge Jarvie have recently made appearances at the… Audio

The Wellington Jazz Festival kicks off today. To mark the occasion, last night APRA AMCOS announced the winner of their 2023 Best Jazz Composition Award. The winner is Louisa Williamson. Audio

Today Ian Chapman features four new songs from three different Dunedin acts. Two are relative newcomers and one is a well-established band making the best music of their career. From the soul/funk… Audio

Composer Ross Harris likes ambiguity. Little wonder then, that he latched onto a passing remark his wife made in French: 'Prendre ses rêves pour des réalités – let your dreams become reality'. Audio

Today's music feature is all about one of the most famous performers of all time, Elvis Presley. We have our very own RNZ First Up producer Jeremy Parkinson, an Elvis super fan, along to talk through… Audio

Rock devotee's got some exciting news a couple of hours ago, with the announcement that Queens of the Stone Age are heading to New Zealand. Josh Homme speaks to Jesse. Audio

On today’s show, it’s ADHD awareness month, so beware of Evie. Gussie Larkin joins us to chat about Mermaidens' latest album and the state of Aotearoa’s creative industries, So’omālō gives us a… Audio

Settling The Score 2023 is a big year for New Zealand composers. It might be the first time we've seen four local compositions in the top thirty, it is certainly the first time homegrown works have… Video, Audio