Music
The Mixtape: Shaneel Lal
Our guest on the Mixtape this week picking their favourite songs and talking about life is activist Shaneel Lal.
The 23-year-old was named Young New Zealander of the Year in 2022 for their work in… Video, Audio
Review: Bic Runga performs Beautiful Collision start to finish to sold-out audience
Hoping to get some summer road trip vibes in the middle of winter, Katie Fitzgerald headed along to Bic Runga's Auckland Town Hall concert.
i.e crazy on their new album 'Country Justice'
Frances Libeau releases music under the name i.e crazy.
Some of you may remember them from their former musical project Dear Times Waste. Video, Audio
Loyle Carner ahead of his Elemental Nights show
Loyle Carner ahead of his Elemental Nights show. Audio
Introducing - Thomas Powers
This week on Introducing its the new project of Naked and Famous' Thomas Powers featuring Chelsea Jade Video, Audio
The Sampler: PJ Harvey, Karl Steven, Hand Habits
Tony Stamp reviews an adaptation of an epic poem, a selection of local remixers, and a playfully profound folk-pop EP. Audio
The Sampler: PJ Harvey, Karl Steven, Hand Habits
Tony Stamp reviews an adaptation of an epic poem, a selection of local remixers, and a playfully profound folk-pop EP.
AudioM. Ward on his love of radio and his new album 'Supernatural Thing'
M. Ward, a musician from Portland, Oregon released his 12th studio album SUPERNATURAL THING last month. Charlotte Ryan spoke to M Ward about the album, collaborations and a shared love of radio. Video, Audio
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Become Ocean
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder.
Recorded 28 July 2023, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree
Performed by NZSO percussionists: Lenny Sakofsky, Sam Rich, Naoto Segawa.
Recorded 28 July 2023, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
Graham Johns: hitting all the right notes
NZ-born musician Graham Johns has just retired after 40 years as Section Leader, Percussion, for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Video, Audio
Randy Meisner, Eagles co-founder who sang 'Take It to the Limit,' dead at 77
Randy Meisner left the band at the height of its popularity in 1977, but he was inducted along with all seven Eagles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
NZ Live: Tahini Bikini
Tahini Bikini is a "collective of Wellington and Wairarapa folk" with an eclectic sound they describe as 'salad funk'. Video, Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Superb Scottish band Teenage Fanclub have just announced a tour, playing their first Auckland show in five years in March next year. We'll hear two key tracks from their 30-year career today, followed… Audio
Sinéad O'Connor remembered as brave but vulnerable voice of a generation
Musicians and members of Aotearoa's Irish community say Sinéad O'Connor's music will be playing all over the world today. Video
Sinead O'Connor: A life of beauty, pain, friction and art
The internet is awash in tributes to Sinéad O'Connor, the turbulent Irish singer whose atmospheric ballads frequently rang out from New Zealand radios in the 1990s.
Sounds of the sitar
Purbayan Chatterjee is a master sitar player from Mumbai. He's performing concerts in Wellington and Auckland. Audio
Music Critic: Jana Te Nahu Owen
Today music 101 producer Jana Te Nahu Owen is along to take us through the music she's been listening to. She gives her views on tracks from Geneva Alexander-Marsters and Jamila Woods. Audio
The TAHI Thursday 27th July 2023
On today’s episode, we introduce you to our new segment ‘Artshole’, Jordyn with a Why chats to So’omalo about her first PMA nomination, Blake opens up about how hard she’s worked on her new single… Audio
