Music
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 26 July 2023
Wellington trio womb enchant with their live performance in the RNZ Studios. Charlotte Ryan sits down with one of Ireland's most revered musical exports. Trevor Reekie explores gothic folk coming out… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket: 26 July 2023
On this weeks show Wellington trio Womb enchant with their live performance in the RNZ Studios. Charlotte Ryan sits down with one of Ireland's most revered musical exports. Trevor Reekie explores… Audio
NZ tunes for recorder players
Judith Bell is the mastermind behind Kiwicorder - a free, online resource of New Zealand recorder music. Video, Audio
Music with Kirsten Zemke: Vintage vocal harmony
Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about the popularity of vocal harmony in the 50s and 60s. Audio
'A final resort': 95bFM has to sell off its 50-year-old vinyl collection to stay afloat
Across the airwaves, disgruntled hosts of 95bFM's Drive Show sounded a call to action on Monday evening: Buy a part of their record collection, because they're "running out of funds".
The BBC Proms on RNZ Concert
The BBC Proms is the world’s largest classical music festival, and RNZ Concert is giving you a front row seat.
Finding the words for The Strangest of Angels
Georgia Jamieson Emms is the librettist for an opera based on writer Janet Frame's time spent at Seacliff Psychiatric Hospital. Audio
Music feature: OMC
'How Bizarre' by Otara Millionaires Club, better known as OMC, is one of the biggest hits to ever emerge from our shores.One person who's a big fan is singer-songwriter Erny Belle, and she's with us… Audio
The TAHI Tuesday 25th July 2023
On todays show, SACHI spill on Club SACHI and drop some genius business ideas, Jackson Owens chats to So’omalo about his latest single ‘Now Forever’, and comedian Hamish Webber does some hot jokes… Audio
Classical music in unexpected places
This year’s Classical on Cuba festival includes performances in a furniture store! Elliot Vaughan is Artistic Director. Audio
On-stage same-sex kiss sees popular British band banned from Malaysia
Malaysia's government halted a music festival in Kuala Lumpur and barred The 1975 after what it called "disrespectful actions".
Worlds of Music 23 July, 2023
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie.
This week featuring Gambian kora player Sona Jobarteh and NZ guitarist Nigel Gavin. Audio
Dr John, Posthumous
Dr John may have gone to his reward four years ago, but the CDs keep coming, from his final studio album last year to a new compilation of stunning performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival… Audio
New doco pays tribute to cover art pioneers Hipgnosis
London design company Hipgnosis were the creators of some of the most famous imagery in 20th century rock music - from the prism of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon to the all-star prison breakout… Video, Audio
Emery Schubert: Why earworm songs get stuck in our heads
Do you ever hear a snippet of a tune and before you know it, it's on rotate in your head, and you can't seem to shake it for hours... or days, or even weeks? You're not alone. This pesky phenomenon -… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 23 July 2023
We're celebrating the birthday of Isaac Watts (17 July 1674) this week. He's often described as 'the father of English hymnody'. Audio
MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde
Oliver Sewell (tenor), Hadleigh Adams (baritone), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei Recorded by RNZ Concert in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 22 July, 2023 Audio
SCHOENBERG: Five Pieces for Orchestra Op 16
Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei Recorded by RNZ Concert in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 22 July, 2023 Audio
STRAUSS: Burleske in D minor
Jian Liu (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei Recorded by RNZ Concert in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 22 July, 2023 Audio
Tony Bennett obituary: The great interpreter of the American songbook
In a career that spanned the 1950s to the 2020s, Tony Bennett became the man Frank Sinatra called 'the best singer in the business'.
