Music

British conductor Alice Farnham was once told by a male conductor that women couldn't do the job because their breasts get in the way. She's now been a conductor for three decades, and her newly… Audio

US-born singer songwriter, Tina Turner, has died at the age of 83.

Widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock'n'Roll" her soul classics and pop hits including 'The Best' and 'What's Love Got to Do With… Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

American guitarist Russ Spiegel leads a group of local musicians in a couple of sets of mostly his own tunes at CJC in Auckland. Audio

Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Fleet Foxes, Johnny Greenwood, Jakob and Joni Mitchell. Audio

Director Janine Hosking has made a documentary film on Australian conductor Simone Young. It's screening at this year's Doc Edge Festival. Video, Audio

This week for Bookmarks we meet co-founder of Letterboxd, Matthew Buchanan. As well as running the online social networking service for movie buffs he's also a designer. He talks to Jesse about his… Audio

This week for NZ Music Month Ian Chapman revisits two of Christchurch's favourite and most flamboyant bands from the 1970s: Ragnarok and Odyssey.  Audio

Today's music feature is celebrating New Zealand Music Month. Multi-award winning director, producer and documentary maker, Dan Salmon has written a piece for Audioculture about the vast collection of… Audio

On today’s episode, Coast Arcade’s Bella chats with Evie about the bands new EP, So’omalo catches up with Tori from new fundraising group Tea Towel Takeover, and boss man Harry gives our dynamic duo a… Audio

Enjoy the best of British music and two of its biggest names - composer / conductor Sir James MacMillan, and percussionist Colin Currie join the NZSO to celebrate the 2017 British & Irish Lions rugby…