Music

The master of the oud, Rahim AlHaj brings his powerful Letters from Iraq to New Zealand audiences with an ensemble of local musicians. Audio

Chris Bourke looks at the musical landmarks of Christchurch, with an ear on the 60s & 70s. Audio

Lambchop's new album, The Bible offers a remarkable meeting with the mysterious and mercurial Kurt Wagner. William Dart takes a listen. Audio

Tired of being left off touring schedules by musicians, Whanganui is taking matters into its own hands. Over Labour Weekend it's launching a new festival, Lost Art Summer in the Square, with a line up… Video, Audio

Wellington based, Filipino-born bassist and composer Seth Boy often combines the musical influences of his home country and of jazz greats like Duke Ellington, and John Coltrane in his work. Seth has… Video, Audio

Brass bands and hymn tunes go so well together! In this week’s programme, you can hear a spine-tingling rendition of Joseph Parry’s Aberystwyth played by Christchurch band Woolston Brass. Audio

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish - Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei Recorded 15 October 2022, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio

JOACHIM: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 11 Amalia Hall (violin), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei Recorded 15 October 2022, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has music from Tony Joe White and Candi Staton, previews New York blues combo Daddy Long Legs New Zealand tour and spins a birthday tune for Paul Simon. Audio

'Relentless Attrition' and 'Infernal Assault' - the names of guitarist Sally Gates's early '00s bands betray her beginnings in the Auckland death metal scene. Since, she has moved to the United States… Video, Audio

This week it’s a lucky dip of classics and modern favourites, including Blue Mitchell playing Nica’s Dream, Pat Metheny’s version of Old Folks, the Rodger Fox Big Band playing at Capitol Studios, and… Audio

Our guest on the Mixtape picking his 6 favourite songs is Melodownz. An Award winning rapper, poet, and host of the brilliant youtube show Kava Corner, Melodownz is a pillar in the Aotearoa hip-hop… Audio

Just like the Ten Tenors, but much, much cooler. We check out ten tenor sax players you need on your playlist- 5 from New Zealand, and 5 from the US. Featured artists include Nathan Haines, Colin… Audio

This week we introduce you Poneke based Neil MacCleod and his new single - Check out Neil MacLeods album visualiser below

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‘Not OK’ is the beautiful new melodious soul-folk-influenced single from Taranaki-based Australian singer-songwriter Renée Millner.

This week on Introducing its Taranaki-based Australian… Audio

Kara Rickard goes behind the scenes of the APRA Reo Māori SongHubs at Roundhead Studios. Audio

She was young, ambitious and wildly successful, then she disappeared. Tony Stamp finds out where Fazerdaze went and how she's coming back with new EP Break!. Video, Audio

Julian Lennon has just released his new album Jude. Named after 'Hey Jude' Paul Macartney wrote the iconic Beatles tune, for Julian Lennon and it was initially called 'Hey Jules" and Charlotte Ryan… Audio

Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio