Music
Nashville Babylon 3 September 2022
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has soul from Dusty Springfield and Otis Redding, a Beatles cover courtesy of Ike and Tina Turner, reggae from Milton Henry plus birthday tunes for Loudon… Audio
Ryan Brake's Solipsis
Nick checks out Solipsis, a new album from NZ composer Ryan Brake, featuring music inspired by the film 'Synechdoche New York'. Audio
Georgia on my Mind
Nick checks out tracks from Elmo Hope, Alexa Tarantino, and Harold Mabern - plus a number from Regina Carter's album "Swing States", featuring music about the political swing states of the USA. Audio
The Mixtape: The Casketeers
Charlotte Ryan talks to Francis and Kaiora Tipene from the hit show The Casketeers. Video, Audio
The Sampler: Cass McCombs, DOMi & JD Beck, Andrew Tuttle
Tony Stamp reviews Cass McCombs' satirical songs about sadness, Domi & JD Beck's hyperactive jazz, and the ambient banjo music of Andrew Tuttle. Audio
The Sampler: Cass McCombs, DOMi & JD Beck, Andrew Tuttle
Tony Stamp reviews Cass McCombs' satirical songs about sadness, Domi & JD Beck's hyperactive jazz, and the ambient banjo music of Andrew Tuttle.
AudioWorlds of Music 3 Sepember, 2022
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
Toody Cole: Return of the living Dead Moon
Back in 1992 cult Portland garage rock trio Dead Moon skipped the chance to play with Nirvana to do a 20-show tour of New Zealand, gaining many ardent fans here in the process. This month sees the… Video, Audio
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
Emma-Jean Thackray on the state of young British Jazz
Trevor Reekie talks to Uk Jazz musician Emma Jean Thakray. Video, Audio
New music with Jeremy Taylor
The Kinks last classic album goes Americana, an obscure Neil Young release is reissued, and Half Hexagon are the Krautrock sound of Tamaki Makaurau. Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition 1 September 2022
In this week's Pocket Edition, Brett Mckenzie lifts the lid on his brand new album, Songs Without Jokes, Australian troubador Julia Jacklin rekindles her passion for perfoming live and we pay tribute… Audio
Music Critic: Colin Morris
Today Colin Morris talks about music from Loudon Wainwright and the story behind the hit from The Cars, Drive. Audio
Top five APRA Silver Scroll finalists announced
The Silver Scroll Award is considered the most coveted prize in New Zealand music, celebrating the art of song writing.
The top five finalists for the 2022 APRA Silver Scroll have just been… Audio
APRA Silver Scroll finalists announced
The top five finalists have been announced for the 2022 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka.
Music with Kirsten Zemke: Dance craze songs
Music commentator Kirsten Zemke takes us through the ages with songs that have ended up become dance hits - from the 'Twist' and the 'Hustle' to the 'Macarena' and 'Jerusalema'. What turns a hit song… Audio
Music feature: Soulquarians
In the late 90s a collective of musicians came together to form the Soulquarians, and went on to release a series of timeless albums that would be hailed by critics and fans to this very day. Inspired… Audio
2022 ACL 4 NZ Trio 8 TAJUDDIN Sebuah Pantun
Asian Composers League Concert 4 - Te Ihutai NZTrio The Piano, Christchurch 30 August 2022 Audio
2022 ACL 4 NZ Trio 7 CUTLER McNulty
Asian Composers League Concert 4 - Te Ihutai NZTrio The Piano, Christchurch 30 August 2022 Audio