Music

It's no secret that country music is full of misogyny, racism and homophobia. There's bro country and then there's her country says veteran music journalist Marissa R. Ross.  Audio

Aotearoa's biggest music stars are performing at Purapura Whetū - Stars of Matariki on Friday.  Audio

After a four year hiatus, the much anticipated Lexus Song Quest will showcase some of Aotearoa's best young vocal talent. Clarissa Dunn from RNZ Concert, who will be hosting this year's semis and… Audio

Ben James from Herb's Mobile Record Store is back again to pick some more tracks - tonight he plays muic from bands he's seen live and been blown away by. Audio

The first of two programmes from the NZSQ's National Tour, intended to be performed in 2021 but delayed until April 2022. They give us a programme of Haydn, Ligeti, and Dvorak with Gareth Farr's Te… Audio

William Dart looks at Andrew Bird's new album Inside Problems. Audio

In his new book, Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop, Bob Stanley, who is a member of English indie/dance crossover band Saint Etienne, tells the definitive story of the birth of Pop music, from 1900… Audio

When Sister Suzanne Toolan wrote I am the Bread of Life in the 1960s she almost threw the song away, thinking it wasn’t very good. Since then, it’s been sung all over the world in many denominations… Audio

On this week’s Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Paul McCartney and Nick Drake, soul from Dusty Springfield and Etta James, more from Steve Earle’s latest album 'Jerry Jeff' plus a trio of… Audio

Prominent NZ musician Hollie Smith has been writing and releasing music for over 20 years. Her 4th solo album Coming From the Dark charted number 1 on the New Zealand charts last year, and shes about… Audio

Tony Stamp is enamoured by London singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya's second album, checks out the return of noisy expats Popstrangers, and and grapples with Canadian weirdo Yves Jarvis. Audio

Daffodils are a four piece alt indie band from Auckland. 

Many moons ago they had great success in the Smokefree Rockquest so we have been keeping an eye on them here at Music 101. 

They have just… Audio

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

On Saturday 18th June, the highly-anticipated APRA Best Country Music Song Award was announced live on RNZ's Music 101.

Taking out the title this year is the ever-moving masterpiece ‘Trouble Finds A… Audio

NZ Band Tall Dwarfs is the dup of Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate - former members of the NZ punk bands Toy Love and The Enemy - who were signed to  Flying Nun records and for the first time their full… Audio

Rangi Matamua has been helping people rediscover the connection that we all have to the cosmos, leading to what has been a dream for him: New Zealand celebrating Matariki as a public holiday, Friday… Video, Audio