Music

Tamaki Makaurau band Ballot Bot introduce themselves. Audio

Melbourne based Maori artist Samuel Gaskin introduces his new song RAIN feat. The Merindas. Audio

Christoph el' Truento was the beat-making brains behind Tom Scott’s @Peace, and later contributed to the Avantdale Bowling Club project. A prolific musician, he’s spent much of the last ten years… Audio

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

Welsh singer Cate Le Bon recorded a special live music session while she was in Aotearoa for her Pompeii Tour 2022. She performs Harbour, French Boys, Pompeii and Moderation, especially for RNZ and… Audio

Dub Reggae heavyweights Rhombus are back with their 5th album- after a 14 year break. The new album After Party - features new and old members, and has a familiar yet fresh sound. Perlina Lau spoke to… Video, Audio

Angel Olsen's latest album Big Time was partly recorded after the indie singer-songwriter lost both of her parents and came out on social media. Video, Audio

Better known to many as Joan As Police Woman, Joan Wasser has long been pushing the boundaries of her sound. Video, Audio

Take a cosmic, spiritual spin through neo-jazz with Cory Champion and the Clear Path Ensemble in this performance live at the 2021 Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio

Aro (aka the bilingual husband-and-wife duo Emily and Charles Looker) play us a live session ahead of their nationwide tour celebrating both Matariki and their latest waiata Kia Mau. Video, Audio

The debut album from Chicago trio Horsegirl is released today, and it's a rough and ready noise-pop ripper. We'll hear two tracks from it, plus a great new single from Wellington band Let's Planet and… Audio

Today on The Pre-Panel Wallace and panellists Georgie Stylianou and Raybon Kan hear from New Zealand's premier Elvis impersonator about the licensing company that controls the name and image of "The… Audio

Today Colin Morris talks about new music from Dana Gillispie and has a look behind the scenes at the Simon and Garfunkel track, Wednesday Morning 3am. Audio

For seven years, from the early days in the Cavern Club, to that last recording session, Mal Evans was the road manager, bodyguard and personal assistant to the Beatles. His story is finally being… Audio

Today's bookmarks guest is a well-established member of the NZ acting scene, Michael Hurst. Michael is also about to embark on a nation-wide tour of a new play he's created called the Golden Ass. Audio

A new Canadian film follows four musicians on the autism spectrum as they record and release an EP. OKAY : The ASD Band Film is a feature length documentary with four people at its heart: lead singer… Video, Audio

Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about the Doo-wop music genre: how did it start, why was - and is - it so popular? She'll talk about the silly band names, the fashion and why… Audio