Music

If there was a Wellington sound in the 80s it was a local version of rhythm and blues that became unique to the capital. What was once borrowed and blue became sunny and joyous. It passed through the… Audio

Performed by NZSQ at a concert in Jubilee Hall, Parnell, Auckland, 3 April 2022. Audio

Performed by NZSQ at a concert in Jubilee Hall, Parnell, Auckland, 3 April 2022. Audio

Performed by NZSQ at a concert in Jubilee Hall, Parnell, Auckland, 3 April 2022. Audio

Performed by the NZSQ at a concert in Jubilee Hall, Parnell, Auckland, 3 April 2022. Audio

Don McGlashan's Bright November Morning is the singer's fourth solo album and, finally released in February of this year, it's well worth seven years of waiting, affirming him as one of our premier… Audio

Violinist Rakuto Kurano has big ambitions for his time as the first Artist in Residence at a Wanaka retirement complex. He's just completing the first of three week-long stints at The Aspiring… Video, Audio

A treasured violin run over by a car is one of the most extreme repairs carried out by The Stringed Instrument Company in Auckland. Our occasional series of interviews with repairers continues with a… Audio, Gallery

Children’s hymns feature in this week’s programme, including Cecil Frances Alexander’s well-known hymn There is a green hill far away.  Audio

Performed by the NZSQ at a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland, 2 April 2022. Audio

Performed by the NZSQ at a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland, 2 April 2022. Audio

Performed by the NZSQ at a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland, 2 April 2022. Audio

Performed by the NZSQ at a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland, 2 April 2022. Audio

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Emmylou Harris and Richard Thompson, a reggae classic from Neville Brown, the Cowboy Junkies covering Gram Parsons plus a rock 'n' roll smash from Jerry… Audio

Our guest on the Mixtape today picking their favourite songs is New Zealand-based musician and producer Chelsea Nikkel - known by many as Princess Chelsea.

Her whimsical indie pop/electronic sound… Video, Audio

Tony Stamp talks to Andrew Wilson about Die! Die! Die!'s seventh album of noisy post-punk, 'This is Not an Island Anymore'. Audio

Ragnarok were a local progressive rock band formed in 1974, who played every pub in New Zealand, and released two albums and three singles. At the time, they were a band who had high production values… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews the latest album by theatrical folk maverick Aldous Harding, a wildly diverse array of talent on the first compilation from Auckland label Sunreturn, and a selection of sixties soul… Audio