Music
Nashville Babylon Christmas Special - 25 December 2021
Mark's embracing the festive spirit with a 2 Hour Christmas Special this week featuring his favourites from Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly, Billie Holiday and a special gift from Don… Audio
He Korokoro Tui - A Christmas Waiata
Justine Murray presents a selection of festive waiata and summer songs in this special Christmas edition of "He Korokoro Tui". Audio
Christians unite across denominational divides to celebrate Christmas together
From St Anne's Catholic Church in Newtown, Wellington an ecumenical service celebrating this central event in the Christian calendar. Audio
Twelve Days of Covid
One of Bryan's end of year challenges is to persuade some of his fellow night shift workers to perform a carol. This year the RNZ Xmas Eve Scratch Chorus performed The Twelve Days of Christmas, with… Audio
A Christmas playlist for the festive cook
Need aural support while you tackle the Christmas cooking to-do list? Lucy Corry plugs in her favourites. Video
RNZ Music Pocket Edition 355: Self Esteem/Slice of Heaven
In this week's Pocket Edition with Yadana Saw, we learn how Slice of Heaven overcame its underdog status to grow into our unofficial anthem and Self Esteem's Rebecca Taylor on her album that's topping… Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Yadana plays Tami Neilson's cover of the Willie Nelson Christmas song Pretty Paper, a summery track from Sorrento with Andy Lovegrove's honeyed voice and bassist extraordinaire Marika Hodgson. Plus an… Audio
Enjoy Christmas with RNZ Concert
Seasons Greetings from the team at RNZ Concert, here is our gift to you for the 25th December. Video
The Inside Out Christmas Special 2021
It's a very jazzy Christmas, featuring carols from Arturo Sandoval, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Rahsaan Roland Kirk... Audio
Great NZ Album - Vera Ellen, It's Your Birthday
Great NZ Album: Vera Ellen, It's Your Birthday. Audio
I Dream of Christmas
William Dart's got a Santa sack full of Christmas goodies from Kristin Chenoweth and Paul Kelly to Leslie Odom Jr, The Bird and the Bee, and the inimitable Norah Jones. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 19 December 2021
It’s nearly Christmas Day, and if you feel you haven’t had a good carol singalong yet, today’s programme is just for you. Plenty of well-known carols, including a couple that will really stretch your… Audio
Nashville Babylon 18 December 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's rockabilly from Wanda Jackson, Christmas blues courtesy of CW Stoneking, classic funk from James Brown plus a birthday tune for Keith Richards. Audio
Sir Rod Stewart and son plead guilty over hotel row
Sir Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery over an altercation with a security guard at a hotel in Florida in 2019.
Every Day I Have the Blues 1
The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. This hour Nick checks out tunes which take the blues to some unusual places. Audio
Every Day I Have the Blues 2
The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. In the second hour of this week's show, Nick checks out tunes which take the blues to unusual places. Audio
The Mixtape: RNZ Music Team Top Picks of 2021
We finish off 2021 with the RNZ Music team picking their favourite songs of the year! Video, Audio
Benee: 'New Zealand is just the best country'
Benee - aka Stella Rose Bennett - is looking forward to summer. Next February, the New Zealand pop juggernaut will share new music on her 2022 World Tour, which kicks off with 10 full-scale pop shows… Video, Audio
The Sampler: Best International Albums of 2021
Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite international albums of 2021, including UK soul, Scottish post-rock, American folk songs about movies, and more. Audio
The Sampler: Best International Albums of 2021
Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite international albums of 2021, including UK soul, Scottish post-rock, American folk songs about movies, and more.
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