Featured Music Stories
Steve Albini: Nirvana, Pixies producer and indie musician dies.
US musician and producer Steve Albini was an instrumental and uncompromising figure in the indie scene in the 1980s and '90s, leading bands including Big Black and Shellac, and producing albums by Nirvana, The Pixies and PJ Harvey.
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Local band 'Ha the Unclear' a hit in France
4 May 2024Ha the Unclear who formed in Dunedin have released their much anticipated album Kingdom in a Cul De Sac. Audio
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The Mixtape: Vera Ellen
5 May 2024This year's Taite Music Prize-winning singer/songwriter Vera Ellen and her producer Ben Lemi pick the New Zealand music that influenced them and talk about the special artist/producer relationship behind Vera's latest album, Ideal Home Noise. Video, Audio
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Europapa or Baby Lasagna? Contestants to look out for at Eurovision 2024
5 May 2024The Eurovision Song Contest, a music kitsch-fest watched by some 200 million people, runs until Saturday in Malmö, Sweden, in what fans say is a wide-open year with half a dozen countries having a shot at the title.
RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert is New Zealand’s fine music network. Concert promotes New Zealand music and composition and features live broadcasts of concerts and recitals, as well as international content from other public radio broadcasters, podcasts, and on-demand programmes.
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Creating community through collective music making
7 May 2024Congratulations to the New Zealand Ukulele Trust, this year's recipient of the Baysting Prize for Children's Champion at the NZ Children's Music Awards. David Morriss talks with Maria Winder, one of the founding trustees. Video, Audio
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Dirty Work: An Ode to Joy
6 May 2024David Morriss talks with Josh Clark, music director for Indian Ink Theatre Company's latest production, Dirty Work. Audio
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Four Seasons, four string players and a Grand Ballroom
1 May 2024Versatile violinist Cathy Irons talks with David Morriss about her upcoming concert at the Hanmer Springs Hotel, where the Cathy Irons String Quartet will be performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the hotel's Grand Ballroom. Audio
Featured Music Programmes
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Nashville Babylon: 4 May 2024
4 May 2024On this week's show Mark has blues from Muddy Waters and Mike Henderson, classic country courtesy of the Louvin Brothers, gospel from Sister Rosetta Tharpe plus… Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 27 April 2024
27 Apr 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic blues from Ma Rainey and Freddie King, soul courtesy of Otis Redding and Nina Simone, reggae from Marcia… Audio
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Nashville Babylon - 20 April 2024
20 Apr 2024On this week's show there's tracks from Emmylou Harris, Son Volt and Daddy Long Legs, classics from the Stones and Iggy Pop plus a reggae smash from Steel… Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 13 April 2024
13 Apr 2024On this week's Nashvlle Babylon there's birthday tunes for Al Green and Lowell George, classic reggae courtesy of Junior Murvin plus blues from Jimmy Anderson.
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