Recent Music Stories
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Music with Kirsten Zemke: The la-la-la phenomenon
25 Sep 2024Music correspondent Kirsten Zemke looks at why non-lexical vocables or nonsense syllables are used in a variety of music genres. Audio
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A violinist of many colours
24 Sep 2024Violinist Tristan Carter talks to Bryan Crump about his multifaceted musical career. Video, Audio
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A ditty keeps the doctor away
Music can be medicine. It can help treat diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and depression says neuroscientist Daniel Levitin. He's not just a brain scientist, he's a record producer working with… Audio
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Music feature: Aly Cook on Lucinda Williams
24 Sep 2024Country music star Aly Cook takes us on a journey through the songs of American singer-songwriter Lucinda WIlliams. Audio
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CACO & Luke Combs
On the show today. South Auckland raised Iraqi artist CACO talks to us about his latest single 'omg'. We find why So'omalo and Luke Combs's similarities are more than just looks and Janay pitches a… Audio
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A leg up from Six-60
Four lucky Otago Uni students have been given a pretty unique chance to kickstart their music careers after winning a highly sought after Six-60 scholarship. The scholarships were set up in 2021 by… Audio
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Extra Coldplay tickets released for NZ shows
24 Sep 2024Missed out on tickets for the Music of the Spheres World Tour? There's a second chance to get into the November shows in Auckland.
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Laurie Anderson pays tribute to an aviation pioneer on Amelia
24 Sep 2024The legendary avant-garde artist's latest release is a musical retelling of Amelia Earhart's final flight.
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Salina Fisher makes waves across the Pacific
23 Sep 2024One of America's top choreographers is basing her latest ballet on music by New Zealander Salina Fisher.
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Jazz musician Mark de Clive-Lowe on 'exciting' new start
22 Sep 2024Mark de Clive-Lowe talks growing up in Auckland's "magical" 1990s jazz scene and discovering his Pākehā great-grandfather composed music in te reo Māori. Video, Audio
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Worlds of Music 22 September, 2024
Music from the world, for the world, with Chlopcy Kontra Basia, Bosker, Shoukichi Kina, and British-Indian sitar player, Roopa Panesar.
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Recent NZ Singles
22 Sep 2024William Dart ventures into recent New Zealand singles, from soul ballads by Louis Baker and HALES to the moody Jaz Paterson and Daily J's unabashed summertime rock, and Teddyyy having fun with a… Audio
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Review: Passage du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies
22 Sep 2024Elliott Childs finds Sturgill Simpson's first release under a pseudonym to be more of a progression than a reinvention.
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Review: Passage du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies
22 Sep 2024Sturgill Simpson's first release under a pseudonym is more of a progression than a reinvention. Audio
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O & The Mo on life in Nelson and their new single, ‘Make Way For The Sun’
22 Sep 2024O & The Mo are Olivia Gallagher and Alvin Bartley, a creative couple and bandmates residing in Wakapuaka, Nelson. Maggie Tweedie spoke to the pair about their new single 'Make Way For The Sun'. Video, Audio
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Being fearless at the world's edge: Composer Eve De Castro Robinson tries stand-up
So fearless is composer Eve De Castro Robinson that not only did she recently give a seminar entitled ‘Being Fearless’ but, now in her 60s, she recently tried doing stand-up comedy for the first… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 22 September 2024
22 Sep 2024New Zealand hymn writer Shirley Erena Murray’s life and work is celebrated in a new biography by Anne Manchester: Peace is Her Song. You can hear hymns by Shirley Murray in this week’s programme. Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia Opera in Concert 2024 - Tristan and Isolde
21 Sep 2024One of the most profound and innovative pieces of music in history. The Auckland Philharmonia's Opera in Concert for 2024, performed in Auckland Town Hall, 10 August 2024. Audio
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What was the finest piece of original Kiwi jazz this year?
21 Sep 2024Check out the four finalists for the 2024 APRA Best Jazz Composition Award. Audio
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New Zealand singer Eddie Low dies following cancer battle
21 Sep 2024"He never knew how talented he was and how much he inspired all of us as well as other singers and musicians," daughter Maria Low says. Audio
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Jamie xx drops album of anthems
21 Sep 2024It's the album that promises to own the dance floor this summer. Jamie xx talks to Charlotte Ryan about collaborating with some incredible artists, and how time spent in New Zealand influenced his… Audio
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4pm The Mixtape: DJ, Producer, Musician Mark de Clive Lowe
21 Sep 2024Our guest picking the music is musician, DJ, composer and producer Mark de Clive-Lowe. Mark started his career in the late 1990s as a central player in Auckland's jazz scene and has gone on to make a… Audio
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The Mixtape: DJ, Producer, Musician Mark de Clive Lowe
21 Sep 2024Our guest picking the music is musician, DJ, composer and producer Mark de Clive-Lowe. Mark started his career in the late 1990s as a central player in Auckland's jazz scene and has gone on to make a… Audio
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Katy Perry drops new album. Does it stack up?
21 Sep 2024RNZ's resident pop expert Sam Robinson weighs in on Katy Perry's new album 143 in a year of giant pop releases. Read a review of 143 here. Audio
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