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Music feature: Te Reo Maori songs
17 Sep 2024We focus on music written in the Māori language. Audio
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Te Aorere Pewhairangi & Coco Lance
On the show today So'omalo introduces us to RNZ Pacific Journalist Coco Lance, rangatira in media Te Aorere Pewhairangi joins Janay in the studio to korero about some of his latest projects plus Te… Audio
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At 50,000 and counting, this might be NZ's biggest record collection
17 Sep 2024He started collecting vinyl at the age of eight. Now, there are too many records to count.
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Tito Jackson, brother of Michael Jackson, dies aged 70
Media reports say the singer and older brother of the late Michael Jackson had a heart attack while driving.
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World first makes it to Aotearoa
16 Sep 2024Ahead of its tour of Aotearoa, the Netherlands-based Calefax Reed Quintet talks with Bryan Crump and plays live in the RNZ studio. Audio
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Te Whānau o Te Puna Reo o Ritimana: a celebration of te Reo Māori
16 Sep 2024Geneva AM is part of a night of waiata to celebrate te Reo Maori, but also to fundraise for Te Puna Reo o Ritimana, a total immersion Maori-medium early childhood center in Ponsonby that was… Audio
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Alison Moyet - 'You understand as you get older, there's no one coming to rescue you'
Alison Moyet has always had an uneasy relationship with fame, she says. Audio
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Laurie Anderson flies with Amelia Earhart
15 Sep 2024William Dart takes to skies for Laurie Anderson's new album Amelia, her first solo venture in over a decade, tracing the final, tragic journey of Amelia Earhart. And along the way, he looks at one or… Audio
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Herbie Hancock
15 Sep 2024In advance of Herbie Hancock's concerts in Auckland and Wellington in October, Nick Tipping takes a trip through Herbie's career- from the early acoustic days of "Takin' Off" to the jazz funk of "Head… Audio
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My People
15 Sep 2024Julie Mason plays and sings Benny Golson; Philly Joe Jones takes a drum feature with Clifford Brown; and New Orleans band Cha Wa gets funky. Plus - the tuba duet you didn't know you needed to hear. Audio
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Okay Kaya explores Norwegian roots with quirky new record
15 Sep 2024Review: Okay Kaya continues to captivate with her eclectic and introspective new album, Oh My God - That's So Me. Video
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What's the verdict on Fred again..'s latest?
15 Sep 2024Review: While Ten Days does uplift the spirit, it may not be the game-changer some anticipated. Video
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The Sampler - OKay Kaya
15 Sep 2024Norweigan American musician Okay Kaya's new record is charming and unusual. Audio
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The Sampler: 1994 part 4
15 Sep 2024Tony Stamp looks back at four local albums turning 30 this year, in the fourth of a six-part series. Video, Audio
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Songs based on poems inspired by films: Bill Direen’s Dustbin of Empathy
He's reached that stage of getting called a legend of the underground and certainly, Bill Direen is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most singular, long serving and distinctive poets and musicians. His… Audio
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From SpongeBob to Lord of the Rings: Why are we so successful composing for film?
An area of Aotearoa New Zealand arts getting major global reach right now is music and sound for film.
Culture 101 brought together three composers and musicians making inroads in this field to talk… Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 15 September 2024
15 Sep 2024Celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this week with a selection of hymns from Hīmene Māori - a project to document, record, and publish Māori hymns and waiata. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 14 September 2024
14 Sep 2024On this week's show there's new music from Barry Saunders and Delaney Davidson, blues courtesy of Black Joe Lewis, ska from the Specials plus an all time classic from Aretha Franklin. Audio
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Chris White on his Dire Straits experience
14 Sep 2024Chris White played saxophone with Dire Straits on the Brothers in Arms tour on some of the world's biggest stages. Chris shares his experience with Dire Straits with Charlotte Ryan. Audio
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What it was like being in the biggest band in the planet
When Chris White was part of Dire Straits in the mid-1980s they were massive - but there were "no big bust-ups, not like Oasis", he tells Music 101. Video, Audio
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The Mixtape: Musician and entertainer Anika Moa
14 Sep 2024Our guest on the RNZ Mixtape is broadcaster, singer and author Anika Moa. Starting her music career over 20 years ago, Anika is one of Aotearoa's most loved musicians. She has written some of our… Audio
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The Sampler - MJ Lenderman interview
14 Sep 2024North Carolina musician MJ Lenderman speaks to Maggie Tweedie about his charming new songs that spotlight both the mundane and the familiar. Video, Audio
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The Sampler: Okay Kaya's quirky new record Oh My God—That’s So Me
14 Sep 2024After relocating to a remote Island outside of Oslo, Okay Kaya has been able to access a deeper sense of solitude giving her more time to write and focus on a simpler and more stripped back album. Video, Audio
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Pitch Black's music remixed by hero producer Adrian Sherwood
14 Sep 2024NZ electronic duo, Pitch Black, have been making electronic music since 1996. Michael Hodgson and Paddy Free have pioneered their own sound that blends dub and electronica. Pitch Black's first… Audio
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