Samuel Scott catches up with Daniel, the 'D' of D Burmester and The Blind, to discuss their new album, Alright, Goodnight, how bands are supposed to release music these days, singing American music in… Audio

Wellington guitar slinger D Burmester and his band Thomas McGraph and Graeme Cummack join Kirsten Johnstone in session. 27 April 2013 Audio

Revered, reclusive RnB artist D'Angelo has been working on a new album for over a decade, and has just re-released a 1995 live recording as a stop-gap measure. Nick Bollinger takes a listen. Audio

After a 14-year absence, D'Angelo - the great soul vocalist and multi-instrumentalist music critic Robert Christgau dubbed "R&B Jesus" - is finally back on the scene with Black Messiah, an album that… Audio

After a decade-plus career behind the turntables DJing for Aotearoa hip hop's finest, DJ CXL has recalled some favours from hip hop and R'n'B heavyweights for his album 'Represent', featuring a guest… Audio

There's a solid case to be made for DJ Premier being hip hop's most influential sonic architect. His chopped-up, sample-heavy productions provided the backbone for Gang Starr, the group he was a… Audio

When sample master DJ Shadow released his album 'Entroducing' in 1996, he was known for going into record stores and moving copies of it from the Acid Jazz and trip hop bins to the hip hop section… Audio

DJ Vadim came to prominence in the late 90s on the Ninja Tune record label. He speaks with Yadana Saw about the explosion of dance and electronic music over the past two decades. Audio

DJ Yella was Dr Dre's production partner in N.W.A. En route to his Auckland show, Yella talks to Sam Wicks about his memories of the "World's Most Dangerous Group". Audio

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is currently undergoing a rapid urbanization due in part to increased mining exploration over the last decade. As the city centre expand skywards, the dance music scene is also… Audio

Raucous Australian rock duo DZ Deathrays were in town last week to perform with local partners in crime Die! Die! Die! at Auckland's Kings Arms. Joe Nunweek chats to bandmembers Shane Parsons and… Audio

Dad Jokes, with their song Bad Friend, from the EP Bad Friends. Audio

LA electronic pioneer Daedelus - otherwise known as Alfred Darlington - is famed for his inventive approach to beat building and the eclectic sonic source material he draws into his sample-based… Audio

Rochelle Bright crafts a unique piece of musical theatre, telling the story of her parents romance through a series of classic kiwi pop songs arranged and performed by Steph Brown, also known as Lips.

David Dallas talks to Sam Wicks about 'Something Awesome'. Audio

When someone mentions "funk" what can come to mind is spaceships, sequins and afros - cliched but nonetheless strong images representative of a genre almost entirely relegated to the past. But could… Audio

Nick Bollinger finds the link between new releases from Saharan guitarist Bombino, Mississippi songstress Valerie June and Californian skate-punk hanni El Khatib. Audio

Dan Auerbach has collaborated the finest pedigree of Nashville musicians for his second solo album 'Waiting on a Song'. Audio

Best known as the frontman for Aussie rock trio Silverchair, Daniel Johns has put down his guitar for his solo debut, instead taking inspiration from a new school of R&B artists. The sessions for his… Audio

As a musical genre built on wordplay, hip hop is home to some of the wordiest lyricists about. New York data scientist Matthew Daniels took it upon himself to work out just how wordy rappers are… Audio

Nick Atkinson takes a look at the upcoming 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Award, profiling a few of the lesser known artists to make the final twenty. Audio

English duo turned trio Darkstar are electronic innovators on the uber-hip Hyperdub label. They're influenced by Radiohead, infectious eighties synth-pop and obscure sci-fi film scores. The album… Audio

John Darnielle of Mountain Goats, who was named in the New Yorker as the best "non hip-hop lyricist" in America, performs a session in the Music 101 studio. Audio

Sam Wicks catches up with Dolf the Datsun. Audio

Cambridge band The Datsuns delivers its 5th studio album Death Rattle Boogie in September 2012 - ten years after the self-titled debut. Sam Wicks sat in on a recording session in Auckland to talk to… Audio

Cambridge's golden sons, The Datsuns play songs from their new album Death Rattle Boogie in session at Roundhead. Audio

Cambridge sons The Datsuns are back in town for the summer, kicking out the jams across a series of headlining shows before they ally with Shihad, I Am Giant and Cairo Knife Fight for their… Audio

Daughn Gibson's debut album All Hell was met with critical success, and saw him signed to Sub Pop, where he'd just released his third work Carnation. Emma Smith asks him what his intention was from… Audio

In September 2013, beloved New Zealand singer-songwriters Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan set out on their nationwide Acoustic Church Tour. Radio New Zealand engineer Andre Upston captured their… Audio

After nearly 10 years since his last album, Dave Dobbyn is back in the recording studio. This time with Sam Scott and Luke Buda. Yadana Saw heads into The Phoenix Foundation HQ to learn the finer… Audio, Gallery

Mutual Bowie fans Sam Scott and Dave Dobbyn discuss the influence of the ever-evolving creativity of the late artist. Audio

Dave Dobbyn talks about making his 1994 album Twist. Audio

The Mutton Birds' guitarist David Long talks about making the band's 1994 album Salty. Audio

Lyttelton musicians Marlon Williams and Delaney Davidson on NZ Live today. They perform 'Little Heart', 'Heaven For You, Prison For Me', ’Get on Your Knees and Pray’ and 'The Trail of Broken Hearts'… Audio

Delaney Davidson is not very well known in his homeland of New Zealand. The eccentric world travelling troubadour left our shores as a teenager, came home for a few years in his twenties and then took… Audio

Prolific country crooners Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams are back with Sad But True Vol III: Juke Box B Sides. We head to Lyttleton to meet their home crowd at The Wunderbar, hear the duo in… Audio

Returning home after a long stint overseas, Lyttelton troubadour Delaney Davidson drops into the Music 101 studio, with bandmates Ben Wooley and Joe McCallum to play songs from his latest album Swing… Audio

As the leader of legendary band The Kinks and as a solo artist, Ray Davies is considered one of the finest songwriters of the past 50 years. Songs like Waterloo Sunset, Days, Victoria and Sunny… Audio

The songs are: Oh Way Oh; Proof. Audio

Christchurch native Rachel Dawick has spent eight years abroad honing her craft. She has attended songwriting retreats in Italy and the USA, recorded a couple of albums in Scotland and recently… Audio

Trevor Reekie talks to vocalist Shane Hales and ex-pat musician and producer Richard James Burgess about the legacy and contribution to NZ music made by the late Kiwi-born producer Peter Dawkins. Audio

New York based trio Dawn of Midi are a group who met at the Californian Institute of Arts, and play upright bass, drums and piano, to create a kind of dance music, or to be more specific- a kind of… Audio

April 11 2014 marks 15 years since the founding of Dawn Raid Entertainment, the South Auckland record label established by Danny 'Brotha D' Leaoasavaii and Andy Murnane when they were fresh out of… Audio

Craig Hayes talks to Dawn of Azazel frontman Rigel Walsh his path back to extreme metal. Audio

It seems New Zealand band The Dead C are world famous everywhere except home. After 20 years together, last year they released a compilation through American label Ba Da Bing. Their uncompromising… Audio

Marty Duda speaks to sonic explorer Bruce Russell about 20 years of noise. Audio

Lisa Gerrard discusses the trials and tribulations involved in recording Dead Can Dance's first album in over 15 years, Anastasis. Audio

Matt Joe Gow and Andy Pollock wind up the reverb to 11 as they play tunes from the new Dead Leaves album 'Cities On The Sea'. Audio

Politico-rap outfit Dead Prez - a duo made up of stic.man and M-1 - have blazed an independent trail through 17 years of making music together, using their records to rally against colonialism and… Audio

Jack White has surely found his multi-tasking musical equals in his band mates in The Dead Weather. Jack, Dean Fertita, Alison Mosshart and Jack Lawrence are members of a handful of bands - Mosshart's… Audio

Angelo Munroe was the voice of Bleeders, the west Auckland hardcore outfit who built a solid fanbase in New Zealand before relocating to Toronto Canada in the hopes of making their rock'n'roll dreams… Audio

Former Bleeders frontman Angelo Munro is the founder and one half of Deadboy Records, a local label championing New Zealand metalcore, punk and everything in between for the last 10 years. Zac Arnold… Audio

The Deadly Deaths are a three piece synth-pop outfit from Hamilton who released a self-titled album in March 2007. They've crafted an amazing stop motion video, done a blog about it, played the… Audio

Singer/songwriter Donna Dean on New Zealand Live. Back in New Zealand, and starts a South Island tour next week. Audio

Donna Dean is the winner of Best Country Album and Best Country Song at the 2011 New Zealand Country Music Awards. Audio

Auckland singer songwriter Donna Dean has no shortage of NZ music awards to her credit, to say nothing of a Grammy nomination. Donna Dean plays live for us, accompanied by dobro player Glenn Campbell… Audio

Julia Deans chooses one of her favourite NZ songs to mark NZ Music Month 2014. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the first solo album from Fur Patrol's singer/songwriter. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the latest release Sistrionix from two-piece California rockers Deap Vally. Audio

Claire Duncan fills Roundhead Studios with disarming drum beats, hypnotic textures and spare, haunting melodies, as she plays a selection of songs from her latest album Some Kind of Eden, with… Audio

Although Claire Duncan's been on the scene for a few years now, the debut full-length album Spells only came out in October 2010. It's entirely self produced, from recordings made in various bedrooms… Audio

Local haze-popsters Dear Time's Waste is essentially Auckland based Claire Duncan, who ropes in friends and fellow musicians on a casually basis, to fill out her band. Audio

Dunedin trio Death and the Maiden join us to talk about their dark synth debut, Death and the Maiden. Audio

Kirsten Johnstone interviews Ben Gibbard, lead singer for Death Cab For Cutie. Audio

Washington band Death Cab For Cutie have seven albums and five EPs under their belt, so there was a good range of songs to showcase for NZ fans when the band visited for the first time to perform at… Audio

Death And The Maiden with 'Bioluminescence' http://deathandthemaiden1.bandcamp.com/ 8 February 2014 Audio

Deathgasm, a homegrown heavy metal horror comedy premieres at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival. Featuring an ear-splitting collection of local and international bands on it's… Audio

Formed in Los Angeles but now back in Auckland, the band Debbie and the Downers is based around the songwriting partnership of former Pluto members Milan Borich and Tim Arnold. The self-titled debut… Audio

From humble high school beginnings to building a back catalogue 10 albums deep and evolving the late Phil Fuemana's dream of a worldwide urban pacifica movement with its roots in South Auckland, the… Audio

Veteran hard rock band Deep Purple have been making ears bleed since they formed in 1968, eventually becoming one third of the great hard-rock triumvirate along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. We… Audio

From the pioneering South Pacific flavours of Chaos, Herbs and Dread Lion, to the contemporary sounds of Che Fu, DLT and Fat Freddy's Drop. The impact of Bob Marley's 1979 Western Spring's… Audio

Local rockers Deja Voodoo might have been dismissed by some as an in-house joke band, sound tracking the Back of the Y televisions series, but they've stuck with the riffs, sidestepping garage rock to… Audio

Dunedin trio Del Girl perform for Music 101 with Kirsten Johnstone. Audio

A spooky little set from West Auckland dirge rockers The Demi Whores. The songs from their debut album 'Volume 1', performed in session for Music 101 are: Coffin Car, Powers Boothe, Lucifer, Title is… Audio

Trevor Reekie reviews Delta Machine by Depeche Mode for The Sampler on RNZ National, May 2013. Audio

Auckland four-piece The DeSotos join Jim Mora to perform a session of their rock infused country blues. Audio

Nick Bollinger listens to the collaboration between the Kronos Quartet and Bryce Dessner, of New York indie band The National. Audio

Ex-pat NYC-based soul, blues and jazz artist Deva Mahal is back in New Zealand. On this visitis returning to the stage with her siblings, Ahmen (aka Imon Starr) and Zoe - and she's also making time to… Audio

Devin Abrams, now formerly of Shapeshifter is now focusing on solo project Pacific Heights. Melody Thomas visits him at home to see how he's adjusting to life after Shapeshifter. Audio

South Auckland hip hop trio Smashproof - Tyree, Deach and Sid Diamond - had their work cut out for them when it came to following up their 2009 LP The Weekend, a concept album led by the song… Audio

Australian professor of psychology and music, Dianna Kenny talks to Melody Thomas about her research into rates of mortality among pop musicians. Audio

Adi Dick shares stories of his big OE, and plays us some tunes. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Adi Dick's debut album 'Our Place' for The Sampler on Radio New Zealand National. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews I'm Just Dead I'm Not Gone a live recording released as a tribute to the late musician and producer James Luther Dickinson, for The Sampler on RNZ National. Audio

Nick Atkinson visits the band at The Lab in Auckland which is awash with other musicians including Jol Mulholland and Anthonie Tonnon. Audio

Richard Wain visits Ed Castelow at work to talk about the album 'On The Down And In'. Audio

Dictaphone Blues' Edward Castelow wrote, recorded and mixed almost every instrument on his new album, Mufti Day. He also developed a sound which blended vintage analog gear with modern mixing… Audio

Dictaphone Blues' Eddie Castelow is joined by Gareth Shute and Ryan McPhun of The Ruby Suns to play a handful of Dictaphone Blues' songs in this Music 101 Session. The songs are: Taken Aback, Journey… Audio

Kirsten Johnstone talks to Dunedin band Die! Die! Die! who are about to make a new album. Audio

Skeptics bassist Nick Roughen produced tracks and albums for many Flying Nun bands including the Verlaines, Bailterspace, and the label's newest signing.... Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!'s Andrew… Audio

Die Die Die started out in Dunedin in 2003 and set about building a reputation for blistering live sets of concise, angular, raw punk songs. Their last album, 2010's 'Form' showed them at their most… Audio

After their most difficult album, local trio Die! Die! Die! are back this month with their fifth album, Swim. Joe Nunweek speaks with Andrew Wilson, Michael Prain and Michael Logie about feeling like… Audio

Die! Die! Die! play some of their angular post-punk songs: Shyness Will Get You Nowhere, Ashtray! Ashtray! & Out Of The Blue. Recorded 7 May 2005. Audio

Relentless road warriors Die! Die! Die! started out seven years ago in Dunedin and the trio's chiming noise-pop quickly led to a reputation as one of the most boisterous live bands in the land. Radio… Audio

Formed in September 2003 around the core of Andrew Wilson and Michael Prain, Die! Die! Die! rose from the ashes of Dunedin bands Carriage H and Rawer. Their relentless touring schedule and… Audio

The last we heard of Die! Die! Die! was that the band was on an indefinite hiatus. This year they've finished a European tour, and released a new EP, entitled What Did You Expect. Emma Smith finds out… Audio

iTunes has finally landed in NZ! - meaning legal downloads, Apple-style, are now available - but what does this actually mean for consumers & musicians? How will it affect established music stores and… Audio

Acknowledged as one of hip hop's greats, Detroit producer J Dilla passed away in 2006, leaving his vast catalogue of music in the care of his mother Maureen 'Ma Dukes' Yancey. Ma Dukes speaks to Sam… Audio

With the release of the third Dimmer album 'There My Dear' in 2006, Carter enlisted the help of drummer Dino Karl of HDU, along with bass player Kelly Steven and guitarist James Duncan to take the… Audio

United Sates alt-rockers with a career spanning 27 years played NZ early March 2012. They popped into Roundhead studios for this special session. The songs are: Watch The Corners (I Bet On Sky)… Audio

United Sates alt-rockers with a career spanning 27 years played NZ early March 2012. They popped into Roundhead studios for this special session. The songs are: Watch The Corners (I Bet On Sky)… Audio

Founded in 2002 by P-Money and Callum August, Dirty Records rode the crest of New Zealand hip hop's third wave, and launched the careers of Scribe, David Dallas and PNC. Dirty celebrates its 10th… Audio

They've been parping and honking for 35 years so long-time fan Nick Atkinson tracked down band-leader and trumpet player Gregory Davis at his home in New Orleans, on one of his rare days back from… Audio

Dirty Projectors is the vehicle for the songs of David Longstreth. Together with his girlfriend Amber Coffman, the Brooklyn based band has released lofty conceptual albums - an album that covers the… Audio

Warren Elllis has lost count of the number of violins that have fallen apart in his hands during Dirty Three shows. Audio

Kirsten's Laneway highlight was seeing Australians The Dirty Three again. She spoke to Warren Ellis. 6 February 2010. Audio

Wellington synth-wiz Luke Rowell a.k.a. Disasteradio on his 13 date tour of China, from Shanghai to Chengdu, with a series of personal audio diaries. Audio

Synthesiser pop guy Luke Rowell AKA Disasteradio toured through the People's Republic of China in July and August of last year. He took some recording gear and returned from the Middle Kingdom with an… Audio

Commodore 64 nerd-boy Disasteradio has been on a four month world take-over tour - taking in a fair chunk of America, and quite a few European countries. Our London correspondent Julie Hill caught up… Audio

London electronic music duo Disclosure connect the dots between UK garage, deep house, and bass music, but brothers Guy & Howard Settle were only knee-high when the sound of garage and 2-step… Audio

Marianne Dissard performs for us with Flip Grater and Delaney Davidson in Radio New Zealand's Auckland studio. Audio

Diving with the song 'Synesthesia', from the 4-track album Synesthesia. http://divingtheband.bandcamp.com/ 8 December 2012. Audio

He's from the gold-mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado. The Dixon family have been ranchers in the area since the gold-digging boom went bust. But Wilson has escaped the picturesque yet hard life… Audio

NZ songwriting legends Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan performing their own songs and each other's, ahead of their national Church Tour which starts this month. Audio

We talk with the guardian of the world's largest catalogue of vintage American blues, gospel, spirituals, jazz, boogie-woogie, and old-time country music, Gary Atkinson of Document Records. Audio

Polyrhythmic American band The Dodos perform for Music 101 Audio

Alt country tourists play for us at soundcheck. Hosted by Kirsten Johnstone. Audio

Sound engineer Jeremy Ansell tells how the inventions of Ray Dolby changed the way we hear music and movies. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the last recordings of the late Pops Staples. Audio

Great North lead singer Hayden Donnell puts on a special show to help his band's campaign to nab the local support slot for Bruce Springsteen. Six acts plays three song sets that must include at least… Audio

The SJD front-man and the Opossum band-leader speak to Nick Atkinson about their BDO sets and upcoming recordings. Audio

The twisted, free rhyme associations of DOOM - the masked rapper formally known as Zev Love X and MF DOOM - have been heard in hip hop music for over 20 years. DOOM remains an underground favourite… Audio

If you've had the opportunity to see Christchurch's Doprah perform live, you'll be familiar with the woman-possessed stage presence and elasticated, cooing vocals of Indi Force, an Auckland native who… Audio

Mega mogul Kim Dotcom celebrated his 40th birthday this week by releasing Good Times, an über electronic dance music album six months in the making. We head out to the Dotcom mansion to get the skinny… Audio

Double Ya D with the song 'Wolf Fight Tonight'. From the album Make This A Time Of Love. http://doubleyad.bandcamp.com/album/make-this-a-time-of-love 3 November 2012. Audio

The Doubtful Sounds with the song 'Number 1 Line' from the album The Pop Album www.thedoubtfulsounds.com March 15 2014 Audio

Guitarist Doug Jerebine was a sought after session musician who played and recorded with many of the top names of the 60s. He was probably one of the first people to play sitar in New Zealand; but… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the unreconstructed Kiwi country of Alan Downes for The Sampler. Audio

Dr. Graeme Downes, Head of the Department of Music, University of Otago, dissects the winning formula of 'Royals' by Lorde, which received the 2013 Silver Scroll for song writing. Audio

Napster is arguably the company that started the digital music revolution. A new documentary Downloaded charts the rise and fall of this peer-to-peer music service, from its first strokes of code in… Video, Audio

This young band play a swirling mix of prog, gypsy, folk, metal, jazz which will surprise and delight. Audio

The Drab Doo-Riffs are a surf rockabilly group fronted by Supergroove's Karl Steven. Like Karl's other band, The Drab Doo-Riffs has two front people - Karl and Caoimhe Rains - but the comparisons end… Audio

Dirty low-down sci-fi psycho-surf-rock'n'roll-a-billy quintet The Drab Doo-Riffs play hard and fast songs from their EPs: Bury Me In Drab and Postcard from Uranus at the sold-out Kings Arms in… Audio

Todd Hunter reflects on the operatic story of his band Dragon with Nick Atkinson. Audio

Plus, an album by Nick Drake's mum. Audio

We speak to fresh Wellington beat/soul/jazz band Drax Project about honing their craft busking, and selling out their EP release gigs. Audio

Mikey Dread's Channel One Sound System has been playing the Notting Hill festival in London for the past thirty years. We speak with him about the golden rules of running a soundsystem ahead of the… Audio

R&B and pop producer and songwriter for Rihanna, Beyonce, Bieber and Britney, Terius Nash aka The-Dream joins us from the back of his Maybach limousine to give a glimpse into the process of writing… Audio

Visiting Australian band The Drones on touring with Neil Young, and the special red bus that their songs come from. Audio

With the song 'Foul Creature of Darkness'. http://dropdeadredhead1.bandcamp.com/ 28 January 2012 Audio

Melody Thomas enjoys the latest offering from singer/songwriter Mel Parsons. Audio

Christian McLay is an Auckland-based producer known as Dub Terminator. Frustrated by a lack of vocalists to record over his homemade rhythms, he embarked on a campaign to recruit suitable artists from… Audio

Andrew Dubber worked for 20 years in NZ radio, engineered and produced a plethora of local jazz and hip hop albums, before academic opportunities took him overseas. These days Andrew is a senior… Audio

Dukes were formed as a result of a name change back in 2003. Prior to that Cantabrians would have known them as Deluxboy, but a love for things retro and a desire for a more catchy moniker saw… Audio

James Duncan's been busy playing guitar around the nation with Shayne Carter during Dimmer's epic final shows. In 2011 he spent time living in Berlin hanging out and recording with Anton Newcombe from… Audio

Trevor Reekie investigates this unique-in-New Zealand course. Audio

A vibrant creative arts precinct based in the Bing Harris building on lower High Street, Dunedin has hosted the Arc Cafe and music venue, Arclife records, Gallery spaces, a dance studio, various flats… Audio

Ripley Johnson, also of Wooden Ships, introduces a song from Moon Duo's upcoming new album, reocrded in German. Audio

Auckland Industrial doom duo Dying of the Light recently released their new EP, Monolithium, and it's caught the ear of fans at home and abroad. Music 101 metal correspondent Craig Hayes, caught up… Audio

Nick Bollinger talks to author and musician Elijah Wald about the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's electrified appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, an event that shook up the worlds of folk and… Audio

Bob Dylan, America's most celebrated musician, turned 70 on 24 May 2011. It's now 50 years since the young Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in Hibbing, Minnesota, hitch-hiked to New York with his guitar… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Tempest - the latest offering from Bob Dylan. Audio

Nick Atkinson visits the home of drummer, producer and visual artist Julien Dyne as he releases his second solo album 'Glimpse'. Audio

The Auckland beat maker gives a producers commentary of his debut album 'Pins and Digits' with interviewer Nick Dwyer. Audio