The excitement of guitars and amplifiers turned up to 11 with Joe Satriani, Gilby Clarke, Glenn Hughes, Vernon Reid. Audio

The nine-strong hip hop super group Wu-Tang Clan joined forces in 1992, serving a heady brew of gritty raps, Eastern philosophy and samples from kung fu films. While Wu's hard-living court jester Ol'… Audio

Based in Auckland suburb Grey Lynn, Gahu fuse the traditional music of Ghana with the funky rhythms of afro-beat and jazz to create what they call afro-kiwi music, a sound that is increasingly… Audio

Alan Galbraith was born in England but grew up in Richmond near Nelson. He's been on our landscape and our radar for almost half a century and has recently released the album 'SilverFox'. Audio

This Dunedin sound-explorer and instrument inventor has gone from strumming guitars in Flying Nun bands to playing entire buildings. His latest venture brings him to the Auckland waterfront where he… Audio

Noel Gallagher wrapped up New Zealand's final Big Day Out (in 2011) with the sing-along 'Don't Look Back in Anger', marking the first time Gallagher the elder had played the country since an infamous… Audio

Andy Gil talks about the band's place in post-punk history. Audio

Indie rock quartet Garageland reform for a one-off performance at The Others Way festival, readying a set list that leaned on their 1996 debut, Last Exit to Garageland. Emma Smith drops in at their… Audio

Gareth Thomas (of Goodshirt) now has his own set of tunes which he performs with The Gareth Thomas Band on NZ Live. Audio

The Gathering was a New Years Eve music festival on the top of a Mountain near Nelson, New Zealand. Debuting in 1996, the Gathering had a huge impact on the dance music community in NZ and all those… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews 'Visitation' for The Sampler on Radio New Zealand National. Audio

Gee Gee with 'Piety' from the Piety EP. https://soundcloud.com/geegeebeware/sets/piety-ep 31 August 2013 Audio

George and Queen is the name of a couple who've been playing together since they met at the contemporary music course at Otago University. The pair, Immi Paterson and Neil Newton, have just released… Audio

George and Queen, husband and wife folk pop duo Neil Newton and Immi Paterson, play a selection of songs from their debut album 'City' in this Music 101 Session: The songs are: Blue River; Lemonade… Audio

Check out the neo New Wave via post-punk vibe of popular Dunedin locals Gestalt Switch. Capitalising on the success of this support gig for Straitjacket Fits in May 2005, the band finally got their… Audio

DJ and broadcaster Nick Dwyer travels to Accra, the national capital of Ghana, to take in the latest in Ghanaian music, from the wild dance moves of Azonto to the nation's biggest dancehall stars. Audio

Psychedelic Auckland surf band Ghost Wave have grown from a trio to a four-piece as they start a worldwide campaign, touring their debut long-player Ages. Nick Atkinson caught up with Eammon, Mike… Audio

The Music Mix's Richard Wain speaks to songwriter Andy Gibson. By day, he's a sociolinguist- which could explain why he's thought so long and hard about retaining his natural kiwi twang, even after… Audio

Kirsten Johnstone, Sam Wicks and Emma Smith give a gig round up featuring HDU's Tristan Dingemans and reviews of Bic Runga, Portishead, HDU, and New Nun Night. Audio

Mimi Gilbert with her song I've Got Love Audio

Florida based fingerstyle guitar player Richard Gilewitz shares some tips on virtuosity with Emma Smith. Audio

A champion of 'World Music', BBC radio host Charlie Gillett born 20 February 1942; died 17 March 2010. Gillett was a music lover - he'd only play a song if he liked it, but if he liked it, he might… Audio

Gillian Welch is returning to New Zealand for the first time in 11 years. Nick Bollinger was lucky enough to catch up with her on the phone ahead of her upcoming show. Audio

Hailing from Palmerston North, Grayson Gilmour began his solo recordings at age 16, and released his third full-length album, Phantom Limbs in 2005. The album received rave reviews from Nick… Audio

The Wellington musician talks about his music being typecast. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the umpteenth release from wunderkind Grayson Gilmour, titled You Sleep, We Creep. Audio

Gin Wigmore and band join Emma Smith in the Music 101 studio for an acoustic session and catch-up upon the release of her third album Blood To Bone. Video, Audio

It had been almost 5 years since Victoria Girling-Butcher appeared on Afternoons with Jim Mora. Back in 2007 she appeared as one third of the Auckland based indie band Lucid 3. A lot has happened… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a disco-tinged set from Glaswegian popsters Belle and Sebastian. Audio

Casey Latimer recently released a third album with his new band, GPOGP (Girls Pissing on Girls Pissing) through the now UK based label Muzai. He talks to Emma Smith about the occult and tapping into… Audio

One of the most interesting UK bands from the punk/post-punk period was Wire, with their sharp, smart, sarcastic take on the times. They continue to make influential music. Wire vocalist, guitarist… Audio

The Gladeyes, make music that gives you a wink, creeps under your skin and fills your head, like love that could have been. In their debut album, 'Psychosis of Love' Jade Farley and Gwen Norcliffe… Audio

Melodic, wistful pop with a psychotic edge. Audio

Texan jazz pianist collaborates with Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco and Mos Def on his album 'Black Radio'. Audio

Nick Bollinger explores the new album from Texan jazz pianist Robert Glasper, Black Radio 2, which features vocals from Common, Jill Scott, Snoop Dogg, and Norah Jones. Audio

With a knack for pop tune coupled to an arresting video Howick band Glass Owls caught the attention of Dave Dobbyn's manager Lorraine Barry. Thanks in part to Barry's eye for a plan Glass Owls have… Audio

For the last five years Wellingtons' Glass Vaults have been creating lush, immersive soundscapes. Zac Arnold finds out what went into making their latest sonic Sojourn. Audio

Cameron Mesirow, a.k.a. Glasser on her compulsion to sing, and how working with dance music producer Van Rivers helped her map the space in her head. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Quiet Heart - a restrospective best-of from The Go-Betweens. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Commune, the new album from enigmatic Swedish experimental fusion group Goat. Audio

In New Zealand to perform the soundtrack to Argento's Suspiria, Italian prog rockers Goblin tell of what makes the glockenspiel so unsettling, and why Italians do it better. Emma Smith met with… Audio

Over the course of six albums and constant touring, Gogol Bordello have established a global reputation for high octane performances and charismatic melodies. Trevor Reekie talks to Eugene Hutz, the… Audio

Founder of music marketing company Toolshed, Dick Huey speaks with Kirsten Johnstone about the tricks he uses to promote indie labels like Merge and Beggers Group online. Audio

Musicians looking to polish up their online strategy in the rapidly changing world of social media can get some advice from a panel of experts as part of the Going Global Music Summit seminars run by… Audio

Trevor Reekie reports from the Gold Guitar Awards, including the NZ Country Music Awards 2010 held in Gore between 2-6 June 2010. Performances included here are the NZ Music Awards best country song… Audio

Gold Medal Famous, with Never Be Bored, from their album 100% Pure Audio

Acclaimed UK electro act and remixer Gold Panda has been touring our shores, bringing shimmering shuffling samples. His debut LP 'Lucky Shiner' won The Guardian First Album award and he's now followed… Audio

After playing well received shows at Camp A Low Hum and New York's CMJ Festival, The Golden Awesome have just released their debut album in New Zealand, through boutique NY label M'Lady's. Emma Smith… Audio

Auckland duo Golden Axe have made a name for themselves with mad costumes, insane installations and unexpected synth performances in kitchens and bathrooms at house parties in suburban Auckland. Music… Audio

Featuring members of Garageland and Gran Prix, Hawke's Bay's Golden Curtain on the making of their debut English Tuning. Audio

Players from Garageland, Grand Prix and A Twin Moon all left the big smoke for the blossoms and shimmering light of Hawkes Bay where they eventually met and formed Golden Curtain, who've released… Audio

Songsmith Holly Golightly (yes, that is what her parents named her) talks about being born in the wrong decade, phobia-fuelled song writing, and the curious attention she garnered after appearing on… Audio

Marking the start of the Mutton birding season, we talk to Dunedin songstress Emmanuelle Gomez, about 'Vegetarian Savage', the EP she wrote during last year's harvest on Poutama. Audio

Riki Gooch's projects include his newest release 'Great News for the Modern Man - Live'. The CD-DVD, released, sees more than thirty musicians take to the stage for an all-out, bottom-heavy, funk… Audio

Good Laika is something of a Wellington supergroup - composed of refugees from Bleakhouse, the Stereo Bus, Verona, Odessa, and the Accelerants. The band has been playing together for years but they… Audio

Good Laika aren't at all calculated. This Wellington 5-piece take their time… in seven years they've released just two albums, and their debut only came about because they happened to be shooting a… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the debut album from Wellington band Good Laika. Audio

Goon are an Auckland rock trio based around the songs of singer-guitarist Christian Wray. While they're possibly better known for wildly amusing music videos and the two men in the band running round… Audio

Nick Bollinger peers under the lid of the first solo album from Vancouver soft-rock piano man Tobias Jesso Jr. Audio

Let your hair down with an electrified set from Auckland trio Goon in this Music 101 Session. The songs are: Van, Into the Scene, Can't Dance, I Give You Take, and Have You Seen My Girl?. Audio

Kara Gordon is a man fuelled by rock'n'roll dreams. Inspired by late '60s guitar greats in his father's record collection and his brother's passion for Van Halen and Joe Satriani, the… Audio

Shep Gordon managed an eclectic bunch of artists that included Alice Cooper, Anne Murray, Groucho Marx, Teddy Pendergrass and many more. He's also credited with creating the 'celebrity chef'… Audio

Filmmaker Maureen Gosling talks about working on Burden Of Dreams, the Les Blank documentary which followed the making of Werner Hertzog's Fitzcaralldo, in the Peruvian Amazon. She tells Emma Smith… Audio

New Zealand born, Melbourne based country musician Matt Joe Gow joins Kirsten Johnstone to have a chat and play some songs in the Music 101 studio. The songs are: I Let You Be, The Light, and Come to… Audio

Dunedin born, Melbourne based songwriter Matt Joe Gow plans to release two albums this year - he previews a few new songs live in session. Audio

16 year old singer songwriter Grace Kelly talks to Yadana Saw about recording in Nashville, her viral hit 'San Jose' and being asked to open for country star Blake Shelton. Audio

The distinctive New York rapper shares her love of words, imagination and following your bliss with Emma Smith Audio

At Wellington exhibition Up The Punks, Emma Smith speaks with Graham 'Hoody' Hood from Wellington's first punk group The Normals, and is joined by an over-enthusiastic reveller. Audio

Graham Parker & The Rumour were one of the top British outfits of the late 1970s, but they went their separate ways in 1980 with Parker carving out an impressive solo career for himself. In 2013 they… Audio

Wellington band Grand Prix have been using racing as a metaphor for life since 2002, and apparently they're not giving up the fumes anytime soon. In July they released their third album 'Terraplane… Audio

Grand Prix are a Wellington-based, four piece band with alt-country roots and a penchant for songs about racing, victory, defeat, burning rubber and death. However "none of the songs are really… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Terraplane Twilight from Grand Prix. Audio

Surreal Australian songwriter Dave Graney and longtime collaborator Clare Moore join us in session. Audio

Nick Granville is a guitarist from Wellington. He's been a guest artist on numerous albums by other people, now he's going it alone with material from his album entitled 'Refractions'. Audio

Fresh from France, singer-songwriter Flip Grater joins us to play a few tunes from her new album and share tips on how to live it up whilst broke in one of the most expensive cities in Europe. Audio

A Kiwi artist who is now living mostly in Paris. She's just about to release her fourth album Pigalle and do a short local tour before heading back to Europe. Audio

Nick Bollinger listens to Flip Grater's fourth studio album Pigelle, recorded in Paris. Audio

Music 101 metal correspondent Craig Hayes caught up with Graves' guitarist Josh Hughes to discuss the band's brain-battering sound, Graves' lyrical vitriol, and where they see themselves sitting on… Audio

Graveyard Love with 'Me I'm Not Myself' from the Dissociate EP   http://graveyardlove.bandcamp.com/ 6 July  2013 Audio

The unveiling of Grinderman (a subset of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds doing dirty rock with hints of the Birthday Party) filled the band members with a nervous excitement they'd not felt for some time… Audio

New Year's Eve was celebrated throughout the country this week with pub gigs, beachfront shows and large-scale music festivals. Music 101 embedded The Wireless' editor Marcus Stickley at one of these… Audio

Hayden Donnell is the 'Superman' of the mellow alt-folk scene here in New Zealand. By day he hits the streets wearing his trusty army parker foraging out stories for the Herald. After long hours in… Audio

A band that has certainly been busy since we last checked in with them, Great North has had a line-up change, and three of its band members have got married. But more importantly, they've released a… Audio

Auckland band Great North pare their wide-screen, grandiose sound into a special acoustic sessions for Music 101. Audio

Barnaby Greebles introduces his song A Death. Audio

Nick Bollinger talks to arguably the greatest living soul singer, the Reverend Al Green. Audio

Greil Marcus is an American cultural commentator best known for his writing about rock'n'roll. In his most recent book, though, The History of Rock'n'Roll in 10 Songs, he uses 10 tunes as a set-list… Audio

John Grenell performs with daughter Amiria at the Christchurch Polytech for Music 101. Audio

Thirty years ago Zaine Griff was a Kiwi musician in London, working and playing with the likes of The Kinks, Ultravox, Kate Bush and David Bowie. In fact he was often likened to Bowie - the two had… Audio

Bernie Griffen and his new band The Thin Men have just released his sophomore LP Salvation, recorded in Auckland's The Lab recording studio, Trevor Reekie meets up with Griffen, his partner and… Audio

Ahead of their Gunslinger's Ball; Bernie Griffen and The Grifters perform on NZ Live. Audio

The unveiling of Grinderman (a subset of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds doing dirty rock with hints of the Birthday Party) filled the band members with a nervous excitement they'd not felt for some time… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Shields, by Grizzly Bear. Audio

Groeni, with their song Rearing, from their self-titled Ep. groeni.bandcamp.com/ Audio

Melody Thomas talks to Groeni about their creative process, group dynamics and the ways that mental health struggles informed their latest EP, Hinde. Audio

Marty Duda talks to Groove Armada about their live shows, and album 'Black Light'. Audio

Groovehouse Records is a South Auckland music institution, with a growing roster of soul, R&B and Pacific reggae artists. Included in the label's ranks is Southside soul duo Cydel, who are nominated… Audio

Our man on the ground at WOMAD Taranaki 2012, Trevor Reekie talks to Groundation. Audio

The sounds of dubstep hail from bedroom studios and pirate radio waves in the UK. Bringing together drum'n'bass, hip hop and 2-Step to brew a spacious, bass heavy formula, dubstep also has a thriving… Audio

Lavurn Lee plays River Hymnal. Audio

Spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa, currently playing shows in New Zealand, shares stories from his album Alegranza! Audio

Seiji from Japanese rock n roll band Guitar Wolf introduces a new song. Audio

Seiji from Japan's loudest rock band, Guitar Wolf, talks with Emma Smith about their rockabilly roots, and gruesome adventures in stage diving. Audio

Finalists for the 2010 APRA Children's Song of the Year were Rob Wigley for the Mr Roberelli song 'A Goat Called Ken'; 2008 Song of the Year co-winner Claudia Gunn for 'Home Sweet Home', and John… Audio

American folk singer, author, artist, and political activist Woody Guthrie would have turned 100 on 14 July 2012, had he not died in 1967 of Huntington's disease. Armed with a guitar labelled 'this… Audio

A taste of the Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert on NZ LIVE, with Adam McGrath from The Eastern, Bernie Griffen from The Grifters and Steve Abel. Their concert's in Auckland Saturday night. Audio

We salute this founding member of The Chills, The Clean and The Great Unwashed, and the founder and frontman of Snapper, with tributes from Peter Gutteridge's musical comrades including George D… Audio

In 2008 an Australian born singer/songwriter joined a superb line-up at WOMAD. Anika Moa and Anna Coddington sang backing vocals for this softly spoken lead-singer. Since then Tim Guy has been… Audio

Singer-songwriter Tim Guy performs exclusive brand new songs. Audio

New music with old roots from Goran Bregovic, Niko Ne Zna, and the Gypsy Fever compilation. Audio