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Harvard University Professor of Law Lawrence Lessig is a champion of copyright reform for the digital age. While in Auckland for NetHui 2011 he takes time out to talk to Trevor Reekie about notions of… Read more Audio

Mark Rogers was a founding partner of UK label 'Loose Music' which introduced 'new sounds from the old west' - acts like The Felice Brothers and The Handsome Family - to the UK and Europe. Mark has… Read more Audio

Dan Charnas has been around hip-hop for decades, as a writer for The Source magazine as well as an employee for Rick Rubin's Def American label. He recently published his first book 'The Big Payback… Read more Audio

Ben Waters is an English virtuoso boogie woogie piano player who has just released a critically acclaimed new album called 'Boogie For Stu - A Tribute to Ian Stewart'. Ian Stewart formed the Rolling… Read more Audio

Detroit session guitarist and 'Funk Brother' Dennis Coffey helped create the Motown sound with psychedelic licks that shaped some of the greatest soul records ever recorded. His solo singles have also… Read more Audio

Gary Numan has had a spectacular career of highs, lows, hit singles and global touring. Gary Numan is no mere pop star. He is also one of the most accomplished aerobatic display flyers in the UK. For… Read more Audio

One of Australia's most respected songwriters Paul Kelly played at the Auckland Arts Festival performing one hundred of his songs delivered alphabetically over four nights. It's a show that has grown… Read more Audio

Ranting poet 'Attila The Stockbroker', real name John Baine, has been a politically active punk poet and road warrior for over 30 years delivering his own brand of uncompromising mile-a-minute… Read more Audio

Back in the 1960s Aotearoa had a thriving pop scene that catapulted a number of acts into the limelight. Back then Shane was about as big as one could get in New Zealand. His version of 'St Paul' was… Read more Audio

Fishbone formed in 1979 in East Los Angeles, playing a fusion of funk, rock and ska delivered with hardcore punk attitude. Fishbone was a disparate, all-black oddball crew who gained a sizable cult… Read more Audio

The Chinese Lantern Festival is one of the most vibrant cultural events on the Chinese calendar that dates back to 200BC. To celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit, Trevor Reekie invited two… Read more Audio

One of the most overlooked artists in the history of Motor City music, Melvin Davis, is a singer, songwriter, drummer, producer, arranger and label owner who has recently resurrected his career… Read more Audio