Music 101 for Saturday 14 May 2022

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1.25  Shona Laing interview 

Shona Laing is an articulate singer / songwriter who surfaced as a result of extensive television exposure on the show ‘New Faces’ in 1972 with her song 1905 (dedicated to Henry Fonda). Still a teenager she collected gold discs, Rata Awards and represented NZ (twice) in the Tokyo World Song Festival before relocating to the UK where, she was a member of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band.

Following her return to New Zealand she released a number of albums for both Pagan and Sony, as well as extensively touring in Australia (Glad I’m Not A Kennedy was a number two single there) and the USA. Shona has an extensive catalogue of material that continues to endure.

 

2:10 Toro Y Moi interview

Charlotte Ryan speaks to Toro Y Moi about his new album Mahal.

 

2.30  The Sampler  - Te Kaahu and Horace Andy

Tony Stamp points his taringa at the gorgeous debut from Te Kaahu, reggae legend Horace Andy's team-up with equally legendary producer Adrian Sherwood. 

 

3:20   Introducing - ARIA 

For our first introducing this week we hear from Aria, who trained as an Opera singer, and sings back up with Teeks

 

3.40   Introducing - The New Things 

We are introduced to Paekakariki based - The New Things. Listen to their new EP out on bandcamp

 

4pm  The MIXTAPE  - Writer Steve Braunias 

Our Guest picking their favourite 6 songs – and talking life over the next hour is NZ Writer Steve Braunias. As a journalist and author, Steve has won over 40 national writing awards including best columnist, arts writer (three times), travel writer (three times), sports writer (twice), crime writer, and food writer and these are just some of them.

Still releasing books on a regular basis - Steve is a staff writer for the NZ Herald and also serves as literary editor for the New Zealand current affairs website Newsroom.

Last year Steve released his book . Cover Story: 100 beautiful, strange, and frankly incredible NZ LP covers  which is based on interviews and Steve’s own experience collecting over 800 albums from op-shops around the country.

He reflects on the artistic flair, fashion and occasional gaudiness these album covers represent, and what they say about our popular culture.
 

His song choices are: 

Suzanne  - Sunlight Through a Prism
Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond  - You Don’t Bring me Flowers 
Millie Jackson - If Lovin’ You is Wrong 
Michael Nyman  - The Piano Song 
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nikki Manaj - Bang Bang
Taylor Swift - Happiness

 

Songs played on todays show:

1-2
Phelps & Munro - Horse Winning Without Rider
Bret McKenzie - A little  tune
Tami Neilson - Baby You’re a gun
The Clean - Billy Two
50 Hz - Smooth Rhodes
Jonathan Bree - You’re so cool
Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams - Bloodletter

2-3
Cut off your hands - Blue Smoke Draft
Herbs - Dragons and Demons
There's a Tuesday - Girl At Night
The Sampler - Te Kaahu 
The Sampler - Horace Andy 
Solar Rosa - Don’t Leave Home

3-4
Doprah - San Pedro
The Phoenix Foundation - Nest Egg
Lips - Super Rich Kids (Frank Ocean cover) 
Introducing - Aria 
Coconut Rough - Sierra Leone
Glass Vaults - Brooklyn
Introducing - The New Things 
Fazerdaze - Treading Lightly
Hirini Melbourne - Nga Roimata
Tall Dwarfs - Baby It's Over
Miles Calder - Workman Song

4-5
The Mixtape
Suzanne  - Sunlight Through a Prism
Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond  - You Don’t Bring me Flowers 
Millie Jackson - If Lovin’ You is Wrong 
Michael Nyman  - The Piano Song 
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nikki Manaj - Bang Bang
Taylor Swift - Happiness