All episodes
Saturday, 6 September 2025
- 1:15 Great Sounds Great Festival kicks off
- 1:25 Reb Fountain Sounds Great with new song Silver Linings
- 2:10 Jay Epae: the underrated Māori pop singer not forgotten
- 3:15 Crystal Chen on debut album, You Can Call Me CC
- 3:40 The Sampler: Steve Gunn
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Ipu Laga'aia
Saturday, 30 August 2025
- 1:10 The Beths on their new album, Straight Line Was A Lie
- 2:10 Going Global Music Summit 2025
- 3:15 Mild Orange on their new album, The Glow
- 3:40 Mim Jensen is out of the shadows
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Martyn Pepperell
Saturday, 23 August 2025
- 1:15 Fran Kora on the brand new Kora album, Fifth Season
- 2:20 Essential Albums: Chris Knox - Seizure
- 3:30 The Sampler: Aridni Orca, Nilüfer Yanya, Bambii
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Nick Gaffaney
Saturday, 16 August 2025
- 1:10 It's been a landmark year for country music queen Tami Neilson
- 2:20 Pacific Music Awards preview
- 3:30 The Sampler: Geneva AM, Obongjayar, Hotline TNT
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Lauren Tapper
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Lauren Tapper
Saturday, 9 August 2025
- 1:15 Songwriter Jen Cloher: Reclaiming language through music
- 2:30 Red Robin Records are connecting Whanganui with Jamaica
- 3:15 D.C. Maxwell breaks down 'Jesus's Son'
- 3:30 The Sampler: Paul Cathro, Aidan Fine, Matmos
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Aidee Walker
Saturday, 2 August 2025
- 1:10 Rei is here to Play It Strange
- 2:20 Director Margaret Gordon on her Shayne Carter biopic Life in One Chord
- 3:10 404 Media's Emanuel Maiberg on AI-generated songs impersonating dead artists
- 3:25 The Sampler: Annahstasia, Blair Parkes, Kae Tempest
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Mike McRoberts
Saturday, 26 July 2025
- 1:10 Stan Walker and Joel Shadbolt from L.A.B. shine a light on local talent
- 2:10 Jon Toogood reflects on Shihad's 2005 comeback album Love is the New Hate
- 3:10 Josh and Pat from Flying Nun band Soft Bait share some Life Advice
- 3:20 The Sampler: Alex G, Clipse & Wet Leg
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Sports Team
Saturday, 19 July 2025
- 1:15 Corrella on 'Cookie', their AMA win and upcoming tour
- 2:10 NZ on Air's Teresa Patterson on new music funding scheme
- 2:20 Finn Scholes of Carnivorous Plant Society on their new psychedelic jazz EP
- 3:20 The Sampler: Kokoroko, Awning & Frances Grass
Saturday, 12 July 2025
- 1:15 In the Guest House with Georgia Lines
- 2:10 Live on Music 101: Jed Parsons
- 2:40 Talking Candy with Riiki Reid
- 3:30 In Orbit with Julien Dyne & The Circling Sun
Saturday, 5 July 2025
- 1:20 You’re invited: Princess Chelsea’s Midwinter Ball
- 2:15 Melo and Bass: The new Melodownz EP
- 3:15 DJ Al’Goodie brings home the goods
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Alex Casey
Saturday, 28 June 2025
- 1:15 Lorde on her fourth studio album Virgin
- 2:00 Little Simz returns with album Lotus
- 2:30 Time for walkies: The new Ringlets album and tour
- 3:15 Tahi FM’s rising stars: Matariki
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Matthew Crawley
Saturday, 21 June 2025
- 1:15 Liam Finn welcomes you to the Hyperverse
- 2:00 Fazerdaze announces winter shows
- 2:30 Live on Music 101: Lake South
- 3:00 David Ridler on the state of the NZ music industry
Saturday, 14 June 2025
- 1:15 At your Leisure: The Auckland electronic group’s new album
- 2:00 Remembering two legendary musicians with Nick Bollinger
- 3:00 Live on Music 101: Mel Parsons’ post high slide
- 4:00 The Mixtape: CHAII
Saturday, 7 June 2025
- 1:15 In the Wintergarden with Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant
- 2:15 NZ pop singer Cassie Henderson wins Best Pop Artist at the AMAs
- 3:00 Emptying the junk drawer: What is Junk Fest?
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Cory Champion
Saturday, 31 May 2025
- 1:15 Backstage at the Aotearoa Music Awards with Tony Stamp
- 2:00 Live on Music 101: Michael Llewellyn’s Gorgeous Return
- 2:40 Japanese singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba draws inspiration from dreams
- 3:15 British producer Rival Consoles set to release new album
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Frank Booker
Saturday, 24 May 2025
- 1:15 NZ Country Icon Tami Neilson heads on tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson
- 2:15 Ladi6 reflects on her most personal album to date ahead of its release
- 3:00 Shadow of the Gift by Mim Jensen
- 3:15 Durand Jones & The Indications on tour in Aotearoa
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Deva Mahal
Saturday, 17 May 2025
- 1:15 2000s electropop group Minuit announce New Zealand reunion tour
- 2:15 Berlin-based doom fuzz duo Earth Tongue to complete NZ tour
- 2:30 Live: Auckland Indie Rockers Voom play their first new album in decades- Something Good Is Happening
- 3:15 Ant Healey on the power of MusicHelps Charity to heal New Zealand musicians
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Chris Wethey
Saturday, 10 May 2025
- 1:15 California folk singer Jessica Pratt pitches in.
- 2:15 Aotearoa soul man Arjuna Oakes on the distractions of London.
- 3:30 Live: Greta O’Leary performing songs from her debut album River Dark
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Hannah Everingham
Saturday, 3 May 2025
- 1:30 Director Ursula Grace Williams on the making of Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds
- 2:00 Self Esteem on theatricality, shame, and channeling anxiety into anthemic pop
- 3:00 Blondshell returns with her second Studio Album, If You Asked for a Picture
- 3:30 Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Harry Russell
Saturday, 26 April 2025
- 1:15 Dynamic Duo Tune-Yards Step Into A Bold Sixth album 'Better Dreaming'
- 2:15 Samoan Country Musician TheWesternGuide on making it in the mainstream
- 3:40 Essential Album: 'The Awakening' by Dudley Benson
- 4:05 The Mixtape: Paddy Hill
Saturday, 19 April 2025
- 1:30 Mokotron and Byllie-Jean win big at the Taites
- 2:15 Louisa Williamson on her sophomore album ‘Groundwork’
- 3:15 Essential Album: ‘Killjoy’ by Shihad
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Adam Holt
Saturday, 12 April 2025
- 1:15 Jennifer Reid: The punk who sings broadside ballads
- 2:15 Jazz award finalist Thabani Gapara: 'Things can always get brighter and better'
- 3:15 Rising Pacific Popstar Lou’ana
- 3:40 Sable Fable by Bon Iver
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Writer Duncan Sarkies
Saturday, 5 April 2025
- 1:30 Supergroove get nostalgic ahead of massive NZ tour
- 2:15 Neive Strang live session on Music 101
- 3:40 Te Whare Tiwekaweka by Marlon Williams
- 3:40 Mohi digs into growing up in Henderson on new single
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Photographer Frances Carter
Saturday, 29 March 2025
- 1:20 Basement Jaxx on the eve of Synthony
- 3:00 Forever is a Feeling by Lucy Dacus
- 3:15 Serebii live in the RNZ studio
- 4:10 The Mixtape: Collector Grant Gillanders
Saturday, 22 March 2025
- 1:20 Japanese Breakfast: on permission to feel joy - and to be moody
- 2:15 Boundary-pushing artist Chelsea Jade on new projects
- 3:15 ‘Welcome to another day of listening to my late father’s record collection’
- 3:40 Review: Throwing Muses’ Luminous Journey Through Sound
- 4:00 The Mixtape: Musician and unsung hero Dave Khan
