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1:30 PM.Anna Coddington has released a brand new, bilingual album called Te Whakamiha, released for Matariki and created with her longtime collaborators and band, The Appreciations. Anna is one of our most… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest selecting the songs is Romesh Dissanayake, a Sri Lankan and Kor-yo Saram writer, poet and chef from Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His award winning debut novel, When I open the shop, is an… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Musician Tiki Taane and composer Arli Liberman went "really deep" while composing the score for the historical Māori film Ka Whawhai Tonu.  Read more Video, Audio

2:10 PM.Charlotte Ryan speaks to Sam Robinson about Charli XCX’s BRAT, one of the biggest albums of year. Check out Charlotte's favourite albums of 2024 (so far!) here… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.This 1964 interview with John Lennon was conducted by Professor Tony Taylor, who at the time had a huge interest in the phenomenon of Beatlemania. Despite Tony's nerves, he managed to get candid chat… Read more Audio

5:00 AM.It's not perfect, but Spotify is still the dream platform to serve up your favourite (or soon to be favourite) tunes. 
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9:00 AM.South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is phenomenally successful. Her social media feed can blur into a montage of beaches, restaurants, fashion shows, and adoring crowds. Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.In a 2021 conversation, New Zealand poet Sam Hunt spoke to Trevor Reekie about music, mortality and creativity while sharing some of his favourite songs. Read more Video, Audio

3:15 PM.Heavy psych-fuzz band Earth Tongue channel 80s horror with their powerful sound - think gore, tombstones and hands coming up through the ground. It's the band child of guitarist Gussie Larkin… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.The Pakistani singer's follow up to her breakthrough Vulture Prince is just as stately and serene, further establishing her as a fiercely unique artist. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead are about to bring their new album to New Zealand with three shows planned. Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace formed the band in New… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Wellington-based DJ Messie, aka Tessa Hills, has just been offered a spot on the stage at Glastonbury. DJ Messie, who came to NZ fame when picked by Fred Again to support his massive New Zealand… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.An 85-year-old grandmother is one of Warsaw’s most popular DJs - spinning techno at nightclubs by night and ‘70s hits at a senior citizens club by day. DJ Vika’s vibrant, self-directed approach to… Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.William Dart catches up with the music of Beth Gibbons, the voice of Portishead a few decades ago and now the assured songwriter of her new solo album, Lives Outgrown. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music over the next hour is Dujon Cullingford, a DJ and record collector based in Ngaruawahia. Dujon is a champion for underground New Zealand funk, soul and disco from back in… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Mount Kimbie began their music journey 15 years ago as a duo at the forefront of electronica. Today the beloved English band continue to inspire with their critically acclaimed new album The Sunset… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.C Zukey is a Canadian-born New Zealand alternative musician from Auckland. His beautiful new album Stonefruut is inspired by some intense family experiences over the last few years, the birth of his… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.In the mid-1960s, Sandy Edmonds was one of the biggest names in New Zealand music with hits like Daylight Saving Time. Rock'n'roll reporter John Baker reflects on the UK-born pop singer's short but… Read more Video, Audio

9:00 AM.The Christchurch singer-songwriter delves into darkness on her new LP. It's an exploration of sadness that's more meaningful when framed against Parsons' usual buoyant personality, writes Tony Stamp.

4:07 PM.Band leader, trombonist extraordinaire, recording artist and big picture thinker. Broadly described by those who loved him as a 'yes' man, Rodger Fox's zest for life rubbed off on many. Earlier this… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.SWIDT's Spycc and Boomer join Maggie Tweedie in the studio to talk about their new album Taking Care of Business. The hip hop crew that hailed from Auckland's Onehunga have been keeping us guessing… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.We cross to Gore, the country music capital of Aotearoa, and where hundreds of amateur country musicians of all ages have travelled to compete for the coveted NZ Gold Guitar trophy this weekend. RNZ… Read more Audio

2:06 PM.Aotearoa's biggest artists gathered for the music awards last night. There were performances, speeches and impromptu waiata with the audience. Music 101 reviewer Tony Stamp caught up with the winners… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.It's fun to be part of a band that's still evolving on their eighth album, says Crowded House frontman Neil Finn. The iconic band - now featuring three Finn family members - experiments with… Read more Video, Audio

3:46 PM.Byllie-jean at the Christchurch Art Gallery Read more Video, Audio