Kirsten Johnstone

The RNZ Music team have assembled to share their picks for springtime. Kirsten Johnstone hosts a collaborative C60 of picks from RNZ Concert's David Houston and M101's Alex Behan, Sam Wicks, Zac… Video, Audio

He's best known as the hard-hitting, long-serving drummer for NZ rock band Shihad, but is also a producer, manager, studio owner and soon to be author. Melbourne based Tom Larkin is back in New… Video, Audio

Wellington songwriter Eva Prowse has made a move from violin infused country folk to midi driven synth pop with her latest album Humid Nights. Kirsten Johnstone gets the stories behind the songs. Audio

Alex Behan is about to start at RNZ as the host of Music 101 – ahead of that debut, he joins Kirsten Johnstone to present a mixtape to his life in radio and music so far, with some tales along the… Audio

Kirsten Johnstone takes a listen to a trio of recent local electronic EP releases: Lunch With Bianca by Sachi; Switchblade by October; and 5/8 by Suren Unka and Levi Patel Audio

Singer-songwriter Robert Ruha (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui/Ngati Porou) picks the music and tells us about his kapa haka beginnings, his musical heroes, and growing up on the East Coast. Video, Audio

Kirsten Johnstone reviews Steve Abel's third album Luck/Hope. Audio

Record producer Ben Edwards' bookings schedule has been solid in the last year or so, thanks to the rise of Marlon Williams, Aldous Harding, Tami Neilson and the whole Lyttelton alt-country scene. We… Video, Audio

The daughter of a Samoan musician and a woman from the Shetland Isles, Upper Hutt's Sonny - or Sonja - Southon is virtually unknown here in New Zealand. But through the 80s and 90s she was in demand… Audio

In this week's M101 Pocket Edition: Marlon Williams is live in session with a new song; we tour the 40th anniversary exhibition of RDU98.5FM, and catch up with Christchurch hip hop crew Beats'n'Pieces

Lyttelton darling Marlon Williams is back at home, fresh from playing on Conan O'Brien's late night show in the US. Williams premieres a new song and pays tribute to Ralph Stanley.  Video, Audio, Gallery

Team RNZ Music convenes to present some of our favourite sounds of the year so far. Part One of Three Audio

Team RNZ Music convenes to present some of our favourite sounds of the year so far. Part Three of Three. Audio

Team RNZ Music convenes to present some of our favourite sounds of the year so far. Part Two of Three. Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition: the award-winning arts organisation Pacific Underground. A special taonga puoro session for Matariki; and French electro-duo Air celebrate 20 years of music. Audio