Lorde
Lorde takes top prizes at New Zealand Music Awards
Singer-songwriter Lorde has taken home a bundle of trophies from last night's New Zealand Music Awards. Audio
Silver Scroll 2014 winner
Emma Smith and Kirsten Johnstone report back from the 2014 APRA Silver Scrolls. Lorde presents the Silver Scroll to Tami Neilson, for her song Walk (Into Your Arms). Video, Audio
Lorde's song Royals banned in San Francisco
Lorde's hit Royals was crowned Song of the Year at the Grammys in January, but the track has now been banned from at least two local radio stations in San Francisco. Audio
Broods - Evergreen
We cross-examine the Nelson-born brother and sister of Georgia and Caleb Nott amidst a busy release schedule that sees them drop their Joel Little-produced debut album Evergreen one continent at a… Audio
Playing Favourites with Carl Wilson
Music critic at Slate, whose 2007 book about Celine Dion has just been issued in an expanded edition: Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste. Audio
Taite Music Prize 2014
We hear from Lorde via video link from Las Vegas and talk to her manager Scott Maclachlan as the 17 year-old from the North Shore takes out yet another prestigious gong. There's also a great speech… Audio
Taite Music Prize 2014
Winners from the Taite Music Prize Awards 2014, featuring Lorde's acceptance speech, via pre-recorded video link, and Ripper Records' Bryan Staff, who compiled AK79 - the 2014 Independent Music New… Audio
Broods
Nelson duo Broods have recently signed a worldwide deal with Capitol Records in Los Angeles. It's a big jump from winning the Rock Quest in Hamilton as The Peasants two and half years ago. Nick… Audio
Music Biz 2014 - The NZ Music Industry and Lorde
Journalists Duncan Grieve and Matt Nippert mull over the state of the local and international music industry, and the legend of Lorde. Audio
The Sampler Favourite Local Releases 2013
Nick Bollinger wraps up a few of his favourite local albums of 2013. Audio
New Zealand Music Awards 2013
On Thursday 21 November 1500 places were set for guests at the New Zealand Music Awards. While 4000 fans slowly filled Vector Arena in Auckland, Nick Atkinson was grappling with the media scrum for a… Audio
Lorde: Pure Heroine - Review
Nick Bollinger reviews the debut album of NZ pop sensation Lorde for The Sampler. Audio
Lorde: top of the world
New Zealand musician who is topping charts in New Zealand and the United States, and has just released her debut album, Pure Heroine. Audio
Joel Little
Ex Goodnight Nurse frontman and producer/songwriter for Kids of 88, Joel Little, on the making of that Lorde sound. Audio
Ella Yelich-O'Connor
Long before she became ‘Lorde’, twelve-year-old Aucklander Ella Yelich-O'Connor and her band-mate Louis McDonald joined Jim Mora for a chat and to play a couple of songs live in the Radio NZ studio… Audio
