Musical Chairs

Spanning two and half decades Mark Bell has played guitar on a veritable who's who of classic kiwi sounds. From the seminal Blam Blam Blam, Bell went on to form Coconut Rough. Since then, he's played… Audio

Chris Thompson is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Raglan. In a 35 year professional music career, he has released or featured on more than 20 albums and has written about 150 songs and tunes… Audio

Wellington band Letterbox Lambs burst on to the rock scene in the mid-90s with a candid tune about an unfortunate day in the singer's life, which became student radio's song of the year, and saw the… Audio

In Musical Chairs today is one of the stars of the 1960s, Dinah Lee - her hits were "Do Da Bluebeat", Don't You Know Yokomo", and "Reet Petite", and a string of much loved songs. Audio

They call him the Honky Tonk Bad Boy of New Zealand Rockabilly - and he wouldn't have it any other way! Ritchie Pickett has been kindling the country/rockabilly flame for longer than even he cares to… Audio

Between 1984-86 The Narcs won six national music awards and their single 'Heart & Soul' spent over 3 months in the NZ Top 40. They also supported the likes of Elton John, Queen, Split Enz and Midnight… Audio

Jazz and electronic musician, Tom Ludvigson joins this episode of Musical Chairs to talk about his upcoming album, "Pretty Cool" out in the new year. Audio

Peter Stapleton started his first band in Christchurch in the mid-1970's. Caught up by the first flush of punk rock, he drummed in Bill Direen's first band, the legendary Vacuum. Later he was both… Audio

Musical Chairs focuses on the music and songwriting of Chris Mason-Battley. Chris is an Auckland-based jazz saxophonist, who co-founded the jazz-funk group Blue Train in the early '90s, and later the… Audio

This episode of Musica Chairs, we are joined by Brent Hayward, the notorious filmmaker and post-punk troubadour and hear his unreleased track, "Planet Boy" Audio

Jodi Vaughan came to New Zealand for the weekend in 1975 - and she's been here ever since. In 1976 she appeared on the television programme The Entertainers and quickly became one of our most… Audio

Later today we feature new music with a familiar ring for long-time National Radio listeners. Producer Andrew Spraggon (better known as Sola Rosa), takes 60's and 70's lounge music, combines it with… Audio

One of New Zealand's most enduring singer-songwriters, Luke Hurley is a poet, busker, performer, recording artist and philosopher - perhaps the antipodean answer to Billy Bragg. Today Luke Hurley… Audio

Alastair Riddell started the 70s fronting the psychedelic art-rockers, Orb, one of New Zealand's original synth bands. He declined invitations to join his band-mates Eddie Rayner and Paul Crowther… Audio

Christchurch guitarist Greg Malcolm has toured New Zealand with children's shows and played in the Berlin avant-garde, as well as developing his own genres "surf-klezmer" and "depresso guitar". Audio

DJ Sir-Vere's involvement in DJ culture stretches back to childhood tales of manning the turntables when his D.J.-ing dad needed to take a toilet break. He grew up to present radio programmes, co-host… Audio

There's no beating around the bush with Maori singer/performer Jacqui Keelan. She knows the music industry well and is a seasoned performer. Her drive comes from her Ngati Porou whakapapa and her… Audio

He began by building houses, but soon changed to building a singing career. He's won countless awards and recorded a dozen albums. He's appeared on television, toured extensively, won Country Music… Audio

Musical Chairs today features hip-hop renaissance man, P Money, and his ambitious musical multi-tasking. P Money talks about how he got started in music; his career so far - from his first taste of… Audio

In Musical Chairs today Mathew Bannister - founder member of Dunedin's SNEAKY FEELINGS - narrates the birth and decline of one of Flying Nun Record's most formative bands. Never taking the easy road… Audio