Nz Music
Blue Smoke: Piano Pop
Before the guitar bands came along, the piano was the songwriter's main tool in popular music. In this episode of Blue Smoke, Chris Bourke looks at a period in the 70s and 80s when - inspired by Elton… Audio
Playing Favourites with Ebony Lamb
Former lead singer of band Eb and Sparrow, Lamb's dreamy sound has been explained as somewhere between Nina Simone and Gillian Welch, with a glimmer of Catpower. She is about to commence a… Video, Audio
Blue Smoke: Aotearoa Blues
New Zealand musicians embraced the blues boom of the 1960s, inspired mostly by British R&B groups emulating their heroes from the Southern United States and Chicago. In this episode of Blue Smoke… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 20 October 2022
In this week's Pocket Edition with we celebrate music of Julian Lennon, celebrate the winner of the Maioha Award, visit an incubater for original waiata and reveal in a new record from Fazerdaze, Audio
Blue Smoke: Christchurch Music Map
Chris Bourke looks at the musical landmarks of Christchurch, with an ear on the 60s & 70s. Audio
Blue Smoke: Covers
Perhaps thinking of the cover bands of the 1970s, the human jukeboxes and the booze barns and musicians since the 80s have turned away from what they call cover versions. But when Billie Holiday and… Audio
Gemma PEACOCKE: White Horses
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch at their Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 29 September 2022. Audio
First song: Troy Kingi
Troy Kingi has announced his sixth album, An 80s Synth Pop instalment, in his 1O 1O 1O Series, (10 albums in 10 years in 10 genres). The Year of the Ratbags And Their Musty Theme Songs" will be Out… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 22 September 2022
In this week's Pocket Edition, Santigold shares her highly anticipated new record-Spirituals, we get introduced to award winning Maori musician Huia and Tony Hadley reflects on a long and successful… Audio
Donald NICOLSON: Spirals
Performed by Van Diemen's Band at their Chamber Music New Zealand concert, 'Borderlands', Auckland Concert Chamber, 13 September 2022. Audio
Tuirina WEHI: Kia au tō moe
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Sarah BELKNER: Poem from War
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Leonie HOLMES: Land Pictures
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Rosa ELLIOTT: Light
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Rosa ELLIOTT: Out of Reach
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Cheryl CAMM: Banana Fanfare
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Dorothy KER: Snake, and Echo, from Close up of a Daisy
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Cheryl CAMM: Motu Puketutu
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Katherine DIENES-WILLIAMS: Ave Maria
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
Katherine BELL: Te Mea Nui
Performed by Luminata Voices conducted by Vanessa Kay at their concert 'Let Her Voice Shine', St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 10 September 2022. Audio
