Yadana Saw
The Last Waltz: The Musicians We Lost in 2025
2025 saw the last call for many of those we hold close to our hearts in music, both here in Aotearoa and around world. Yadana Saw and Nick Bollinger present a two-hour tribute to the musicians we lost… Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Yadana Saw shares her picks from the much-anticipated second release from Baltimore's Nourished By Time, a slice of Lebanese swoony surf rock, and how Avantdale's man of many collectives is finally at… Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Music correspondent Yadana Saw pays tribute to one Aotearoa's most beloved and respected music luminaries with a clutch of songs old and recent. Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Yadana Saw brings something new, something fresh for the changing seasons and a significant anniversary for a beloved local release from The Phonix Foundation well-deserving of a celebration. Audio
Music feature: memorable songs from forgettable movies
We all know them: the movie that is completely unmemorable yet has an absolute banger of a song on the soundtrack. It's so good that quite often it saves the movie. Music Journalist Yadana Saw has… Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Yadana Saw shares some of songs that have been getting a rotate on her stereo - she's been revisiting Emma Paki's debut album, some Prince demos, and the surprise drop from secretive UK collective… Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Yadana plays local sounds self described as 'swamptramp,' Turkish psych-rock and Chaka Khan Audio
Music : Whats on at WOMAD + A Homegrown goodbye
Yadana Saw previews some of the acts that are taking the stage at WOMAD this weekend, plus a look ahead to the final Homegrown festival in Wellington. Audio
Trip Hop with Yadana Saw
Yadana Saw Joins Mark and Kara in the studio to discuss the origins of 90s Trip Hop and highlights some of the seminal tracks provided by producers and beatmakers of cinematic chill. Video, Audio
Music with Yadana Saw: Silver Scroll winners
Music correspondent Yadana Saw shares music from the winners of last night's APRA Silver Scroll Awards. Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Music correspondent Yadana Saw joins Nine to Noon to look at how waiata anthems have gone from strength to strength, with a bunch of new releases across the month. Audio
Drop it like it's hot
We're going back in time to the golden era of 2000s pop and RnB. Music you'll still hear pumping out some of the bars on Courtney Place in Wellington on a Friday & Saturday night. Our tour guide is… Audio
Music feature: Boy bands
Although the term "boy band" wasn't coined until the 1980s, their history stretches back much further. For as long as modern pop music has existed, boy bands have been making audiences swoon with… Audio
Sleepless in Seattle: The Origins of Grunge Rock with Yadana Saw
Yadana Saw joins On the Air with Kara and Mark for deep dive into the Grunge music scene of 90s Seattle and her teenage obsession with Pearl Jam. Audio
New music with Yadana Saw
Yadana is along with the sounds of Brooklyn NYC discodelic darlings Say She She, Wellington's Grayson Gilmour and a 2021 reissue of an Afro-Caribbean reggae disco rarity - Love and Understanding by… Audio
Dallas Tamaira: Kaikōura Calling
Dallas Tamaira (Fat Freddy's Drop) returns to Kaikōura to write and record his first solo project in 20 years. A documentary crew captured his journey as he reconnected with his whanau and whenua… Video, Audio
The Mixtape: Yadana Saw
This weeks guest on the RNZ Mixtape starting working for RNZ Music in 2014 after stints at RDU and Radio Active, before being elected to Greater Wellington Council. She joined Tony Stamp on air again… Audio
Gerry Paul 'We've All Got Bones' Kids album
Gerry Paul is best known as the festival director behind extravaganzas like CubaDupa and Coastella is also an accomplished musician and performer. He speaks to Yadana Saw about his new release We've… Video, Audio
Lost and Found: Sampling the Samples
This week on Lost and Found, Yadana Saw shares originals and versions that have been sampled and covered by other artists. Tonight you'll hear Willie Nelson, Sade next to Nubya Garcia. Video, Audio
Lost and Found: Strings and things
This week on Lost and Found, Yadana Saw goes all things with strings featuring songs from Bill Withers, Jackie Wilson and new local artist Erny Belle and many other eclectic selections. Video, Audio
