Guitar
Award winning guitarist Molly Tuttle is coming to Auckland
Guitarist and songwriter Molly Tuttle will plays her first ever New Zealand show on Sunday October 13th, as part of the Americana Fest at the Tuning Fork in Auckland. She spoke with Elliott Childs… Audio
Steve Hackett: Honouring Genesis without the politics
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is coming to New Zealand next year to tour what many consider to be the finest Genesis album of the time, Selling England By the Pound. Audio
Peter Posa interview 1965
Peter Posa interviewed by Bill Timmings on 3ZC Timaru in 1965. Audio
LIVE SESSION - Nick Brightwell, Gold Guitar Instrumentalist of the year 2017/18
Nick Brightwell won Instrumentalist of the Year for the second year running at the Gold Guitar awards this year. He stops by the RNZ studios to show us his amazing technical abilities and share his… Audio
The Pick of Strings
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New Zealand guitarist Paul Bosauder plays flamenco with true Iberian passion. Paul has returned from Andalusia in Southern Spain where he lives to tour the country. Paul did a… Audio
John Leo Carter – Folk sounds from Ireland to Sweden to New Zealand
Irish folk musician John Leo Carter has jumped off a plane, headed to the Upbeat studio, and is playing the Wellington Folk Festival over Labour Weekend. The Öland, Sweden-based musician’s latest… Audio
Classical music for headbangers
The words 'Bach' and 'metal' don't often appear in the same sentence. But American cellist Aaron Minsky is closing the divide between the two genres - and in turn generations - using his cello. Video, Audio
Don’t like classical guitar? You will now!
Spanish classical guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas is internationally praised as “the soul of the Spanish guitar”. It’s not hard to see why: he plays from the heart, is passionate, effervescent and… Video, Audio
She will rock you: five Kiwi woman guitarists that rock
New Zealand guitar heroines talk about their instrument and nominate their own favourite guitarists. Video, Audio
Interview: Bill Frisell: "It's okay to call it jazz"
Genre bending musician and composer Bill Frisell has been a leading light in jazz and experimental electric guitar playing since the 1980s. Here for the Wellington Jazz Festival this week, Frisell… Video, Audio
Instrument maker Alan Clayton
It's a craft as old as music itself - making beautiful instruments. And in his shed in Wellington, instrument-maker and repairer Alan Clayton shapes and repairs custom-made wood instruments. He tells… Audio, Gallery
How Hybrid? (Part 3) - Guitars
Megan Collins explores the popularity of the guitar and the different versions that are found around the world. Audio
Singer-songwriter Daisy van Wel
Lynn Freeman spoke to talented Wellington singer-songwriter and high school student Daisy van Wel.
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Christopher & Matthew Marshall take the APO on a ‘Soul Journey’
Christopher Marshall’s latest work, Soul Journeys, is about to be premiered in a free Auckland Chamber Orchestra concert. It’s a guitar concerto, composed especially for Matthew Marshall, one of NZ’s… Audio
The Musical Career of Peter Posa
Arguably NZ's greatest guitarist, Peter Posa looks back at his 53 years making music professionally with Grant Walker. Video, Audio
Capturing the magic of the classical guitar
Young Russian classical guitarist Vladimir Gorbach has won more than 10 of the most important international competitions and is nothing short of a magician with the breadth of scintillating music he… Video, Audio
From aeroplanes to guitars
It's easy enough to buy an instrument off the shelf, but how about making one yourself? Dave Gilberd of Goldbeard Guitars left behind a career as an aircraft engineer to pursue the art of guitar… Audio
Musical Siblings - Mara TK and Billy TK Jnr.
Lynn Freeman is joined by Musical Siblings Mara TK and Billy TK Jnr. Mara is a member of Electric Wire Hustle, Fly My Pretties, and Data Hui, composed music for the play Hikoi, and has collaborated… Audio, Gallery
Musical Dynasties - Don and Tony Wilson
Don Wilson was a member of Ebony, The Heartbreakers and wrote The Ballad of Happy Feet about a penguin that turned up on the Kapiti Coast a few years ago. He's due to release a new album in 2016 and… Audio