Music
Grammy Awards 2025 dominated by women
It's one of music's biggest nights of the year - with this year's Grammy's largely dominated by women. RNZ's Tahi presenter Janay Harding spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Beyonce competes for the big prize - again - at Grammys
The superstar has never won the album of the year award despite winning 32 career Grammys - more than any other musician.
The day The Rolling Stones invaded Invercargill
This weekend marks 60 years since The Rolling Stones toured New Zealand in 1965. Dave Hogan tells Music 101 about meeting them at the airport, their Invercargill concert, and the lasting effects of… Audio
Bad Bunny has a lot to say (about more than Kendall Jenner)
Opinion - Latin superstar Bad Bunny's new album is a love letter to Puerto Rico - not what you'd expect from a gargantuan pop release.
Worlds of Music 2 February 2025
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
The Bob Dylan lyric that became a set design mantra on A Complete Unknown
In 'Like A Rolling Stone', Bob Dylan urgently repeats the line "How does it feel?" That question gets to the heart of set design, François Audouy tells RNZ's Culture 101. Video, Audio
The Bad Fire by Mogwai
The always consistent Scottish post-rockers deliver another solid collection. Audio
DtMF by Bad Bunny
The Latin superstar's latest is an album-length love letter to Puerto Rico. Audio
Boundary-breaking composer and musician Briar Prastiti
Among the pieces of music composed by Briar Prastiti for beloved novelist Jenny Pattrick's debut play Hope, which has just opened at Wellington's Circa Theatre, is a track called Dystonia. It's played… Audio
Jan Gradvall: The Book of ABBA
Renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall gained unparalleled access to ABBA after doing a story for a Swedish newspaper in 2013 and subsequently gaining the group's trust. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 2 February 2025
This week’s listener requests include a Brendan Taaffe’s contemporary folk hymn To the hills, a harvest anthem by English composer John Rutter, and Isaac Watt’s well-loved hymn When I survey the… Audio
Alien Weaponry: 'We're all kind of nerdy and geeky'
Brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong were just kids when they formed the metal band with their childhood friend Tūranga Edmonds. An intimate new documentary gets inside their world. Video, Audio
Nashville Babylon: 1 February 2025
On this week's show there's classic blues from Jimmy Reed, Etta James covers Bob Dylan, a preview of M Ward's forthcoming tour dates plus a birthday tune for Graham Nash. Audio
Callum Allardice: Elementa
Multi-award winning NZ guitarist Callum Allardice's new album 'Elementa' is a combination of his signature cinematic soundscapes, and a small-group intimacy. Audio
Can You Dig It
Flutist Herbie Mann gets funky, Thabani Gapara plays the music of Louis Mhlanga, Mike Nock teams up with NZTrio, and Lisa Tomlins recalls Pixie Williams. Audio
The Mixtape - DJ, engineer and promoter Leesa Tilley
Leesa Tilley is a musical polymath who launched and managed the first four years of the Ragamuffin Music Festival as a promoter. Over the years, she has organised and presented numerous events, worked… Video, Audio
Elliot & Vincent drop in ahead of Laneway
Elliot & Vincent (Elliot Finn and Vincent Cherry) join us in the Music 101 studio ahead of their Laneway set next week. The two piece rock 'n' roll band have been turning heads with their ability to… Audio
Humanhood by The Weather Station
The music on Tamara Lindeman's latest is as tangled and windswept as her inner monologue, but it's always beautiful. Audio
Alien Weaponry on new doco and taking te reo to the biggest metal festivals
A new documentary about maori metal band Alien Weaponry will be released in cinemas this Waitangi Day. Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara follows brothers Henry and Lewis Te Reiwhati de Jong as teens… Video, Audio
What happened when The Rolling Stones went to Invercargill?
This weekend marks 60 years since The Rolling Stones toured New Zealand. It was the band's first visit to NZ and Australia and at time the longest travel they had undertaken in their career. The tour… Audio
