Music

Ahead of her 'Joan As Police Woman' shows in New Zealand next May 2025, Joan Wasser jumps on the phone from her home in Brooklyn to talk about how songwriting helped make sense of falling in love on… Audio

Jazz songstress Antonia Bennett, the late Tony Bennett's daughter, has just released new holiday classics Christmas album "Happy Holidays, With Love".  Audio

RNZ Concert sounds good this summer. Here are some of our holiday season highlights for you to enjoy on the radio or online in coming days.

Slowboat Records' Jeremy Taylor looks back on what he's been listening to this year, and shares his favourite tracks of 2024, including The The, Charli XCX, Nala Sinephro, Kim Deal and The Cure. Audio

For many tamariki their first viewing of Moana 2 will be in te reo - and when they hear the main character talking and singing, they will hear the voice of Jaedyn Randell.  Audio

The power of music has been demonstrated in a special Christmas project involving residents at two aged care facilities in Auckland.  Audio

Levi Patel made a video about his visit to a small Chinese city, set to his new single 'Gravity'. The next day, he awoke to his notifications blowing up. Audio

75 years ago, New Zealand musicians started composing our own Christmas carols and making Christmas dreams come true for some of the singers tapped to record them. Audio

Bill has been a judge since 2010, but then he's had a number of interesting jobs over the years.  Audio

Rachel Ashby reviews and plays some new local music. I Roto I Te Po, I Roto I Te Ao by Te Kaahu and New Mexico by RipShip. Audio

Today, we're doing something a bit special for our music feature. We asked you what song was special to you, or helped you through a difficult time this year. Audio