Music
Last Show of 2024
Today's show is a fun one! It's the last show of 2024 and it's clear the team are mentally on holiday, some of us (Harry) have already received Christmas prezzies and some of us haven't even started… Audio
The best international albums of 2024
Tony Stamp looks back at a year of musical offerings from the UK and North America. From industrial disco to affable country, these were 10 of the year's best. Video
Feature interview: New Zealand Christmas Songs
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
Bookmarks with Bill Hastings
Bill has been a judge since 2010, but then he's had a number of interesting jobs over the years. Audio
Music Critic: Te Kaahu and RipShip
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
Music feature: the songs that got us through 2024
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
End Of Year Picks & Ella Stewart
On the show today the team is clearly hungry as Janay fills us in on her weekend of tasty kai in the North Island, Te Ao Maori Long Form Journalist and friend of the show Ella Stewart is back and… Audio
McDonald's 'Make it Click' song gets remixed
An old classic road safety tune has been revamped with an upbeat twist for the summer festival season. Luke Rive from McDonald's spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Woolston Brass perform in Christ Church Cathedral
Musical instruments rang out in the Christ Church Cathedral last night for the first time since the Canterbury earthquakes. Anna Sargent was there. Audio
Zakir Hussain: Influential ambassador for Indian music dies
Renowned Indian instrumentalist Zakir Hussain has died, aged 73. Hussain played his final two concerts in New Zealand in June, in Christchurch and Auckland. Audio
Feature interview: how Taylor Swift remade pop music
2024 marks the end of another era for Taylor Swift, a $2 billion dollar era from the highest grossing concert tour of all time. Audio
Worlds of Music 15 December, 2024
Music from the world, for the world, with Lila Downs, Bessie Smith, Driss El Maloumi, and English singer-songwriter, author and political activist, Billy Bragg. Audio
Looking Back
With just two programmes of New Horizons to go, it's time for reflection this week as William Dart dips back into the archives for treasured moments with Chris Knox, Mahinaarangi Tocker, and Charlotte… Audio
Interview: Uncle Quentin
Uncle Quentin is the somewhat creepy persona inhabited by Silver Scroll-nominated songwriter Tim Moore, whose latest mixtape is surprisingly sincere compared to past outings. Tony Stamp meets the man… Audio
Seed of a Seed by Haley Heynderickx
A second plant-themed collection from the Filipino-American folk musician is good news for fans of slightly eccentric but soothing tunes. Audio
How Can We Lose When We're So Sincere by Lontalius
A seamless merging of indie rock and RnB from the local singer-songwriter. Audio
The Sampler: What to listen to this week
Lontalius' fusion of indie rock and RnB is confident and comforting on his fifth album and Tali returns with a new EP celebrating female solidarity.
The Moth has flown: the life of musical adventurer Dean Roberts
Dean Roberts, aka The Moth, was an experimental composer and multi-instrumentalist who lived in Auckland, New York, Bologna and Berlin. A student of the sound artist Phil Dadson, he went on to lecture… Audio
Essential New Zealand Albums: 'Buffalo'
Buffalo was the album that lifted the profile of Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation both here and internationally, writes Nick Bollinger. He peels back its sonic layers with the group's three main…
How country music is invading hip hop
Lil Nas X, Beyonce, and now Shaboozey. The gap between genres is shrinking and hip hop seems to be becoming an essential part of contemporary country music. Video, Audio
