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Live: Taite Music Awards 2024
23 Apr 2024Tonight is the Taite Music Awards, honouring the best in NZ music and the best album of the year. Follow along with RNZ's live coverage.
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Music feature: Dallas Tamaira on Bill Withers
It's 1971, turn on the radio and you might catch Ain't No Sunshine by the venerable Bill Withers. Known for his iconic vocals, the Grammy winning artist wrote some of the most covered songs to come… Audio
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The TAHI 23/4/24
On the show today So’omālō chats to musician Romi Wrights. Evie breaks down the situation in the media at the moment and also expresses her love for Demon Slayer
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'Stop': Spice Girls reunite
All five members of the Spice Girls partied like it was 1997, performing their classic song, Stop.
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Reviewer listens to all 68 entries in Taite Music Prize 2024
22 Apr 2024The winner of the Taite Music prize is announced on Tuesday night - Max Johns from Hamilton's Underground Press reviewed all 68 nominated albums so you didn't have to Audio
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The Auckland record store pressing vinyl made out of cooking oil
20 Apr 2024It's Record Store Day, and one Auckland shop is taking the new-found interest in vinyl one step further.
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30 years on, Dandy Warhols still out to 'blow our own minds'
20 Apr 2024Lacking technical skills in the beginning, the band had to experiment and get creative. That's stood them in good stead, the Portland, Oregon band's frontman says. Audio
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‘It’s what we love doing’ - UB40 still rocking after 45 years
20 Apr 2024Robin Campbell - founding member of the Birmingham reggae-pop band - is excited to play both classics and new songs at their two NZ shows this October. Audio
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Nashville Babylon - 20 April 2024
20 Apr 2024On this week's show there's tracks from Emmylou Harris, Son Volt and Daddy Long Legs, classics from the Stones and Iggy Pop plus a reggae smash from Steel Pulse. Audio
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Music lovers out in force for Record Store Day
20 Apr 2024At one shop, people started lining up at 3.15am ahead of the annual celebration of independent record stores and the music they sell. Audio
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100 Years of Henry Mancini
20 Apr 2024Nick celebrates 100 years since the birth of the great film and TV composer Henry Mancini, with jazz versions of some of his greatest tunes. Audio
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I Got It Bad
20 Apr 2024In this week's show: Quincy Jones leads a big band, Miles Davis takes a back seat, and Alex Trask fronts an exciting trio. Audio
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How 'the greatest hip hop record ever made' has endured
20 Apr 2024Released on 19 April 1994, Nas' Illmatic is often considered as the greatest LP in hip hop. New Zealand hip hop stars including DJ Sir-Vere, Tom Scott and more weigh in on its influence. Audio
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The Mixtape: Nabihah Iqbal
20 Apr 2024The English musician, writer and broadcaster shares her favourite music with Charlotte Ryan. Audio
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On He Rākau, He Ngārara, Aro explore our native trees and insects
20 Apr 2024The husband and wife duo used funding from Creative NZ to conduct research for each waiata. Video, Audio
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The energy is undeniable on Nia Archives' debut Silence is Loud
20 Apr 2024The UK musician masterfully fuses jungle and pop on her debut LP. Video, Audio
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Ha the Unclear wander through their catalogue on Kingdom in a Cul de Sac
20 Apr 2024Freshly signed to a French record label, the local band have released a collection that's both best-of and new release. Video, Audio
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Celebrating vinyl and music: International Record Store Day across Aotearoa
20 Apr 2024We check on festivities at New Zealand’s longest running independent record store, Slow Boat Records in Wellington. Audio
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Taylor Swift's new album - What's the verdict?
The double album is being lauded as "extreme in its emotions and uninterested in traditional hits" - but one critic has called it "at times, cringeworthy".
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‘It’s what we love doing’ - UB40 still rocking after 45 years.
20 Apr 2024Robin Campbell - founding member of the Birmingham reggae-pop band UB40 - is excited to play a mix of classics and new songs at their two NZ shows this October. "I love playing old stuff, I love… Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Featuring a political track from Dunedin doom-pop two piece Night Lunch, a new release from Baby Rose and BADBADNOTGOOD, and Melbourne-based Cyanide Thornton's self-titled 2018 EP. Audio
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Orchestra students back in school for the holidays
Nicky Fogden-Smith, Coordinator and Course Director of the NZ Secondary Students' Symphony Orchestra, speaks to Bryan Crump ahead of the orchestra's concert in Christchurch. Audio
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The Pre-Panel for 19 April
19 Apr 2024Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Ayana Piper-Healion discuss the albums that were perfect from the first time you heard them. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
19 Apr 2024Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
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