Music Festivals
Tora! Tora! Tora! 2015
Deep in the Wairarapa, through the middle of nowhere, you'll find Tora. On the right weekend you'll find hundreds of Wellington families covered in dust dancing away at the Tora! Tora! Tora! music… Audio
Tom Rainey and Liam Ryan: Tauranga Jazz
Organists preview their Killer B3 Hammond Organ Summit at the Tauranga National Jazz Festival. Audio
Splore 2015
It's been hailed by many artists as the most beautiful setting they have ever played at, and after years of being a biennial affair the environmentally conscious music and arts festival Splore is now… Audio
Soundgarden Drummer Matt Cameron
Drummer Matt Cameron is a quintessential part of the Seattle rock fraternity that blossomed in the early 90s, having held down the beat for alt-rock behemoths Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, which he… Audio
NZ On Screen - music festivals
NZ on Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner has been rifling through the archives to re-visit some of the legendary Kiwi music festivals of the past. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 25 Laneway Special
It's the 2015 Laneway Special: Control and confidence with FKA twigs, Belle and Sebastian on writing songs about young people, and Connan Mockasin heads home. Audio
Laneway indie music festival a complete sell out
Twelve-thousand people are expected to flock to Auckland waterfront's Silo Park today for the annual Laneway indie music festival. Audio
Chronophonium
Last weekend festival goers converged on a small valley in Tapu, Coromandel to attend the fourth annual Chronophonium. Boasting an eclectic line up of alternative art and music brought together by a… Audio
Trevor Reekie: WOMAD 2015 Preview
The annual Womad Taranaki Festival is a family friendly music event with an emphasis on discovery of music, culture, language, costume and cuisine held at the beautiful Brooklands Park in New… Audio
Chevalier of the order of Arts and Letters Haydn Rawstron
New Zealander Haydn Rawstron is now a Chevalier/Knight of the order of Arts and Letters, in thanks for his many years of expertly managing opera singers who appeared in France's opera houses. The… Audio
Wellington Folk Festival 2014
Since 1965 Wellington's Folk Festival has been bringing together musicians and audiences to share songs, tunes, stories, and a bit of homebrew. This year they reflected on those who've been before… Audio
Chamber festival launch goes ahead
One of the biggest income earners for the Nelson economy is going ahead as planned despite the closure of the city's two main entertainment venues due to earthquake risk. Audio
Kerretta, Pirohia
Local band Kerretta talk about avoiding post-rock cliches, and the handclaps, Māori chant and marimba on their new album Pirohia. Audio
Interview: Los Coronas | WOMAD 2014
Kirsten Johnstone caught up with the Madrid surf-rockers for a quick chat. Audio
SxSW 2014
South by Southwest 2014 sees some 2,200 official performers and bands - plus a ton of unofficial ones - squeeze into the many venues that dot the Texan capital, from hungry young guns looking to get… Audio
Interview: Arrested Development | WOMAD 2014
'Speech' of afrocentric hip hop outfit Arrested Development talks to Trevor Reekie about the Atlanta Georgia group's place in the hip hop landscape. Audio
Interview: Makana | WOMAD 2014
Kirsten Johnstone talks to Makana, a Hawaiian slack-key guitarist who is regarded as the greatest living player of the style, having learnt from the masters of the previous generation. Audio
Interview: Sam Lee | WOMAD 2014
Kirsten Johnstone talks to Sam about the old field recordings of English folk that captured his imagination. Audio
Interview: Femi Kuti | WOMAD 2014
Trevor Reekie talks to Nigerian afrobeat musician Femi Kuti about continuing his father Fela Kuti's legacy. Audio
Paula Henderson
Kirsten Johnstone talks to Paula Henderson, Artistic Director of WOMAD UK/International, about her role choosing the artists who perform not only in Taranaki, but at WOMAD festivals around the world. Audio