Recent Music Stories
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Katchafire: Legacy | Full Documentary
14 Mar 2024The story of the Māori band Katchafire, as they struggle to find their way through volatile creative differences and a changing music landscape. Video
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A decade of Canterbury Nor'westers
13 Mar 2024Ten years after Bill Vail helped found it, in an effort to rejuvenate the Christchurch brass scene, Nor'west Brass is still blowing strong. Bill Vail and fellow band member Nic Scott speak with RNZ… Audio
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Jazz guitarist David Becker in Aotearoa
13 Mar 2024When most teenagers his age were playing Hendrix and Led Zepplin, David Becker only wanted to play jazz guitar. David Becker is in New Zealand to take audiences on that journey too. Audio
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Bookmarks with Marama T-Pole
13 Mar 2024There was one Pacific student enrolled in Christchurch's Broadcasting School in the class of 1995. Now she's on the radio, she's on TV screens, our very own Marama T-Pole. We get to know her better in… Audio
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'All By Myself' singer Eric Carmen dies
Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, known for hit song 'All By Myself', has died aged 74.
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Didgeridoo virtuoso tours NZ with Brodsky String Quartet
12 Mar 2024Australian didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his tour of Aotearoa with the Brodsky String Quartet. Video, Audio
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Music feature: The music of D'Angelo
12 Mar 2024D'Angelo is a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who was at the forefront of the neo-soul movement in the 1990s. RNZ producer Sam Hollis is a super fan, he's with Jesse to go… Audio
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The TAHI 12/3/2024
On today's episode, a cinematic crossover we’re calling ‘Get Dune’, Evie reviews Pink’s concert and Dune Part 2. Samson Rambo talks about his journey in the creative arts with So’omālō, and we get to… Audio
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The new Canterbury music festival that's all about community
12 Mar 2024"The festival is homemade, organic," organiser Corban Tupou says.
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Pink concert goers waited up to an hour for public transport
Pink great, public transport stink. That is the review of some Auckland concert goers who faced waits of up to an hour for trains and buses, with some people jammed in snaking queues. More than a… Audio
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Remembering Phil Broadhurst
11 Mar 2024Mike Booth and Ben McNicoll from the Auckland Jazz Orchestra talk about the band's tribute album to the late Kiwi jazz great, Phil Broadhurst – a project that was four years in the making. Audio
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Worlds of Music 10 March, 2024
Music from the world, for the world, with Flavia Coelho, Trio Miyazaki, Dobet Gnahoré, and star-studded musical collective, Silk Road Ensemble. Audio
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Supergroups
10 Mar 2024William Dart looks at the phenomenon of the supergroup, setting off with Cream in the 1960s and ending with the homegrown Sundae Painters, the final project of the late Hamish Kilgour. Audio
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Pink fans faced more transport woes on second night
10 Mar 2024P!nk concertgoers continued to experience transport problems on Saturday night, but Auckland Transport said it was generally pleased with how bus networks fared on a busy weekend.
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Karra Rhodes: My Latest Track
Christchurch based singer-songwriter, Karra Rhodes, chats her latest release, a modern country-pop track 'Why Can't I Love You Less'. The Scottish-born, Aotearoa-based polymath, not only writes a song… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 10 March 2024
10 Mar 2024It’s the Fourth Sunday in Lent, known as Laetare (‘rejoice’ in Latin) Sunday. Hymns include Praise, my soul, the king of heaven and the psalm paraphrase Praise God, for he is kind. And we remember New… Audio
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SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47
9 Mar 2024Performed by Peter Gjelsten and the CSO at the National Concerto Competition Final at Christchurch Town Hall. 09 March 2024. Recorded and produced by Adrian Hollay for RNZ Concert. Audio
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COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto
9 Mar 2024Performed by Ben van Leuven with the CSO at the National Concerto Competition Final at Christchurch Town Hall. 09 March 2024. Recorded and produced by Adrian Hollay for RNZ Concert. Audio
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'It fills me with fury' - Green co-leader James Shaw looks back
9 Mar 2024As his term as Green Party co-leader winds down, James Shaw talks with Susie Ferguson about his favourite songs, his successes and regrets, and his hopes for the future of the planet. Video, Audio
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SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47
9 Mar 2024Performed by Hazuki Katsukawa at the National Concerto Competition at Christchurch Town Hall. 09 March 2024. Recorded and produced by Adrian Hollay for RNZ Concert. Audio
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National Concerto Competition Final 2024
9 Mar 2024The Final of the National Concerto Competition in 2024, which was held at the Christchurch Town Hall. Audio
Coming up
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Nashville Babylon: 9 March 2024
9 Mar 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's tracks from Little Feat and Warren Zevon, a country rocker courtesy of Wanda Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald covering a Cream classic plus a song from New Zealand… Audio
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Exit 430
9 Mar 2024A new album from the Wellington trio of Ayrton Foote, Daniel Yeabsley, and Mark Lockett brings their unique take on a set of classic standards; Stuff Smith plays violin in some recordings from the… Audio
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Yeah Man
9 Mar 2024Grammy-winning vocalist Samara Joy sings two classics; Phil Broadhurst plays a track from his album Positif; and Nick checks out three fantastic tracks from the soundtrack to the 1996 movie 'Kansas… Audio
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