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Polynesian metal band Shepherds Reign has everyone talking
9 Mar 2024When Shepherds Reign, a five piece band from South Auckland, were nominated for the prestigious Taite Music Prize this week their Pacific metal music was broadcast on Breakfast television and radio… Audio
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Seventies legends Witch are Zambia's greatest rock band
9 Mar 2024The singer in Zambia's most successful rock act speaks with Tony Stamp about pioneering Zamrock in the 1970s, and the band's resurrection and new roster, ahead of their first New Zealand appearances.
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Auckland musician Leonard Powell launches a charm offensive on Slow Mover
9 Mar 2024Tony Stamp checks out the debut from an up-and-coming local singer-songwriter. Audio
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North America's premiere whistler Molly Lewis delivers her debut On the Lips
9 Mar 2024Tony Stamp reviews the Australian-born musician's first album, which blends lounge music and vintage film scores to slightly cheeky effect. Video, Audio
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The state of today’s dance scene with pioneer Jeff Mills
9 Mar 2024From his cult radio show as The Wizard in the 1980s to forming the techno collective Underground Resistance, then Axis Records, many call Jeff Mills a dance music legend. He's performing at the… Audio
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Teddy Swims bares his soul: ‘My pain was necessary’
9 Mar 2024American soul singer Teddy Swims may have blown up on the charts, but it was New Zealand that fell hard for him first. His breakout song 'Lose Control' was the number 1 radio song here for 11 weeks… Audio
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Playing favourites with James Shaw
9 Mar 2024This Sunday, after nine years as Green Party co-leader, including a five year stint as Climate Change Minister, James Shaw is stepping down. He's joining Susie to talk about everything other than… Audio
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Lower Hutt hosts This is Living music festival
9 Mar 2024Thousands of people are expected to attend an electronic music concert in Lower Hutt, near Wellington, on Saturday.
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Angélique Kidjo: genre-defying music superstar
Multi Grammy award winning Beninese musician Angélique Kidjo has been named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Her career spans four decades and her music is a fusion of… Audio
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Lots of flips, no flops: P!nk charms the crowd at Eden Park
9 Mar 2024Review - P!nk got the party started at Auckland's Eden Park on Friday night, and her Kiwi fans were there for it, writes Evie Orpe.
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Featuring a new mega-collaboration hip-hop track, a brooding new album from multi-instrumentalist Linda Smith, and the first release from indie four-piece band Warpaint in two years. Audio
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Ingrid Martin: Trans-Tasman polymath
8 Mar 2024Australian conductor Ingrid Martin is crossing the Tasman to be this year's NZ Assistant Conductor-in-Residence. Video, Audio
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The state of today’s dance scene with pioneer Jeff Mills
8 Mar 2024From his cult radio show as The Wizard in the 1980s to forming the techno collective Underground Resistance, then Axis Records, many call Jeff Mills a dance music legend. He's performing at the… Audio
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Jen Cloher: 'If you're authentic, you're timeless'
8 Mar 2024Australian musician Jen Cloher, who is of Ngapuhi and Ngati Kahu descent, talks to Anika about embracing her whakapapa and finding her authenticity in the music industry. Video, Audio
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Maksim Mrvica: Classical music's gateway drug
7 Mar 2024Pianist Maksim Mrvica straddles the world of classical and pop music, but once he was a music purist. Video, Audio
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Music Critic: Jana Te Nahu Owen
7 Mar 2024Music Critic: Jana Te Nahu Owen, she reviews: Apakura from 'Songs of Rangioawhia' and French Lessons, a collaboration from Mykki Blanco, ANOHNI and Kelsey Lu. Audio
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First song: Byllie-jean
7 Mar 2024Byllie-jean is a multi-disciplinary wahine Maori artist who has been causing ripples across the local music scene for a few years now. We speak to her and play her track. Audio
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The TAHI 7/3/2024
On today’s episode, we’re celebrating International Women’s day early with journalist Jogai Bhatt and Thee bad mana wahine herself Te KuraHuia. We get into the gender pay gap, worldwide statistics… Audio
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Dunedin mayor goes pink for international popstar
US pop singer Pink played the first of three NZ shows to a 35,000-strong crowd in Dunedin last night - among them mayor Jules Radich. Audio
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Moment of Calm: where chickens come home to roost
6 Mar 2024We turn chicken for this week's sonic Moment of Calm. Audio
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Bookmarks with Luciane Buchanan
We love it when one of Aotearoa's own makes it big and our bookmarks guest today, Luciane Buchanan has done just that. Many will know the Auckland-born actor as one of the stars of the Netflix series… Audio
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Dame Kiri & Friends - The Gala Concert
6 Mar 2024A spectacular gala concert drawn from our archives presented by the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation in 2006. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs with her long-time friend and colleague, Frederica von Stade, and… Audio
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Dame Kiri's 80th birthday, a day of celebration
On Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 80th birthday, RNZ Concert presenter Clarissa Dunn joins Jesse to share magical moments from Dame Kiri's career including recordings of the young star on the rise and… Video, Audio
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