13 Dec 2022

Music feature: road trip playlist by RNZ hosts

From Afternoons, 2:20 pm on 13 December 2022

RNZ sound engineer Brad Warrington (aka DJ Sticky Fingaz or Sticky) has been making popular Spotify playlists in recent years - and sometimes sharing them on Afternoons.

To make his new summer road trip playlist "you gotta be funky", he tells Jesse Mulligan.

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Brad Warrington, aka DJ Sticky Fingaz

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Brad's playlist includes 'Empire State of Mind' by Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, 'Push on Thru' by Salmonella Dub and 'Is This Love?' by Bob Marley.

Pretty much any Marley song can "slot into that summer vibe", though, he tells Jesse Mulligan.

Summer driving songs from some other RNZers:

Bryan Crump

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Bryan Crump

On road trips with his family, the car stereo of RNZ Concert presenter Bryan Crump rings out with "a whole lot of really really really cheesy Christmas songs" from a CD which he says may have come from a tip shop.

 

RNZ newsreader Marama T-Pole

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Marama T-Pole

Newsreader Marama T-Pole is a big fan of Samoan country singer Sam Ah Chookoon, aka Mr Cowboy

"This guy has got this amazing emotional, deep, beautiful country voice… and I think he's hot, as well."

 

RNZ presenter Wallace Chapman

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Wallace Chapman 

The host of RNZ's The Panel is fond of 'Time Makes the Wine' - a hit single released in 1999 by New Zealand soul band Ardijah.

"They had this really unique fusion of funk … and this Polynesian style. Ardijah was really unique."

 

Corin Dann

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Corin Dann 

During a hallway encounter, Morning Report presenter Corin Dann revealed to Brad what he listens to while driving on a summer day.

"When he's not flexing his interview muscle on air he is listening to Beck, 'The Golden Age'.

"You can imagine him rolling along in his seven-seater out to Titahi Bay to go surfing."