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Joni Live
11 Feb 2024For those with a hankering to experience the magic of Joni Mitchell in concert, William Dart looks through 58 years of it from Toronto coffee houses in the mid-60s to her recently released triumph at… Audio
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Neil Finn: 'Music will save the world'
"We're all trying to kind of find some sound that links us together," celebrated New Zealand musician Neil Finn tells Culture 101 in an upcoming interview. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 11 February 2024
11 Feb 2024There’s a reflective feel to this week’s selection of listener requests, with hymns including There is a balm in Gilead, Nearer my God to thee, and Margaret Rizza’s Prayer for Peace. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 10 February 2024
10 Feb 2024With Valentine's Day fast approaching this week's Nashville Babylon features some of Mark's favourite love songs from the likes of the Ramones, Leonard Cohen, Aretha Franklin and Candi Staton. Audio
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The Mixtape: Miriama Kamo
10 Feb 2024This week's mixtape is selected by journalist, TV presenter and children's author Miriama Kamo. And as the daughter of two prison chaplains, Miriama started early on a social justice path, mahi which… Audio
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Backstage at Laneway: Blondshell, AJ Tracey and UMO
10 Feb 2024For the first time in four years St Jerome's Laneway Festival has returned to Auckland. Charlotte Ryan was on the field at Western Springs catching up with some of her favourite acts. Audio
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Introducing: Crystal Chen
10 Feb 2024This week on Introducing singer and visual artist Crystal Chen gives us a preview of her dreamy single 'Love Letter' before its official release on Valentine's Day. Crystal is Chinese-Kiwi, born and… Audio
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Peruvian DJ Sofia Kourtesis celebrates family on the joyous Madres
10 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews an infectious collection of club cuts. Video, Audio
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The friendship between Arahi and Jazmine Mary shines through on Pony Baby
10 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews a country-inflected debut by the local duo. Video, Audio
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Future Islands prove there's life in an old formula on their seventh album
10 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews an extra-sincere new release from the Baltimore synth-pop outfit. Video, Audio
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Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: Music to attract aliens
10 Feb 2024Ahead of their NZ tour, singer and guitarist Stuart Braithwaite of cult Scottish band Mogwai talks to Charlotte Ryan about stargazing with his Dad, playing so loud the ceiling caved in, and Mogwai's… Audio
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The National’s Matt Berninger on depression: 'It’s like a flu that just holds on'
10 Feb 2024The National frontman talks candidly to Music 101 about his slow recovery from depression, his songwriting happy place and performing at "magical communal parties" around the world. Video, Audio
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Neil Finn: 'Music will save the world'
Listening to a group of talented Māori musicians trying to discover together "an authentic Aotearoa New Zealand sound" is a joy Neil Finn gets to experience owning a music studio. Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Finn Johansson plays new finds from Japanese punk artist Milk, New Zealand band E.U.G., and American punk stars Paramore covering a Talking Heads classic. Audio
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Celebrating video game music
Self-confessed music nerd Jeremy McLean takes Nights through the influence video games has on music - and vice-versa. Audio
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Filipe Manu: On top of the world in Barcelona
9 Feb 2024Filipe Manu talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump after becoming the joint winner of the 2024 Concurso Tenor Viñas singing competition in Barcelona. Audio
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Jamming with RNZ Concert
9 Feb 2024Listener requests from Rae in Hawkes Bay, and Anna in Thames. Audio
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NZ Live: Mim Jensen
9 Feb 2024This week's NZ Live is with Mim Jensen from Otautahi, Christchurch, where she's made waves in the indie rock scene. Audio
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Film Review with Kate Rodger
9 Feb 2024This week Kate Rodger talks to Jesse about Bob Marley One Love due out next week, Argylle and The Holdovers. Audio
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Music reviewer Grant Smithies
9 Feb 2024Today Grant brings two soft and whispery tracks today from Reverie, the debut album by Les Imprimés, aka Norwegian soul singer Morten Martens. Audio
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It's Personal with Anika Moa: Trailer
9 Feb 2024Anika Moa has a new podcast! She chats about issues that are personal to her and her guests, with the likes of movie producer Chelsea Winstanley, White Ferns captain Sophie Devine, actor Robyn Malcolm… Video, Audio
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How Taylor Swift is uniting the worlds of football and pop music
This year, thanks to the fans of pop megastar Taylor Swift, the biggest game in American football may reach even more than its 113 million-strong viewership in 2023. Audio
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New Zealand's longest-running festival returns for 25th year
Splore boasts international and local musical acts, as well as a full range of artistic and spiritual experiences. Audio
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Elizabeth Lau: natural-born conductor
8 Feb 2024After a year-long hiatus, the Wairua Sinfonietta is back, performing in Auckland on February 17th. Bryan Crump speaks to founder and conductor, Elizabeth Lau. Audio
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