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The TAHI 27/2/2024
On today’s show, So’omālō is back to tell us about the sunburn he got in Samoa. Journalist Sam Robinson re-caps pride month, and explains the outcome of New Zealand’s largest ever survey of gay men… Audio
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Bella Kalolo: Body image & achieving quiet dreams
27 Feb 2024Singer and Shortland Street star Bella Kalolo bonds with Anika over body image, performing with Chaka Khan and achieving her quiet dreams. Video, Audio
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Taylor Swift tour could have generated $70m for NZ economy - expert
26 Feb 2024Kiwi Swifties spent up large on the pop superstar's Australian shows - but should we have paid her to play here? Audio
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7 Taylor Swift concerts made up to $1,000,000,000
It's been a swift boost to Australia's economic offers, Taylor Swift that is. As she wraps up her Australian tour tonight, some estimates put the financial gains from her seven concert stint at up to… Audio
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Callum Allardice thinks big
26 Feb 2024Jazz guitarist and composer Callum Allardice has gone seriously big band for his new album, Cinematic Light Orchestra. Video, Audio
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Made in NZ: Holiday Records
For Made in NZ today we're heading to Auckland's Wellesley street, the home of Holiday Records. Opened in 2018 it bought vinyl pressing back to our shores for the first time since the EMI plant closed… Audio
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Splore: 'Probably the most beautiful festival I've ever played'
26 Feb 2024It's been around longer than some festival-goers, but Splore still has what it takes to turn a regional park into a musical wonderland.
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'Streets of London' singer Ralph McTell returns to New Zealand
26 Feb 2024Influential British singer-songwriter Ralph McTell talks to Sunday Morning's Jim Mora about his career.
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Joys of Bandcamp
25 Feb 2024Where would our New Zealand musicians be without online music platform Bandcamp? William Dart investigates a few choice offerings from Hans Pucket, [Allophones], and CODES. Audio
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Worlds of Music 25 February, 2024
25 Feb 2024Music from the world with Manu Dibango, Beth Gibbons, Duo Sabil and Indian vocal wunderkind, Anandi Bhattacharya. Audio
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The National captivates the crowd at Spark Arena
25 Feb 2024The combination of stately, impeccably-arranged music with rumpled, volatile frontman has plenty of mileage left, writes Tony Stamp.
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Chemical Brothers stun Electric Avenue with 'sensory blitzkrieg'
25 Feb 2024Review - The crowds came for Synthony, and stayed for Six-60 - but it was The Chemical Brothers that blew them away, writes Adam Burns.
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Milking Kiwi Swifties' FOMO
As the biggest pop star on the planet packed out huge Australian arenas this week, the media here milked Kiwi Swifties’ anger over missing out. It also aired confusing blame-game claims about why… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 25 February 2024
25 Feb 2024This week, we've a hymn by Dunedin GP Nigel Eastgate; two different settings of Psalm 130 - Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; and a hymn from Hatea Kapa Haka: E kino koe te ingoa nei. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 24 February 2024
24 Feb 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Hound Dog Taylor and Jimmy Dawkins, classic soul courtesy of Candi Staton, new music from rising folk star Daisy Rickman plus a birthday tune for… Audio
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The Best Live Jazz of All Time Pt 1
24 Feb 2024There's something about live recordings - they have an energy and excitement that can't be found anywhere else. This week Nick selects two hours' worth of the best live recordings in jazz history -… Audio
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The Best Live Jazz of All Time Pt 2
24 Feb 2024There's something about live recordings - they have an energy and excitement that can't be found anywhere else. This week Nick selects two hours' worth of the best live recordings in jazz history -… Audio
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The Mixtape: Shona McCullagh on the Arts: 'We did everything for nothing'
24 Feb 2024Shona McCullagh is the outgoing artistic director of the Auckland Arts festival. This year’s festival is her swan song.
Shona has received a New Zealand Order of Merit for services to dance, and her… Audio
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Jazmine Mary live with their electric guitar
24 Feb 2024Taite Music Prize winning artist Jazmine Mary brings their electric guitar into the RNZ studio to share a song ahead of their show at the Hamilton Gardens next Sunday. After releasing the album 'Dog'… Audio
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The Sampler - Imitation of War by Itasca
24 Feb 2024The Sampler - Imitation of War by Itasca Video, Audio
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R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura deploy dexterous rhymes on The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap
24 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews a Japanese-American hip-hop collaboration. Video, Audio
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Grandaddy are soft and snoozy on Blu Wav
24 Feb 2024The Sampler - Blu Wav by Grandaddy Video, Audio
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L.A.B. Live with new album
24 Feb 2024Arguably New Zealand's biggest band, L.A.B have released a new album L.A.B VI. After giving us five albums in as many years we had to wait for this one while they toured the world playing sold-out… Audio
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Lisa Tomlins on Pixie Williams: New Zealand's first pop star
Pixie Williams is a National treasure. She was New Zealand's first ever pop star - releasing 'Blue Smoke in 1948. In 2021 a tribute album to Pixie Williams was recorded called 'The New Blue' featuring… Audio
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