Pop Music
Teen Pan Alley - Part 2
Simon Morris presents part two of the Brill Building story: "Who put the bomp?" Audio
Teen Pan Alley - part 1
Simon Morris presents part one of the Brill Building story: "Teenagers in Love". Audio
Baynk on internet success
Baynk talks SoundCloud success, and the transition from bedroom producer to live performer. Video, Audio
The benefits of breaking up in public
Thom and Alisa from The Naked and Famous talk world tours, surviving in LA, and keeping the band together post-relationship breakup. Audio
On her way up, So Below
Madeline North aka So Below is debuting her live show in New Zealand with some help from The Naked and Famous. Audio
Theia
Theia has a major record label behind her and some serious management swagger but she hasn't even released an EP yet. Alex Behan met the woman behind the goddess. Audio
MAALA: Creating Composure
Auckland-based electro-pop artist MAALA tells Sam Wicks how he's building his brand on his poised album debut, Composure. Audio
Introducing: Tin Kudos
Tin Kudos introduces his song 'Certainty On Visceral Planes.' Audio
Lordes in Waiting - The Future of Pop in NZ
Asti-Loren, Maya Payne and Nakita. These three young women are changing the way New Zealand makes pop music, and they’re doing it one carefully crafted post and polished pop song at a time. Video, Audio
Happy Birthday Mr. Lilburn
Today would have been the 100th birthday of trail-blazing New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn - 2015 Lilburn Research Fellow Chris Bourke looks at Lilburn's ideas vis a vis popular music... Audio
Banoffee
Melbourne's Banoffee has just released her latest EP Do I Make You Nervous?. Before her debut New Zealand performance, she catches up with Zac Arnold for her first interview with Radio New Zealand. Audio
Alessia Cara
Having spent her early teens uploading covers to YouTube, 19-year old Alessia Cara now finds herself signed to Def Jam. She talks to Zac Arnold about her debut EP Four Pink Walls. Audio
Introducing: MOSES
MOSES introduces "Because You Never Know" from their self-titled EP Audio
Oscar Key Sung
Zac Arnold catches up with Oscar Key Sung for a lesson in being authentic and laying it bare upon the release of his new EP, Altruism. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 38
Charli XCX hears colours, A$AP Ferg on Harlem history and dark Dunedin dance with Strange Harvest. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 37
Blur return, Kimbra at Coachella, Kane Strang defends pop and Marlon Williams Audio
Kane Strang
After discarding two albums, Dunedin's Kane Strang presents his 'official' debut Blue Cheese, a collection of heavy hearted psychedelic pop songs. Kane takes us through his song writing process, and… Audio
Sharon Corr: Irish singer-songwriter
Although Irish singer and violinist Sharon Corr is famous for her role in the family pop group The Corrs, it's as a solo artist that she appears next month in Auckland. Audio
The Secret Life Of Karaoke
Music 101's Zac Arnold investigates how Karaoke has weaved its way from Japan into all corners of the globe, delving into the psychology of why we perform in front of each other, and takes to the… Audio