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Essential Albums: Good Shirt - Good
Goodshirt combined classic pop influences with a D.I.Y sensibility learned from Chris Knox, to make one of the essential New Zealand albums of the early 2000s. Nick Bollinger discusses Goodshirt's… Audio
Essential Albums: Ladi 6 - The Liberation Of...
When the single 'Like Water' hit the New Zealand top ten in early 2011 it established Ladi6 as this country's major R&B star. But that success was just one milestone in a long journey, and the song… Audio
Essential Albums: The Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo
Buffalo was the album that lifted the profile of Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation both here and internationally. It saw their collective approach reach new heights - in the sophistication of the… Audio
Essential Albums: Doug Jerebine - Is Jesse Harper
Recorded in London in 1969, these recordings provided classic material for Kiwi rockers The Human Instinct yet the originals remained largely unheard until their discovery and release in 2012. Nick… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: Bic Runga - Birds
If it were Bic Runga's goal, as she once suggested, to make music that would "alter the listener's mind in some way" she achieved it with this record more than any other. Birds is an album with a… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: King Kapisi - Savage Thoughts
Hip-hop is a musical form invented by African Americans, and yet here is a version that could only have come from deep in the Pacific. It has a proud sense of place and yet it looks outward. To quote… Audio
NZ Live: Sin City
Today Jesse is joined by five-piece band Sin City. They released their second album "Another Round" in April. Despite being from Auckland, the band is now based over in Aussie, but they're finally… Audio
NZ Live: Goodwill
Live from the Otautahi, Christchurch studio RNZ presents Goodwill, the latest project from Will McGillivray. Audio
Mel Parsons: Live at The Piano, The Sabotage Tour 2024
Mel Parsons performs songs from her latest album Sabotage along with crowd favourites at The Piano in Ōtautahi Christchurch earlier this year. Audio
NZ Live: Revulva
'Revulva' has been impressing on the Wellington live circuit for years with their "frenzied high energy shows". Audio
NZ Live: Holly Arrowsmith
Coming out of our Otautahi Christchurch Studio is Holly Arrowsmith & band. She was born in Santa Fe, but raised in the Southern Alps - both influences you can hear in her Americana-tinged Folk &… Audio
NZ Live: Violet Hirst
Violet hails from Otago and began releasing her brand of indie-folksy tunes about five years ago. Last year she released her debut LP 'Donegal' and she plays NZ Live in our in Tamaki Makaurau studio.
…NZ Live: Best Bets
This edition of NZ Live comes to you from our Christchurch studio where Jesse is joined by Best Bets. They are a power-pop four-piece made up of guys you might recognise if you're familiar with the… Audio
NZ Live: Fin Rah Zel
To celebrate the release of their new single 'Carry Me', New Plymouth soul-fusion band Fin Rah Zel perform live in our Auckland studio. Video, Audio
NZ Live: Georgia Lines
Today we're joined by award winning singer songwriter Georgia Lines. Audio
NZ Live: SKILAA
Auckland band SKILAA fuses soul, hip-hop and folk music to create a sound all of their own. Video, Audio
NZ Live: Dateline
For NZ Live today we head to our Wellington Studio, and the band Dateline Dateline is the musical project of Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington singer Katie Everingham. Audio
NZ Live: Amber Carly Williams
Amber is a singer-songwriter from Christchurch whose rare voice conjures attention-grabbing dream-pop soundscapes, paired with heart-breaking song-writing that is at once both vulnerable and… Audio
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