Dallas Schoo from Kentucky USA is close to the Edge… he has been Edge's guitar technician since the second leg of U2's 1987 Joshua Tree Tour. Dallas is responsible for making sure the right sounds… Audio

Having managed U2 for over 30 years, Paul McGuiness is an integral cog in the band's machinery. An outspoken critic of illegal downloading, McGuiness has fought for the band, steering them through… Audio

U.K. Reggae group UB40 had their first international success right here in Aotearoa. The band went on to have 5 number one singles in the New Zealand charts and has regularly played sell-out concerts… Audio

Ahead of Duncan and Robin's Raggamuffin 2016 performance as part of UB40 Mk II, Trevor Reekie talks to the brothers  about the litigation that now threatens their family relationship. Audio

Paul Ubana Jones, born in the UK to an English Mum and a Nigerian father, is one of this country's most respected solo performers. A unique artist, Ubana has always done it his way, in a career that… Audio

While there are now ukulele orchestras in every corner of the world, these are the originals, celebrating 25 years of strumming and plucking together this year. Playing everything from Nirvana to… Audio

Auckland death metal band Ulcerate has recently released its fourth album, Vermis, to rave reviews the world over. And with the band recently singing to legendary US metal label Relapse records… Audio

In 1928 Universal studios visited New Zealand to film what they pitched as a "Maori folk drama" Under the Southern Cross. In 2009 The New Zealand Film Archive commissioned Wellington musicians Warren… Audio

The Underdogs perform 'Crossroads' 'Just A Little Bit', 'Look Over Yonders Wall' & 'Sitting In The Rain' live at Wild Things at the Monte Cristo Room, Auckland. Audio

San Franciscan Ukulele player Uni - a.k.a. travelling minstrel Heather Marie Ellison - visited New Zealand for the second time in June 2009. Sam Wicks spent a day chasing rainbows and unicorns around… Audio

22 Year old Suren Unka is an Auckland based electronic producer who became infatuated with the drums at his church when he was a young'un, eventually joining his big brother's metalcore band. Aged… Audio

Unknown Mortal Orchestra was a one-man band that was perhaps more of an unknown quantity in that its creator had yet to find its members before the band began to make an impact.. Ruban Nielson speaks… Audio

When the Mint Chicks imploded onstage in 2010, elder Neilson brother Ruban went back to Portland with his wife and children to concentrate on his design career. But music snuck back in through the… Audio

Nick Bollinger takes a listen to 'II', the second album from ex Mint Chick Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Audio

Sam Wicks talks accents, clog dancing and folk with The Unthanks. Audio

In 2002 photographer John Lake staged an exhibition of his images of the Wellington punk scene. Over the following decade the collection grew, the scene morphed, and John thought it was time for an… Audio

Drum n bass duo The Upbeats self-titled debut album saw Jeremy Glenn and Dylan Jones catapulted head-first into the international dnb scene... touring all over the world, collaborating with some of… Audio

More than a decade on from their debut, the drum n bass duo show no signs of slowing down- they’ve just wrapped up huge tours in the US and Europe, they continue to drop singles on major drum and… Audio

Upper Hutt Posse have just released their first new album in five years, Tohe. Somewhere between here and the 2005 release Legacy, Posse leader Dean Hapeta has side-stepped into dubstep, found a seven… Audio

Wellington's Urbantramper is a man named Lake. He's got a big firey red beard, which is often asymmetrical. Those close to him describe him as an original thinker and a hopeless romantic. He's part of… Audio

Urban Tramper & 10,000 Times Glorious perform in session for Music 101. The songs are: How Do You Have Your Tea?; Data Entry Daydream; The Ballad Of Mr Rochester & Whanau. Audio

Urbantramper play us some tunes from their fourth album 'Rise and Ride Toward'. Audio

Urbantramper is the working name of Wellingtonian Lake McKenna, who has been self-releasing indie-pop since 2004, surrounding himself with an everchanging line-up of collaborators. For his latest… Audio