Music 101 for Saturday 23 August 2025
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Fran Kora on the brand new Kora album, Fifth Season
1:15 PM.Kara chats with Fran Kora about staying grounded in kaupapa Māori, their beginnings at a hot air balloon festival, which includes a special waiata dedicated to the late Aaron Tokona. Audio
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Essential Albums: Chris Knox - Seizure
2:20 PM.Chris Knox was one of New Zealand's most prolific and provocative music makers, before he suffered a serious stroke in 2009. In this episode of Essential New Zealand Albums, Nick Bollinger discusses… Read more Audio
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The Sampler: Aridni Orca, Nilüfer Yanya, Bambii
3:30 PM.Tony Stamp reviews the new album by former Doprah singer Indira Force (under the name Aridni Orca), which is hugely ambitious and crammed with sounds, but makes room for some choice vocal hooks. Audio
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The Mixtape: Nick Gaffaney
4:10 PM.Christchurch-born drummer, singer, and songwriter Nick Gaffaney honed his craft at jazz school before becoming one of New Zealand's most in-demand drummers. Over the years, he's played with iconic… Read more Audio
Show notes
13:15 Fran Kora on the brand new Kora album, Fifth Season
Kara chats with Fran Kora about staying grounded in kaupapa Māori, their beginnings at a hot air balloon festival, which includes a special waiata dedicated to the late Aaron Tokona.
Photo: Supplied
14:15 Essential NZ Albums: Chris Knox - Seizure
Chris Knox was one of New Zealand’s most prolific and provocative music makers, before he suffered a serious stroke in 2009. In this episode of Essential New Zealand Albums, Nick Bollinger discusses Knox’s life and work, with a particular focus on his 1989 solo album, Seizure.
Photo: Flying Nun
15:30 The Sampler: Aridni Orca, Nilüfer Yanya, Bambii
Tony Stamp reviews the new album by former Doprah singer Indira Force (under the name Aridni Orca), which is hugely ambitious and crammed with sounds, but makes room for some choice vocal hooks.
Photo: Supplied
16:10 The Mixtape: Nick Gaffaney
Christchurch-born drummer, singer, and songwriter Nick Gaffaney honed his craft at jazz school before becoming one of New Zealand's most in-demand drummers. Over the years, he's played with iconic Kiwi acts including Anika Moa, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Goldenhorse, Dimmer, Hollie Smith, and his band Cairo Knife Fight (with the late Aaron Tokona).
Nick joins Kara to share six favourite tunes.
Nick Gaffaney performing in Cairo Knife Fight at Pappy and Harriet’s in the Mojave Desert Photo: Supplied
Songs Played:
1pm-2pm
- Barry Can't Swim - Kimpton
- Daniel Caesar - Call on Me
- Brett McKenzie - Freak Out City
- Kora - Gone
- Kora - Azza
- Tom Scott - Till Then
- Florence and the Machine- Everybody Scream
- Split Enz - Maybe
- Majic - Tīkina
- Kings of Tomorrow - Finally (feat. Julie McKnight)
2pm-3pm
- Mulatu Astatke - Kulun
- D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
- Dateline - Choose Me
- Chris Knox - Not Given Lightly
- Neko Case - Wreck
- Natalie Bergman - Gunslinger
- Chaii - We Be Killing It
- Jordyn With a Y - Hey Love
3pm-4pm
- Nathan Haines - Just Holdin' On (Christoph El Truento Remix)
- Patrice Rushen - Remind Me
- Crystal Chen - Stop.
- Doprah - San Pedro
- Aridni Orca - Saint Mikhael and the Dragon, Will o’ the Wisps, Soaked, Hyperlove
- Nilüfer Yanya - Kneel
- Bambii - Remember (ft Ravyn Lenae & Scrufizzer)
- Bub - Mrs Julian Casablancas
- Heavy Jones Trio - Good To See You Again
- Pulp - Sorted For E's and Wizz
4pm-5pm
- Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train
- Bic Runga - Sorry
- Tom Waits - Hold On
- Paul McLaney - Let Me Count The Ways
- Cairo Knife Fight - Shadows of Sorrow
- Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance
