Kirsten Johnstone

Under the wings of Richard Nunns, Brian Flintoff and Hirini Melbourne, Alistair Fraser began playing and crafting taonga pūoro 17 years ago. He has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate… Video, Audio

In this week's Music 101 Pocket Edition: Ladyhawke and her new sober LA life; Eastern Bloc's sound of disappointment and SWIDT fly the flag for Onehunga. Audio

Pip Brown is in a good place right now. Sober, married, and living at the base of the Hollywood Hills, 'Wild Things' is her third album as Ladyhawke, and it reflects her positive frame of mind. She… Video, Audio

Moana Maniapoto, a Ngāti Tūwharetoa musician, writer and documentary-maker rose to prominence in the 90s with her band The Moahunters (later The Tribe) and is one of the world’s most successful Māori… Video, Audio

This week, Trinity Roots talk business acumen and strategy; meet the new popstars following Lorde's footsteps, and we delve into Pacific Height's new LP. Audio

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

This week's Music 101 Pocket Edition, synth slumber pop quartet Yumi Zouma's first foray into the long player format. Experimental pop composer Leila Adu talks tech and tunes with Kirsten Johnstone… Audio

For NZ Music Month, we invite musical guests compile a C60 of local sounds, and talk us through their selections. This week David Ridler, NZ on Air's new head of music sits down with Kirsten… Audio

Princeton-based NZ composer and songwriter Leila Adu about sexism in the industry, ghanaian hip-hop, and her newfound love of the mbira. Audio

Low, have been making slow, beautifully harmonised indie rock for 23 years, while members Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker have been married for even longer. In New Zealand for shows, Kirsten Johnstone… Audio

Low perform an impromptu a capella, we go round two with Will Wood and Trevor Reekie gets 3 feet high with De La Soul. Audio

In the final moments of her last show as Music 101 host, Emma Smith gives thanks to the hundreds of people who have been part of Music 101 over the past seven years, and is treated to some special… Audio

Bonaparte is the moniker of Berlin-based electro-punk musician Tobias Jundt, who's known for bringing animal costumes and a sense of carnival to his high energy stage show. Video, Audio

Gerry Paul, on the nail-biting job of putting on a music festival. Audio

Emma Smith, Yadana Saw, Zac Arnold, Melody Thomas, Kirsten Johnstone, Trevor Reekie, Sam Wicks and Zen Yates-Fill regroup to swap notes and share their best-loved local and international cuts for… Audio

Blur return, Kimbra at Coachella, Kane Strang defends pop and Marlon Williams Audio

Local vocal virtuoso Marlon Williams has just released his first solo album, the culmination of his experience as a Christchurch Cathedral choirboy, frontman for his high school band The Unfaithful… Audio