Kirsten Johnstone

"The Loneliest Girl continues Princess Chelsea’s examination of storybook love and, ever so sweetly, defaces each page" said Nick Bollinger of Chelsea Nikkel's latest album. She talks through some of… Video, Audio

RNZ's Kirsten Johnstone has gathered some chilling music for Halloween - the soundtracks to both the 1977 and 2018 versions of the horror film Suspiria. The older version is by Goblin and this year's… Video, Audio

The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, we're heading to warmer times with the RNZ Music crew and their musical selections for springtime Video, Audio

For Suffrage 125 a group of NZ women composers were asked to set poems and lyrics of the 1890s to song for a concert put on by the NZ School Of Music. French For Rabbit's Brooke Singer, along with… Audio

RNZ's Kirsten Johnstone previews some of the acts that will be performing at next year's WOMAD festival. She's got music from Angelique Kidjo, Silk Road Ensemble and Teeks. Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition, Reb Fountain shares a new song in her live session, Kirsten Johnstone speaks with Connan Mockasin about the many new things in his life and The Members' JC Carroll… Audio

The premise of Connan Mockasin's new album and video series is disturbing. It's about a music teacher falling for his student, who he's mistaken for a girl. The cult-favourite musician speaks to RNZ… Video, Audio

Wellington composer Rhian Sheehan talks about his evocative, cinematic new work A Quiet Divide, which he's currently performing as a multimedia spectacular around the land. He speaks to Kirsten… Video, Audio

This week's RNZ Music mixtape selector is The Eastern's Adam McGrath. He picks tunes and shares tales of his rugged Southern upbringing with Kirsten Johnstone. Video, Audio

The Beths’ Elizabeth Stokes talks about the risky decision that led to her writing the Silver Scrolls nominated song ‘Future Me Hates Me’. Video, Audio

Northland musician and actor Troy Kingi breaks down the bones of his Silver Scroll nominated song Aztechknowledgey, from his high concept, space funk album Shake That Skinny Ass All The Way To… Video, Audio

RNZ's Kirsten Johnstone's theme of her selection today is sisterhood, including a new EP from literal sisters Klara and Johanna Soderburgh - they perform under the name First Aid Kit. Kirsten also has… Audio

Legendary New Zealand musician Don McGlashan – the man behind beloved hits including 'Dominion Road' and 'Anchor Me' – joins Kirsten Johnstone to select songs for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Video, Audio

On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Pacific Heights' Devin Abrams about his new dream-inspired album, and English prog maestro Steven Wilson speaks on the objective nature of truth. Audio

Devin Abrams, who goes by the name Pacific Heights, tells Kirsten Johnstone about the vivid, visceral dream that inspired his new concept album A Lost Light, and shares the short film that accompanies… Audio

RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone discusses parents and their offspring who make music together. She features Neil and Liam Finn, Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson, and Tom Scott, whose father plays bass on… Audio

Christchurch duo Terrible Sons have just released their debut EP, the songs the product of getting married, having kids, and living a very different life to the one they lived in their 20s. Kirsten… Video, Audio

The RNZ Music Team bring dancefloor bangers and warm fluffies to their mid-Winter play and tell.  Video, Audio