Melody Thomas

RNZ's Melody Thomas's has a new podcast BANG! starting on Monday, so Yadana Saw has her in to make a Mixtape. Audio

Featuring real stories from real people about sex, sexuality and relationships, Melody Thomas leads a frank and often-entertaining exploration over 7-parts, into topics too often shrouded in shame and… Audio

Lower Hutt's Luke Rowell, aka Disasteradio, introduces his new single 'Oh Yeah'. Audio

In the Music 101 Pocket Edition this week, Yadana Saw talks to Aldous Harding backatage in Atlanta, Melody Thomas talks to Amelia Murray from Fazerdaze about being a woman who plays guitar, and a… Audio

Annabel Liddell started playing guitar in primary school and spent about 8 years making up tunes of her own using the handful of basic chords she knew. Audio

Amelia Murray started her first five-piece, all-girl band at 16 - learning the ropes of live performance, guitar and songwriting that would later serve her so well in solo project Fazerdaze. Audio

In the Pocket Edition this week, Melody Thomas talks to Julia Deans and Emily Edosa about being guitarists AND women, and Steve Gunn chats to Trevor Reekie ahead of his NZ tour. Audio

Astro Children's Millie Lovelock wonders "What sounds can I make? Where can I put my hands in a way that will sound good?" Audio

Emily Edrosa of Street Chant says of learning to play the guitar "I felt like I had to strive to be better because I was a girl." Audio

Fur Patrol guitarist and singer Julia Deans talks about her axe-weilding style Audio

In this week's Music 101 Pocket Edition we talk to Stan Walker about his new song and stunning music video 'New Takeover, hear songs from a couple of the big winners at the Pacific Music Awards and… Audio

Hollie Fullbrook (aka Tiny Ruins) is this week's mixtape guest. She shares the songs that move her with Melody Thomas.  Video, Audio

Equalise My Vocals aims to address issues brought to the surface by a story published last year by The Spinoff, outlining serious allegations of grooming and sexual predation in the local music… Video, Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition: Trevor Reekie hosts a live session with WOMAD Festival favourites The Soil, Melody Thomas chats with Chain and The Gang. And we meet a PhD student whose dissertation was… Audio

North Carolina PHD student A.D. Carson presented his thesis as a 34 track rap album. He joins Melody Thomas to talk  race relations, the politics of language, and the influence of hip-hop. Video, Audio

Chain and the Gang is a loose collection of band members revolving around Ian Svenonious, once named 'The Most Interesting Man in Washington DC.' Video, Audio

Lee Prebble has produced and engineered albums for The Phoenix Foundation, The Black Seeds, and Trinity Roots - does this make him responsible for 'The Wellington Sound'? He joins Melody Thomas for… Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition, Melody Thomas invites Tom Scott back into the studio, Tony Stamp investigates Songhubs, and Yadana Saw meets some junior critics ahead of the 2017 Children's Music… Audio

Rapper Tom Scott, of Home Brew, @Peace, Average Rap Band and now Avantdale Bowling Club is back living in his stomping ground of Avondale after five years living in Melbourne. He joins Melody Thomas… Audio