Music
Hymns on Sunday, 11 May 2025
Hymns for the Fourth Sunday of Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday - feature in this week's programme, and there are some hymns to Mary to mark Mother's Day. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 10 May 2025
On this week's Nashville Babylon, there's soul from Etta James and Otis Redding, new music from the Altons and Jason Isbell, reggae courtesy of Althea & Donna, plus classic cuts from John Prine and… Audio
Darren Pickering Small Worlds Three
The third album by Darren Pickering Small Worlds of Otautahi Christchurch is a gorgeous combination of acoustic jazz and modular synthesisers. Audio
NZ Music Month 2
In the second week of New Zealand Music Month 2025, Nick checks out long-form jazz by The Jac, a duet by father and son Terry and Jonathan Crayford, and a classic from Dog. Audio
The Mixtape: Hannah Everingham
Folk musician Hannah Everingham joins Maggie Tweedie for The Mixtape. Audio
A Deeper Life by Chaos in the CBD
The expat dance duo blend tropical flavours with citified beats on their debut LP. Audio
Aotearoa soul man Arjuna Oakes on the distractions of London.
Maggie Tweedie catches up with London-based musician Arjuna Oakes about the experience of transitioning into London life. Audio
California folk singer Jessica Pratt pitches in.
Maggie Tweedie speaks to Los Angeles folk singer Pratt about her new album Here In The Pitch and her upcoming Aotearoa tour. Audio
From Bach to Beethoven with the NZSO
Japanese Maestro Masaaki Suzuki makes his New Zealand Symphony Orchestra debut. Audio
Watch: Dave Dobbyn performs live at RNZ
Sir Dave plays the second in a series of intimate acoustic concerts celebrating 20 years of RNZ's NZ Live music sessions.
NZ Live: 20th anniversary special - Dave Dobbyn
Today we're joined by a living legend of the New Zealand music scene, Sir Dave Dobbyn. Video, Audio
Lorde announces world tour, and snubs New Zealand
The Ultrasound tour will kick off in September covering North America, Europe and the UK, with no mention of the singer's homeland on the bill.
Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
Slowboat Records' Jeremy Taylor plays a debut from Christchurch's There's A Tuesday, reissues from INXS and Sly Stone, plus a slowburner from Mk.gee. Audio
Country star Kaylee Bell on unexpected motherhood
Bell is currently one of New Zealand's most successful music exports despite a lifetime of health battles that made her think having a baby wasn't possible.
A tale of two choirs: 'Bit of what the world needs right now'
Two choirs, one from a Northland town with a population of 6000, the other from a metropolis of 17 million, are the subject of a new documentary.
EDY & Timprovise
We are joined instudio by the tiktok livestream viral king EDY to chat about all the recent celebraties joining his live production sessions The super funny Timprovise is doing standup comedy amongst… Audio
Moment of Calm: Tree in the traffic.
In this week's Sonic Moment of Calm a busker dressed as a tree cuts through Wellington's traffic noise with some smooth sax. Audio
A love letter to the kitsch electronic sounds of the 80s and 90s
Music curator at the Alexander Turnbull Library Michael Brown undertakes a thorough study in his new book Eyeliner's Buy Now. Audio
You can't beat the system, but you can improve on it
Te Rauhii, the project bringing musical instruments to Waikato children who can't usually afford them, is ten years old. Audio
Tim Dodd: 35 years of bringing the music to you
On the eve of his retirement, RNZ Concert Producer Tim Dodd talks about his career, and why Aotearoa needs a dedicated commercial-free music station. Audio
