RNZ Music

When the single 'Like Water' hit the New Zealand top ten in early 2011 it established Ladi6 as this country's major R&B star. But that success was just one milestone in a long journey, and the song… Read more Audio

Buffalo was the album that lifted the profile of Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation both here and internationally. It saw their collective approach reach new heights - in the sophistication of the… Read more Audio

Recorded in London in 1969, these recordings provided classic material for Kiwi rockers The Human Instinct yet the originals remained largely unheard until their discovery and release in 2012. Nick… Read more Audio

If it were Bic Runga's goal, as she once suggested, to make music that would "alter the listener's mind in some way" she achieved it with this record more than any other. Birds is an album with a… Read more Audio

Hip-hop is a musical form invented by African Americans, and yet here is a version that could only have come from deep in the Pacific. It has a proud sense of place and yet it looks outward. To quote… Read more Audio

Today Jesse is joined by five-piece band Sin City. They released their second album "Another Round" in April. Despite being from Auckland, the band is now based over in Aussie, but they're finally… Read more Audio

Live from the Otautahi, Christchurch studio RNZ presents Goodwill, the latest project from Will McGillivray. Read more Audio

Mel Parsons performs songs from her latest album Sabotage along with crowd favourites at The Piano in Ōtautahi  Christchurch earlier this year. Read more Audio

'Revulva' has been impressing on the Wellington live circuit for years with their "frenzied high energy shows". Read more Audio

Jon Toogood performs 5 songs for NZ Live.

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Coming out of our Otautahi Christchurch Studio is Holly Arrowsmith & band. She was born in Santa Fe, but raised in the Southern Alps - both influences you can hear in her Americana-tinged Folk &amp… Read more Audio

Violet hails from Otago and began releasing her brand of indie-folksy tunes about five years ago. Last year she released her debut LP 'Donegal' and she plays NZ Live in our in Tamaki Makaurau studio.