Grant Smithies

A round-up of tracks by four artists due to play at the upcoming WOMAD festival (March 13-15 at Brooklands Park in New Plymouth), an event which features over 300 performers from 20 countries across… Audio

Music today from the much loved indie pop band from Glasgow - Belle & Sebastian, and from Dunedin tracks from Ha The Unclear. Audio

A compilation of 1950s and 60s Carribean music. Audio

Nine to Noon music reviewer rounds-up some of the best reissues and compilations of 2014. Audio

Grant Smithies reviews two low-fi bedroom music producers, Amelia Murray and Tom Lark. Audio

Featuring Dudley Benson, Neil Young and Mary J Blige. Audio

Grant Smithies rides side-saddle from Te Aro to Thorndon with Wellington grunge revivalists Bunnies On Ponies, then fires up the hookah pipe for a listen to A Day In My Mind's Mind - a double vinyl… Audio

Grant Smithies checks out the lesbian love songs and post-modern murder ballads of New Orleans folk band Hurray For The Riff Raff, then gets sand in his Speedoes while listening to Nelson surf-rock… Audio

Grant Smithies considers new releases from balladeering Buddhist monk Leonard Cohen, Scottish reggae sound system Mungo's HiFi and English electronic music pioneer, Richard "Aphex Twin" James. Audio

Grant Smithies rounds-up the five finalists for the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll, the only peer voted songwriting award in New Zealand, with the winner decided by over 10,000 fellow songwriters from the… Audio

The Nukes - ukulele band and Joel Mulholland. Audio

Music this week includes tracks from Basement Jaxx, Thom Yorke, M.I.A and Vampire Weekend. Audio

Featuring 'Benjamin Booker', 'Die! Die! Die!', and 'Shabazz Palaces'. Audio

Featuring The Bats and their lead singer Robert Scott. Audio

Featuring Jack Antonoff, Jungle and DJ Vadim. Audio

Featuring music from Lew Pryme, Doprah and Mr Scruff. Audio

Grant Smithies plays country folk Swedish sisters 'First Aid Kit', punk indie rockers Parquet Courts, and funky soul man Lee Fields. Audio

Tracks from Grace Jones, Curtis Harding, and Quantic. Audio

Grant Smithies features music from independent record label Arch Hill. Audio

Including Sherpa, Tiny Ruins and Jamaican singer Horace Andy. Audio