Music

Lawyer, politician, church minister, teacher, opera singer: just some of the many and varied occupations of the hymn writers in this week’s episode of Hymns on Sunday. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Freddie King, ska courtesy of Laurel Aitken, a gospel classic from Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers, soul from Ann Peebles and ahead of their… Audio

This week's guest is a member of the successful Belgian band Soulwax, who since 1995 have been producing high impact alternative dance music, and this month will release their new album All Systems… Audio

Tony Stamp looks at a new collection of sincere acoustic singalongs from Otautahi Christchurch. Audio

Te Kahureremoa Taumata is an artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, her work spans music, storytelling, visual art and education. She is part of a new series on Whakaata Māori called Tukanga which… Audio

Naarm/ Melbourne-based composer, vocalist and Noongar woman Bumpy has just released her debut album Kanana, and will soon perform in New Zealand as part of Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio

To celebrate his new album The Flowers That Grow From Concrete Pavements award-winning neo-soul artist Mohi and band join Kara in the RNZ studio for a performance and korero. Audio

Pōneke-based saxophonist and composer Louisa Williamson and her band perform The Chasm Where We Fall Into Each Other - inspired by the ancient Patuna Chasm in the Wairarapa - as part of the 2024… Audio

Freelance percussionist Naoto Segawa talks about the march that put him on the road to becoming a professional musician.  Video, Audio

Kara Rickard host of Music 101 talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to… Audio

It's time for NZ Live - and this week we've got singer songwriter Tom Scott performing music from his upcoming solo album ANITYA. Video, Audio

A critic once said singer-songwriter James Reyne's voice is "as familiar to Australians as the taste of Vegemite". Well now we can get a taste - James is in town for an acoustic performance at… Audio

From the earliest days of radio, there have been songs that were deemed unfit for airplay. Who banned these records and why? Starting with the discovery of a mysterious old leather-bound book, Nick… Audio

Jeff Wragg is a composer, producer and music educator, as well as a regular contributor to NZ Musician magazine, and he takes Mark through this year's shortlist. Audio

The NZSO, Voices New Zealand and four extraordinary singers present Rossini’s Stabat Mater and the world premiere of Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly’s response to that work.

The Christchurch music institution, Woolston Brass, is fundraising to rebuild its quake damaged bandrooms.  Video, Audio

Film and television reviewer Perlina Lau on The Pitt, a US medical drama and The Ballad of Wallis Island, a British comedy-drama.  Audio