Music

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

The central question of Verdi's La Traviata is whether true love is worth sacrificing a life of luxury. This is the choice made by the protagonist, Violetta Valéry, who abandons her world as a… Audio

Composer Victoria Kelly explains why she couldn't stick to the script in her latest choral work. Audio

Time for bookmarks -that section of the show where we ask one interesting person to share some of their favourite things with us. Be they music, films, TV, Podcasts, books, hopefully you'll leave with… Audio

Music critic Matthew Crawley joins Jesse to share some new music from Maxine Funke - Timeless Town and Ben Chavasse - Letdown. Audio

For six decades the APRA Silver Scroll has been considered the most prestigious songwriting award in New Zealand. This year's event will take place at Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal on Wednesday… Audio

In recent weeks Ian Chapman has turned his attention to the colloquial term often given to the cycle of life: the 'Hatched, matched and dispatched'.  Audio

Ahead of his concert with the Auckland Philharmonia, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor remembers the mystery message that galvanised his career.  Video, Audio

It's time for our Tuesday Music feature and today we're got RNZ newsreader Todd Zaner in the studio with a collection of forgotten tunes These are songs that don't have a lot of airplay these days and… Audio