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Our guest picking the music over the next hour is instigator, innovator and general all-round creative legend - Cleve Cameron. Audio

Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to play some music from Jenny Lewis and SJD, ahead of his New Zealand tour. She'll also play a new track from Rufus Wainwright featuring Chaka Khan which… Audio

Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Serge Gainsbourg, Crowded House and Nina Simone. Audio

William Dart looks at SJD's new album, Sweetheart, a summation of the obsessive studio ingenuity of Sean Donnelly in the service of thinking person's pop. Audio

On Music 101 we celebrated the best albums of 2022. 

Instead of doing a countdown, we have collated the best albums from the music you loved hearing this year, and some of our friends. 

Here is the…

William Dart looks back at some of the exceptional local music that's passed his way over the year including a preview of what promises to be a highlight of next year's Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

Elliott Childs reviews albums by American singer/songwriter Craig Finn, Art-rapper Open Mike Eagle and Dunedin's SJD. Audio

SJD is the musical project of Sean Donnelly, a musician and songwriter from Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland), and currently based in Otepoti (Dunedin), under the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University. SJD… Audio

William Dart has been squirrelling away some local singles to sustain him through the winter and he reveals two of his favourites ... by Kylie Price and Sandy Mill. Audio

Widely considered the most prestigious accolade in New Zealand music, the APRA Silver Scroll Award recognises outstanding achievement in the craft of songwriting.

In The Secret Life of Session Musicians we meet some of musical talent behind our favourite albums, beloved television commercials and the voices we might even hear when working out at the gym. Audio

Some of the country's best musicians have been touring the country playing three albums that have helped define rock and pop music Called Come Together - the tour has included the likes of Delaney… Audio

The sound of Auckland songwriter Caitlin Smith's footsteps are spread throughout her new album, You Have Reached Your Destination and William Dart follows along willingly. Songwriting doesn't come… Audio

National treasure Don McGlashan has announced he'll be touring NZ in October with his band The Others. Video

From 1989 til 2005 Radio New Zealand’s unique Helen Young Studio hosted the cream of New Zealand’s musical talent for recording projects such as albums, film scores, drama, radio programmes and… Video, Audio

Over the past twenty years there has been a bumper crop of memorable and beautiful local albums that have found notable success. We are proud to offer you our top 21 albums of the twenty-first century… Audio

The RNZ Music team sum up the last week of rugby in four songs. Video

She's the first woman to write a full-length ballet score in Aotearoa, she's won many awards for her composition, and she's on the road with her group The Blackbird Ensemble, interpreting the songs… Audio

Something very cool is happening this Friday in West Auckland ... music will fill the air! And the soaring voices of some of our wisest, cleverest, most insightful and inventive writers. Audio

William Dart sizes up two local releases: the ear-catching miniatures of SJD and the expansive ballads of Eyreton Hall. Video, Audio

Liam Finn is in for First Song today and will perform live Needle & The Damage Done on acoustic guitar. Audio

A supergroup of Kiwi musicians are joining forces to celebrate 40 years since the 1979 release of Neil Young's Live Rust album. RNZ Music got a sneak peek at the group's first rehearsal, as well as a… Video

Is Tyler the Creator the Brian Wilson of this generation? The Song Crush Team consider his new album Igor, and rave about new music from Kelsey Lu, SJD, and more. Video, Audio

SJD, aka Sean James Donnelly, is about to release a collection of miniature synth-pop songs. He joins Kirsten Johnstone to preview some of these alongside some of the synth greats. Audio

Tom Scott’s Avantdale Bowling Club; Northland thrash metallers Alien Weaponry; trailblazing 90s group Moana and the Moahunters; and local singer/song writing legend Bernie Griffen were all honoured at… Video

Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) has just announced the finalists for this year’s Taite Music Prize, which recognises outstanding creativity in an album. Previous winners include Lorde, Aldous Harding…

Lukasz Buda, Samuel Scott, and Conrad Wedde of The Phoenix Foundation have won Best Original Music in a Series and David Long of the Muttonbirds has won Best Original Music in a Feature Film at the… Video