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Steve Abel in Berlin 2009 (duration: 10′24″)

Julie Hill tracked down an ex-pat kiwi muso in East Berlin. Singer-songwriter Steve Abel had the dubious honour of taking out the Saddest Song in the World Competition recently, showing the Berliners just what melancholy is. 24 October 2009.

Steve Abel - Playing Favorites (duration: 45′22″)

Steve joins Kim Hill to talk and play songs. 17 May 2008

AC DC Review (duration: 5′56″)

Akadaka fan Chris Adams reviews the first Wellington show for Music 101. 30 January 2010.

Access All Area: Hone Tuwhare - Koha for the Crib (duration: 14′41″)

Some of New Zealand's top musicians, artists and poets got together in July 2011 to pay tribute to one of the country's best-loved and most successful poets Hone Tuwhare, and to raise money to preserve and his old 'crib' at Kaka Point, Otago, as a writer's residence. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie is joined by 'Koha for the Crib' Trustee and organiser of the recent fundraising event Kim Hegan, poet and artist Tracey Tawhiao and Dunedin musicians David Kilgour (The Clean) and Martin Phillips (The Chills), who perform in our studio and discuss writing, Hone Tuwhare's work and legacy. 16 July 2011.

Access All Areas - Attila the Stockbroker (duration: 12′12″)

Ranting poet 'Attila The Stockbroker', real name John Baine, has been a politically active punk poet and road warrior for over 30 years delivering his own brand of uncompromising mile-a-minute performance poetry to a niche global audience. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Attila about prose, poetry and political agenda on the eve of his A Bang and A Wimpey tour of NZ. 26 March 2011.

Access All Areas - Bill and Otis Hit The Road (duration: 14′56″)

In this episode of Access All Areas, Trevor Reekie discusses words and melodies with 2 literary troubadours. About to head out on the road with new albums are Bill Direen, a respected composer who has published as many books as he has released albums and Otis Mace, a word-playing-guitar-ace … both are released on Auckland based Indie label Powertool Records run by Andrew Maitai... 16 November 2007

Access All Areas - Wild Things Spectacular (duration: 12′25″)

On 17th November 2007, Auckland punters dig out their mid 60’s threads and head down to the Auckland nightclub the Monte Christo Room to witness the Wild Things Spectacular ! A collection of fuzz box-powered bands that sprang out from garages and halls of mid-60’s New Zealand… getting back together again for one night of feedback-drenched rhythm and blues power ! In this preview Trevor Reekie talks to Wild Things organizer John Baker, Midge Marsden from Wellington’s Breakaways and Mike Rudd who’s band Chant’s R&B rocked Christchurch’s Stage Door Club way back in 1966 … 10 November 2007

Access All Areas: 2010 Music Industry Wrap Up (duration: 8′57″)

For the final Access All Areas of 2010 Trevor Reekie does a quick round up of local and industry and musical momentum over the past 12 months. 18 December 2010.

Access All Areas: 2010 Music Industry Wrap Up (duration: 8′57″)

For the final Access All Areas of 2010 Trevor Reekie does a quick round up of local and international music industry momentum over the past 12 months. 18 December 2010.

Access All Areas: 2Cellos (duration: 10′27″)

2CELLOS are Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser. These Croatian virtuosos have gone from obscurity to near ubiquity in double- quick time. With over 5 million hits on YouTube in less than 3 months, their dueling cellos version of Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal' is taking the world by storm. The 2CELLOS self-titled debut album - featuring unique interpretations of Nirvana, Guns N Roses, U2 and Coldplay - has just been released, and has grown a huge fan base. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie catches up with Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic in London. 27 August 2011.

Access All Areas: A Country Divided (duration: 15′50″)

The winter of 1981 saw the Springboks rugby team tour New Zealand, and Kiwis divided. Recent Maori attempts to reclaim ownership of government requisitioned land at Bastion Point had focused attention on race relations. The 56-day visit of a white-only team from South Africa during the apartheid regime not only shaped New Zealand history but also a social consciousness that continues to reverberate today. For 'Access All Areas: A Country Divided' Trevor Reekie talks to Simon Grigg from Propeller Records and Will 'llolahia, former Polynesian Panther and the original manager of Herbs about why a sporting event became the source of civil unrest and cultural change in Aotearoa, and how music fitted in. 6 August 2011.

Access All Areas: Adrian Sherwood - 30 Years of On U Sound (duration: 13′39″)

Adrian Sherwood is the elder statesman of UK dub. He's a producer who - in the Jamaican tradition - uses the mixing desk like a musical instrument. He has worked with a who's who of UK and Jamaican artists and is also the founder of the On-U Sound label, one of the UK's most crucial independent labels, which in 2011 celebrates it's 30th anniversary. Trevor Reekie talks to Adrian Sherwood. 25 November 2011.

Access All Areas: AK79 Live! (duration: 15′15″)

The album AK79 is regarded as the defining release of the thriving Auckland punk scene of the late seventies.

Access All Areas: Alastair Galbraith (duration: 15′32″)

Dunedinite Alastair Galbraith is one of the most prolific musicians in the global experimental music scene, and was a recipient of the 2006 Arts Foundation Laureate. Alastair Galbraith talks to Trevor Reekie about the composition of experimental music, and living life as a grand musical experiment, for Access All Areas. 18 October 2008

Access All Areas: Alice Cooper - Mr Nice Guy (duration: 12′19″)

With a career spanning forty years Alice Cooper a.k.a Vincent Damon Furnier is a man who shaped the sound and look of heavy metal, inspired the image of bands as diverse as the New York Dolls and Slipknot, and in the course of his 'vaudeville' inspired rock extravaganzas he's been electrocuted and be-headed more times than recommendedTrevor Reekie talks to Alice Cooper ahead of his september 2009 show in Auckland. 22 August 2009.

Access All Areas: All Ages Shows (duration: 10′48″)

Troy Ferguson talks to organiser Savina Kim. 6 December 2008

Access All Areas: Andrew Dubber - To Share or Not to Share. (duration: 18′19″)

The hot topic over the last few weeks in the UK music scene has been how to deal with illegal file-sharers. In somewhat of a surprise move pop star Lilly Allen grabbed the headlines by declaring war on illegal file-sharing as a crucial deadline looms for gathering views on government plans to crack down on a problem that has prevailed for the last decade. Trevor Reekie talks to expat Andrew Dubber, a senior lecturer in Music at the University of Birmingham regarding the current state of the UK music industry.

Access All Areas: Andrew Zuckerman (duration: 15′10″)

Award-winning American photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman has just published a photographic book called 'Music'. The book includes fifty eminent musicians from a variety of genres who were photographed and interviewed about the process of making music, the power of music, and the experience of writing, producing and performing. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Andrew Zuckerman about creative process and the sound of freedom. 30 October 2010.

Access All Areas: Anoushka Shankar (duration: 11′41″)

A musician who excels both at the sitar and piano with 5 solo albums to her credit , a writer, and an actress …. there is a lot more to the 26 year old Anoushka Shankar than just being her father's daughter. She has been playing the sitar with Ravi since the age of nine and made her performance debut at the young age of thirteen. Her 2008 album ‘Breathing Under Water’ has merged classical Indian music with elements of electronica and world music and has seen her collaborating with her father Ravi Shankar, Sting and, of course, her half sister Norah Jones. In Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Anoushka Shankar while she is half way into a world tour, including an appearance in Auckland. 19 April 2008

Access All Areas: Are You Experienced (duration: 5′41″)

In September 1967 Jimi Hendrix released his hugely influential debut album ‘Are You Experienced?’. Hendrix was very much a black rock musician in a white musical world and despite cutting his teeth on a musical diet of blues and soul, he was often criticised for not being ‘black’ enough .. Here, Trevor Reekie considers Jimi Hendrix and the question of blackness... 15 September 2007

Access All Areas: Arhoolie Records (duration: 19′00″)

Arhoolie Records remains one of the great American record labels - an Independent folk and blues label formed by Californian high school teacher Chris Strachwitz in 1960. Strachwitz originally started the label to record blues- releasing albums from artists like Bukka White, Charlie Musselwhite, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Big Mama Thornton along with recordings of Mexican tejano, cajun, zydeco, and bluegrass music. For the 50th anniversay Trevor Reekie talks to Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz about his life long passion for documenting the music of some of America's finest roots music. 8 May 2010.

Access All Areas: Bedouin Jerry Can Band (duration: 16′38″)

Trevor Reekie catches up with these semi-nomadic musicians ahead of their WOMAD performance. 15 April 2009

Access All Areas: Bela Fleck (duration: 11′24″)

Trevor Reekie speaks to virtuoso Banjoist Ben Fleck.

Access All Areas: Big Champagne's Eric Galand (duration: 17′52″)

Eric Garland is the CEO and co-founder of Big Champagne, a company based in Beverly Hills that collects and sells data on file sharing - both legal and illegal. Big Champagne is kind of like the Nielsen ratings of the peer-to-peer world. Trevor Reekie talks to Eric Garland about the ever-evolving reality facing the film and music industries. 4 December 2009.

Access All Areas: Billy Brag (duration: 12′00″)

Billy Bragg turned 50 on Dec 20th 2007, ahead of his New Zealand Big Day Out appearance in 2008. In this episode of Access All Areas, Music 101’s Trevor Reekie talks to Billy Bragg about a new album ‘Mr Love and Justice’, politics, parenting, meeting the Queen and keeping the faith... December 2007

Access All Areas: The Cabana Through The Years (duration: 12′52″)

Lee Prichard has written a book about Napier’s legendary Cabana Hotel, one of NZ's classic live music venues - you hadn’t done a national tour unless you’d played there! Here, Trevor Reekie talks to Lee Pritchard, as well as Tom Sharplin and Hammond Gamble who helped create the reputation that Lee has curated. In fact this wee poem from Graeme Brazier says it all!

Access All Areas: Captain Sensible of The Damned (duration: 14′26″)

Raymond Burns a.k.a. Captain Sensible was a toilet cleaner in Croyden, outer London, before he joined the Damned and had a musical career unlike many others in punk. When Sensible left the Damned, he reinvented himself as the UK’s least likely pop star. The good Captain Sensible is back on the road with the Damned on their 35th Anniversary World Tour. Trevor Reekie catches up with Captain Sensible... 2 December 2011.

Access All Areas: Casablanca Records (duration: 17′45″)

The 1970s saw the landscape of American culture become a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and when the disco era exploded in New York Casablanca Records was at the centre of this cocaine fuelled storm. From Casablanca’s daring first signing of KISS, through the to superstardom of Donna Summer, the Village People, and funk master George Clinton and Parliament , Casablanca’s meteoric success and eventual collapse is a compelling tale of excess, marketing, payola and platform heeled shoes! For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Larry Harris, co-founder of Casablanca Records and author of a new book 'And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records'. 27 February 2010.

Access All Areas: Chapters From the Dark Side (duration: 6′48″)

Trevor Reekie takes us on a literary tour of best selling musical biographies that traverse the fast lane that drugs and music have long traveled 8 September 2007

Access All Areas: Cobain Unseen with Charles Cross (duration: 12′06″)

trevor Reekie talks about the Nirvana siger's life and times, with the author of a biography

Access All Areas: Dan Charnas - The Business of Hip-hop (duration: 19′14″)

Dan Charnas has been around hip-hop for decades, as a writer for The Source magazine as well as an employee for Rick Rubin's Def American label. He recently published his first book 'The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop'. It is a classic American story about a business that requires 'the soul of a poet and the instincts of a killer'. But the book is not only about the business of hip-hop. It is equally about how hip-hop changed America. Trevor Reekie talks to author Dan Charnas. 28 May 2011.

Access All Areas: Darren Watson (duration: 13′49″)

Blues music has a history rooted in tradition that continues to influence contemporary soul, rock and hip hop. Wellington singer songwriter Darren Watson has never strayed far from the blues and his new album 'Saint Hilda's Faithless Boy' is a reflection of his career journey. Trevor Reekie talks to Darren Watson about the road he has travelled and his own brand of 'pacific soul'. 6 November 2010.

Access All Areas: Dave Dobbyn Vs Adrian Sherwood in Anotherland (duration: 33′43″)

Trevor Reekie finds out about this unlikely pairing. 30 Aug 2008

Access All Areas: Dawn Raid Resurrection (duration: 15′01″)

Significant New Zealand hip hop/ urban record label 'Dawn Raid' are back up and running. In October 2007 there was a new album, and, crucially, a fresh template to develop and diversify the South Auckland label. Just months earlier the phone lines were dead, the web site was down and the future looked decidedly grim. Music reporter Trevor Reekie talks to two of the 4 principals in Dawn Raid’s recovery. John Barnett - a man better known for his career in the NZ Film and TV industry - and Brotha D aka Danny, one of the founding fathers of Dawn Raid. 27 October 2007.

Access All Areas: Dead Rich (duration: 8′41″)

Some may think that an annual chart of what dead celebrities earn is a little morbid, but it makes for fascinating reading as to who and how the estates of dead artists still run hugely successful business’s long after the departure of the creative life force … Trevor Reekie looks at the dead earners charts compiled annually by Forbes.

Access All Areas: Def Jam 25 (duration: 14′58″)

Def Jam Records is one of the United States most successful record labels. The 80s marked the move of hip hop from the underground to the mainstream and Def Jam was instrumental in helping the genre make that transition. As the label celebrates it's 25th anniversary Trevor Reekie talks to Oliver Wang, curator of the influential Soul-Sides web site and an assistant professor of sociology at California State University, about this iconic label. 12 December 2009.

Access All Areas: Dennis Coffey - Funk Brother (duration: 13′26″)

Detroit session guitarist and 'Funk Brother' Dennis Coffey helped create the Motown sound with psychedelic licks that shaped some of the greatest soul records ever recorded. His solo singles have also sold millions, and have been sampled by the likes of Public Enemy and Moby. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks with Dennis Coffey about his recent autobiography 'Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars'. 30 April 2011.

Access All Areas: Deviant Mick Farren (duration: 14′19″)

Mick Farren's involvement in the sixties UK counter culture and psychedelic agitprop carved his career path. Today he has over 40 books to his credit and a discography that includes his work with the Deviants, Pink Fairies, and Hawkwind. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Mick Farren about prose, poetry and what ever happened to the revolution? 4 September 2010.

Access All Areas: Don McGlashan's Many Machinations (duration: 48′15″)

Trevor Reekie sits down with Don on the eve of a tour of Europe to support Crowded House. 21 June 2008

Access All Areas: Dr Tree: Once More With Feeling (duration: 9′19″)

Access All Areas - Dr Tree: Once More With Feeling

Access All Areas: Dub Colossus with Nick Page (duration: 15′04″)

Trevor Reekie asks about working with musicians from Ethiopia, the spiritual birthplace of Rastafarianism. 21 March 09

Access All Areas: Elektra Records Jac Holzman (duration: 14′25″)

Elektra Records was co-founded by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickhalt, who each put in $300 to start the label in October 1950. The now legendary label began by signing artists at the forefront of the American folk boom of the sixties, and went on to launch the careers of some of the most influential names in American rockPaul Butterfield, Love , MC5, The Stooges and the Doors. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Jac Holzman about a career littered with musical milestones. 20 November 2010.

Access All Areas: The End of The World As We Know It? (duration: 12′55″)

Access All Areas looks at the real state of American CD sales which, despite a stellar week, with heavyweights Kanye West, 50 Cent and Kenny Chesney producing the best sales this year, overall sales were still down 15% compared to the same time last year. Trevor Reekie asks ex-pat Industry consultant Simon Baeyertz (Festival NZ/Mushroom/Interscope Records/V2) whether it’s the end of the world as we know it? 29 September 2007

Access All Areas: Etta James Remembered by Bobby Murray (duration: 17′51″)

The long-reigning Queen of the blues Etta James passed away on January 20 2012 aged 73. Etta's guitarist for the past 20 years was Bobby Murray. the three-time Grammy award winning guitarist talks to Trevor Reekie about the talent and turbulence of the great Etta James. 11 February 2012.

Access All Areas: Eugene Chadbourne (duration: 16′09″)

Eugene Chadbourne is many things: a hillbilly improviser, a self-made raconteur, and a new music eclectic who mashes jazz, folk, experimental noise and neo-vaudeville . Once described as a direct threat to the American way of life by a White House spokesman, Eugene Chadbourne recently toured NZ bemusing and entertaining audiences with his electric rake, and a mixture of improvised and folk banjo playing…. Trevor Reekie catches up with the mercurial and enigmatic Dr Eugene Chadbourne . Feb 09

Access All Areas: Fanzines to Magazines (duration: 13′10″)

While we live in an era where much of the music industry continues to face a tsunami of change … Some things stay pretty much the same! The arrival of a bunch of new free fanzines would suggest that there is still a place for funky street-wise publications. Trevor Reekie talks to editors Tony Nyberg from the newly published B Side magazine in Auckland and Patrick Shepherd from Exposure magazine in Wellington about the art and craft of the street press... More info at: www.bsidemagazine.blogspot.com and www.myspace.com/bsidemagazine and www.exposurelifestyles.com 28 July 2007

Access All Areas: Fishbone (duration: 11′18″)

Fishbone formed in 1979 in East Los Angeles, playing a fusion of funk, rock and ska delivered with hardcore punk attitude. Fishbone was a disparate, all-black oddball crew who gained a sizable cult following but never quite crossed over to a mainstream audience. They were the 'live' act no-one wanted to follow on stage. The band's story has just been documented in the film 'Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone' which is playing at the Documentary Edge Festival in Auckland Feb 18 - March 5 and Wellington March 10 - 17. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to founding member Norwood Fisher about the tumultuous legacy of Fishbone. 26 February 2011.

Access All Areas: Fishbone (duration: 11′18″)

Fishbone formed in 1979 in East Los Angeles, playing a fusion of funk, rock and ska delivered with hardcore punk attitude. Fishbone was a disparate, all-black oddball crew who gained a sizable cult following but never quite crossed over to a mainstream audience. They were the 'live' act no-one wanted to follow on stage. The band's story has just been documented in the film 'Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone' which is playing at the Documentary Edge Festival in Auckland Feb 18 - March 5 and Wellington March 10 - 17. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to founding member Norwood Fisher about the tumultuous legacy of Fishbone. 26 February 2011.

Access All Areas: Gareth Shute NZ Rock (duration: 13′59″)

Trevore Reekie talks to Gareth about his new book which picks up where 'Stranded In Paradise' left off. 14 June 2008

Access All Areas: Garth Cartwright - More Miles Than Money (duration: 20′27″)

Garth Cartwright is an ex-pat Aucklander now resident in london who has just published his second book 'MORE miles THAN Money - Journeys through American Music'. On Access All Areas this week Trevor Reekie talks to author Garth Cartwright about books bars and blues, juke-joints, grits and greyhound bus's as he follows America's musical highways. 19 December 2009.

Access All Areas: Gary Numan (duration: 12′33″)

Gary Numan has had a spectacular career of highs, lows, hit singles and global touring. Gary Numan is no mere pop star. He is also one of the most accomplished aerobatic display flyers in the UK. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Gary Numan. 9 April 2011.

Access All Areas: Guitar from the Leafy Suburbs (duration: 10′30″)

Auckland’s North Shore has been a musical breeding ground dating back to the 60s, 70s and 80s - when Screaming Mee Mees sold 4000 copies of 'See Me Go' in a week and went straight to number one. Now bands like The Checks, The Veils, White Birds and Lemons and The Electric Confectionaires are keeping the Shore music scene alive. They've been documented in a film called 'Guitars from the Leafy Suburbs'. Trevor Reekie talks to film maker Julian McCarthy, Ed Knowles and Sven Pettersen from The Checks and record producer Rikki Morris. Thanks to Mosquito Films for letting us include some audio from the doco here: 4 October 08

Access All Areas: Hang Drums with Ian Chapman (duration: 12′11″)

Trevor talks to a lecturer in Contemporary Music at Otago, with an interest in Glam, and this unusual percussion instrument

Access All Areas: Headless Chickens Reanimated (duration: 15′06″)

Chris Matthews and Fiona McDonald talk about the life and times of one of Flying Nun's most sucessful bands Nov 2008

Access All Areas: Here Come the Kiwi Girls (duration: 16′33″)

Host Trevor Reekie talks to local 60s pop ladies Judy Hindman from the Chicks, Norma Stacey from the Fair Sect and Rochelle Vinsen. 28 June 2008

Access All Areas: Ian Stewart The 6th Rolling Stone (duration: 16′15″)

Ben Waters is an English virtuoso boogie woogie piano player who has just released a critically acclaimed new album called "Boogie For Stu - A Tribute to Ian Stewart". Ian Stewart formed the Rolling Stones' with Brian Jones as the original keyboard player. Stewart was later shunted aside by the Stone's manager in 1963. Why? He wasn’t good looking enough and they never had six people in a beat group …. He continued to work with the band as a road manager and his piano can be heard on all the Stones classic albums up until ‘85. Stewart also recorded piano with Led Zep and many others. This heart felt tribute album took on a life of it’s own with contributions from Jools Holland, PJ Harvey and all of the Rolling Stones. Trevor Reekie talks to Ben Waters about Boogie For Stu. 14 May 2011.

Access All Areas: Independents Day 2008 (duration: 23′40″)

Mark Kneebone of umbrella group 'Independent Music NZ', Ben Howe from Arch Hill records, and Joost Langeveld.

Access All Areas: Indies Meet Indies (duration: 12′36″)

History repeats! host Trevor Reekie talks to veteran deal maker Roger Shepherd - founder of Flying Nun Records - and modern-day equivalent Lil Chief Records head honcho Gareth Shute about how local artists are securing releases for their music with offshore indie labels in much the same way that Flying Nun artists did 20 years ago. 14 July 2007

Access All Areas: Island Life with Vivien Goldman (duration: 14′43″)

Charting Fifty years of Island Records 16 May 2009

Access All Areas: Jennifer Batten (duration: 17′43″)

Jennifer Batten broke through the walls of sexual stereotype in the male dominated 'rock' industry. She has played sold out stadiums all around the world as the guitarist with Michael Jackson and later Jeff Beck. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to this remarkable musician before she hits New Plymouth for G-Taranaki 2010. 3 July 2010.

Access All Areas: Jimi Hendrix biographer Charles Cross (duration: 15′12″)

Jimi Hendrix is still rated number 1 in Rolling Stone magazine's top guitarists of all time - He made three studio albums with The Jimi Hendrix Experience over four years and that was sufficient to cement his repute as the most iconic musician of the 20th Century. Jimi Hendrix died on September 18 1970. On the 40th anniversary of his death Trevor Reekie talks to Charles Cross author of the biography 'Room Full of Mirrors' published in 2005. 18 September 2010.

Access All Areas: John Mayall (duration: 7′49″)

John Mayall who has long been regarded as the"Father Of The British Blues Movement"has just released his 57th album called‘Tough’. Over the decades some of the biggest names in rock have passed through his band, including Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. John Mayall, now in his late 70’s is still a bluesman and is still on the road. Trevor Reekie speaks to him for Access All Areas. 20 April 2010.

Access All Areas: Kearney Barton 60s Garage Audio Recordings (duration: 12′53″)

Audio engineer Kearney Barton (aged 76) has a CV that dates back to the recordings of the Sonics, the Ventures, the Frantics and umpteen 1960's North Western USA garage bands. Proving that you're never too old to rock Kearney has just recorded an album with some funky old cats from the Seattle funk band Wheedle's Groove. The album, which the band called 'Kearney Barton' was recorded at Audio Recording, the Seattle studio where it all began. Trevor Reekie tracks down the cultural ambassador of the Northwest sound and talks about his lifetime in music. 3 October 2009.

Access All Areas: Kiwis Do Dylan (duration: 9′07″)

In a quote from 1978 Bob Dylan recalls New Zealand as a place where “ the sky was deep and the flowers are strange and the birds were interesting” Probably a bit flamboyant to think that NZ has had as big an effect on the man as the man has had on NZ , but to mark concerts here in August 2007, we showcase Kiwi artists doing Dylan (and uncover Dylan doing a cover of a kiwi artist!) . Host Trevor Reekie's guest is New Zealand Dylan fan Bill Hester, who over the years has been archiving our local output of songs written by our Bob

Access All Areas: Koko Taylor (duration: 12′06″)

On Wednesday 3 June 2009 a veritable plethora of tributes announced that one of the blues leading ladies, Koko Taylor had passed away at the age of 80. Accurately dubbed 'the Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor was not only one of the last links to classic Chicago blues but she also rekindled the legacy of early blues women like Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, and Memphis Minnie. Trevor Reekie talks to Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer about the life and times of a true musical legend. 13 June 2009.

Access All Areas: Lawrence Lessig (duration: 14′08″)

Harvard University Professor of Law Lawrence Lessig is a champion of copyright reform for the digital age. While in Auckland for NetHui 2011 he takes time out to talk to Trevor Reekie about notions of 'fair use' and 'free culture', from hip hop to Gilberto Gil. 2 July 2011.

Access All Areas: Laya Project (duration: 15′01″)

film producer Sonya Mazumdar discusses the part music can play in the healing process. 28 Feb 2009

Access All Areas: Led Zeppelin biographer Mick Wall (duration: 51′36″)

Trevor Reekie talks to the author of When Giants Walked the Earth. Feb 09

Access All Areas: Lenny Kaye Wired For Sound (duration: 17′00″)

Patti Smith's closest collaborator since 1971 and compiler of essential 60s garage rock compilation, Nuggets. 13 Dec 08

Access All Areas: Les Paul Tribute (duration: 11′36″)

Guitar virtuoso and inventor Les Paul passed away 13 August 2009 aged 94. Les Paul was not only a brilliant guitarist but also one of the pioneers of the multi track recorder. His number one single 'How High The Moon' recorded in his garage in 1951 with Mary Ford stopped the recording industry in it's tracks. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Patti Smith's guitarist Lenny Kaye about the incredible genius of Les Paul. 22 August 2009.

Access All Areas: Lloyd Miller (duration: 14′00″)

Despite having dedicated most of his 72 years to the appreciation of jazz and middle-eastern music whilst living in Iran, Dr Lloyd Miller is incredibly talented, yet still obscure. But that may be about to change. His new album recorded with the young UK jazz collective the Heliocentrics is destined for the spotlight. Trevor Reekie talks to Dr Lloyd Miller about his lifetime in Oriental Jazz and semi-obscurity. 28 August 2010.

Access All Areas: Long Player Goodbye (duration: 16′07″)

60 years of the L.P. - the record format that changed the world. With Travis Elborough. 27 Sept 08

Access All Areas: Madonna's Material Deal (duration: 13′40″)

The Music Industry is starting to read like a John Grisham novel. Every week there is some new seismic shift … last week Radiohead, this week, Madonna Here we take a look at the "360 degree" deal that Madonna closed this week with concert-promotion company Live Nation Inc. Trevor Reekie takes a look at this, and the significance of Madonna signing outside of a record label. Trevor is joined by local entertainment lawyer Chris Hocquard. 20 October 2007.

Access All Areas: Mark Coles World of Music (duration: 14′01″)

Mark Coles is the English presenter of the BBC program World of Music that plays on RNZ National each Tuesday evening after 11pm. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie converses with Mark about the wonderful world of radio, gleans a few presenter's tips and discusses music from the world, for the world. 31 July 2010.

Access All Areas: Mark Rogers (duration: 13′10″)

Mark Rogers was a founding partner of UK label 'Loose Music' which introduced 'new sounds from the old west' - acts like The Felice Brothers and The Handsome Family - to the UK and Europe. Mark has now relocated to rural Masterton, near Wellington, where he runs his music PR and consultancy business. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie asks why? 25 June 2011.

Access All Areas: Marketing Lessons From The Dead (duration: 17′30″)

The Grateful Dead were 60s psychedelic renegades who mixed counter-cultural sentiment with unabashed marketing pitches. They built their brand by consistently touring, assembled a mailing list and sold concert tickets directly to fans and encouraged their fans to record shows and trade tapes. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to author David Meerman Scott about his new book 'Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead'. 14 August 2010.

Access All Areas: - The Life of Bob Marley with Roger Steffen (duration: 14′26″)

Bob Marley’s visit in 1979 had an enduring effect on New Zealand…he inspired love for a genre of music that has profoundly shaped our culture… Here talking about the life of Bob Marley is Roger Steffens, actor, broadcaster, chairman of the Reggae Grammy committee and author of ‘The Reggae Scrapbook’ Steffens has also assembled the largest repository of Marley memorabilia in the world and curated exhibitions celebrating the life and influence of Bob Marley… The Artist Of the Century”. In Access All Areas, music reporter Trevor Reekie meets Roger Steffens...

Access All Areas: Metallica biography by Mick Wall (duration: 19′59″)

Back in the early 80s few people would have put money on Metallica going on from incredibly humble beginnings to become the 5th biggest selling band of all time. For Access All Areas the author of the new band biography 'Enter Night', Mick Wall tells Trevor Reekie about the band's rocky road from LA obscurity to world domination, and the casualties on the way. 3 December 2010.

Access All Areas: Michael Chugg (duration: 14′02″)

Michael Chugg - or 'Chuggie' as he's fondly known - has been promoting, managing, touring and championing rock acts in Australia since he was a fifteen. He is one of the foundation stone's of the Australian music industry, working with some of the biggest names in the business,from Fleetwood Mac to Frank Sinatra, Split Enz to AC- DC. Much of it is detailed in his recently published biography Hey, You in the Black T- Shirt. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Michael Chugg about his career, staging events and crafting spectacles. 23 October 2010.

Access All Areas: Mick Wall's Appetite For Destruction (duration: 20′26″)

Kerrang! was the premiere metal magazine in the 1980s and the newly published book 'Appetite For Destruction: The Mick Wall Interviews', collects thirty-one of Wall's interviews from 1984 to 1994 each supplemented by new, insightful post-scripts. Last year Trevor Reekie talked to Mick about Led Zeppelin. This week he calls Mick again to talk about some of metal's most influential musicians. 27 March 2010.

Access All Areas: Mike Holdsworth (duration: 13′49″)

Mike Holdsworth is a Kiwi who has resided and worked in the music industry in London for 24 years. Mike is director of Anothersound, a music management and international consultancy company whose clients include Beth Orton and Cat Power. It’s a professional career in the UK music industry that has taken him from MD of Matador Records in the UK and started during the glory days of Rough Trade Distribution. Before he arrives as a guest panellist at this years Warrant of Fitness seminars Trevor Reekie talks to Mike Holdsworth.

Access All Areas: Mose Allison (duration: 11′27″)

Mose Allison is 83 years young and still going strong! During his career Mose Allison has been covered by the likes of the Who, Leon Russell, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, John Mayall, Georgie Fame, Elvis Costello and Van Morrison. Even the Clash. Mose was not only known for his skills as a pianist, but soon his way with words earned him the reputation as "the William Faulkner of jazz." For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Mose Allison, one of the original hipsters of 'cool'. 17 April 2010

Access All Areas: Music Industry Review 2007 (duration: 30′30″)

Trevor Reekie joins Kirsten Johnstone to review what has been a defining year for the music industry... its highs and lows and the bit stream in-between. 5 January 2008

Access All Areas: Music Machines (duration: 14′57″)

In mid 2009 Auckland based-Manchester born producer Jason Fishwick had an idea about being in a room full to the ceiling with classic synths and drum machines, all plugged in and making one big funky racket. The idea grew into reality and on November 21st 2009 at Auckland's Galatos with a huge collection of classic and vintage synthesisers and drum machines as well as guest performances and workshops. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie invades Tom Ludvigson's studio to get a taste of how synthesiser music was composed before there was midi, laptops and software. 14 November 2009.

Access All Areas: My Minds Mind (duration: 13′20″)

A Day In My Mind's Mind Volume 2: Fantasies, Polka Dots & Flowers is a compilation containing 27 Kiwi psychedelic flash backs from the years 1967–72 - a period of time that opened the doors of perception on this kaleidoscopic period in Kiwi music - meticulously curated by Grant Gillanders. Celebrating the release of ‘A Day in My minds mind’, Trevor Reekie takes a trip back to an era where pop turned to paisley and rose tinted spectacles and Nehru jackets were de rigueur. Along for the ride are Glyn Tucker Jnr of the Gremlins, Shane, and Grant Gillanders. March 2008.

Access All Areas: New Telepathics (duration: 14′48″)

Darryn Harkness is a self contained musician - guitarist, keyboardist and polyrhythmic drummer. Harkness has been in many bands including UK outfit Serafin, and before that, in NZ he played and recorded with an eclectic bunch of Auckland indie bands. He is back in New Zealand to promote a new solo recording ‘You Have Been Warned’ under the name of 'New Telepathics' as well as play some NZ shows with his band the Research Agents. In Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks telepathics, improvisation and surviving in the way-out-there lane with Darryn Harkness. 23 February 2008.

Access All Areas: NZ Musician magazine's 20th Anniversary (duration: 15′38″)

Trevor Reekie with Managing Director of NZ Musician Richard Thorne, instrument wholesaler Rob Magnus, contributor Sam Airy

Access All Areas: On Air With Brendan Smyth (duration: 26′40″)

Trevor Reekie looks into NZ music funding with NZ On Air Music Manager Brendan Smyth

Access All Areas: Online Music Strategies (duration: 11′12″)

Andrew Dubber, ex-pat Senior Lecturer in the Music Industries at UCE Birmingham and author of the New Music Strategies Manifesto called 'The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online'. Trevor Reekie talks to Dubber about his recommended strategies for online presence. 23 June 2007

Access All Areas: Peter Hook's Unknown Pleasures (duration: 15′03″)

Peter Hook, along with Bernard Sumner, is the co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Peter about the journey of a band that spawned a legend and a now legendary album.

Access All Areas: Peter Jenner Part 1 (duration: 17′45″)

Peter Jenner, is a music manager who has worked with Pink Floyd, The Clash, Billy Bragg, and Marc Bolan. Trevor Reekie meets up with Jenner for Access All Areas. 26 January 2008

Access All Areas: Peter Jenner Part 2 (duration: 13′26″)

Access All Areas: Peter Jenner Part 1 told of a a career which has seen Jenner manage some of the most seminal underground acts in UK Music including the original Pink Floyd, Tyrannaosaurus Rex, The Clash, and Billy Bragg. Peter Jenner is also Secretary General of the International Music Managers Forum. In this episode Jenner talks to Trevor Reekie about the crisis facing today’s music industry. 8 February 2008

Access All Areas: Peter Jenner's Digital Landscape (duration: 22′13″)

Peter Jenner- International Music Managers Forum, Chris Hocquard- music lawyer and Adam Holt- RIANZ and Universal Music NZ

Access All Areas: Pixie Williams (duration: 15′24″)

In 1948 20-year-old Pixie Williams became one of Aotearoa's earliest recording stars with 'Blue Smoke', a song written by Ruru Karaitiana. Now 83, Pixie's old 78 RPMs have been dusted off and remastered for a compilation called 'For The Record'. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie speaks to Pixie's daughter Amelia Costello, the author of early NZ music book 'Blue Smoke' Chris Bourke, and Tim Fraser who supervised the sound restoration. 23 July 2012.

Access All Areas: Prince and the Paper (duration: 12′05″)

In mid July 2007Sony / BMG released the new album from Prince 'Planet Earth' … everywhere that is except the UK. in this episode of Access All Areas, Trevor Reekie talks to resident Prince-o-phile Shane Lust about the latest confrontation Prince has initiated with the music industry… the story of Prince and the paper... 7 July 2007

Access All Areas: Prog Rock - Love It Or Hate It (duration: 15′49″)

Trevor Reekie and guests argue the point. April 09

Access All Areas: Propeller Records 30th Birthday (duration: 17′58″)

Trevor Reekie celebrates Propeller Records 30th Anniversary - this iconic local label released a small avalanche of iconic bands including post-punksters the Spelling Mistakes, the Screaming MeeMees, The Newmatics and Blam Blam Blam that all popped into the pop charts 30 years ago. Trevor Reekie talks to Propeller founders Simon Grigg and Paul Rose along with Rip It Up's Murray Cammick. 10 July 2010.

Access All Areas: Radiohead: No Really, Its Up To You (duration: 6′59″)

This week (13 October 2007) Radiohead fans downloaded the brand new album ‘In Rainbows’ directly from the band’s website paying no more than what their conscience told them they should pay. Its a revolutionary means of selling music and once again it’s another development that has the music Industry scratching its head as to where the future of selling music is heading. Significantly its yet another innovation that is being spearheaded by the artist. In this episode of Access All Areas reporter Trevor Reekie paid Two pounds for his download copy of the new Radiohead album and attempted to determine just what the repercussions of this latest development means to the Music Industry. 13 October 2007

Access All Areas: Rick Wakeman Face to Face (duration: 16′50″)

Trevor Reekie talks to the Prog keyboardist about interviewing musicians. April 09

Access All Areas: RiP - A Remix Manifesto with Brett Gaylor (duration: 21′15″)

Canadian film maker Brett Gaylor's multi-award winning documentary 'RiP: A Remix Manifesto' screens in the NZ International Film festival during 2009. The film raises questions about the sampling culture, copyright laws and fair useand its a movie you can dance to. Trevor Reekie talks to Director Brett Gaylor about the increasing blurring of the line between inspiration and infringement. 11 July 2009.

Access All Areas: Rip It Up Turns 30 (duration: 13′12″)

30 years ago Murray Cammick named a new free music magazine after a rock’n’roll song and Rip It Up was born. Three decades is as much a miracle as a milestone for a small, stand-alone music magazine to survive anywhere … Trevor Reekie marks thirty years of publishing history and talks to founding editor Murray Cammick and current editor Karl Puschmann about the perils and pleasures of publishing. 11 August 2007

Access All Areas: Rocked The Nation (duration: 11′13″)

Access All Areas: Rocked The Nation

Access All Areas: Rodriguez - Cold Fact (duration: 12′30″)

Trevor Reekie tracks down this long lost Detroit singer/songwriter. 20 September 2008

Access All Areas: RPM Challenge (duration: 12′53″)

Last year, over 850 records emerged from the RPM Challenge – to write and record an original album in the 29 days of February - and were posted on one of the largest free jukebox’s of original music available online. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Dave Karlotski who is one of the organizers of the RPM Challenge … based in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA and Peter McLennan aka Dub Setsuko, a New Zealand entrant into the competition. 16 February 2008 The RPM Challenge Web site is www.rpmchallenge.com/

Access All Areas: Sailing Away Brother (duration: 14′19″)

contrasting two hit songs - 1986's 'Sailing Away' by 'All of Us', and 2009s 'Brother', by Smashproof. May 09

Access All Areas: Shane - Full Circle (duration: 12′36″)

Back in the 1960s Aotearoa had a thriving pop scene that catapulted a number of acts into the limelight. Back then Shane was about as big as one could get in New Zealand. His version of 'St Paul' was a monster hit that dominated the local charts in 1969 and remains a perennial.Shane has just recorded a new album in the same studio where he started his career four decades ago. It's called 'Full Circle'. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie tracks down Shane Hales. 12 March 2011.

Access All Areas: Skip McDonald - 21st Century Blues Man (duration: 11′51″)

Has played with Daby Toure, Grandmaster Flash, Adrian Sherwood, Tackhead, On U Sound, Little Axe, Dave Dobbyn. 28 March 2009

Access All Areas: Slash (duration: 8′00″)

Saul Hudson aka Slash needs little introduction. Suffice to say this British-born American musician has reinvented himself since the heady days of Guns N Roses - The new Slash is clean, sober and has a seriously positive attitude. Currently out on an extensive tour supporting his debut solo album released in April 2010 Trevor Reekie caught up with Slash in Copenhagen. 17 July 2010.

Access All Areas: Smokefree Rockquest Times 20 (duration: 18′25″)

with host Trevor Reekie

Access All Areas: Sonny Day Tribute (duration: 18′25″)

Musicians pay tribute to soul/blues legend Sonny Day (Hone Wikaira) who died in his Te Atatu home in Auckland 2007. 23 Aug 2008

Access All Areas: Still Bill Withers (duration: 11′49″)

The documentary 'Still Bill' is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me, Lovely Day - songs that still resonate deeply today. Directed by Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, 'Still Bill' is the story of a man who became an icon without trying. Trevor Reekie talks to Damani Baker and Alex Vlack from New York about the evolution of Still Bill. 6 February 2010.

Access All Areas: Storm Thorgerson (duration: 11′39″)

Storm Thorgerson designed the album covers for some of rock's biggest artists including most of the Pink Floyd covers, Led Zeppelin, Mars Volta, Muse, Peter Gabriel and Anthrax. Storm never shied away from logistical challenges in his artwork - he created them! Trevor Reekie talks to album artist Storm Thorgerson ahead of his visit to Auckland for the Semi-Permanent Conference, celebrating all things design in August. 24 July 2010.

Access All Areas: Stroke - Songs For Chris Knox (duration: 19′45″)

On June 11 2009 musician, artist, father, writer, film maker, cartoonist and broadcaster Chris Knox suffered a life-altering stroke at his home in Auckland. Following that musicians from NZ and around the world banded together to celebrate Chris' music and the resulting album 'STROKE - Songs For Chris Knox' is a chance for Chris' many fans and friends to contribute to his future. Trevor Reekie gathers together a bunch of Chris Knox's dedicated friends to celebrate the album, and the man behind it. 21 November 2009.

Access All Areas: Take Me Back (duration: 12′48″)

During the late 80s and early 90s, Auckland night life centred around The Box and Cause Celebre in High Street. Live jazz and DJ's established the sound and the fashion that set the scene. For the 20th anniversary a remarkable line up of DJs, performers and punters will re-convene in Auckland for Take Me Back, a celebration of club culture. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to entrepreneur Simon Grigg and DJ Greg Chrurchill about the good times on High Street. 27 June 2009.

Access All Areas: The 7 inch 45 RPM Record (duration: 11′57″)

Trevor Reekie celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 7' single. its beginnings, its time of popularity, and the decline of the most iconic of vinyl formats. Trevor's guests are Bryan Staff, broadcaster and author of the book 'For The Record' and from Wisconsin USA Musicologist and record collector Robert Benson. 23 May 2009.

Access All Areas: The Business of World Music (duration: 13′23″)

World music artists have a unique perspective and motivation that sustains their work ethic, their message and their individual business models. At WOMAD 2010 Trevor Reekie discovered there was a consistency to the road that many of these bands are travelling, and that has set the parameters of the business models that have evolved. 2 April 2010.

Access All Areas: The Charts (duration: 12′32″)

New Zealand’s first music survey dates back to 1946 when the Life Buoy Hit Parade began on radio, running until the late '50s. From 29 May 2007 the Official New Zealand Music Chart will include digital downloads from NZ's legal, digital music retailers as well as physical sales. Music reporter Trevor Reekie explores the new digital charts with Mogan Donoghue from Vodaphone, Adam Holt MD Universal Music and RIANZ spokesperson & Andrew Miller from Median Strip. 2 June 2007

Access All Areas: The Democratisation of the Music Industry (duration: 15′19″)

Recently in a blog for internet newspaper Huffingtonpost.com, Jeff Price outlined his theory that the declining record business is causing a leveling of the playing field that he is calling ‘the democratization of the music industry’. Price is a New York-based music industry veteran, who’s spent two decades running his now defunct indie record label Spinart. These days he is taking the indie aesthetic to a whole new realm with his new business model TuneCore. com For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie calls Jeff Price in New York to talk through the politics of self determination in today’s music world. 12 April 2008

Access All Areas: The DIY Divide with Kevin Arnold, CEO of IODA (duration: 12′15″)

Trevor Reekie talks to Kevin Arnold, the CEO of IODA - the Independent Online Distribution Alliance - and asks how obscure bands can get beyond a subsistence level in today's digital landscape? 8 August 2009.

Access All Areas: The Fourmyula (duration: 16′52″)

Pioneering New Zealand pop band The Fourmyula - best remembered for their iconic song 'Nature' and a string of Top Ten hits - return to the stage with all original members for two rare performances in March 2010. These shows celebrate the release of The Complete Fourmyula: a definitive four-CD set which includes the legendary 'lost' LP Turn Your Back On The Wind, recorded in Britain shortly before the group disbanded in 1971. Trevor Reekie talks to Carl Evensen and Wayne Mason about all things Fourmyula and the chemistry that they produced.

Access All Areas: The Future Of Music USA (duration: 14′43″)

USA music, technology, business and government communities gathered in october 2009 for the 'Future of Music Policy Summit'. The conference addressed the biggest question in music today: How to create a legitimate digital marketplace for music. Trevor Reekie talks to conference attendee Doron G, Technology Director from New York radio station WFMU about the issues facing the American music Industry. 16 October 2009.

Access All Areas: The Great Rock N Roll Dwindle (duration: 12′03″)

Alan Mcgee, the man who discovered Oasis is a hard man to track down. Since the heady days of running Creation Records McGee has been an active DJ, a regular blogger for The Guardian newspaper and still manages a small roster of English artists. Trevor Reekie eventually tracked down McGee driving to Santa Monica in LA where he is overseeing the recording of the new 'Dirty Pretty Things’ album… In this edition of Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Alan McGee about the deconstruction of the music business… 22 September 2007

Access All Areas: The Loudness War (duration: 17′27″)

Recently theres been a lot of noise made by a variety of studio and mastering engineers about a technique that makes everything sound "loud". The complaint these engineers are making is that the over-use of audio compression in Modern mastering is killing audio subtlety in favor of volume. Trevor Reekie talks to Steve Hoffman, A Californian mastering engineer of considerable pedigree and Michael Jones who is editor of NZ magazine Audio Enz. 30 June 2007

Access All Areas: The Manager as Label (duration: 10′48″)

The music industry this year has seen a number of developments that are not necessarily new but are significant in that they are breaking away from traditional practice. Musicians are looking for alternative business models. Major labels aren’t always providing a solution so a variety of artists are turning to their managers to provide an answer … maybe to even become their label. In this edition of Access All Areas, Trevor Reekie speaks to music commentator Jon Fine of American publication ‘Business Week’ about his thoughts on the Manager-as-record label model. 3 November 2007

Access All Areas: The Orb with Dave Gilmour (duration: 7′26″)

English musician Alex Paterson is the co-founder of ambient group The Orb who gave birth to the genre of ambient house back in 1988. The Orb has just released a new collaboration called Metallic Spheres with David Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Trevor Reekie talks to the Orb's Alex Patterson about the new album. 16 October 2010.

Access All Areas: The RAP Fund (duration: 11′03″)

In 1995 Phonographic Performances of New Zealand (PPNZ) established the Recording Artists and Producers (RAP) Fund in order to distribute royalties to local artists and copyright owners. It’s one of the most important sources of income available to musicians … but it’s a copyright regulation that’s not always understood. in Access All Areas, Music Reporter Trevor Reekie talks to Dave Gibson from band ElemenoP and Mark Roach - General Manager of Licensing at PPNZ. 9 June 2007

Access All Areas: The Reunion Epidemic (duration: 10′23″)

Trevor Reekie looks at the phenomena of bands getting back together again... and Tim Stewart of the recently reformed and rejuvenated Supergroove talks to Trevor about the reunion epidemic. 7 July 2007

Access All Areas: The Runaways with Kim Fowley (duration: 13′38″)

One of the more famous all girl rock bands The Runaways had a brief, crash-and-burn history in the mid- to late '70s which has just been made into a Hollywood movie. The band's onetime manager, Kim Fowley is crazy. He himself says"I'm the psycho Svengali".... One thing is sure, Kim Fowley could talk a dog down from a meat wagon. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Kim Fowley, king of the sunset stripaged 71 and still loving it! 22 May 2010.

Access All Areas: The Velvet Underground (duration: 17′15″)

The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side is a new book published on the forty-fifth anniversary of the Velvet Underground's founding, curated by Jim DeRogatis. It takes a behind-the-scenes look at this iconic band in words and images. Trevor Reekie talks to author Jim DeRogatis about one of the 20th Century's most influential bands. 31 October 2009.

Access All Areas: Tim Donahue and his Harp Guitar (duration: 14′25″)

with Trevor Reekie at G-TARanaki Fest 2008

Access All Areas: Tompkin Square Records (duration: 15′38″)

The enigmatic and distinctly niche Tomkins Square Label, based in New York, was started by Josh Rosenthal in 2005. It has been riding a wave of critical acclaim documenting the fertile present day American Primitive guitar scene as well releasing Grammy Award winning compilations. For Access All Areas Josh Rosenthal talks to Trevor Reekie about the role Tompkins Square plays in bridging the gap from dust to digital. 11 December 2010.

Access All Areas: Toumani Diabate (duration: 12′31″)

Toumani Diabate is one of the ‘great’ musicians from Mali. There, his name is associated with musical royalty. He is a man who has taken the kora, a west african harp, to the world and in the process won a grammy for his contribution to world music. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie caught up with Toumani Diabate for an exclusive interview at WOMAD Taranaki 2008. 29 March 2008

Access All Areas: TXT Tunes (duration: 13′11″)

A New Zealand company Txttunes.com has grown an idea that allows kids without credit cards to buy songs using their phone account. Txttunes have recently announced an agreement with the North American website www.eyerockdigital.com allowing New Zealand artists to sell music through an online music video channel. It’s a concept developed by musicians for musicians and it now has the potency to capture the American market. Here, Trevor Reekie talks to the founders of Txttunes Matt Coleman and Rohan Adarker about the journey that their concept has taken to be accepted by the American music fraternity. 8 December 2007

Access All Areas: Voyage of the Vocoder (duration: 14′07″)

Long before Autotune became the trendy vocal-effect-of-choice there was the Vocoder. Invented in 1928 to protect telephone conversations from eavesdropping, the Vocoder was soon adopted by like Kraftwerk, Africa Bambatta thru to Neil young and Laurie Anderson. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to journalist-turned-author Dave Tompkins to map the voyage of the vocoder and to find out how popular culture hijacked the Pentagon's secret speech scrambling weapon. 19 June 2010.

Justin Adams (duration: 12′34″)

English guitarist Justin Adams has a day job playing in Robert Plant's band, but he has recently released a highly praised album with Gambian riti player Juldeh Camara called 'Tell No Lies'. Trevor Reekie talks to Justin Adams about the musical migrations and connections of the blues from the Mississippi Delta to it's African origins. October 2009.

Adeaze (duration: 14′19″)

Nainz and Viiz Tupa'i are Adeaze, the church-raised, soul-singing brothers whose close harmonies and sweet falsettos have provided the soundtrack to many a New Zealand nuptial. Sam Wicks talked to the brothers Tupa'i about their new album Rise & Shine and wedding-friendly Rhythm and Blues. 9 July 2011.

The Adults (duration: 13′54″)

The Adults is not the first side project spearheaded by Shihad's Jon Toogood - that honour goes to SML, the dirgy riff-fest of a band that teamed Toogood with Shihad drummer Tom Larkin and Head Like A Hole's Nigel Regan back in '96. This time Toogood has brought together the powers of Tiki Taane, Nick Roughan, Shayne Carter, Gary Sullivan, Anika Moa, Julia Deans, Riki Gooch, Warren Maxwell and others under 'The Adults' banner. It is a veritable supergroup of local musicians who have brought Toogood's vision to life. 18 June 2011.

Adventures In Musicland (part 1) - Trinidad (duration: 16′24″)

The birthplace of the Caribbean carnival tradition, Trinidad is one of the most musical nations in the world. Nick D gets an insight into the most important two days on the Trinidad calendar, talks to two legendary figures in calypso and rapso music, discovers the art of the 'lime', and learns that - even during election time - music is the most powerful force on the island. 8 January 2011

Adventures in Musicland (part 2) - Beirut (duration: 24′07″)

War and Beats. The capital city of Lebanon, Beirut has been ravaged and impacted by war for the last four decades, yet it has given rise to one of the most beautiful and vibrant music scenes in the Middle East. Nick D meets with some of the city's most infamous musicians, from underground sensations to legendary superstars and finds that when people are not sure when it's all going to end, they live their lives - and create their art - to the fullest. 18 January 2011

Adventures In Musicland (part 3) - Accra, Ghana (duration: 24′42″)

They say that Ghana is West-Africa for beginners, and although it may be a little less tense than some of the neighbours, Ghana's music scene is one of the wildest you'll find in all of Africa. Nick D travels to the capital Accra, and learns that through the ups and downs of Ghana's history their own music has always played the most vital role in lifting the people's spirits. 22 January 2011.

Adventures in Musicland Tokyo (duration: 18′53″)

Nick D tests out his Japanese skills and takes a snapshot of the contemporary music scene. 7 January 2011.

Adventures in Musicland: Tom Scott in South East Asia (duration: 25′09″)

Home Brew and @Peace MC Tom Scott heads to Laos, Thailand and Cambodia to sample the sounds, smells and tastes of new lands and different cultures. 21 January 2012.

Isaac Aesili (duration: 9′21″)

Eighteen months in the making, Isaac Aesili has produced a solo album 'Eye See' blending RnB, soul, reggae and funk, and featuring the vocal talents of Mara TK, Deva Mahal, Rachel Fraser and Rosita Vai. 26 September 2009.

Afro Celt Soundsystem - Simon Emmerson interview (duration: 7′15″)

The Afro-Celt Soundsystem fuses Irish and West African music with big dance beats, it's been a hit at WOMAD festivals around the world since 1995. The project began with second generation Irish Londoner Simon Emmerson. He grew up surrounded by all sorts of music - his father was a tour manager immersed in the late 60s psychedelic scene, and the first concert he remembers being taken to as a kid was Captain Beefheart. As a teenager he was a punk, a fan of English folkie Martin Carthy, a member of Scritti Politti for a time, and working in a specialty Jazz record store, which is where he first came across Fela Kuti. Emmerson incorporated African rhythms and guitar licks into his 80s post-punk-samba-afro-beat band Weekender and later, more jazz oriented band Working Week. By then, dance culture was thriving, and Emmerson was carving out a niche as a DJ and producer. He takes up the story with Music 101's Kirsten Johnstone. 5 March 2011.

The Aggrolites (duration: 3′31″)

While reggae and ska remain niche genres in the United States, they definitely have a home in California where ska's 'third wave' of bands like The Uptones, Fishbone and Operation Ivy keep the sounds of Jamaica on the map. The Aggrolites were born out of two LA ska outfits, and came together as a backing band for reggae don Derrick Morgan - and they've been pursuing their West Coast take on reggae ever since. Sam Wicks talks to front man Jesse Wagner about The Aggrolites' 'dirty reggae'. 23 April 2011.

AK 79 Live Part 1 (duration: 25′40″)

Revisiting the influential Auckland punk rock scene of the late 1970s Proud Scum, The Scavengers. Feb 2009

AK 79 Live Part 2 (duration: 27′00″)

featuring The Terrorways, The Spelling Mistakes and the X-Features. 21 February 2009

Tetuzi Akiyama (duration: 19′42″)

Japanese guitar maestro Tetuzi Akiyama shares sounds soft and loud from the Tokyo underground with Music 101's Emma Smith. 10 July 2010.

NZ Live - Alex and BB (duration: 36′38″)

Duo Alex and BB redefine banjo picking. They join Jim Mora in session ahead of a national tour. 4 November 2011

All Tomorrow's Parties Festival 2008 (duration: 23′35″)

Matthew Crawley headed to the UK to investigate the goings on at one of the most beloved festivals around. 4 Oct 2008

Musical Chairs - Graeme Allwright (duration: 31′58″)

Graeme Allwright left New Zealand in 1948 to pursue an acting career in Great Britain. However life took a different turn and he ended up becoming one of France's most popular folk singers famous for his translations of songs by musicians like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. For RNZ National's New Zealand music profile series Musical Chairs, reporter Sam Coley catches up with Graeme in Paris to discuss his long and varied career - and to hear the songs which made him a household name in France. 19 February 2011.

Alphabethead's Flying Nun Mix (duration: 16′39″)

Turntable maestro Alphabethead mixes and mashes a selection of Flying Nun Record's classic tracks, in aid of the label's 30th Brirday celebrations in November 2011.

ALT TV Tour (duration: 14′56″)

Take an audio fieldtrip to ALT TV - an Auckland music TV station taking a punk rock approach - to see what kind of ropes and tape are holding this operation together. Sam Wicks and Kirsten Johnstone talk to Thane Kirby, head delegator, mover and shaker. January 2007

Dave Alvin (duration: 8′21″)

It's been 25 years since Dave Alvin left The Blasters, the band he and his brother, vocalist Phil Alvin, started back in 1979. Unlike most new acts in the early 80s, The Blasters shunned synthesizers and emulated American roots music made by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Little Junior Parker and T-Bone Walker. Since the Blasters split Dave has been forging his own solo career playing a mix of blues, R&B and rockabilly, but with a flair for lyrical songwriting. 2 July 2011.

Tori Amos Interview (duration: 18′26″)

Tori Amos's career has been framed by the skeletons in her closet that she's publicly wrestled with, turning her battles into piano-propelled song. 17 years on from her debut, Little Earthquakes, those battles continue to loom large on her latest effort - Music Mix reporter Sam Wicks talked to Tori about Abnormally Attracted To Sin. 30 May 2009.

Amy Racecar (duration: 11′37″)

Amy Racecar formed in Napier 5 years ago, but now reside in Hamilton- though not for much longer. They’ve released four EP’s, ploughed through at least 20 band members and they’ve just released their debut LP- conclusions. Describing their musical output as 'pop music with other bits', Amy Racecar have never been shy of embracing or destroying any musical genre that has come to hand. The Music Mix's Andy Cummins tracked Amy Racecar down the morning after their Wellington gig in which one member may have been dressed as a rabbit. April 2007.

An Emerald City (duration: 12′37″)

Sam Wicks visits the cave where the album Circa Scaria was recorded. April 09

An Emerald City - The Fourth (duration: 16′23″)

Auckland-bred instrumental band 'An Emerald City' has spent the best part of a couple of years living in the creative hub of Berlin. Since we last spoke to them, they've had a line-up shuffle. Long necked lutist Ede Gieson and drummer Reyhan Leng chose to stay in New Zealand to raise their young families. The rest of the band returned to Berlin following a 2010 NZ summer tour, and recruited Kansas native Jessica Roth on bass, and Israeli drummer Dann Katz, who by all accounts has added not only a dazzling array of jazz-trained beats, but a sense of discipline and professionalism to the band. Mid-way through a 26-date homecoming and album release tour Reuben, Sam and Felix stopped by to tell us about recording their second album 'The Fourth' in the imposing Funkhaus studios - 'Funk' being the German word for radio. 11 March 2011.

Horace Andy interview WOMAD 2011 (duration: 10′32″)

You might know Horace Andy's distinctive good vibes vibrato from '60s Jamaican reggae group The Dominoes, or possibly his collaborations in the '90s with trip-hoppers Massive Attack and dub DJ The Mad Professor. He went to WOMAD 2011and spoke to Emma Smith. 19 March 2011

Anna Coddington (duration: 13′26″)

Formerly of Handsome Geoffrey and Duchess, Anna also sang on albums from Bic Runga, Dimmer and SJD. Her solo album is 'The Lake'

APRA Sydney Song Summit 2010 (duration: 15′02″)

Several New Zealand song writers gathered in Sydney in June for the APRA Song Summit 2010. Christchurch's Lindon Puffin was there and reports back about the experience. 26 June 2010.

Argentinian Orchestra (duration: 14′59″)

The Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies, Buenos Aires show us some of their more unusual instruments.

NZ Live - Artisan Guns (duration: 41′25″)

Only two EPs into their career; Artisan Guns have been nominated for a Silver Scroll Award and the Breakthrough Artist of The Year at the New Zealand Music Awards. 24 September 2010

Asa: from Lagos to Paris with soul (duration: 8′18″)

Asa, a French Nigerian performer speaks to Nick Atkinson about a unique career making music in Africa and France.

Mulatu Astatke (duration: 10′14″)

Ethiopiques a series documenting Ethiopian popular music from the 1960s and 1970s, compiled by French producer Francis Falceto, includes the catalogue of Mulatu Estatke. Mulatu is responsible for the sound and form of 'ethio-jazz' and bringing it to a global audience. Trevor Reekie reviews the astonishing body of work of Mulatu Astatke who is included in a star-packed 10 piece band, the Ethiopiques, coming to Womad in 2010, and talks to Mulatu about his recent album New York - Addis - London The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975. 26 November 2009.

Marty Astone: NZ Live (duration: 31′09″)

Marty from The Marty Astone Blues Band, coming Live from Riverton for New Zealand Live during Afternoons with Wayne Mowat. 23 November 2007.

Audio Foundation Hub Launch (duration: 6′38″)

Until May, The Audio Foundation had been running out of director Zoe Drayton's bedroom. Nevertheless, they'd done pretty well for themselves- maintaining online audio archives, a daily email digest, country-wide alt music tours, collecting oral histories, and releasing a CD of NZ audio culture for UK magazine The Wire. Their new, open-to-all hub, just off K Rd. in Auckland has space for performances and exhbitions as well as film screenings and a zine library. Nick Atkinson went to the launch to meet the Audio Foundation community. 21 May 2011

Audio Foundation- Zoe Drayton (duration: 13′10″)

The Audio Foundation began in 2004 to support and nourish innovative audio culture in New Zealand. Audio Foundation director, Zoe Drayton talks about the first comprehensive collection of current New Zealand sound works, 'Dirt Beneath the Daydream'. The compilation features 21 practitioners and was sent to subscribers of UK magazine The Wire. Emma Smith talks with Zoe Drayton. 14 March 2009

Avalanche City win 2011 Silver Scroll (duration: 14′06″)

Hear from Avalanche City main man Dave Baxter and the slightly unhinged performers of his winning song Love Love Love.

Avengers - Musical Chairs (duration: 22′18″)

For Radio New Zealand's music profile series Musical Chairs Keith Newman interviews Hank Davis drummer (living in Australia) who also formed Australian band Bakery with Avengers guitarist Dave Brown (now living in England) and Clive Cockburn. 10 July 2010.

Awa (duration: 10′42″)

Te Awanui Reeder is a musician who wears many hats. His songwriting prowess has seen him pen hits for Dane Rumble, PNC and others, and he's following up his MA in Business Management by immersing himself in te reo Maori. Now the crooner from Nesian Mystik's pan-Pacific line-up has stepped out on his own, and his first foray into solo material is a bilingual release 'Native Intel', made with the support of Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency Te Mangai Paho. Sam Wicks talks to Awa about his relationship with te reo. 13 August 2011.