Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Saturday February 13

Connan Mockasin talks about his debut LP - and some of his alter-egos have their say too...

Josh Homme's best friend Jesse Hughes on his best friend, their band Eagles of Death Metal, and why ditching speechwriting for Sonny Bono to take up a life of rock and roll is paying off.

Trevor Reekie is in Dunedin this weekend, rocking again with the bands that brought so much brain cell damaging, parental anxiety and wild, loud pleasure in the 60’s and 70’s. He phones in to tell us all about Legends at the Captain Cook Tavern.

Nick Bollinger reviews new music.

4.10 pm Laneway Festival Part 2

Laneway is a new addition to the New Zealand music festival calendar, though it’s been held in Australia for the past five years. Auckland’s inaugural event was a central city happening - based around Britomart Square. Music 101’s Kirsten Johnstone and Emma Smith talk to artists including The Dirty Three, The 3Ds, Echo And The Bunnymen, and The Black Lips.

Saturday 30 January, 2010

2-3pm

The Veils return home with some tall tales for fan-boy Nick Atkinson

Country and Rockabilly queen Rosie Flores shares songs and stories from the Southern States .

3-4pm

Husker Du's Grant Hart on getting his show on the road.

John Famiglietti of Los Angeles Noise rock band Health tells of inspiring the kids and preparing to battle New Zealand's Orcs.

We've got Ragamuffin through the eyes and ears of Katchafire's Logan Bell.

And gigs to watch out for in the coming months.

4-5pm

Campus A Low Hum Festival Report

Three Days of music and mayhem set in an historical agricultural college outside of Bulls.

It's the fourth A Low Hum Festival, which has supported a legion of musicians who have since gone on to greater recognition- Liam Finn, Lawrence Arabia, and Connan Mockasin are all Camp A Low Hum alumni.

The exciting local line-up was this year expanded by a smattering of Australian bands, and other internationals including  The Dodos, Jens Lekman, Polka Dot Dot Dot, Dent May, Dan Deacon and Daedelus.

Kirsten Johnstone enrols for a weekend of music and fun-  in the gymnasium, in the barn, in the emptied out swimming pool stage...

RNZ Soundie Shannon McKenna enjoying a session with Dent May

RDU breakfast show host Spanky joins us from Christchurch's Sounday festival.

Nick Bollinger checks out Blakroc- the collaboration between grimey blues band The Black Keys and some of hip hop's finest.

Saturday 23 January 2010 Music 101 - Summer Edition with Emma Smith

Five hours of musical tastiness, including interviews and features, live performances, festival and tour reports, and fresh, summer sounds.

12:12 pm Noughties Soundtrack

Recalling some of the local songs and music stories that created the soundtrack of the past decade. Today we focus on the years 2008 and 2009

12:20 pm Al Green Review

Nick Bollinger reports back from the concert held in Auckland on Thursday.

12.30 pm Campus A Low Hum Festival

Kirsten Johnstone reports live from the field.

1:10 pm Massive Attack

The Bristol trip hop originals talk about their new album Heligoland and keeping the gang together.

1:30 pm Shapeshifter

We go side of stage for one of the sold out summer seaside shows.

2:04 pm The Slow Club in Session

Sheffield duo play songs for us in the studio

2:30 pm Real Wild Child - Jerry Lee Lewis: ‘The Killer’

A celebration of the boozers, brawlers and hell-raisers of rock 'n' roll - with award-winning presenter Stuart Maconie. From Hank Williams and Jerry Lee Lewis to Keith Moon and Ozzy Osbourne. (Final)

3:04 pm Live: Open Souls

Featuring the sexy, smoky vocals of Tyra Hammond and a talented crew of musicians, Open Souls burn up the stage with songs from the Standing In The Rain album, the genesis of which was heavily influenced by late-‘50s, early-‘60s British and American R'n'B.

Radio New Zealand recorded this set live at the Kings Arms in Auckland on the final night of the Standing In The Rain Tour in October 2009.

3:40 pm Moron Says What?

We meet the hyped up Auckland trio.

4:05 pm Mix-Tape: Campus A Low Hum

One of the special treats the Campus A Low Hum festival provides is an old-school mix-tape swap. Participants choose songs and go all-out to design the most creative packaging. The mix-tapes are graded (according to visual criteria) then ‘swapped’ with others of similar splendour. We invite some of the contributors to choose just one of their songs for the Campus A Low Hum mix-tape Mix-Tape.

Saturday 16 January 2010 Music 101 - Summer Edition with Emma Smith

12.11 pm We're wrapping up the past decade - this week recalling the NZ hits and misses from 2006 and 2007.

12.30 pm Parihaka International Peace Festival 2010
Set underneath the majestic and oh-so-perfectly conical Mount Taranaki on the site where Maori visionaries Te Whiti and Tohu staged revolutionary peaceful protests against confiscation of indigenous land, Parihaka International Peace Festival can’t help but be a little bit magic. The line-up helps too - Fat Freddy’s Drop, Tiki Taane, Ladi 6, a rare appearance by Herbs and the first major public appearance of The Bellbirds featuring Don McGlashan, Sean Donnelly (SJD), Sandy Mill and Victoria Kelly, plus the opportunity for the young to perform beside King Kapisi and Teremoana Rapley after a teenagers’ performance workshop. Music 101 reporter Melody Thomas isn’t planning on getting a lot of sleep during this one.

1.08pm Big Day Out 2010
Relive some of the sounds of yesterday's Big Day Out in Auckland.

1.30pm Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig disputes their reputation as waspish Ivy League frat-boys and talks about the new record Contra.

2.04pm Tex-mex meets french nightclub with chanteuse Marianne Dissard live in session.

2.30pm Real Wild Child - Hank Williams
A celebration of the boozers, brawlers and hell-raisers of rock 'n' roll - with award-winning presenter Stuart Maconie. This week: Hank Williams: ‘Lovesick and Blue’ (Part 4 of 5, BBC)

3.04 pm Live: Lydia Cole
Honest, hopeful, deceptively simple girl-and-guitar folk songs are the flavour here… Lydia Cole is a singer-songwriter on the rise. Only just into her twenties, she’s already won the support of Neil Finn, who hosted the recording of her E.P. 'Love Will Find A Way' at his Roundhead studios, playing Wurlitzer on some tracks.

Hailing from the North Shore of Auckland, Lydia Cole has already played a host of live shows in New Zealand and Australia, including Rhythm and Vines, Parachute, last year’s Winery Tour and the recent Acoustic Church tour with Boh Runga, Greg Johnson and Nathan King.

For this performance recorded in June 2009 by Radio New Zealand live at The Classic in Auckland, Lydia’s live band is 'Love Will Find A Way' producer Nic Manders on keyboards, Jol Mulholland on guitar (Gasoline Cowboy and the Mots), Chip Matthews on bass (Anika Moa, Opensouls and others) and drummer Nick Gaffaney (Goldenhorse, Cairo Knife Fight and others)

3.30pm We speak to Neko Case, American singer-songwriter who is playing NZ this week.

4.05 pm Mix Tape: Coco Solid
Celebrity musical guests are invited in to spin their choicest cuts - this week sassy wordsmith Coco Solid, aka Jessica Hansell (pictured, photo by Tom Neal) plays us some of her favourites.

Crookers feat Kelis- No Security (remix)

Stereolab- Ping Pong

Dudley Perkins- Sally

Apollonia 6- Sex Shooter

Jay Electronica- My World (NAS Salute)

Kanye West- Flashing Lights feat. The Clipse

Owusu and Hannibal- Blue Jay

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam- Let The Beat ‘em

Laid Back- White Horse

Marvin Gaye- When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You?

Prince- Money Don’t Matter Tonight