Music 101 for Saturday 4 November 2023

Nau mai haere mai, welcome to Music 101 with Charlotte Ryan for Saturday 4th November
 

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1.20 Arooj Aftab ahead of her performance at  WOMAD 2024 

Grammy award winning, Arooj Aftab has announced her first-ever NZ show in NZ at Womad Festival in March 

The New York, Brookltyn Based Pakistani musician has had huge success since the release of her album VULTURE PRINCE - and album that has connected with the world - and her spellbinding performance style added her to the New York Times best concert list and seen her perform at Coachella, Primavera Sound and Glastonbury 

She received even further attention when former president Barack Obama included her song on his Summer playlist 

Charlotte Ryan spoke to her earlier this week ahead of her performance in NZ at WOMAD 2024

The Festival runs from  15-17 March, 2024 at Brooklands Park and the TSB Bowl of Brooklands. 
Tickets here

Listen to Arooj Aftab album Vulture Prince 

2.10 Music 101 Live Session: Mermaidens

Mermaidens are back, and back in style! A self-titled exercise in indie brilliance, largely recorded with the wizardly Lee Prebble at his Surgery Studios, and produced by the band alongside.

The Phoenix Foundation's Samuel Flynn Scott, whose mentorship the band say helped push them beyond their comfort zone. Mermaidens finds the band taking a DIY approach. Exploring themes of "self-awareness, introspection, long-term love, and even channelling political anger and frustration" - We are 101% here for this!

Gussie Larkin,(Guitar,vocals)  Lily West (Bass, Vocals) and Abe Hollingsworth (Drums) are joined by Louisa Nicklin (Guitar) for this session, recorded live in the RNZ Auckland studios, engineered by Andre Upston.

Their new self titled album Mermaidens is out now and they are on tour. More info and tickets here 

2.30 The Sampler :  Ebony Lamb & Grayson Gilmour 

This week Tony Stamp reviews two local releases from Poneke  - The long awaited self titled debut from Ebony Lamb, and Grayson Gilmour’s latest offering- Holding Patterns.

3.20 Introducing: Luna Shadows 

This week on Introducing, its an LA Based producer, songwriter and multi- instrumentalist who has collaborated closely with some of Aotearoa's best artists. 

Now she is releasing her first single from her own project - Luna Shadows

3.30  Cloudboy 'Down At The End of the Garden - Reissue and tour

Dunedin 90s electronic music group Cloudboy recorded and performed between 1995 and 2003.

Their debut album 'Down at the End of the Garden' was released on vinyl for the first time earlier this year on Record Store Day.

And to accompany this special release - The band have reunited and performing throughout NZ this month.

 Demarnia Lloyd speaks to Charlotte Ryan about the reissue and tour.

Info and Tickets here

4pm  The Mixtape - Nicola Toki

Our Guest picking their favourite songs today is New Zealand conservationist Nicola Toki.
Her passion and enthusiasm for our nature and native wildlife is inspiring.
Nicola Toki has an impressive history of conservation leadership and advocacy for New Zealand’s wildlife and has worked in a range of roles across the private and public sector. 
You may recognise her from her weekly Critter of the week feature with Jesse Mulligan here on RNZ , Her TV show  Endangered Species Aotearoa and has just released a new book Critters of Aotearoa
She is here this week in perfect timing to help get us voting for Forest and Birds 'BIRD OF THE CENTURY'

Voting for Bird of the Century will open at 9am on Monday 30 October 2023 and run for two weeks, closing at 5pm on Sunday 12 November 2023. The winner will be announced the following morning on Monday 13 November 2023. 

Nicola's Mixtape picks: 

Burl Ives - Little White Duck
Crosby Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Annie Lennox - Little Bird 
Minuit -  Aotearoa 
Hilltop Hoods - I’m Good? 
Jenny Mitchell - If you were a bird  
Cornerstone roots - Home
 

Songs played on the show today 

1-2

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Yard Act - Dream Job
The Beatles - Now and Then
Erny Belle - Pitt Stop
Interview: Arooj Aftab
Morcheeba - Friction
Christoph El Truento - Drip feat. Ladi 6
Cat Power - Mr Tambourine Man  

2-3
Dallas Tamaira - Huwi
Portishead - All Mine
Music 101 Mermaidens Live Session
Dave Dobbyn - Don't Hold Your Breath
The Sampler - Ebony Lamb
The Sampler - Grayson Gilmour 

3-4

Luke Buda - Blue Summer
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
Luna Shadows - Witches Brew
Terry Callier - 900 Miles
Marta & Tricky - Moving through water 
Mitski - My love mine all mine
Half Hexagon - Buy the Farm
The Ink Spots - I don't want to set the world on fire (remastered 2023) 
The War On Drugs - Pain