Musical Chairs

Whirimako Black has been a busy wahine for the past few years- she's played in Athens, been invited to the BBC for recording sessions, appeared on international compilations and worked on film… Read more Audio

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 'Morrison Music Trust' record label, headed by financier and arts patron, Lloyd Morrison. The Morrison Trust record label has produced CDs from Beethoven to… Read more Audio

In Part Two of this episode of musical chairs, we flip through the vinyl treasures of our top record collectors to find out what drives them and why some records are more valuable than others. Audio

From the hard to find 'beat bands' to rock rarities, underground anthems and punk and alternative sounds, Musical Chairs today features a handful of this country's most avid vinyl hoarders who talk… Read more Audio

Producer and D.J. Mu's favorite creative outlet is within a musical collective - from 'Roots Foundation' to 'Bong Master' to 'Fat Freddy's Drop', Mu has always surrounded himself with bass-heavy… Read more Audio

In Musical Chairs today we'll hear the final chapter in the story of the making of the Tuwhare CD, where selected musicians have each chosen a poem by the venerable Maori poet Hone Tuwhare and set it… Read more Audio

In this second part of a three programme series on the making of the Tuwhare CD, singer/songwriter Charlotte Yates works on her own musical interpretation of a poem by the iconic Maori poet. You'll… Read more Audio

In 2000 Charlotte Yates released the Baxter CD, with the poetry of James K Baxter set to contemporary music by selected artists. Now she's done it again, but this time with living treasure and New… Read more Audio

Musical Chairs features DJ Mu, the man at the helm of Fat Freddy's Drop's hi-tek soul. We meet Mu at his HQ in Lyall Bay Wellington, affectionately known as The Beach, which provides a headquarters… Read more Audio

As local bands and musicians out-grow New Zealand the logical career move is to Australia. Melbourne - being the Aussie hub of most things creative - is where a lot of New Zealand musos are ending up… Read more Audio