Nights for Friday 23 September 2016
7:07 Sonic Tonic
Music with magic and mischief spun into an surreal sensation of mayhem and maybe magnificence. Tonight, we're looking at undercover classical.
Mary Fisher in action during the women's 100m backstroke S11 at the Rio Paralympics. Photo: Photosport
8:12 Mary Fisher
We chat to gold medal winning Paralympian swimmer Mary Fisher, who has just arrived home from Rio.
8:30 Spotlight
To celebrate the anniversary of The Cramps' first-ever New Zealand dates, John Baker talks some of the characters who were there to bear witness
9:07 Country Life
Tonight Country Life has a meaty programme, the team visits a family run abattoir and later bites into a succulent Wagyu steak.
10:17 Late Edition
A roundup of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.
11:07 The Friday Finale
For the latest series of The Mixtape, RNZ Music invites guests to compile a C60 of local sounds, and talk us through their selections.This week Derek Jacombs, leader of the Tauranga-based band Kokomo who recently celebrated their 25th anniversary, talks to Nick Bollinger about his influences, inspirations, and current favourites.
Music played in this show
Sonic Tonic - Undercover Classical
artist: Uri Caine
song: Funeral March from Symphony no 5 (Mahler)
artist: Malcolm Maclaren
song: Madame Butterfly
artist: Hope Lies Within
song: Der Erlkönig
artist: Billy Bragg
song: Blake's Jerusalem
artist: Kelis
song: Like You
artist: Jeff Buckley
song: Corpus Christi Carol
artist: Celine Dion
song: All By Myself
artist: The Streets
song: Same Old Thing
artist: Walter Murphy
song: A fifth of Beethoven
artist: Frank Zappa
song: Status Back Baby
artist: Strawberry switchblade
song: Since Yesterday
artist: Duke Ellington
song: In the Hall of the Mountain King
artist: Two cellos
song: Thunderstruck