Repeats of some of our favourite interviews from 2008.

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On the Saturdays from 27 December 2008 to 24 January 2009, between 10:00am and midday, Radio New Zealand National will be broadcasting episodes of A Prairie Home Companion.

We look forward to resuming our normal programming on Saturday 31 January 2009.

Saturday Morning Summer Selections for 3 January 2009

8:12 Playing Favourites with "Mad Mike" Banks

Detroit-based producer who formed militantly political electronic techno collective Underground Resistance in the late 1980s.
First broadcast on 6 September 2008

9:05 Playing Favourites with participants from Green Fire Islands

Irish music mainstay Donal Lunny, taongo puoro master Richard Nunns, singer Iarla O'Lionaird and poet Glenn Colquhoun.
First broadcast on 15 March 2008

Music played during the programme

Inner City: Good Life
The 1988 single from the 1989 album: Paradise
(Ten Records)

Rhythim is Rhythim: Strings of Life
The 1987 12" single
(Transmat)

Galaxy 2 Galaxy: Nation 2 Nation
From the 2005 album: A Hitech Jazz Compilation
(Submerge)

Donal Lunny, Richard Nunns, Iarla O'Lionaird: Tuirimh Mhic Fhnin Dhuibh (Lament for Black Finn's Son)
Live recording at Radio New Zealand, Wellington, 12 March 2008

Richard Nunns, Glenn Colquhoun: Poem
Live recording at Radio New Zealand, Wellington, 12 March 2008

Donal Lunny, Richard Nunns, Iarla O'Lionaird: Amhran na nGleann
Live recording at Radio New Zealand, Wellington, 12 March 2008

Donal Lunny, Richard Nunns, Iarla O'Lionaird: Garrett Barry's Jig
Live recording at Radio New Zealand, Wellington, 12 March 2008

Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns: Porotiti (Epsilon Blue Remix)
From the 2006 album: Te Ku Te Whe Remixed
(Rattle)