Dudley Benson
Haere Mai Cyndi! - Lauper accepts invite to Dunedin's Woof! Bar
1980's pop icon Cyndi Lauper is performing in Dunedin, and Woof! Bar had welcomed her with a big beautiful sign 'Haere Mai Cyndi'. On Tuesday Lauper embraced the hospitality, calling in.
The bar… Video, Audio
Sampler Summit: Björk
Tony Stamp assembles a panel of experts to assess the new Björk album Fossora. Audio
The Sampler: Best of 2018
In the final Sampler for 2018 Nick Bollinger revisits a few of the standout releases from the past 12 months. Audio
The Sampler: Best local albums of 2018
Nick Bollinger revisits some his favourite local sounds of 2018. Audio
Dudley Benson on his epic album Zealandia
Trevor Reekie talks to Dudley Benson about his eight-years-in-the-making album Zealandia. Audio
Worlds of Music: Dudley Benson
Dudley Benson is an adventurous musician, vocalist and composer based in Dunedin. On the ambitious and uncompromising 2018 album Zealandia which aspires to lend a contemporary voice to the history of… Video, Audio
Dudley Benson - An album and labour of love called Zealandia
Dudley Benson is a self-described 'avant-pop artist' based in Dunedin. His third critically acclaimed album is Zealandia. The starting point for the album was the recent discovery that Aotearoa is… Audio
Dudley Benson's Zealandia
It's been an eight-year wait for Dudley Benson's new album Zealandia. William Dart shares its very special revelations. Video, Audio
The Sampler - 14 August 2018
In this week's Sampler Nick Bollinger discusses the flora-filled verses of Otago singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith; jazz-rap reflections of Tom Scott's Avantdale Bowling Club; and a New Zealand album… Audio
Zealandia by Dudley Benson
Eight years in the making, Dudley Benson's Zealandia is a New Zealand album like no other. Nick Bollinger unpacks its music and its messages. Audio
Naked Voices: an a cappella half hour
William Dart spins a few of his favourite tracks of a cappella heaven, including Dudley Benson, Steeleye Span, The Persuasions, The Soil, and others. Audio
Musician Dudley Benson marries the planet
Musician Dudley Benson marries the planet. Audio
New music with Grant Smithies
Grant Smithies checks out a compilation of early soul classics by New Orleans record producer, Cosimo Matassa , passes his shell-like ear over a freshly reissued Jamaican LP by the mysterious King… Audio
New Horizons - 15 November 2015
William Dart plays catch-up with a some items that evaded inclusion in previous episodes, including new albums by Keith Richards and Anthony De Mare Audio
Anatomy of a Song - Dudley Benson's 'Kiwi (Remix)'
In this week's Anatomy of A Song, RDU's Spanky Moore studies Dudley Benson's Patriot Prayer Remix of Kiwi by Hirini Melbourne. Audio
You Call This Art 2014 Part 3
Join the audience gathered in Christchurch to hear choreographer Louise Potiki Bryant, landscape designer Megan Wraight and singer-songwriter Dudley Benson discuss differences and similarities in… Video, Audio
New Horizons 12 July 2015
William Dart digs out his copy of the 2009 compilation release On The Horizon: Pages From Dunedin and catches up with a couple of the artists represented, Anthonie Tonnon and Nadia Reid. Following… Audio
A passionate love record to our land
Dunedin musician Dudley Benson is working on finishing his third album, Zealandia, which he describes as "a passionate love record to our land". It features a full symphony orchestra, 50-person choir… Audio
New Horizons: Sinéad O'Connor, Vashti Bunyan and Peggy Seeger
William Dart looks at new releases from Sinéad O'Connor, Vashti Bunyan and Peggy Seeger. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 24
Dudley Benson reviews Björk's surprise-release Vulnicura, Mark Rye shares stories from a life spent working in the British music industry and Sam Wicks speaks with Tom Krell, aka How To Dress Well. Audio