Ian Chapman

Music correspondent Ian Chapman shines a spotlight on two long-established, highly talented, but stylistically very different musical identities from Dunedin. Audio

This quartet of Dunedin acts are proof positive Otepoti’s diverse music scene is in great shape heading into 2024. Listen to original songs by high school students Sylvie Harper and Sammy Alixander… Video, Audio

David Bowie's decade defining album 'Let's Dance', celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2023. The album topped charts across the globe including a 5 week spell at #1 in Aotearoa. Featuring original… Video, Audio

David Bowie's Serious Moonlight concert at Western Springs, took place almost 40 years ago - and still stands as one of the country's largest music events, with a crowd of well over 80,000. Otago… Video, Audio

This week Ian Chapman shines a well-deserved spotlight on Hawkes Bay-born David Harrison, a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Otago. A highly skilled guitarist, vocalist, song-writer… Audio

Today Ian Chapman features four new songs from three different Dunedin acts. Two are relative newcomers and one is a well-established band making the best music of their career. From the soul/funk… Audio

One of the essential functions of art - whether it's visual art or the performing arts - is to comment on society and to highlight issues that require change. Pop music is ideal for this because of… Audio

Americana is a musical style that is hard to pin down. A broad umbrella term, it can encompass folk, gospel, blues, country, jazz, bluegrass... even rhythm and blues and a bit of rock 'n' roll. Today… Audio

This week music commentator Ian Chapman presents the highs and lows of sheep music; that is, music either inspired by, or partially performed by, sheep. Running the full gamut from the raw electric… Audio

From the depths of the deep south Ian showcases four acts that the rest of New Zealand may not yet have heard but which they surely should: Ivy, Akoba, Mads Harrop and The Mentalist Collective. Each… Audio

'Music that triggers your groove thang': This week Ian Chapman delves into soul and funk both past and present, local and international. Audio

When a star dies, tributes pour in from everywhere. Those that get the most attention are often those offered by other music legends and household names even if they had no genuinely close… Audio

This week for NZ Music Month Ian Chapman revisits two of Christchurch's favourite and most flamboyant bands from the 1970s: Ragnarok and Odyssey.  Audio

Music commentator Ian Chapman joins Kathryn to look at the small handful of not widely known influencers and collaborators on David Bowie's music, ranging from the astounding to bafflingly awful. Ian… Audio

Music correspondent Ian Chapman joins Kathryn to talk about what 12/8 shuffle rhythm is, how we hear it in nature all the time and how it became the signature beat in '70s glam rock. Audio

It was the time of pixie cuts, miniskirts, Beatles fanaticism, marching bands and men on the moon. The Swinging Sixties turned 60 this year - and Ian Chapman has marked it with a book jam-packed with… Audio