Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar kicks-off his NZ tour in Dunedin
It's the first of three shows the Grammy and Pullitzer prize-winning artist will play in New Zealand. Video, Audio
Dunedin buzzing ahead of Kendrick Lamar show
Critically acclaimed hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar will kick off the New Zealand leg of his The Damn Tour in Dunedin tonight.
Youth crowd Dunedin for Kendrick Lamar
The critically acclaimed hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar starts his tour of New Zealand and Australia in Dunedin tonight. Music producer Yadana Saw will be going to the concert and she joins us from our… Audio
The Sampler: Heaven & Earth by Kamasi Washington
Nick Bollinger spends some quality time with the latest epic from tenor sax titan Kamasi Washington. Audio
INTERVIEW: Kendrick Lamar, a kid from Compton
Long before the accolades and attention, Kendrick Lamar told RNZ Music there was nothing phony about him and his stories of Compton. Ahead of his July shows, we revisit a 2012 conversation with the… Video, Audio
Kendrick Lamar announces shows in Auckland and Dunedin
Grammy award-winning hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar has announced he’s coming to New Zealand. Video
Kamasi Washington - the young giant of jazz
The American tenor saxophonist heralded as the saviour of jazz tells us he leaves "the music wide open". Video, Audio
The Sampler - 27 Feb 2018
Nick Bollinger reasons that Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther is not so much a soundtrack as a blockbuster in its own right; ponders Belle and Sebastian’s solutions to human problems, plus the latest set… Audio
Black Panther: The Album by Kendrick Lamar
Nick Bollinger reasons that Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther soundtrack is a blockbuster in its own right Audio
The Sampler 2 May 2017
Is Kendrick Lamar the greatest rapper alive? In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger considers the claim. And he discusses a new Nick Cave retrospective and a 150-song set of Australasian fuzz-toned… Audio
Damn by Kendrick Lamar
Is Kendrick Lamar the greatest living rapper? Nick Bollinger weighs up the evidence. Audio
SWIDT on Kendrick
Alex Behan talks with Spycc and INF from SWIDT about the influence and genius of Kendrick Lamar. Audio
The Sampler for 15 March 2016
In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger reviews a surprise release from visiting rap star Kendrick Lamar; a reliably heartfelt set from Bonnie Raitt; and a compilation of vintage funk from the island… Audio
Untitled Unmastered by Kendrick Lamar
Nick Bollinger reviews a surprise release from visiting rap star Kendrick Lamar. Audio
Campbell Smith - Auckland City Limits
Music promoter Campbell Smith joins Wallace to outline the upcoming music festival Auckland City Limits and speak about the resurgence in popularity of music festivals in New Zealand Audio
EL VY
The National's Matt Berninger talks to Yadana Saw about his new band EL VY and the musical merits of Grease. Audio
From Onehunga to LA: SmokeyGotBeatz
Onehunga-based producer SmokeyGotBeatz has been spending more time in LA than NZ recently, making beats for some of rap's most influential names. Sam Wicks talks to Smokey and his manager Andy Murnane… Audio
Reinier Baas and The More Socially Relevant Jazz Music Ensemble
Reinier Baas, Dutch jazz guitarist wunderkind, and his More Socially Relevant Jazz Ensemble were in town for the Wellington Jazz Festival. Yadana Saw meets the quintet during soundcheck where they… Audio
To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
Nick Bollinger examines a confrontational and complex new album from rapper Kendrick Lamar. Audio
Kendrick Lamar
Tom Scott of Homebrew interviews the man he describes as, "the most important MC since Outkast's Andre 3000" - Kendrick Lamar, of Compton, Los Angeles. Audio