Avant Garde
Remaining erratic: Martin Edmond's Red Mole theatre days
Born from a chance encounter in a Laotian opium den in 1973, Alan Brunton and Sally Rodwell's avant-garde troupe Red Mole exemplified political, provocative, creative and chaotic theatre. Their… Video, Audio
Queen and Coldplay are the new Beethoven and Mozart
The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Audio
Christine Fernyhough: Mid-century living in the Butterfly House
For over 30 years, philanthropist and author Christine Fernyhough has built an extraordinary collection of over 4000 everyday objects of mid-century New Zealand craft, design and folk art. Audio, Gallery
Mike Garson: my life as David Bowie's piano man
Of all the great musicians David Bowie worked with over the years, few were as central to his career as pianist Mike Garson. Video, Audio
Avant garde percussion
Norway based percussion soloist Jennifer Torrence works at the edge where theatre and music combine. She uses her body like an actor, sometimes armed with drumsticks. Jennifer is in Wellington to… Video, Audio
Jeff Henderson on Ornette Coleman
Fellow Saxophonist Jeff Henderson remembers the late Ornette Coleman's style and influence on jazz. Audio