Music 101

OUT NOW: Rū Ana Te Whenua: Alien Weaponry Shake Europe. RNZ Music's new 10-part web series that follows Northland thrash metal band Alien Weaponry on their 2018 European tour. Read more Video

Singer-songwriter Lydia Cole is back from two years living in Berlin. She's currently touring NZ before heading back to tour Europe in March. Kirsten Johnstone caught up with her for a chat and a live… Read more Video, Audio

Australian blues musician C.W Stoneking tells Elliott Childs about collaborating with Jack White and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, and reinventing himself throughout his career. Read more Audio

Al Park has been a stalwart of the Christchurch music scene for a considerable number of years. Trevor Reekie sits down with Al and Adam McGrath to talk about the new tribute album Better Already -… Read more Audio

Welsh musician Cate Le Bon live in session with Kiran Dass in RNZ's Auckland studios just after she arrived in the country. Read more Video, Audio

Queensland teen punk trio the Chats found viral success with the video for their song 'Smoko', a tongue-in-cheek ode to the sanctity of the Australian tea break. Midway through their first NZ tour… Read more Video, Audio

The Song Crush team this week debrief on the Grammy Awards, country/pop artist Jamie McDell explains why Kacey Musgraves won album of the year, and there's new music from Jessica Pratt, Nakhane and… Read more Video, Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Dr Kirsten Zemke about recent abuse allegations in the music industry, and catch up with Horace Panter from The Specials. Read more Audio

In 1993 Phil Bell AKA Sir Vere co-founded 95bFM's True School Hip Hop Show. Since then he's dabbled in TV and publishing, and is now Program and Content Director at Mai FM. Ahead of the True School… Read more Video, Audio

Horace Panter talks to Trevor Reekie about his career in the band which he documented in his book 'Ska'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials' published in 2008. Read more Audio

British singer Jorja Smith won the Critics Choice Prize at the 2018 Brit Awards, and scored a Grammy Nomination for Best New Artist on the strength of her debut album Lost & Found. Prior to her set at… Read more Audio

Electronic musician Jon Hopkins was in town last week to perform the closing slot at Auckland's Laneway festival. Tony Stamp caught up with him to chat about transcendental meditation and his surprise… Read more Audio