Music 101

For Suffrage 125 a group of NZ women composers were asked to set poems and lyrics of the 1890s to song for a concert put on by the NZ School Of Music. French For Rabbit's Brooke Singer, along with… Read more Audio

In 1988 Upper Hutt Posse released 'E Tū'. It was Aotearoa's first rap record. Te Kupu, the voice behind the Posse, and key members of Aotearoa's hip-hop community talk about the impact of the… Read more Video, Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition, Reb Fountain shares a new song in her live session, Kirsten Johnstone speaks with Connan Mockasin about the many new things in his life and The Members' JC Carroll… Read more Audio

Philadelphia fret-flayer Kurt Vile has a new album out and is heading to New Zealand in April. He tells RNZ Music’s Francis Cook about his love of the South Island and his awe for Cass McCombs.  Read more Video, Audio

English Music Journalist Neil Spencer once wrote that The Members were always the thinking punks band of choice: angry but intelligent, a suss reggae sensibility, and songs that resonated in the… Read more Video, Audio

One man and two guitars, songs of acute emotion delivered without artifice or showmanship, with a quick and self-effacing humour between songs, and an ease when answering random questions from the… Read more Video

Introducing Christchurch singer Ashy. Read more Audio

A music teacher falling for his student, who he mistakes for a girl, is the premise of a new five-part series and album by cult-favourite Connan Mockasin. Read more Video, Audio

Reb Fountain joins Alex Behan on Music 101 to perform a few as-yet unreleased tracks. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger appreciates the verbal virtuosity of Chicago rapper Noname. Read more Audio

Divide and Dissolve are a Melbourne duo whose politically-charged music focuses on issues like de-colonisation and fighting white supremacy. With instrumental doom metal as their foundation, they've… Read more Audio

Wellington composer Rhian Sheehan talks about his evocative, cinematic new work A Quiet Divide, which he's currently performing as a multimedia spectacular around the land. He speaks to Kirsten… Read more Video, Audio