Music 101 for Saturday 17 April 2021

Welcome to Music 101! We have a great show for you today, check out what we have coming up! 

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12:00 PRINCE 

This coming Wednesday (21st April) will mark five years since Prince passed away. He was 57. 

Undoubtedly a music icon, he’s regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. 

We look back at the life and music of Prince- expect to hear all of his classic hits, as well as Prince covers, and a few songs you may not have known he wrote.

We also play a brand new Prince track and discuss his massive vault of unreleased music which allegedly has thousands of unheard songs.

Prince’s newest album from the vault is called Welcome 2 America and will be available on July 30th. It’s “a powerful creative statement that documents Prince’s concerns, hopes and visions for a shifting society, presciently foreshadowing an era of political division, disinformation and a renewed fight for racial justice.”

Click here to pre-save Welcome 2 America

• Completing the memoirs of Prince
• When Doves Cry: Remembering the artist known as Prince
• A Purple Pilgrimage to Paisley Park by Georgia Duder-Wood
• Prince: 'the finest man in pumps I have ever met'

1.15 INTERVIEW: Merk on his "Infinite Youth" 

Kiwi multi-instrumentalist Merk has released his highly anticipated album Infinite Youth. The 11 track record examines the blurry line between adolescence and adulthood, and features singles like ‘Laps Around the Sun’ and ‘Deep Dive’. 

Click here to buy/stream Infinite Youth 

“In the past it felt like I was hiding, but now I’m trying to wear my heart on my sleeve a little more” Merk says.

to celebrate the album's release, and ahead of his nationwide tour, Merk joins Charlotte for a chat about the new album. 

Tickets on sale now- click here to purchase 

Saturday 1 May

Jam Factory | Tauranga, NZ

Saturday 15 May

Cassette No. 9 | Auckland, NZ

Thursday 20 May

Meow | Wellington, NZ

Saturday 22 May

Loons Theatre | Christchurch, NZ

Sunday 23 May

Dive | Dunedin, NZ

1.35pm The Sampler - Taylor Swift and Kane Strang  

Tony Stamp wraps his head around Taylor Swift's re-recording of her second album, and the surprise return of kiwi singer-songwriter Kane Strang.

Click play to hear Taylor Swifts review, or skip to 20:00 to hear Kane Strang's review. 

2PM LIVE  Anthonie Tonnon 

To celebrate the release of his newest album, this week we feature Whanganui based solo artist Anthonie Tonnon.

Beginning his career in Dunedin, Anthonie writes tightly crafted songs with insightful, satirical character-based lyrics. 

Anthonie is also well known and regarded for the theatricality of his performances, immersing audiences in his shows. He has performed in Planetariums and in some of NZ’s most extraordinary out of the way community venues – as part of his two Rail Land tours celebrating public transport.

Anthonie’s newest full-length album Leave Love Out Of This is set for release on June 16th. It will be available on Vinyl, CD, digital or as a Deluxe Edition LP. All physical and digital download versions of the album come with an additional 8 minutes of music, including the extra track,‘Lockheed Bomber! 

Click here to pre-save Leave Love Out of This 

Anthonie Tonnon has always been a welcome guest at the RNZ Studios and for the next thirty minutes we feature performances from a Music 101 Session and Afternoons First Song and NZ Live sessions.

Songs played:

Two Free Hands
Leave Love Out of This
Sugar In The Petrol Tank
Old Images
Mataura Paper Mill

2PM Live- Music 101 compilation 

First Song - Anthonie Tonnon - Water Underground Live (July 2020)

NZ Live- Anthonie Tonnon (2015)

Anthonie Tonnon Live At The Kings Arms (2015) 

3.30  Nick Bollinger gets In the spirit 

Nick Bollinger guides us through Black America's rich tradition of religious song.

Black Americans made some of the most earth-shaking sounds of the 20th century. For a start, they invented jazz and the blues, and today it would be hard to find a corner of the planet where the impact of those vital musical forms hasn't been felt. But they also produced one of the most profound bodies of religious music. Join Nick Bollinger for a guide to Black America's rich tradition of religious song: In the Spirit.

We're playing Nick's full piece in parts over the next 2 weeks on Music 101. If you'd like to listen to the full production, click below. 

• In the Spirit: A Journey into Gospel

4:00 The Mixtape - David Atai 

Our guest picking his favourite songs and talking life is David Atai! 

David is an award-winning, multi platinum-selling artist from groundbreaking NZ hip hop group Nesian Mystik with a track record of producing hits. David has been involved in music since 1999 and is passionate about helping young musicians. He possesses the skills for working with young people and has various certificates including those from The New Zealand Mentoring Network.

He currently features in RNZ’s newest series The Collective which is an eight-part video series following a group of six young musicians as they work towards the biggest performance of their lives.

It’s a powerful journey of self-discovery guided by Crescendo Studio - a commercial recording facility that runs free and funded youth music production and radio programmes based in West Auckland. Run by Blindspott’s Marcus Powell and Nesian Mystic’s David Atai, Crescendo helps rangatahi build a future in music.

Click here to watch all episodes of The Collective

The programme is a lifeline to the young musicians who star in this uplifting video series. They’ve all experienced the darker side of life and are working to heal the emotional wounds of homelessness, drug addiction, sexual assault, loneliness, gang life... everyone is welcome in the Crescendo whānau.

David joins Charlotte for an open chat about life, and picks his favourite tunes on this episode of The Mixtape.

Songs played on today's show 

12-1

Prince - Xemplify

Quindon Tarver - When Doves Cry

Prince - I wanna be your lover 

Prince - I would die for you

Prince - When you were mine

Prince - I feel for you

Chaka Khan - I feel for you 

Stevie Nicks - Stand Back

Prince - Little Red Corvette 

Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares to you

Prince - Love.. they will be done 

Prince - Purple Rain 

Prince - Sign O the times 

Prince - Welcome 2 America 

1-2 

Paul McCartney - Pretty Boys (Knruangbun remix) 

Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram On

Merk - Deep Dive 

The Black Keys - Crawling Kingsnake

Rodriguez - crucify your mind

The Jolly Boys - Rehab

The Sampler- Taylor Swift 

Love Story, Change Tell Me Why, White Horse, Fearless

The Sampler - Kane Strang 

Happy To Perform, Goneski, Moat, the Dregs, Body Slam

Mylele Manzanza - Briston Blues

2-3

Stereolab - The Super It

Anthonie Tonnon live

Desmond  Dekker - The Israelites

Na Noise - Bad Dreams

Patea Maori Club - Ngoi Ngoi

Jonathan Bree - You’re So Cool

INXS - Beautiful Girl

Squirrel Flower - Hurt a Fly 

3-4

Voom - Beautiful Day 

Dave McCartney and the Pink Flamingos - Virginia

India Shawn feat Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Too Sweet

The Chills - Pink Frost

St Pantha - One Day (Sharon Van Etten cover)

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

In The Spirit

4-5 The Mixtape

Remember The Time - Michael Jackson

Truth Is - Sabrina Claudio

Overthinker - INZO

What a fool believes - Doobie brothers

Chop Suey - System Of A Down

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