Nirvana
'Nevermind' baby sues Nirvana over cover photo
Nirvana's acclaimed 1991 album Nevermind is attracting some problems decades later.
The album cover featured the image of a naked baby reaching for a dollar bill under water.
That baby was Spencer… Audio
Music with Kirsten Zemke: The rise of the 'unplugged' album
Music reviewer Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about how "unplugged" concerts and albums became really popular in the 90s, thanks to MTV. She'll share some music from Nirvana, Mariah Carey and… Audio
Music with Graeme Downes
Graeme squeaks in two years early on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit! He joins Kathryn to deconstruct the song and discover what made it such an instant… Audio
Great album: Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York
Great album: Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York Audio
Kurt Cobain's Unplugged cardigan set to fetch $200,000
For the second time in four years, the iconic green cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged concert will head to the auction block later this month, with the pre-auction minimum… Video, Audio
Kurt Cobain: Still the master craftsman
Music reviewer Graeme Downes looks at the music of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, 25 years after his death. What was it about the 'Nevermind' album that resonated with so many of his fans? Audio
Favourite album - Unplugged
Nirvana's "Unplugged", chosen as today's favourite album by Sarb Johal. Audio
Jim Pitt - best job in music
Trevor Reekie speaks to Jim Pitt who has been the man behind the live music on American late night TV Audio
Butch Vig: Production Mastermind
Garbage's Butch Vig talks to Sam Wicks about pulling double duties as the band's drummer and in-house producer. Audio
Arts news
Grunge, The Golden Dagger, Jeremy Clarkson, and a recently departed New Zealand author are all in the news. Audio
Bumping Into Geniuses
Music industry impresario Danny Goldberg has penned a new book, Bumping into Geniuses, in which he details a career handling the PR for KISS and Led Zeppelin, running Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic… Audio
Former Seattle police chief calls for new look at Cobain death
Seattle's former police chief says the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain should be reinvestigated to settle whether it was suicide or murder. Audio
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - film review
Simon Morris reviews a documentary about Nirvana front-man, the late Kurt Cobain. Montage Of Heck is not quite all you ever wanted to know about Nirvana. Audio
Feature Album - MTV unplugged in New York
Today's album features Nirvana with Kurt Cobain, singing and playing in a live TV setting. Audio
New Horizons - 12 October 2014
William Dart looks at two new releases from the Sub Pop label, Mirel Wagner's "When The Cellar Children See the Light of Day" and Luluc's "Passerby" Audio
Patty Schemel
Live Through This, the breakthrough album for Courtney Love-Cobain's band Hole turned 20 earlier this year. Drummer Patty Schemel was in NZ this week with her new group Upset, and relived those crazy… Audio
Nirvana - In Utero
In Utero has been remastered and reissued for its 20th birthday. For The Sampler, Nick Bollinger finds out how the classic album by Nirvana has aged. Audio