Taylor Swift
Reputation by Taylor Swift
Nick Bollinger discusses Taylor Swift's latest play for pop-world domination. Audio
The Sampler - 21 November 2017
Nick Bollinger considers Taylor Swift's latest bid for pop-world domination and examines a controversial corner of Bob Dylan's extensive career - the gospel years. Audio
Reinvention
New heights for Taylor Swift on the major music channels as she may tarnish her own image. Audio
"A script for us" - the verdict on Taylor Swift's court win
Taylor Swift fans and non-fans alike have been praising her legal victory of $1 in a sexual assault against a Colorado radio DJ. M101 seeks reaction from local women about why they responded so… Audio
Taylor Swift awarded symbolic $1 in groping case
Jurors have found a Colorado radio DJ assaulted the Grammy-winning singer during a photo shoot.
Colorado DJ's suit against Taylor Swift dismissed
US Pop star Taylor Swift has won a preliminary round in her court case against a Colorado DJ, who she claims groped her.
Taylor Swift's acceptance speech
Pop singer Taylor Swift is being lauded for what's seen as a feminist Grammy Award acceptance speech. Audio
Russell Brown - Media and Technology
Media commentator, music lover and enthusiastic early adopter Russell Brown talks to Melody Thomas about developments in the landscape of music consumption Audio
Taylor Swift and the dotterel
American singer Taylor Swift is being pillioried for the environmental disruption her film crew caused on a west Auckland beach. Audio
Bad blood: Swift ruffles feathers over native birds
Taylor Swift has ruffled feathers while filming a music video at an Auckland beach, with the local board 'disappointed' the shoot put a rare native bird at risk.
Swift-watch ruffles a few feathers on Auckland's west coast
For the past few days, the country has been all a-flutter as rumours have been flying about that the American song bird, Taylor Swift, had landed in New Zealand. Audio
The Secret Life of Track Listing
In The Secret Life of Track Listing, Melody Thomas talks to the artists who agonise over song order so that you don't have to, and the critics who've heard it go both ways. Audio
Future techs
Lynn Freeman, Ben Kepes, Aspect of Gaming's Theo Martin, Xero's Andy Lark, Shaun D Wilson, and Meredith Haggerty from WNYC’s TLDR podcast discuss recent technology trends and how they will develop… Audio
Carl Wilson - 'Let's Talk About Love'
Freelance writer and Slate music critic Carl Wilson's 'Let's Talk About Love' is an exploration into the phenomenon of Celine Dion and wider discussion around the nature of taste, good and bad. He… Audio
The Secret Life Of Music Royalties
Recently Iggy Pop delivered a lecture on BBC Radio called 'Free Music in a Capitalist Society', in which he lambasted record companies for screwing musicians into penury. If the "computer Putins" had… Audio
The Sampler - Taylor Swift - 1989
"With shuddering synthesisers, handclaps the size of skyscrapers, and vocals that might have been tweezed together syllable-by-syllable, this is a big slam-dunking pop record by anyone's definition."… Audio
Feature album - 1989
Our Feature Album is just out - called '1989' by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Her 5th album, and also named after the year she was born. 1989 is drastically different, as she indulges on… Audio
Feature album - Red
'Red' by Taylor Swift features collaborations with producers, songwriters and guest artists like Lori McKenna, Dan Wilson, Ed Sheeran and Max Martin. Audio
Feature album - Fearless by Taylor Swift
A lot has happened in a short space of time for Taylor Swift - her debut single,"Tim McGraw"raced up the Billboard country charts 3 years ago. Her self-titled debut later in 2006, the Taylor Swift… Audio