Music

Delaney Davidson's Out Of My Head is his first solo album for a long six years and tenth in total. William Dart checks it out in the context of the singer's earlier partnerships. Audio

Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including contemporary hymns by NZ hymn writer Bill Wallace (Wild wind of the Holy Spirit) and the UK's Bernadette Farrell (Spirit of God, rest on your people).

On this week's show there's ska from Joya Landis, classics courtesy of Joni Mitchell and Look Blue Go Purple plus a birthday tune for Big Joe Turner. Audio

Jazz musicians often explore their own identity through their music. Nick looks at the connection between jazz and whakapapa through the music of Harry Harrison, Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Umar Zakaria… Audio

Nick checks out Lester Young's signature tune, Benny Green playing Sonny Clark and Sonny Clark playing Miles Davis, some classic Coltrane, and two songs about yesterday. Audio

Dame Hinewehi Mohi has been welcomed into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. She talks to Charlotte Ryan about her remarkable life, and her brave moments that put music in te reo Māori on the world's stage. Audio

This special NZ Music Month Mixtape celebrates the hero guitars played by some of our most legendary musicians. Country singer/songwriter Glen Moffatt wrote a definitive list of the ten hero guitars… Audio, Gallery

The words to Supergroove's iconic song Can't Get Enough will soon be revealed as the lyrics go up for auction on Trade Me. Dr Karl Steven, former Supergroove frontman, has written down the "accurate"… Audio

Enigmatic singer/songwriter Delaney Davidson performs live with Chamber Music New Zealand from his new album Out of my Head at the Great Hall, Christchurch. This performance was recorded by Darryl… Audio

The Christchurch musician's second album wanders beyond the boundaries of alt-country and folk into more adventurous territory. Video, Audio

Tony Stamp visits Wellington for a guided tour of his former RNZ colleague's favourite music venues, in the third of this four part series. Audio

Serg Tankian is the frontman of System of a Down, a band of Armenian-Americans that started in the mid-nineties, who play an incredible clash of growling aggressive metal and Armenian folk melodies… Audio

Dame Hinewehi Mohi talks to Charlotte Ryan about her remarkable life, and her brave moments that brought te reo Maori to the world's stage through music. 2024 marks a year of significant anniversaries… Audio, Gallery

Dame Jane Campion talks to Susie Ferguson about the intense job of directing movies, her love of napping in the bush and losing a baby as she won international acclaim for her 1993 film The Piano. Audio

Many people will be familiar with the name Hollie Smith, she is one of the country's most successful music artists with three #1 debuting solo albums, and a slew of awards under her belt. But in… Audio

Tonight, Finn has a selection of tracks from Los Angeles band 2070, UK psychedelic pop band duo Broadcast, and Tāmaki Makaurau anonymous avant-garde creative genius Donk Dobbo.  Audio