Rnz: Music 101

She's the first woman to write a full-length ballet score in Aotearoa, she's won many awards for her composition, and she's on the road with her group The Blackbird Ensemble, interpreting the songs of Björk. Multi-faceted composer Claire Cowan shares some of her stories and influences. 

Egyptian percussionist and composer Hossam Ramzy passed away on September 10 aged 65. Trevor Reekie spoke to a close friend of his - award winning drummer Bruce Aitken.

Canadian punk band F***ed Up are about to play two New Zealand shows. Frontman Damian Abraham talked to Tony Stamp about his love for kiwi label Flying Nun, whose roster he calls "the best music ever'.

Auckland musician Antony Jeffares introduces his song 'Wrong/ Loss'.

Nick Cave is at peace with his ghosts, Björk is cut up by The Knife, and New York indie-rockers Vivian Girls are back in business. Kirsten Johnstone and the Song Crush team are back with new songs to love.  

This week's RNZ Music mixtape selector is singer/songwriter Maisey Rika. She shares her stories and favourite tracks with Kirsten Johnstone.

James Reid talks to Charlotte Ryan on Music 101.

Charlotte Ryan talks to Michael Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies

Schools out and the kids take over! Teenage music fans Oscar Horner and Benny Lindsay Williams explain the listening habits of the young and share their new favourite songs. Honorary adolescent Mark Cubey introduces us to the modern phenomenon that is Post Malone.

On this week's Pocket Edition we celebrate Th' Dudes' induction into the NZ Music Hall of Fame with Peter Urlich and Dave Dobbyn, and SideKickNick explains the eleven year gap between his debut album and new double release.

Aldous Harding has won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award for her song ‘The Barrel’, with the award presented tonight at a ceremony at Auckland’s Spark Arena.

Charlotte Ryan talks to Dave Dobbyn and Peter Urlich about their old band Th' Dudes.

Christchurch's Zane 2000 introduces his song 'I COPY'.

SideKickNick released his first album Miscellaneous Adventures in 2008, then spent the next decade playing in Voom, doing sound design for films, and painstakingly assembling album number two: a double release called The Blue/ Red Planet Plan. He joined Tony Stamp to talk musical collage, manopause, and reminisce about the smoking room at their old uni.

Somali-New Zealand rapper Mo Muse brings friends Summer Thieves and Abdul Kay in to the studio to play songs from his debut LP, The First Generation, and speaks to Kirsten Johnstone. 

There's music for driving, running, dancing, and dreaming this week in Song Crush: A 96 year old Ethiopian nun, some techno legends, a Tongan finding his groove in Berlin, and a lo-fi bedroom producer are all in there. 

Charlotte Ryan interviews Nathan Haines for The Mixtape.

Peter Ruddell from Sulfate introduces their song 'Bush'.

Ayisha Jaffer phones in from an Alaskan nature reserve to tell us about her new EP as Skux.

Charlotte Ryan interviews frontman of English pop-rock group The 1975, Matty Healy.