Rnz: Music 101

Troy Kingi, Mara TK and Mark Vanilau are Love and Hope. To coincide with Te Matatini, the national kapa haka championships, the trio played Wellington's Old St. Pauls for a special night with friends and whānau.

To mark the end of the Red Bull Music Academy- a yearly worldwide programme of lectures and workshops- we invited four Kiwi graduates to share their experiences.

The Song Crush squad gets swept away by Weyes Blood, celebrates staying home with Hybrid Rose and Fanfickk, and samples Meer's aural cuisine.

In this week's Pocket Edition we speak to Australian chart-topper Matt Corby, and Damon Krukowski from Galaxie 500 explains his podcast Ways of Hearing, which tackles the ways digital audio is changing us.

Auckland rapper Tom Scott's collaborative project Avantdale Bowling Club has taken out the 2019 Taite Music Prize, which recognises outstanding creativity in an album. He joined Kirsten Johnstone to choose songs and share yarns for the RNZ Music Mixtape.

Bob Marley played his first and only NZ concert on Monday, 16 April 1979, at Auckland's Western Springs. Gareth Shute looks back on that visit and the seismic effect it had on this country's relationship with reggae music.

Grant Smithies is a music critic, writer, reviewer and record store owner. He shares his favourite songs and tales of alternative careers in his mixtape with Yadana Saw.

Auckland hip hop artist Samson Pax introduces us to his track 'Coast'

Singer/songwriter Marlon Williams talks to Yadana Saw ahead of tonight's You Are Us (Aroha Nui) concert in Auckland.

A new book and podcast explores how digital audio has affected our lives. Author and former Galaxie 500 drummer Damon Krukowski talks to Elliott Childs about Ways of Hearing.

Australian singer-songwriter Matt Corby has won multiple Aria Awards, and spent a good deal of time at the top of the Aussie music charts. He spoke to RNZ's Tony Stamp about being an introverted fella in the public eye, and how having a huge vocal range can be a bit of a burden.

Lily West from Mermaiden's joins Yadana Saw to discuss the bands new single 'You Maintain the Stain' and the process of putting your music on vinyl in 2019.

We warm up for the release of Cuz I Love You, the third album from booty-shaking self-loving flute-tooting star Lizzo, get tantric with Rosie Lowe, swept away by the charms of Argentinian trio Fémina, and bewitched by folk-rockers Big Thief. 

On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to DJ IllBaz ahead of his performance at the Aroha Nui Christchurch benefit shows, and country music critic Grady Smith tells us about the recent collision between country and hip hop.

Ill Baz is one of the acts performing at the upcoming You Are Us/Aroha Nui benefit shows, raising money for those affected by the Christchurch terror attack. He talks to Tony Stamp about growing up Muslim in Aotearoa, and how our country has responded to the attack.

Controversy erupted this week when 'Old Town Road' by Atlanta Rapper Lil Nas X was removed from the Billboard Country charts for not being Country enough. Yadana Saw talks to country music critic and former music journalist Grady Smith about the controversy surrounding the decision and what makes a song 'country'.

Karyn Rachtman is one of the most influential music supervisors in the world, due to her work on film soundtracks including Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights and Moulin Rouge. Joining us for the RNZ Music Mixtape, she shares five of her favourite songs.

Saffron Guinness talks to Yadana Saw about the history of the Leigh Sawmill Cafe. After 22 years of being owned and operated by the Guinness family, the Sawmill Cafe is changing management. To celebrate the end of an era and the start of a new one, Saffron is producing a documentary about the history of the storied NZ music venue.

Singer/Songwriter Louis Baker plays his new song 'The People' live in the Music 101 studio and talks to Yadana Saw about filming the video for the song in Newtown.

Viral pop songstress Theia is about to release her new EP Not Your Princess, she speaks to Yadana Saw about growing into her music career.