Rnz: Music 101

Tony Stamp chatted to TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) backstage at Laneway Festival, about the production style she's honed over ten years of beat making.

Dizzee Rascal talks about staying on top of his game, pioneering a genre, and how excited he is to be returning to New Zealand for two beautiful festivals.

Volume South at the Manakau Institute of Technology in conjunction with Auckland Museum aims to shine a light on the early years of hip hop in South Auckland.

Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton plays songs live and talks about the historic roots of his modern-day music with Nick Bollinger.

James Jackson Toth is a music writer for NPR, Stereogum and Salon. He talks to Yadana Saw about his failed experiment to listen to only one album per week.

Nick Bollinger tunes in to the American strains of Swedish singing sisters First Aid Kit.

Nick Bollinger considers why Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos might be this generation's Beatles.

To celebrate Pride Festival 2018 The Topp Twins and Possum Plows from the band Openside share stories, experiences and choose some songs for the RNZ Music Mixtape.

Gareth Shute introduces his new two piece Fever Party, and their song 'Working Love'

Acclaimed journalist and author Jimmy McDonough talks to Trevor Reekie about his new book Soul Survivor - Biography of Al Green.

Auckland folk musician Jocee Tuck performs her latest single 'Made to Be', from her album Mt Dora with an eclectic range of instruments including her gorgeous xylophone.

Russell Brown shares stories about the life and funeral of Headless Chickens bass player Grant Fell.

Loyle Carner started his career in hip hop aged seventeen, as a way to help his mum pay rent. Six years later he's been nominated for The Mercury Prize and two Brit Awards, overcoming ADHD and dyslexia in the process. He talked to RNZ Music's Tony Stamp backstage at Laneway Festival.

Noel Woods talks us through the 24th annual Te Ra o te Raukura festival held today in Lower Hutt.

Nick Bollinger contemplates the kinetic rhythms and colonial guilt of Tune-Yards' Merril Garbus

In this week's Pocket Tony Stamp speaks to Rnb smooth dude Craig David, Jana Whitta gives us a tour of the inaugural Girls' Rock Camp Aotearoa and composer Gareth Farr shares his summer jam.

Gerry Paul is a musician, and promoter, currently the director of Kapiti festival Coastella and music programmer for CubaDupa, he’s played music at over 500 music festivals in 40 countries around the world. He picks a mixtape of music that has shaped his own career. 

UK band The Stranglers have had 23 UK Top 40 hit singles and 17 UK Top 40 albums. Before their two NZ shows Strangler Baz Warne chatted with Trevor Reekie.

Winner of the 2018 Auckland Folk Festival social media competition Sophie Mashlan performs her original song 'Pictures'.

UK RnB musician Craig David achieved global superstardom at age eighteen when his debut Born To Do It sold seven million copies worldwide. Eighteen years later he's enjoying a career resurgence, and as Tony Stamp found out, is a bloody nice guy to boot.