Rnz: Music 101

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Aaradhna chooses ‘Can't Let Go’ by Calvin Richardson.

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Anna Coddington chooses ‘Lemon’ by N.E.R.D. ft. Rihanna.

Kelela is an alternative R&B artist best known as a featured vocalist on Solange's A Seat At My Table. Ahead of her first New Zealand performance, Yadana Saw speaks to the Ethiopian-American artist about the personal and political.

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Julia Deans chooses ‘Quarrel’ by Moses Sumney.

Kiki from Wellington witch-rock trio Hex shares her current summer jam.

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Randa chooses ‘Fear’ by Alexa Casino.

Buster Stiggs, a pioneer of the NZ punk and post-punk scenes died this week. He was a member of Auckland bands The Suburban Reptiles and The Swingers. His friend, and sometime manager Simon Grigg remembers Buster.

In this week's Pocket Edition, Melody Thomas speaks with Liz Pelly about what is behind Spotify playlists; BBC Future reporter Melissa Hogenboom shares the story of her father's dementia and his love of music. Plus local musicians Marlon Williams, Samuel Flynn Scott and Chelsea Jade share their summer jams.

Today's selector is Christchurch's Gemma Syme from RDU 98.5 FM.

The 1970s saw the landscape of American culture become a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and when the disco era exploded in New York Casablanca Records were at the centre of it. Trevor Reekie speaks with co-founder Larry Harris about the label home to KISS, Donna Summer, the Village People, and funk master George Clinton and Parliament,

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Eddie Johnston, who records as Lontalius and Race Banyon picks 'Telefono' by Phoenix.

For our series She Will Move You - profiling just a handful of Aotearoa's many great female electronic music makers - we meet Jaded Nineties Raver.

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Wellington beat-maker Estère's pick is Vulfpeck's 'Back Pocket'.

BBC Future's Melissa Hogenboom shares the story of how her Dad's love of music helped to slow his onset of dementia and the research behind music's effects on the brain.

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Marlon Williams' pick is 'Wild Horses' by Prefab Sprout.

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Chelsea Jade's pick is ‘Sticky’ by Ravyn Lenae.

Alex Behan speaks with Kitty the youngest of the siblings,Kitty, Daisy and Lewis about hangover cures, making the album themselves and their amazing support team on the road.

Our favourite local musicians share the song that's their soundtrack to summer. Sam Scott of The Phoenix Foundation picks 'Bad Liar' by Selena Gomez.

With its easy-to-access content and vast selection of ready-made playlists, Spotify has amassed more than 100 million users globally since its inception. But according to writer Liz Pelly it’s narrowing the range of music we listen to.  

Many great musicians died this year. We pay tribute to the major musical figures that left the stage in 2017.