Rnz: Music 101

Tama Waipara, musician and Senior Programme Manager of the Auckland Arts festival presents some of the musical highlights he's chosen for the March 2018 festival.

Ahead of their Laneway 2018 appearance Nick Allbrook from Pond explains why the Western Australian music scene is like one big underground collective.

Jana Whitta talks to Kurt Vile about his new collaboration with Courtney Barnett, Lotta Sea Lice.

The Fleet Foxes songwriter tells us about the downside of finding success at a young age, and taking a five year hiatus as a result.

Music 101's Yadana Saw tries to make music using her laptop and a whole bunch of wires. She's at Victoria University's Women and Music Technology symposium attending an Arduino circuit making workshop.

New Plymouth singer-songwriter Graeme James checks in halfway through his Wish You Well tour, his last in New Zealand before relocating to Europe.

Neil and Liam Finn are making an album together for the first time. They sit down to share the journey with us and discuss their upcoming January tour of small-town community halls all over New Zealand.

Delaney Davidson joins us to share the songs that have inspired him and his wonderful Magical Lightbox performance that combines music and film.

The Texas band's debut album is unabashedly romantic from beginning to end, and we can't wait to see how NZ audiences react when they visit in January.

Alex Behan and Nick Bollinger discuss the legacy of Fats Domino

Episode 2 in our series profiling female beat-makers in Aotearoa.

Anthonie Tonnon is discovering new ways of connecting with his audience. He's also using audience interaction and dance to help connect himself with his songs. He spoke to Alex Behan ahead of his nationwide tour.

Ben Edwards has taken out the Best Producer award for his work on Reid's 2017 album Preservation. Other winners include Clint Murphy – Best Engineer for his work on Hamilton rockers Deviskin's album, and Henrietta Harris – Best Cover Art for her work on Grayson Gilmour's album Otherness.

“This album encourages us as a nation to look at each other square in the eye, and open up a forum for honest dialogue.”  

In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan speaks with William Patrick Corgan, who is best known as frontman of 90s grunge stars Smashing Pumpkins; we head to Girls Rock camp, a global movement making its way to Aotearoa and Tony Stamp speaks with Indi who has just released her debut album.

The crew from RNZ Music convene to showcase some of the songs they've been digging most over the last couple of months.

Faris Badwan of The Horrors talks about the constant evolution of the band, and what the producer for Adele brought the the table on their fifth album.

In 2014 Christchurch band Doprah was announced as the "Next Big Sound" on Billboard's website, causing a flurry of international attention. But Doprah wound up calling it a day, leaving the members to pursue other projects. Singer Indira Force has just released her debut solo album Precipice under the name indi, and it has a surprisingly strong classical influence.

Post punk stalwarts Die! Die! Die! are back with their new album Charm. Offensive. Tony Stamp talked to frontman Andrew Wilson, and new member Rory Atwell (formerly of Test Icicles) about the reception they're getting after a wee bit of time away.

Ramona Gonzalez is a prolific songwriter from California who makes synth pop (with a dollop of funk), under the name Nite Jewel. Ahead of her first NZ shows, she talked to Tony Stamp about her distrust of technology, and 'updating her inner female dialogue'.