Trevor Reekie
Sharon Shannon
RNZ Music festival reporter Trevor Reekie talks to Sharon Shannon at WOMAD Taranaki 2012. Audio
Groundation
Our man on the ground at WOMAD Taranaki 2012, Trevor Reekie talks to Groundation. Audio
Paul Ubana Jones and Tony Majdalani in session
Paul Ubana Jones, born in the UK to an English Mum and a Nigerian father, is one of this country's most respected solo performers. A unique artist, Ubana has always done it his way, in a career that… Audio
The Burundi Drummers interview WOMAD 2012
Trevor Reekie talks to the Drummers of Burundi at WOMAD Taranaki 2012. Audio
Baaba Maal interview at WOMAD Taranaki 2012
Trevor Reekie talks to Baaba Maal at WOMAD Taranaki 2012. Audio
Access All Areas: Andrew Dubber - Changing Ratios
Andrew Dubber worked for 20 years in NZ radio, engineered and produced a plethora of local jazz and hip hop albums, before academic opportunities took him overseas. These days Andrew is a senior… Audio
Access All Areas: Listen Whitey - Black Power 1965-75
Trevor Reekie talks to Pat Thomas about his book Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975, which includes a soundtrack of long unavailable material, released by Seattle label… Audio
Festival Review
Reviews of the premiere of Douglas Wright's latest dance piece Rapt, the second one-man Samuel Beckett show The End, and the first of Paul Kelly's four concerts. Audio
Festival review
Reviews of First Love, a one-man show based on a novella by Samuel Beckett; Sound of the Ocean, a mix of tai chi, martial arts and drumming; and Spirit of India, a concert of classical music featuring… Audio
Access All Areas: Arhoolie Records
Arhoolie Records remains one of the great American record labels - an Independent folk and blues label formed by Californian high school teacher Chris Strachwitz in 1960. Strachwitz originally started… Audio
Access All Areas: Big Champagne's Eric Garland
Eric Garland is the CEO and co-founder of Big Champagne, a company based in Beverly Hills that collects and sells data on file sharing - both legal and illegal. Big Champagne is kind of like the… Audio
Speed Caravan
Medhi Haddab is a virtuoso of the oud, a fretless Arabic lute with a history stretching back over 5,000 years. Making his way from Algeria and eventually relocating to Paris, Mehdi Haddab and his band… Audio
Access All Areas: Take Me Back
During the late 80s and early 90s, Auckland night life centred around The Box and Cause Celebre in High Street. Live jazz and DJ's established the sound and the fashion that set the scene. For the… Audio
Access All Areas: Lenny Kaye Wired For Sound
Patti Smith's closest collaborator since 1971 and compiler of essential 60s garage rock compilation, Nuggets. Audio
Access All Areas: Dr Tree - Once More With Feeling
Back in the mid 1970s Auckland jazz-rock legends Dr Tree shook the foundations of local jazz and took it to the rock bars and clubs, winning a devoted audience with super tight performances that… Audio
Access All Areas: Dawn Raid Resurrection
Significant New Zealand hip hop/ urban record label 'Dawn Raid' are back up and running. In October 2007 there was a new album, and, crucially, a fresh template to develop and diversify the South… Audio
Access All Areas: The Cabana Through The Years
Lee Prichard has written a book about Napier's legendary Cabana Hotel, one of NZ's classic live music venues - you hadn't done a national tour unless you'd played there! Trevor Reekie talks to Lee… Audio