Music
Music Critic: Marty Jones shares new songs
Marty Jones joins Jesse with songs from Icelandic singer songwriter Laufrey and American singer songwriter Ethel Cain. Laufrey - Snow White Ethel Cain - Nettles Audio
WOMAD music festival cancelled
For the first time outside the pandemic, the iconic Taranaki music and arts event will be taking a year off.
Music with David Wilson: A capella around the world
Music correspondent Dave Wilson joins Kathryn to look at a capella singing traditions around the world. Audio
NZSO - Til Time Shall End
Multi-Grammy Award winner Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the NZSO in two post-war American works, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No 2, The Age of Anxiety with pianist Joyce Yang, and Aaron Copland’s… Audio
2023 WCMT/CMNZ: Les Voisins
Chamber music trio Les Voisins celebrate French culture through music in this eclectic concert. Audio
Music feature: Pink Floyd's "Wish you Were Here"
Time for our Tuesday music feature and this week we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Audio
Pasifika singing - it's time to talk
Pasifika singers are an increasingly big part of the New Zealand choral scene. Will Kingi and Enyah Talamaivao are part of a Choirs Aotearoa gathering which recognises that role, but will also explore… Video, Audio
The Wellingtonians fighting for a local radio station
t's no secret that New Zealand's music and arts scene is under pressure and local Wellington radio station RadioActive.FM is no exception. Audio
Jessica Leigh
Jessica Leigh joins us in studio to chat about her latest single and upcoming music pursuits. The team updates you on recent events including the baseball Karen from all over the internet Audio
NZSO - Jubilation
James Judd conducts the NZSO in an uplifting programme that invites us to question the range of emotions lurking beneath the music’s smiling surface.
Recorded 30 May 2024 at the Michael Fowler… Audio
Anapela Polata’ivao and Stacey Leilua: From Tinā to opera
Anapela Polata’ivao and Stacey Leilua bring a Kiwi Samoan perspective to directing the action in NZ Opera's latest production, Jonathan Dove's "The Monster in the Maze".
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The right note: An orchestra nurturing rural youth
Cellist Caitlin Morris says the Wairarapa Youth Orchestra nurtures a new generation of musicians and gives rural youth an important social outlet.
Jay Epae, Aotearoa's secret Scandinavian star
In 1961, a singer from a small Taranaki town had a No.1 hit in Sweden with a te reo song, but few people in Aotearoa heard the record at the time.
Hymns on Sunday, 7 September 2025
The Season of Creation has begun, and we’re celebrating with hymns including How great thou art, For the beauty of the earth, and Shirley Murray’s Touch the earth lightly. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 6 September 2025
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic reggae from Burning Spear and Culture, blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf, gospel from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a track from Tami Neilson's latest album plus… Audio
Noir
A new album by Melbourne musicians Michelle Nicolle and Paul Grabowsky combines stunning musicianship with a melancholy vibe. Audio
Sunset Afternoon
Charlie Haden's Quartet West plays a tune by NZ pianist Alan Broadbent; star vocalists Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan feature; and Brad Mehldau plays Radiohead. Audio
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Featuring new music from Varda, Blood Orange and Skepta & Fred Again... Audio
Mika Cornelius: turning mushrooms into music
Universal Veil is a new work by composer and sound designer Mika Cornelius. It's inspired by the world of fungi and their life cycles. Video, Audio
