Music
Mt Eden Chamber Music Festival - keeping it local
Violinist Simeon Broom grew up in Mt Eden and had the vision of creating a local festival there along the lines of the European festivals he'd played in. The Festival is celebrating 10 years this… Audio
Snoop Dogg to play special one-off New Zealand show
The hip hop legend will play for over-18s in Auckland next month.
Ah Tua & MAYJUN
In this episode we celebrate New Zealand Fashion Week chatting to the team behind the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show Friend of the show Hales come in to chat his project with a couple of mates called… Audio
Splore Festival to return for 2026
Aotearoa's boutique music & arts festival is returning after a year off in the wake of economic challenges. Splore festival director John Minty spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Splore set to return this summer after a year off
After a year off over a "challenging" season in 2024, the colourful festival is coming back revamped.
Shona Murray: 'Music goes with so many things'
Music educator and choral conductor Shona Murray talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump about secondary school choral festival The Big Sing and its beginnings, and the essential role of music in our… Video, Audio
Herbs keyboard player Tama Lundon has died
A Herbs bandmate shared the news that their longstanding keyboard player had died.
Bookmarks with author Naomi Arnold
It's time for Bookmarks and today award-winning nature and science writer Naomi Arnold joins Jesse. Naomi is a keen tramper, last year she fulfilled a 20-year dream of walking Te Araroa - the hiking… Audio
New music from Keira Wallace and Brandon De La Cruz
Critic Matthew Crawley shares new music from Keira Wallace - winner of the Play It Strange secondary school songwriting competition - 'Your Surface Settles' and Brandon De La Cruz 'How Many Names for… Audio
Why is Taylor Swift's engagement such HUGE news?
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know Taylor Swift has got engaged to American football player Travis Kelce. Now, RNZ might not seem the place for talk of Taytay .. but she is an… Audio
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce engagement
Superstar pop Icon Taylor Swift and her beau Travis Kelce are engaged. AUT lecturer Dr Rebecca Trelease spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Yadana Saw shares her picks from the much-anticipated second release from Baltimore's Nourished By Time, a slice of Lebanese swoony surf rock, and how Avantdale's man of many collectives is finally at… Audio
First look at the line-up for this year's Rhythm and Vines
A Brooklyn rapper will headline and a Baltimore band bring punk to the Gisborne event for the first time.
Antony Hermus: a man with a mission
"I always say, 'Everyone loves classical music, only some don't know about it yet', and I feel it is my mission to let people know about it." Dutch conductor Antony Hermus talks with RNZ Concert. Audio
Autaia and Dani Kionasina
We recap 2025's Pacific Music Awards and play you back our chat with one of the nights big winners Janay tells us about her time down south and we chat to some awesome creatives Audio
NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Blues Symphony
André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and legendary jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ acclaimed Blues Symphony plus a work by Bryce Dessner.
Recorded at the Michael… Audio
Twenty years in charge of The Realm
Jazz drummer Greg Crayford is getting ready to lead celebrations of two decades of his jazz residency at Wellington bar The Realm. Audio
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds announce two NZ shows
The soulful Australian musicians will perform two shows in the capital next year.
The profound ways music influences our mind
A major study has shed light on the effect music can have on our imagination and the role it could play in helping stimulate social interaction. Audio
Paul Kelly's 'Rita Wrote A Letter' latest in long line of sequel songs
Australian singer Paul Kelly served up an early Gravy Day gift this year with 'Rita Wrote a Letter', the surprise sequel to his beloved classic 'How to Make Gravy'. Here are some more examples of…
