Music

Nick dips into the classics with John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, and Joe Williams; Alan Broadbent meets the Wellington Jazz Orchestra; and Alex "Honey" Boulton is "The Charmer". Audio

What’s the state of the music industry right now? David Ridler sheds some insight. Audio

Pōneke-based electronic group Lake South perform songs off their new album, We Lived Our Lives on Top of This. Audio

Aotearoa indie-pop singer Fazerdaze has announced a collection of winter shows across the country. Audio

Liam Finn chats to Emile Donovan about Hyperverse, his new experimental album recorded entirely on livestream. Audio

Sharon Van Etten's latest album is her seventh and first with her group The Attachment Theory. Audio

Hiko is the new word chosen to encompass Māori electronic music. Taite Music Prize-winner MOKOTRON joined Ellie Marsden and Corey Fuimaono in early June to discuss how the new definition came to be… Audio

RNZ Concert marks Matariki 2025 with a Stellar Sonic Tonic of historical sounds and (mostly) heavenly music. Audio

Gene Rivers is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based DJ, community music programmer and Auckland Council Arts and Culture programmer. Rivers curated Stardome’s 2025 Matariki event, Matariki on the Move, blending… Audio

Kara and Mark catch up with Ruban Nielson, the frontman of psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The band has just released EP Curse, a six-track exploration of ’70s-’80s Italian… Audio

Geneva AM (Geneva Alexander-Marsters) is an award-winning Auckland-based producer, beatmaker, vocalist, and bilingual songwriter of Ngati Ruapani, Ngati Kahungunu and Aitutaki heritage. She has a… Audio

Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell is the visionary co-founder of Hipgnosis, the iconic design group responsible for the legendary prism cover for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Audio

DJ Spell is a DMC World Champion beatmaker from Aotearoa. He is known for his sharp sampling skills and genre-bending approach on the turntables. He captivates live audiences with raw, hardware-based… Audio

Curated specially for our tamariki, this concert is a journey into the wonders of the natural world and includes a musical retelling of the Māori creation story.

Hosted by Chris Lam Sam and Marcus… Audio

Moana Maniapoto joined Susana Lei'ataua for Matariki ma Puanga in our RNZ Auckland studio. Audio

From Ché-Fu and his band The Kratez performing with the Auckland Philharmonia to a family-friendly NZSO concert the kids can sign along to, and a Stellar Sonic Tonic, RNZ Concert has something for… Audio

Tonight, Finn waxes lyrical about Feel Good Aura by Melodownz, Noise by Forty Winks and Stand Up Now by Jo Tongo. Audio