Music
BACEWICZ: Quartet for Four Violins
Performed by 4tissimo at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 1, (i, iii)
Performed by Fellas with Cellas at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
NZCT Chamber Music Contest Final 2025
Performed by the finalists of the Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
MC: Clarissa Dunn
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
How an AI-generated song ended up on a dead artist's Spotify page
Blaze Foley is a cult country music artist, who died in the 1980s, so how did a new song end up on his official Spotify page?
Hymns on Sunday, 3 August 2025
Arthur Sullivan was the music half of the successful theatrical partnership, Gilbert and Sullivan. Alongside those catchy songs from Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore, he also wrote hymn tunes. You… Audio
Nashville Babylon: 2 August 2025
On this week's show there's weighty blues from Slim Harpo and Lightnin' Slim, Scottish soul from the Fleets, rockabilly the Stray Cats plus a classic cut from Bonnie Raitt. Audio
The Mixtape: Mike McRoberts
The host of RNZ100: A Century of Stories joins us to share six favourite songs, and reflect on 40 years of broadcasting, from leading RNZ's sports department aged 24, to reporting from warzones and… Audio
The Sampler: Annahstasia, Blair Parkes, Kae Tempest
Tony Stamp reviews the striking debut album by American folk singer Annahstasia, plus looks at the latest by Christchurch musician Blair Parkes, and British poet Kae Tempest. Audio
404 Media's Emanuel Maiberg on AI-generated songs impersonating dead artists
How are fake songs attributed to long-dead musicians winding up on official streaming platforms? It's part of an ongoing investigation. Audio
Director Margaret Gordon on her Shayne Carter biopic Life in One Chord
Ahead of its World Premiere at Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival in Ōtepoti Dunedin on August 16 at the Regent Theatre, we learn what to expect form this seven year labour of… Audio
Rei is here to Play It Strange
The award-winning producer and singer previews his new album Moisturise and Decolonise, and talks about his new podcast, writing sessions in Canada, and upcoming Japanese tour. Audio
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Finn Johansson informs, educates and entertains us with a fresh batch of eclectic picks. Audio
This Weekend: 10 years of Vogelmorn Bowling Club
Vogelmorn Bowling Club trustee Bronnie Wilde joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the club's 10th anniversary. Audio
The Three Bears, just right in 1965
On the eve of the 60th NZCT Chamber Music Contest, violinist Miles Golding remembers when he was part of the trio that won the first competition. Video, Audio
NZ Live: Greta O'Leary is live in studio
Anticipation has been hotly building for Greta's debut album after a couple of her singles made a big splash last year, both reaching #1 on the Student Radio Network Top 10. The record arrived in May… Audio
Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
Slow Boat Records' Jeremy Taylor plays tracks from a newly released album from the late English singer/songwriter Nick Drake; a debut solo album from Cameron Winter and a collaborative album between… Audio
'Offensive': Musicians fear AI's impact
As the technology continues to evolve at breakneck speed, artists and producers here are concerned about the lack of regulation around the tech. Audio
NZ musicians concerned about implications of AI
New Zealand's musicians are watching on with a mix of horror and wonder as artificial intelligence programmes create increasingly plausible songs ... often with just a few clicks of a button. Just… Audio
Brotherly love on the tabla
Indian classical musician Ustad Fazal Qureshi is in New Zealand for a concert in honour of his brother and fellow tabla player, Ustad Zakir Hussain. Video, Audio
Guy Sebastian performs a song from his new album
Guy Sebastian has over 1.3 billion streams and he's had dozens of top-ten singles in the Australian charts. Audio
