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South Auckland artists Disciple Pati talks about her powerful new video
South Auckland based Samoan artist Disciple Pati talks with Charlotte Ryan about her new single and powerful music video.
Valentine from Purple Pilgrims on their acclaimed album Perfumed Earth
Sisters Valentine & Clementine Nixon had an unusual upbringing, splitting their time between Christchurch and Hong Kong, before relocating to a valley in Coromandel. Their second album as Purple Pilgrims, Perfumed Earth, came out on Flying Nun Records thi
Bruce Ward explains the local success of 'Snoopy's Christmas'
Charlotte Ryan talks with Bruce Ward, the man who made the Christmas song 'Snoopy's Christmas' very popular in NZ.
'I delayed the Millennium by five or six minutes' - Murray Kingi on The Gathering 2000
At the turn of the millennium 15,000 people gathered at the top of a mountain to dance. And then, it rained. A lot. Produced by Kirsten Johnstone
The Mixtape - Jaz Coleman
The Killing Joke frontman and classical composer picks five of his favourite songs and spins plenty of yarns about his life and career.
Stebbing: Wired For Sound
A new book called "Wired For Sound - The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music" by Grant Gillanders & Robyn Welsh tells the story of an enduring Kiwi success story. Trevor Reekie talked to the 2 authors.
Lontalius on his LA-produced second album All I Have
Eddie Johnson tells us about spending two years in Los Angeles recording his second album All I Have with some heavyweight producers.
40 Years of Bad Religion
Founding member and bass player for Bad Religion, Jay Bentley talks to Elliott Childs about keeping the L.A punk band going for 40 years.