Hosted by RNZ · EN
A selection of highlights from Saturday's Music 101.
In this week's Pocket Edition, Charlotte Ryan highlights the best new music of the week and features Jerome Kavanagh and his new song written for Matariki & Diggy Dupe talks to Tony Stamp about his upcoming show celebrating the music of the Polynesian Panthers show.
Sibling duo Ersha Island introduce their new song 'Gut Feeling'.
Low artist payments from music streaming is already a hot topic and now 'streaming farms', the newest form of music pay-for-play are also having an impact on music charts and musician's income. Charlotte Ryan finds out more...
With Aotearoa being moved into the red light traffic system, due to Covid, our music and entertainment industry has come to a halt with all events with more than 100 people cancelled or postponed. This not only hugely affects musicians and artists - but many behind the scenes. Sarin Moddle is one of them. She works in live music production which translates as Tour Management, Production & Site Coordination, Artist Liaison, and Promoter Representation. She's had a very huge week speaking to the media about the crisis point the NZ Music & Entertainment industry faces without targeted public sector support.
Charlotte Ryan talks to Malo Ioane Luafutu, AKA Scribe, about his new documentary on TVNZ, directed by Chris Graham.
For the sixth year running, Recorded Music NZ and Massey University will celebrate the unsung heroes of Aotearoa’s music industry at the AMA Artisan Awards.
Brett Eccles of Eccles Entertainment NZ promoter is has just announced Billie Elish to be coming next year - and also tours local artists such as Lorde, Troy Kingi and Fat Freddys Drop. He joined Charlotte Ryan on the phone to talk about the new #Vax4Life campaign.
It’s time for another RNZ Music Live Session! This time we’re joined by Wellington singer and songwriter, Mara TK (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tainui), who you may know from his time as frontman of Electric Wire Hustle.
In this week's Pocket Edition, it’s a special Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry tribute to the Jamaican's greatest sonic wizard. Yadana Saw speaks with Aotearoa musicians about the man known as the Godfather of Dub has influenced and impacted them