Music 101

1:15 Jennifer Reid: The punk who sings broadside ballads 

Jennifer Reid is passionate about preserving aural traditions. Reid travels the globe as a champion of the Industrial Revolution work song, Lancashire dialect and clog dancer. Most of her music is acapella and borrows from old broadside ballads she has helped nurture in the modern world through performance. Her new record, The Ballad of the Gatekeeper, is a culmination of 16 years of studying 19th century British history and is almost ready to be released.    

Jennifer joined Maggie Tweedie in the RNZ studio and performed a ballad for the RNZ listeners.

Jennifer Reid’s upcoming shows:

Fri 4 April, Pyramid Club, Pōneke w/ Rosie Whinray & SHEHONK
Sat 5 April, Common Ground, Featherston
Sun 6 April, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui
Thurs 10 April, Rocky Bay Folk Club, Waiheke
Fri 11 April, Cauldron Deck Concerts, Titirangi
Sun 13 April, Freida Margolis, Tāmaki Makaurau w/ Brandon de la Cruz
Weds 16 April, Audio Foundation, Tāmaki Makaurau w/ Pumice
Thurs 17–Sun 20 April, Hamsterfest, Hamilton
Weds 23–25 April, Tradfest, Rotorua
Sat 26 April, Jam Factory, Tauranga
Mon 28 April, Devonport Folk Bunker, Tāmaki Makaurau

2.15  Jazz award finalist Thabani Gapara: 'Things can always get brighter and better' 

Talented Zibabwean Saxophonist Thabani Gapara has been a musician for decades. Cutting his teeth with some of South East Africa’s finest musicians and has steadily made a name for himself in Aotearoa working and playing as a session musician on stages with Katchafire, Troy Kingi, House of Shem, Hipstamatics, and Stan Walker. 

The hard work has been formally recognised this week as Thabani is up for  Te Manu Taki Tau-tito o te Tau best jazz artist at this year's Aotearoa Music Awards for his new record Dzindza.   

For two decades, Thabani has been a trusted sideman, an in-demand session musician, a quiet giant behind the music. 2020 saw him step into his own spotlight, bringing his lived experience of Southern African jazz to the forefront. His music is a vibrant fusion of Bantu rhythms, funk, grooves of the African diaspora, and boundless improvisation.

Mount Maunganui, 17 April
Whangamata, 26 April
Christchurch, 10 May
Hamilton, 17 May
Wellington, 23 May
Auckland, 31 May

3.15  Rising Pacific Popstar Lou’ana 

Aotearoa’s Kiwi Pacific artist Lou'ana has been garnering much attention for her recent music releases, reaching over 2 million streams for her music on Spotify. 

A trained jazz vocalist, Lou’ana has crafted her own style with soulful blues, funk, and sparkly disco. Her debut album Moonlight Madness won her the 2021 Best Pacific Female Artist Award.

Lou’ana has shared stages with icons like Gladys Knight and Teddy Swims and played to festival crowds at Splore, Nostalgia, and CubaDupa.

Now with the release of her new single ‘Step into my World’ the spotlight is very much on Lou’ana, and she joins us on Music 101.

Lou’ana’s upcoming shows:

Saturday, 12 April, Leigh Sawmill
Friday, 18 April, Waiheke Jazz Festival Link: https://www.waihekejazzfestival.co.nz/

3:40 The Sampler review: Bon Iver

Justin Vernon's future-folk project has swollen with ambition over the years, toeing a line between artsy indulgence and solid tunes.

Tony Stamp reviews Bon Iver's new album Sable, Fable.

4pm The Mixtape: Writer Duncan Sarkies 

Duncan Sarkies is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He’s written for television’s Flight of the Conchords, wrote local feature films Scarfies and Two Little Boys and recently published his third novel, Star Gazers. He’s also a dedicated music fan.

In the Mixtape he talks to Nick Bollinger about the part music plays in his life and work, and shares a few of his favourite songs.

 

Songs Played on the Show

1-2pm

Every Single Weekend (Interlude) – Mister Magic

Falling Off – Hongi Slinger

(Slow) Motion – Chris William

Bizness - Tune Yards

Babooshka - Kate Bush

Love Me Jeje - Tems

 

2-3pm

People Say - The Meters

Night Bus - The Flying Hats

Under The Pressure - The War on Drugs

Into Your Arms - Love Positions

Spanish Joint (Kero One Remix) - D'Angelo

Feel - Annika Rani

 

3-4pm

Genius of Love (LOOPED) - Tom Tom Club

All Good - De LA sOUL and Chaka Khan

Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips

My World – Lou’ana

Something New - Babe Rainbow

One Man Entourage - The Bamboo

I’ve Been Watching You -Parliament

Reptillian Journey (Jordan Rakei remix)

Clean Heart - Perfume Genius