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4:10 PM.The Goldenhorse frontwoman and solo musician tells Kara about her new single 'Hoping and Wishing', and spotlights some tracks that have inspired her over the years. Audio

3:10 PM.In the first of a four part series revisiting albums that turned 30 this year, Tony Stamp looks back at ten British albums that were critical and/ or commercial successes. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.On Wednesday night in Auckland the London-based seven-piece played a sold-out show at The Powerstation. Made up of 1st generation Brits whose parents immigrated from West Africa and Ethiopia, they… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A few days before she hopped on a plane to NZ, the Canadian multi-instrumentalist spoke with Kara about stepping into the spotlight after years of shepherding other people's projects, and her love for… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Spellodies is a family band made up of Steph Brown and Fen Ikner from the  Silver Scroll award-winning group Lips and their nine year old son Freddy. In 2024 the trio took home the APRA Children’s… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Harry Ricketts is a Wellington-based poet and educator who recently published his eleventh volume of poetry. In In this episode of The Mixtape he plays some of his favourite records and talks to Nick… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.RNZ's resident music historian talks us through a key component of the local music scene. Audio

2:10 PM.Two musicians with their own connections to Freddy's pop by to talk about their history with the band, as well as their new and upcoming projects. Audio

1:40 PM.In 2005, Wellington Museum senior curator Ian Wards bought BOATS on CD. Now, two decades later, he's put together an exhibition based around the band's foundations, and the making and production of… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Two Freddy's alumni join us to discuss what went into making the landmark album, which went straight to number one and became the longest-charting album in Aotearoa history. Audio

4:00 PM.The Others Way is an annual festival that takes place in Auckland, this year closing down part of K Rd to accommodate 3000 ticket-holders. Festival director Reuben Bonner talks about the work that… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Who Is the Sky is the music legend's latest album, made in collaboration with Ghost Train Orchestra. He tells Tony Stamp how that will translate to the stage, and helps unpack some of the… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The party-punk five piece have just released their 3rd album, and are about to embark on a nationwide tour. They join Kara live in-studio. Audio

12:00 PM.The Tāmaki singer-songwriter ha been touring Korea, her number-one streaming market. She shares stories from the road with Kara Rickard, and discusses her new EP. Audio

12:00 PM.Ahead of his new album Moisturise and Decolonize, which features collaborations with indigenous artists from around the world, Rei joins Kara to share a preview, and some yarns about last night's… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.It's been two decades since Pluto released Pipeline Under the Ocean, a record that not only went double Platinum but also helped define a golden era of New Zealand rock. Twenty years on, the band are… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.A gorgeous new collection from American singer-songwriter Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), which tackles tricky familial history through soothing songcraft. It's always easy to listen to, thanks to her… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.David Morrison started collecting records aged 12, and when he was 18 won the 2002 New Zealand DMC DJ Championship. Since then he's released albums with Young Gho$t, The All-Seeing Hand, and seven as… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.An in-demand sound engineer (award-nominated for her work with Fazerdaze), Emily Wheatcroft-Snape also founded Record Enable, which aims to "help women and non-binary people create sustainable careers… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The singer-songwriter behind the Te Kaahu project relocated to Los Angeles and resumed her alt-pop project, resulting in a debut album that weaves te reo and traditional Maori song forms with… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Ten years on from her last Mixtape appearance, the esteemed singer-songwriter joins us to share songs from some of her favourite Christchurch musicians. Audio

3:30 PM.Fresh from his first stint co-hosting the Scrolls, the Ōtautahi entertainer and musician has released a new single called 'I Might Go Swimming'. He phones in from Tauranga to give Kara the low down. Audio

3:10 PM.Amelia Murray won Album of the Year and Best Solo Artist at the AMAs earlier this year for Soft Power, an LP that was a labour of love over many years. It paid off, netting her a Silver Scroll… Read more Audio