New Zealand Music

VUP has published a new book:  Searches for Tradition: Essay on New Zealand Music, Past and Present, edited by Michael Brown and Samantha Owens.  The book covers a huge range of perspectives about… Audio

Joanna Hunkin painted a pretty dark view of the state of our local music industry in a NZ Herald article last week, but is chart success even worth worrying about? Includes top 11 NZ music moments of… Video, Audio

Campbell Smith is a lawyer, band manager and promoter. He staged his first Big Day Out in 2005, and now runs Auckland City Limits, which will take place for a second time on March 3, 2018. Audio

For thirty years Tony Vercoe ran Kiwi-Pacific Records until his retirement in 1989.  When he began there was almost no interest in New Zealand music, but he saw the potential and helped develop the… Audio

The RNZ Music team choose their top picks in light of NPR's '150 Greatest Albums Made By Women'.

Sarajevo, a new release by Wellington pianist Jian Liu features a collection of New Zealand piano works from some of the country’s most eminent composers. The album features two contrasting works by… Audio

Wellington reggae-soul band The Black Seeds are back with a new beat and a new album. 2018 will mark 20 years of the band and their new album Fabric offers a mix of funk, soul, and Afrobeat. Lead… Audio

Chris Rex Martin, Shadrack Simi and Brady Peeti play three musical brothers who get the opportunity of a life time… to open for Kiwi music legend John Rowles. Their show Larger than Life, which is on… Audio

William Dart listens to three recent NZ releases – all with a certain gentleness of spirit – from Miles Calder and the Rumours, Matthew Smith and The Nukes. Audio

A spotlight has been shone on New Zealand troubadour Delaney Davidson in a new documentary that shows him both on and off stage. Audio

New Zealand's first local number one album for 2018 is Tomorrow People's cheekily named BBQ Reggae. The band perform a live version of the album's first single 'Don't Wanna Fight It' in Samoan, Maori… Video, Audio

Conor McCabe and Barnaby Matthews were only separated by a few years at Hamilton Boys High and both spent a lot of time in the music department but didn't connect until many years later in Australia… Video, Audio

Singer-songwriter Thomas Oliver shares a Mixtape of songs that introduced him to artists or a genre he consequently grew to love. Audio

Sea Views introduce their track 'Into The Night'. Audio

After hearing Lawrence Arabia preview a number of songs in Auckland's Queen's Arcade in April 2015, William Dart was impatient for the album. Absolute Truth has finally dropped and William is… Audio

Jack Body's classic score from 1968, with text by NZ poet Russell Haley, performed by Callum Blackmore (speaker), Jonathan Dunlop (harpsichord), Rachel Song (piano), Cynthia Hsu (harp), Amy Hsu… Audio

The great New Zealand album today features one of the original members of a band whose debut album in 2002 was not only a break through for them, but for kiwi music in General. "Riverhead" not only… Audio

For New Zealand Music Month we've invited our guests to make us a mixtape of their fave local releases. Here is Andrew Tolley's C60 of underground rarities and obscure tracks from our land. Audio

Emily Edrosa performs in Session in front of Auckland's Harbour Bridge. Audio