Nick Bollinger
Te Whare Tiwekaweka by Marlon Williams
Nick Bollinger reviews Marlon Williams' first te reo Māori album. Audio
Aotearoa - Tihei Mauriora & He Waiata Mo Te Iwi
In the 1980s, a band of young Maori musicians set out to sing about their language and their culture. They named themselves Aotearoa. In this episode of Essential New Zealand Albums Nick Bollinger… Audio
The Music Of Ry Cooder: Part 2
The final part of our two part series on the music of guitarist, composer and producer Ry Cooder. Audio
Artist to Artist: Episode 4
In Artist To Artist Nick Bollinger takes a listen to some of the songs that songwriters have written about other songwriters, and uncovers the stories behind them. Audio
Artist to Artist: Episode 3
In Artist To Artist Nick Bollinger takes a listen to some of the songs that songwriters have written about other songwriters, and uncovers the stories behind them. Audio
Artist to Artist: Episode 2
In Artist To Artist Nick Bollinger takes a listen to some of the songs that songwriters have written about other songwriters, and uncovers the stories behind them. Audio
Artist to Artist: Episode 1
In Artist To Artist Nick Bollinger takes a listen to some of the songs that songwriters have written about other songwriters, and uncovers the stories behind them. Audio
The Music Of Ry Cooder: Part 1
In the first part of a new two part series, Elliott Childs looks at the music of guitarist, songwriter and producer Ry Cooder. Audio
Family: Affair: Episode 4
Popular music is filled with singing siblings and performing parents, all making music together. In the final episode of the series Nick Bollinger conducts an informal survey of musical families… Audio
Nick Bollinger
Nick Bollinger talks about some of his upcoming Essential Albums and other music features. Audio
Family Affair: Episode 3
Popular music is filled with singing siblings and performing parents, all making music together. In the third of four programmes Nick Bollinger conducts an informal survey of musical families, their… Audio
Family Affair: Episode 2
Popular music is filled with singing siblings and performing parents, all making music together. In the 2nd of four programmes Nick Bollinger conducts an informal survey of musical families, their… Audio
Family Affair: Episode 1
Popular music is filled with singing siblings and performing parents, all making music together. In the first of four programmes Nick Bollinger conducts an informal survey of musical families, their… Audio
Best albums of 2024 - Nick Bollinger
Nick's pick for best album of 2024 is A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs. Audio
Essential Albums: Good Shirt - Good
Goodshirt combined classic pop influences with a D.I.Y sensibility learned from Chris Knox, to make one of the essential New Zealand albums of the early 2000s. Nick Bollinger discusses Goodshirt's… Audio
Essential Albums: Ladi 6 - The Liberation Of...
When the single 'Like Water' hit the New Zealand top ten in early 2011 it established Ladi6 as this country's major R&B star. But that success was just one milestone in a long journey, and the song… Audio
Essential Albums: The Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo
Buffalo was the album that lifted the profile of Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation both here and internationally. It saw their collective approach reach new heights - in the sophistication of the… Audio
Essential Albums: Doug Jerebine - Is Jesse Harper
Recorded in London in 1969, these recordings provided classic material for Kiwi rockers The Human Instinct yet the originals remained largely unheard until their discovery and release in 2012. Nick… Audio
Nick Bollinger's Essential NZ Albums: Bic Runga - Birds
If it were Bic Runga's goal, as she once suggested, to make music that would "alter the listener's mind in some way" she achieved it with this record more than any other. Birds is an album with a… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: King Kapisi - Savage Thoughts
Hip-hop is a musical form invented by African Americans, and yet here is a version that could only have come from deep in the Pacific. It has a proud sense of place and yet it looks outward. To quote… Audio
