Yadana Saw

This week's mixtape selector is Chris Bourke, Audioculture editor and presenter of New Zealand music history series Blue Smoke. He shares the songs that have shaped him and speaks with Yadana Saw Audio

Love them or loathe them, the English band UB40 are deeply entwined into Aotearoa's musical DNA. Yadana Saw explores how a reggae-pop band from the British West Midlands burrowed into the South… Video, Audio

RNZ music journalist Yadana Saw unravels the Spotify stoush, as Joe Rogan responds to Neil Young's departure from the platform. She'll also play a couple of her favourite summer tracks. Audio

Julian Wilcox (Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa) is the host of RNZ's new magazine-style show Māpuna, which launches on 5 February. The acclaimed broadcaster chats to Yadana Saw about some of the songs that have… Video, Audio

This week on Lost and Found, Yadana Saw shares some unexpected gems from Robert Palmer, Aaradhna, Massive Attack and more. Today's soundtrack will keep you company whether you're on the road, at the… Video, Audio

This week on Lost and Found, Yadana Saw begins and ends with Day Dreaming an Aretha Franklin classic. She also shares some of the highlights from the past few years. Video, Audio

This week on Lost and Found, Yadana Saw gets into the smooth soul and chilled grooves with tracks from Golden Harvest, Emma Paki, and a recent release from one half of 1990s duo Charles and Eddie. Video, Audio

This week on Lost and Found it's disco, post-disco, neo soul and few other discoveries for a new year. Yadana Saw curates classics and curious cuts from Aotearoa and beyond. A guaranteed toe-tapping… Video, Audio

This week on Lost and Found, a special seasonal selection with hardly a carol in sight. Today's episode is dedicated to friends and whānau near and far, and songs to keep the day's spirits blissful… Video, Audio

James Brown is the undisputed inventor of funk music, the singer, bandleader, raconteur and entrepreneur lived more life in his seven decades than most. Nick Bollinger and Yadana Saw share their close… Audio

Yadana plays Tami Neilson's cover of the Willie Nelson Christmas song Pretty Paper, a summery track from Sorrento with Andy Lovegrove's honeyed voice and bassist extraordinaire Marika Hodgson. Plus an… Audio

We finish off 2021 with the RNZ Music team picking their favourite songs of the year! Video, Audio

Dave Dobbyn's Slice of Heaven has been called New Zealand's unofficial anthem. Thirty five years after its release Yadana Saw's explores how the song made in two days with Herbs, rejected by radio and… Video, Audio

We pay tribute to Robbie Shakespeare, who passed away earlier this week. Yadana Saw and Jim Pinckney discuss his epic career as one part of the best Jamaican rhythm sections ever: Sly and Robbie. Audio

French for Rabbits have just released their third album The Overflow. By lead singer and songwriter Brooke Singer's estimation the record is the most accomplished for the Pōneke act. Video, Audio

British singer and songwriter Adele has persuaded Spotify to stop shuffling albums by default- , so now the tracks play in the order the artists intended.

The singer tweeted: "We don't create albums… Audio