Yadana Saw
RNZ Music Mixtape: Summer Selections 2018
The RNZ Music team talk about some of the best tunes of the summer (in their opinions). Video, Audio
Scratching the Itch - the competitive world of turntablism
World Champion DJ Spell who once dominated the turnabilism is now running his own global search for the world's best DJ. He and DJ Alphabethead give Yadana Saw a crash course in the art of scratching.
…Music 101 Pocket Edition 177: Jack Antonoff/ Thundercat
In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to super-producer Jack Antonoff, and bass virtuoso Thundercat. Audio
Music with Yadana Saw
Music 101's Yadana Saw tells Kathryn Ryan what she's learned from nearly a quarter century of attending music festivals, featuring tunes from Dragon, Anderson Paak and My Bubba. Audio
Thundercat
Thundercat AKA Stephen Bruner speaks with Yadana Saw about Erykah Badu, why he loves comedy and how he might work for us. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 176: Big Boi/Steel drums/U.S. Girls
In this week's pocket edition, Number 1 Outkast fan Alex Behan speaks with Big Boi. Tony Stamp is on the phone to Meghan Remy of U.S. Girls and we meet the Wesley Intermediate Steel Drum band. Audio
The Mixtape: Dave Gibson
Elemeno P frontman Dave Gibson is this week's RNZ Music Mixtape selector. He chooses some songs and has a yarn with Yadana Saw. Audio
Israel Starr Live in Session
On a hot summer's night in Wellington, Israel Starr and his backing band Newtown Rocksteady record some tunes and sit down for a korero with Yadana Saw. Video, Audio
Review: Troy Kingi and The Galactic Chiropractors live
An enthusiastic crowd were rewarded by the full-band treatment of Troy Kingi’s album release show for Shake That Skinny Ass All The Way to Zygertron.
Music 101 Pocket Edition 174: Dizzee Rascal/Coco Solid
In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan is on the line to UK grime father Dizzee Rascal, Coco Solid takes Jana Whitta through her new mixtape called 'Cokes' and Yadana Saw speaks with James Toth… Audio
US soul merchants The Internet try NZ lollies
Yadana Saw met US soul merchants The Internet at laneway last week and she made them try NZ lollies. Audio
Crowds to face the heat at Auckland's Laneway Festival
Four Grammy nominees will be skipping the 60th Annual awards ceremony in New York to instead play at the Laneway Festival in Auckland. The annual music event is being held in the leafy Albert Park… Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 172: Craig David/Girls Rock Camp
In this week's Pocket Tony Stamp speaks to Rnb smooth dude Craig David, Jana Whitta gives us a tour of the inaugural Girls' Rock Camp Aotearoa and composer Gareth Farr shares his summer jam. Audio
Fire: the Minecraft music festival
Fire Festival is a virtual music festival that pulled in almost 90,000 punters within the computer game Minecraft. Festival founder Max Schramp explains how to host a 2-day online music festival. Audio
Gin Wigmore is opening a hotel in Palm Springs
Gin Wigmore is about to embark on a New Zealand tour, then she's packing up and moving to Palm Springs. She tells Yadana Saw how she balances music, motherhood and her driving need to do new things. Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 171: Georgia Nott/ Sylvan Esso/ Molly Lewis
In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Georgia Nott from Broods about her new project, Laneway act Sylvan Esso, and champion whistler Molly Lewis. Audio
Summer Jam - Mara TK
Mara TK shares his summer jam and fashion plans for 2018 with Yadana Saw. Audio
Broods' Georgia Nott collaborates with all-women crew for The Venus Project
Georgia Nott talks with Yadana Saw about her new release under her new alter ego, Venus Project Video, Audio
The Mixtape: Jim and Max from Radio Active
This week's mixtape selectors are father-and-son duo Jim Scott and Max Scott-Murray, who have a lifelong connection to Wellington's Radio Active 88.6FM. Audio
Kelela: 'It’s a weird relationship that Americans have with race'
Kelela is an alternative R&B artist best known as a featured vocalist on Solange's A Seat At My Table. Ahead of her first New Zealand performance, Yadana Saw speaks to the Ethiopian-American artist… Video, Audio