Yadana Saw
In Harmony with the Lord
Lord Echo AKA Mike Fabulous gets grilled by Yadana Saw about the challenges he set himself in the making of his new album Harmonies. Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 130: Living Colour/Future Islands
In this Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw and Nick Bollinger speak with one of Living Colour, Sam Wicks checks in with fellow ex-pat Melburnian Jon Toogood and Tony Stamp is on the phone to Future Islands'… Audio
Living Colour: vivid as ever
Nick Bollinger and Yadana Saw speak with Living Colour's Vernon Reid and Doug Wimbish. Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 128: Chain and The Gang/The Soil
In this week's Pocket Edition: Trevor Reekie hosts a live session with WOMAD Festival favourites The Soil, Melody Thomas chats with Chain and The Gang. And we meet a PhD student whose dissertation was… Audio
Interview: Sinkane | WOMAD 2017
Yadana Saw joins Sinkane, one of the artists at WOMAD 2017 to explore the grounds and some of the acts playing. Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition: 126
In this week's Pocket Edition, Melody Thomas invites Tom Scott back into the studio, Tony Stamp investigates Songhubs, and Yadana Saw meets some junior critics ahead of the 2017 Children's Music… Audio
The Mixtape: Leila Adu
Composer, musician, researcher Leila Adu shares her mixtape of eclectic activist music for this week's RNZ Mixtape. She speaks with Yadana Saw. Video, Audio
Are the kids down with the tunes?
The APRA Children's Music Award winners have just been announced, but ahead of the ceremony, RNZ Music's Yadana Saw headed to her local childcare centre to get expert opinions on what songs should… Video, Audio
Lorde returns to centre stage with Green Light
"An assured step." That's the verdict on Lorde's new single 'Green Light' from Yadana Saw from RNZ Music. Video, Audio
Ngā Taonga Mai Tawhiti prepare for Te Matatini
Yadana Saw and Kirsten Johnstone witness kapa haka group Ngā Taonga Mai Tawhiti prepare for Te Matatini - the biggest event in the Māori performing arts calendar. Audio, Gallery
Summer Selections from RNZ Music crew
It's only seven weeks into 2017, but already we've heard a glut of great music. The RNZ Music team convenes to talk about their favourites, and the zeitgeist of 2017 - protest songs. Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 124
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Tony Stamp meets Beijing indie outfit Birdstriking, and says farewell to local folk duo Great North. Alex Behan makes a defence for life in the super city. Audio
The Mixtape: Mark de Clive-Lowe
Mark de Clive-Lowe - jazz pianist and purveyor of future beats - shares his back story and the songs that have shaped his style. Video, Audio
The Dark Arts of The Nudge
Yadana Saw crashes The Nudge's band meeting the night before the release of their new album, Dark Arts. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edtion 122: Aurora, Whitney, Jordan Reyne
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, it is a Laneway special. Tony Stamp goes backstage at the Auckland Anniversary Day event and speaks with Norweigian pop singer Aurora, and US septet Whitney. Alex… Audio
Guns N' Roses rock Wellington
Guns N' Roses did not miss a lick in the pouring rain at their Wellington concert last night and the crowd lapped it all up. RNZ's Yadana Saw was there. Audio, Gallery
Fat Freddy's whanau at Te Rā o te Raukura 2017
Yadana Saw heads out the 23rd annual Te Rā o te Raukura festival at Waiwhetū Marae. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 121: Weyes Blood, Beardyman, Sinkane
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Weyes Blood is in session; Yadana Saw speaks with Sinkane ahead of their WOMAD Taranaki appearance, and M101 host Alex Behan is with Aussie psyche septet King Gizzard… Audio
Sinkane: the mythology behind the music
Sudanese-American multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab speaks to Yadana Saw ahead of his WOMAD 2017 appearance with his band Sinkane Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 120: The Mockers, The Veils, DJ MU
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition Trevor Reekie is at The Mockers' first soundcheck in thirty years; Yadana Saw visits a new generation of beatmakers at Naenae Clubhouse and M101 host Alex Behan chats… Audio