Folk
Chris Priestley - Musical Chairs
Musician and entrepreneur Chris Priestley is a folk musician and songwriter, a founder of Real Groovy Records and Auckland venues Java Jive and the Atomic Cafe. Chris recounts his story from folk… Audio
Rodriguez - Sugar Man
Mexican American singer-songwriter who produced two folk rock albums in the early 1970s, but disappeared from the music scene until he was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary, Searching for… Audio
Paul Ubana Jones and Tony Majdalani in session
Paul Ubana Jones, born in the UK to an English Mum and a Nigerian father, is one of this country's most respected solo performers. A unique artist, Ubana has always done it his way, in a career that… Audio
The Clevedonaires from Clevedon
The Clevedonaires were a harmonious little family folk group from South Auckland which, after some local chart success and regular TV appearances, headed to Australia where they became a sought after… Audio
Musical Chairs: Graeme Allwright Part 2
Part Two of Musical Chairs with New Zealand-born French singer Graeme Allwright who died in February 2020 Originally from Wellington, Graeme went on to become a well-known folk singer in France -… Audio
Lorenzo Buhne - From Punk to Poetry on Musical Chairs
Lorenzo Buhne toured the world as the bass player for 80's punk bands The Dickies and Fear. In 2003 Lorenzo moved to New Zealand. Leaving the hectic LA scene has given him the opportunity to get in… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 6 - the '90s onwards
"It's life's illusions I recall, I really don't know life at all"
Rebecca Blundell looks at Joni Mitchell's recordings from the '90s up to the present day (circa 2006), a time where Mitchell was… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 5 - Joni takes on the '80s
"If you had that house/ car/ bottle/ jar your lovers would look like movie stars"
Rebecca Blundell looks at Joni Mitchell's music in the '80s and her disdain for the social and political climate of… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 4 - Joni and the jazz bassists
"Now we are black and white, embracing out in the lunatic New York night"
Rebecca Blundell looks at the three albums Joni Mitchell made with fretless jazz bass player Jaco Pastorius in the late… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 3 - Fame takes its toll
"The lights go down and it's just you up there"
Rebecca Blundell looks at Joni Mitchell's life in the early '70s from the recording of Blue which ended in Mitchell's emotional collapse, through her… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 2 - The '60s Recordings
"Songs like tiny hammers hurled at bevelled mirrors in empty halls"
Rebecca Blundell looks at Joni Mitchell's early song-writing, focussing on the late '60s recordings.
At the time Mitchell's… Audio
Musical Chairs - Martin Curtis
Cardrona-based folk singer-songwriter, school bus driver and rural postie, Martin Curtis, sings of New Zealand's goldmining and rabbiting history and of its environmental issues. Audio
