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Song Crush: Iron & Wine And Calexico, Jordan Rakei Jun 29, 2019

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Make a cuppa, pull up the blankies, Kirsten Johnstone and the Song Crush team serve up toasty new tunes to warm you up. This week's show includes The Comet is Coming, Iron & Wine and Calexico and Jordan Rakei amongst others.

Music 101 Pocket Edition 240 Jun 27, 2019

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On this week's Pocket Edition Tony Stamp talks to a jetlagged Louis Baker, and Trevor Reekie encounters cult Auckland act Hallelujah Picassos.

How cancer brought New Zealand’s favourite metal band back together Jun 27, 2019

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Wellington’s Beastwars is perhaps New Zealand’s best-loved metal band, so when they broke up in 2016, fans were gutted. Worse news was to follow – a year later, the band’s frontman Matt Hyde was diagnosed with cancer. He tells RNZ Music’s Kirsten Johnstone how his fight back from illness got the band back together.

The Mixtape: David Long Jun 22, 2019

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Founding member of the Mutton Birds David Long Joins Yadana Saw to discuss his work as a composer for film and TV as well as his time in one of New Zealand's best loved bands of the 1990s.

Introducing: Tei Jun 22, 2019

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Auckland's Tei introduces us to her song 'Britney'.

Hallelujah Picassos - Voices of Exuberant Hellhounds Jun 22, 2019

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[image:199228:full] The Hallelujah Picassos were a bunch of happy musical misfits, resident in the Auckland CBD from 1988 til 1996. The Picassos mixed up genres with unabashed glee, slamming them together, often within the same song. Fast forward to 2019 and the release of their new album Voices of Exuberant Hellhounds finds the band in excellent form despite coming to terms with the passing of their much loved drummer and vocalist Bobbylon who contributed so much to the Picasso's unique sound. For Music 101 Peter McLennan, Darren Harkness (who engineered the album) and vocalist and principal songwriter Roland Rorschach came into the RNZ studio to take us on a quick tiki tour of their new album Voices of Exuberant Hellhounds. Absent was long-time collaborator Johnny Pain who played keyboards, bv's and designing the mighty fine vinyl cover art.

Louis Baker Jun 22, 2019

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The same day he flew back from the UK Louis Baker joined Tony Stamp in the RNZ studio to talk about his new album: Open.

Song Crush: Aurora, Flying Lotus, Lizzo, Myele Manzanza Jun 21, 2019

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The Song Crush team this week has new music ranging from scandipop to jazz. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by RNZ Afternoons producer Emile Donovan, Inside Out host Nick Tipping, and RNZ Music’s Tony Stamp.

Music 101 Pocket Edition 239: Lonnie Holley Jun 20, 2019

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On this week's Pocket Edition we meet American outsider artist Lonnie Holley, and learn about Girls Rock Camp Wellington.

Outsider artist Lonnie Holley on turning trauma into beauty Jun 15, 2019

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Taken from his family as a toddler, Lonnie Holley had a traumatic childhood - neglect, abuse, being hit by a car, put in a prison camp, and living through the Civil Rights movement of mid-60s Alabama. Now 69, he's a celebrated visual artist and musician who turns his experiences into things of beauty and hope.

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