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Music 101 Pocket Edition 219: Gin Wigmore/ Church & AP Jan 31, 2019

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On this week's Pocket Edition Yadana chats to Gin Wigmore ahead of her return to NZ, and up & coming hip hop duo AP & Church.

Church and AP Jan 26, 2019

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Rap duo Church and AP take their show to the regions. Church tells Yadana Saw what the youth want.

Introducing: Bored Housewives Jan 26, 2019

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Wellington duo Bored Housewives Club introduce their song Personfriend.

Lontalius Jan 26, 2019

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Lontalius is one of the local names on the lineup at Laneway 2019. He spoke to Tony Stamp about songwriting in LA, writing in different genres, and the choice to include pronouns in his lyrics.

LIVE SESSION: Opal Ocean Jan 26, 2019

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Opal Ocean are an acoustic guitar duo who met in Melbourne, but who both have roots in New Zealand. Kirsten Johnstone got them in the studio to play a couple of songs and tell their story of going from busking to the Montreaux jazz festival.

Song Crush - Ep 1: Sharon Van Etten/Lawrence Arabia Jan 26, 2019

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Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by RNZ music producers Tony Stamp, and Yadana Saw, The Sampler’s Nick Bollinger (who is off writing a book for the next six months) and Sharon Van Etten super-fan John Campbell.

The Mixtape: John Psathas Jan 25, 2019

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John Psathas one of NZ’s most famous composers, having written music for the 2004 Olympic games, for world renowned performers, for films, and collaborated with artists such as Warren Maxwell and Serj Tankian. He speaks to Kirsten Johnstone and plays some of the songs that have meant the most to him.

Andrew Scheps Jan 02, 2019

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Andrew Scheps is a mix engineer who has worked on some notable albums, and won Grammy awards for three of them. Currently in Auckland hosting workshops as part of the NZ Music Producer Series, he spoke to RNZ's Tony Stamp.

Music 101 Pocket Edition 218: Goodbyes and highlights of 2018 Dec 22, 2018

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In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan and Nick Bollinger share their plans for 2019, Julia Dean gives us a surprise performance and lots of favourite 2018 tracks and music news.

The Mixtape: Lorraine Barry Dec 22, 2018

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Lorraine Barry is the manager behind Dave Dobbyn, Tom Scott, Mark Vanilau and Nomad. In her RNZ Music mixtape she shares songs and tales from her international career working with Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Ice T, Soul II Soul and most famously the Spice Girls. Lorraine Barry speaks with Yadana Saw.

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