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The Mixtape: Estère Apr 28, 2018

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Estère Dalton is a Wellington based producer who writes songs with an anthropologist's eye. Her new album My Design, On Other's Lives tackles subjects like digital overload, migration, guns, and the housing crisis, and then turns inward for some very personal songs about her own family and identity.

Camp Cope live @ RNZ Apr 28, 2018

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Melbourne trio Camp Cope perform two songs from their second album How to Socialise & Make Friends, and have a yarn with Tony Stamp.

RnB star Kehlani: ‘You have to be that loud, that proud, and that strong’ Apr 28, 2018

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RnB singer Kehlani discusses staying true to herself, dealing with mental health publicly and being a little sweet, a little sexy and a little savage.

The Topp Twins: Good Sisters Gone Bad Apr 28, 2018

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The Topp Twins: musicians, comedians, and courageous campaigners for the rights of women, gay and lesbian people, unions, and a nuclear-free New Zealand Jools and Lynda tell some Topp tales as they turn 60.

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers Apr 24, 2018

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Tony Stamp assesses the latest sounds from Afro-Scottish trio Young Fathers.

The Sampler: Shining Day by Delaney Davidson Apr 24, 2018

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Nick Bollinger reports on the latest recordings of itinerant songster Delaney Davidson.

Orquesta Akokan Apr 24, 2018

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Nick Bollinger discusses a contemporary recording that recalls the golden age of Cuban dance music.

The Mixtape: Jeremy Taylor Apr 21, 2018

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To celebrate the 11th International Record Store Day, Slow Boat Records' Jeremy Taylor shares his stories and songs from life behind the record shop counter.

Garth Cartwright: going for a song Apr 21, 2018

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Garth Cartwright is a New Zealand-born, London-based music and arts writer. He has a new book - Going For A Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop, in which he traces the history of the record store through more than a century of unprecedented social, cultural and technological change.

Roy Irwin: the unlikely King Of Pop Apr 21, 2018

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Despite dying more than 10 years ago, Michael Jackson still has far-reaching influence. Everyone from Beyoncé to Justin Bieber has taken a page from the entertainer’s songbook. Perhaps more surprisingly though, Auckland garage-pop musician Roy Irwin has found artistic inspiration in the gloved one.

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