Folk
Tiny Ruins: Brightly Painted One - album review
Nick Bollinger casts an ear over Brightly Painted One, the second set of slow, quiet songs from New Zealander Hollie Fullbrook, a.k.a. Tiny Ruins. Audio
Arthur Ahbez in session
Nu-weird-folkie Arthur Ahbez and his band Superbird joins Emma Smith in the studio to run through a selection of new songs. Audio
Stages: Lyttelton's Wunderbar - NZ most visually disarming bar
Anthonie Tonnon heads to Lyttelton and visits a venue with nine lives. It may also be the country's most visually disarming bar - The Wunderbar. Audio
Mike Bloomfield
Guitarist Michael Bloomfield was born in Chicago, a rich white Jewish kid who ended up jamming with some of the biggest blues players, as well as the likes of Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin.
A new… Audio
Aldous Harding
Anika Moa could be credited with discovering Hannah Harding. She was busking on the streets of Geraldine, trying to raise the funds for a ticket to Anika's show that night, and ended up on stage… Audio
Into The East live session
This famous Invercargill acoustic duo are touring the nation with Twizel native Sarah Conlon. They're all performing live in the studio with Nick Atkinson. Audio
Raga for Peter Walker
Still performing at 75, American guitarist Peter Walker gained attention as part of the Greenwich Village scene, and went on to study with Ravi Shankar and worked with LSD pioneer Timothy Leary… Audio
Folk Fortnight 2014
Nick Atkinson is at the opening of the first Folk Fortnight learning to Strip The Willow while finding out about two weeks-worth of folk events, both regular and special. Audio
Streets Of Laredo
Based in the United States, Streets of Laredo have been honing their songs on the streets of New York, since their formation a few years ago. Originally founded by brothers Dan and Dave Gibson and… Audio
Beck
It's been six years since Beck's last album Modern Guilt. During that time he suffered a spinal injury which hindered his ability to play and perform. He's been working pretty solidly though… Audio
Nadia Reid live at Camp A Low Hum 2014
Singer songwriter Nadia Reid plays a new song about moving to Wellington, in a sunny field at Camp Wainui. Audio
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
