Music 101 Interviews

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The biggest stars. The best musicians. Local NZ talent and global chart-toppers. They all share their stories from the road and the studio, and the tales behind the song, with Charlotte Ryan.... more

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The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.

Music 101 Interviews episodes:

December 12, 2024 Mokotron on music's role in decolonisation
Mokotron is a Ngāti Hine music producer based in Tāmaki Auckland, who is part of a Māori electronic music scene that has become a creative force.
The man behind Mokotron is Tiopira McDowell - by day a lecturer in Māori Studies, and co-head of the Māori and Pacific Studies at Auckland Uni, and by night, an artist who has gained a reputation for getting the clubs heaving with a sound that’s distinctly Aotearoa.
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17min
November 23, 2024 The game-changing soundtrack to Once Were Warriors returns
Once Were Warriors celebrates its 30th anniversary this month and the legendary soundtrack has been re-released.
Based on Alan Duff's novel and directed by Lee Tamahori, the film became the highest-grossing film of all-time in New Zealand and won numerous awards.
Tim Moon, who was part of Tangata Records who released the soundtrack, joins Charlotte Ryan.
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7min
November 21, 2024 Fazerdaze on new album: 'People forget there's a human at the heart of it'
After receiving glowing reviews for her earlier releases including her debut album Morningside, Fazerdaze spent years touring throughout the world, resulting in burnout. After taking some time out, she has returned with a new album that represents coming out of the darkness, with a sound that is bigger, but still holds true to her distinctive dreamy guitar pop.
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14min
November 07, 2024 Moana & The Tribe's journey to capturing indigenous voices
Moana & The Tribe have returned with a concept album project that starts in Aotearoa and travels around the world - encapsulating the voices, language, and culture of six indigenous wāhine.
Moana spoke with Music101's Charlotte Ryan.
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11min
October 31, 2024 Moby on getting sober and healthy
We revisit a 2021 interview with Grammy award-winning musician Moby when he opened up to Charlotte Ryan about his career, addiction and regret.
And just a heads up - this interview discusses suicide and suicidal ideation
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19min
October 26, 2024 Salmonella Dub on writing in nature: ‘You could catch a kahawai from the mixing desk’
Salmonella Dub originator Andrew Penman aka DJ Rudeboy talks to Charlotte Ryan about how the community of Whakatu, writer Keri Hulme, and our cultural history, influenced the music.
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16min
October 23, 2024 Horomona Horo on becoming an Arts Laureate: 'As an artist you can feel unseen'
Best known taonga pūoro practitioner Horomona Horo speaks to Charlotte the day after he was announced as an Arts Laureate about the struggle to be seen as an artist.
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14min
October 19, 2024 Biographer on the Prince doco we won’t see
Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars whose story remains a mystery, yet their estate is preventing the release of a Netflix documentary.
Author Matt Thorne joins Charlotte Ryan to discuss his life-long pursuit of documenting Prince, and why he sides with Prince’s estate over the Netflix controversy.
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21min
October 17, 2024 M. Ward: On the supernatural effect of songs
To celebrate the release M. Ward's 'best of' compilation, 'For Beginners', we revisit an interview from July 2023 where he discusses the supernatural occurrences when music reaches the listener's ear.
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13min
October 12, 2024 Remi Wolf phones in from a bathroom floor in Atlanta
American singer and songwriter Remi Wolf is a headlining artist at Auckland’s Laneway Festival in January next year. Originally from Palo Alto, California, Remi Wolf has come to international attention as the opening act for Lorde, Paramore, Gorillaz, and more recently, Olivia Rodrigo. Charlotte Ryan catches up with Remi from a bathroom floor in Atlanta.
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12min

FAQs about Music 101 Interviews:

How many episodes does Music 101 Interviews have?

The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.