Bakers Eddy have released their debut album, so Chris Key caught up with their singer Ciarann Babbington on how long it's been in the works and what sort of physical preparations he's considering undertaking before they take the songs on the road.

Wellington band Voodoo Bloo are releasing a new album soon called The Blessed Ghost, Chris Key debuted a new single from it and singer Rory was on hand to explain how they're gone from being a solo project to a full band.

The latest Silver Scroll award winner is Troy Kingi. He and Angie unpack the song here to figure out why more than 10,000 musos in Aotearoa thought this: the best song in the country.

When Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders released their third album Get The Money in 2019, Angie caught up the main man and Foo Fighter, and what a great New Zealander he was. Here's a replay of that chat. RIP

Written after the first lockdown, Ekko Park's new song Breakdown had its debut with Chris Key on the Hauraki Night show. Find out why they waited 'til now to release it and what the connection is to the town of Te Awamutu.

On the eve of the Black Seeds releasing their new song and video for It’s So Real, Chris Key convinced lead singer Barnaby Weir to give him an exclusive on the Hauraki Night show. And so it was so. And so it was done. Barnaby also revealed how long the song has been around in his brain (how many years?) and the random places their music has been consumed around the planet.

Before the new song from Racing called In Silver was unleashed on March 11, Dan from the band gave Chris Key an exclusive first listen on the Hauraki Night show. He also explained their unusual strategy for releasing songs this year, including the next album, and when we can expect to see them on stage again.

On the 35th anniversary of U2 releasing The Joshua Tree, Angie went through the album, track by track, with the help of special guests Bono, The Edge, Adam and Larry.

To celebrate the release of their Greatest Hits album Hits To The Head, Alex and Bob from Franz Ferdinand zoomed in from Scotland to chat with Tracey Donaldson about their return to playing live and intimate shows, getting their new drummer Audrey and what lies ahead for 2022.

Blindspott have just released VOLUME 1, the first instalment oftheir upcoming four-part album - their first in sixteen years! Lead singer Damien called up the Hauraki Night show with Chris Key to explain the journey of bringing the new songs to life and to preview a brand new tune.