RNZ: Music 101

Weird Together chat with Alex about their favourite music of 2016.

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger revisits three albums that stood out for him in 2016: David Bowie's 'Blackstar', Anderson .Paak's 'Malibu', and Mbongwana Star's 'From Kinshasa To The Moon'.

Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest tells us what lead to his huge success in 2016.

Auckland's new New Year's Eve festival Wondergarden will see NZ musicians Connan Mockasin, Liam Finn, and Lawrence Arabia headlining, playing a mix of each others songs, and some specially selected requests from the audience.

A Wellington institution closes its doors for the last time tonight. Kirsten Johnstone looks back at the history of well-loved music venue Bodega.

Madeline North aka So Below is debuting her live show in New Zealand with some help from The Naked and Famous.

On this week's Music 101 Pocket Edition; We korero with Katchafire, Introduce Onono, and Julia Jacklin performs live in session.

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic TV program C'mon. Produced by Kevan Moore from 1966 - 1969 - C'mon set the bench mark for New Zealand based pop culture shows.

Team RNZ Music (plus a representative of The Wireless) convene to showcase some of their favourite songs of the year.

Katchafire are not only one of New Zealand's hardest working bands, they are now one of our most internationally recognised.