RNZ: Music 101

Mary Cornish discusses the tenth anniversary of the Ukelele Festival being held today at Vector Arena and why ukelele's have become so important for primary shcool kids.

Sacha Vee returns home to Christchurch with a new album Luminous after extensive musical exploration in Holland.

New Dawn introduce their track 'The Dying Light'.

In this week's Pocket Edition: Kirsten Johnstone meets the finalists in the 2016 Young Composers competition; Trevor Reekie introduces us to Washington Phillips - a founding father of gospel music; and Alex Behan hosts ALAE for a live session.

Kirsten Johnstone goes backstage with the eight Todd young composers: Louisa Nicklin, Daniel Sun, Josiah Carr, Jay Greenberg, Evangelina Telfar, Eleanore Chen, Reuben Jelleyman.

Nick Bollinger discusses a concept album from South-East London spoken-word artist Kate Tempest.

Twenty years on from the Gillian Welch's timeless debut Revival, Nick Bollinger assess a new release of outtakes from that album – Boots No.1: The Official Revival Bootleg.

Pioneering Wellington DJ Clinton Smiley was struck down with a brain aneurysm 10 years ago, but his influence lives on.

Brooke Fraser is releasing 'A Sides' this week, a collection of some of her biggest hits from the past 14 years.

This week, Public Address' Russell Brown compiles a C60 of his favourite selections.