The national finals for the Smokefree Rockquest and Pacifica Beats are this weekend in Auckland and RNZ celebrate 28 years of music by bringing together students from this years final with Te Awanui Reeder from Nesian Mystic.

Passenger has a billion YouTube clicks for the song 'Let it Go' and his latest album Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea was recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland.

Mara TK talks about re-configuring Electric Wire Hustle's line up and his new EP 'The 11th Sky'.

Affsid Kidjhagiffy introduces his song 'Wallace Went Walking'.

Poet, rapper, writer and youth mentor Dominic Hoey picks some verbose and subversive music for the RNZ Music Mixtape.

Modern day troubadour, North American singer-songwriter Ryley Walker talks to Trevor Reekie about maintaining  motivation in his own musical belief.

On Tuesday 15 November 1988, Run-D.M.C. played The Powerstation in Auckland. This is the story of how that show altered the course of Aotearoa hip hop.

Thomston's debut album Topograph has just been released and he joins Alex Behan in studio to perform a few songs and share a little bit about his musical journey.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Cramps' first-ever New Zealand dates, John Baker talks to some of the characters who were there to bear witness.

Second generation musical collaborators Name UL take Yadana Saw on a tour of their studio space and the songwriting process behind their debut album Choice(s).