The Song Crush team play remedies for your mid-winter maladies, including songs from Thelma Plum, Bob Dylan and David Kilgour.

In this week's Music 101 Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw has an exclusive interview with UK musician James Blake and the Harmonic Resonators play live in the RNZ studios.

Tim Finn's 21-year-old son Harper is the latest to join the family songwriting business. He's just released two piano-pop songs that might have him swatting away comparisons to his dad, but also show his own emerging style. He speaks with RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone.

A new documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence, currently showing at the NZ International Film Festival, seeks to reveal the truth about the late INXS singer. Director Richard Lowenstein speaks to RNZ Music about Hutchence and what it's like to make a film about a lost friend.

A new documentary playing at the NZ Film Festival called The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash is a sensitive and compelling portrait of the man and the artist. As film-maker Thom Zimny tells Kirsten Johnstone, it was a completely different documentary until a remarkable discovery in the archives.

He Waka Kōtuia are a Ōtepoti/Dunedin kapa haka roopu who have just released an album with Mara TK and Troy Kingi. The rangatahi join Yadana Saw to talk about the process of songwriting.

Elliott Childs talks to New York based guitar builders Rick Kelly and Cindy Hulej, the subjects of Carmine Street Guitars, a documentary which is playing at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Tauranga folk band The Harmonic Resonators is a multi-generational group that plays classic Kiwi singalong tunes. They swung by the RNZ studios to perform this awesome medley of beloved NZ waiata.

In his only New Zealand interview, Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist James Blake tells RNZ Music why concertgoers need to "shut up" and "just listen to the person play".

The Song Crush team this week play some tracks you should listen to instead of the new Ed Sheeran record