RNZ: Music 101

Current world DMC runner-up and #kupuhou viral video sensation, DJ Spell is getting ready to take another tilt at the turntable title. Yadana Saw checks out how preparations are going for the te reo tutor and trick-fingered vinyl spinner.

Craig Leon, the producer behind the Ramones' 1976 debut LP, talks to Trevor Reekie about the album's 40th anniversary.

Self-described perfectionist DJ Shadow talks to Sam Wicks about his latest album, The Mountain Will Fall.

Willie Watson performs In Session.

Sachi introduce their song 'South Central ft. Duckworth.'

In this week's M101 Pocket Edition: Rob Ruha on his latest Tiki Taane produced track, and Nick D of Weird Together presents a primer on Indian and Pakistani electronic music.

To celebrate Matariki, Wellington City Council staged Purapurawhetu, a showcase of emerging and established Maori and pacific performers including Ariana Tikao, Sharn Te Pou, Sonny Southon, Troy Kingi, Mara TK, Iva Lamkum, and Brannigan Kaa.

The daughter of a Samoan musician and a woman from the Shetland Isles, Upper Hutt's Sonny - or Sonja - Southon is virtually unknown here in New Zealand. But through the 80s and 90s she was in demand as a backing vocalist in the UK and US, working with acts such as Bob Geldof, Matt Bianco and Duran Duran, and she released two solo albums.

Weird Together's Nick D presents a primer on Pakistani and Indian electronic music.

Broods have just released their sophomore effort, Conscious. On the line from their Los Angeles home base, Georgia Nott tells Yadana Saw about the intention behind the album name.