RNZ: Music 101

In this week's Pocket Edition: the award-winning arts organisation Pacific Underground. A special taonga puoro session for Matariki; and French electro-duo Air celebrate 20 years of music.

Douglas Lilburn and The Dead C have more in common than you think. Yadana Saw takes a walkthrough Zombies on the Horizon, an exhibition about Aotearoa's experimental music adventurers.

Sprawling New York jazz collective Snarky Puppy are playing a sold-out Wellington Jazz Festival show. A sliver of the band catch up with Nick Bollinger ahead of their gig.

Under the wings of Richard Nunns, Brian Flintoff and Hirini Melbourne, Alistair Fraser began playing and crafting taonga pūoro 17 years ago. He has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate and breathe life into the ancient instruments collected in Aotearoa by European explorers, which have been lying dormant in museums in the United Kingdom. He joins us in the studio armed with an arsenal of beautiful taonga, and a looping pedal, to play us a live session.

Jean-Benoit Dunkel of French electronic duo Air talks to Trevor Reekie about the group's two-decade-strong career.

Adam Franklin, frontman and founder of shoegaze stalwarts Swervedriver, on life as an indie rock veteran.

Maaka introduces his song 'Matariki'.

Nick Bollinger surveys an epic five-disc tribute to tie-dyed icons Grateful Dead.

In this week's Music 101 Pocket Edition: Ladyhawke and her new sober LA life; Eastern Bloc's sound of disappointment and SWIDT fly the flag for Onehunga.

SWIDT's Smokeygotbeatz, Spycc and INF talk to Sam Wicks about their hometown rap pride.