RNZ: Music 101

Irregular M101 guest and contributor Sam Scott returns for summer, this week to talk about the passing of David Bowie with Melody Thomas and Music 101 producer Yadana Saw, who shares her documentary Bowie Is...

Irregular M101 guest and contributor Sam Scott returns for summer with all sorts of fun facts and musical artefacts. This week, Melody Thomas and he explore music and sex, and get into the nitty gritty of suggestive lyrics with Jeremy Taylor.

Irregular M101 guest and contributor Sam Scott returns for summer with all sorts of fun facts and musical artefacts. This week, Melody Thomas and he explore music and commerce, and the nature of music publishing with Jan Hellriegel.

Emma Smith, Yadana Saw, Zac Arnold, Melody Thomas, Kirsten Johnstone, Trevor Reekie, Sam Wicks and Zen Yates-Fill regroup to swap notes and share their best-loved local and international cuts for 2015.

Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker, UB40 on their family feud, and inside Princess Chelsea's 'No Church on Sunday'.

Studio secrets with Steve Albini, Die! Die! Die! break up and make up and Totems tries footwork on for size.

Tame Impala's super sonic mind, Kevin Parker on how their music is made; Sam Wicks goes for a cruise with DJ Yella of N.W.A infamy; Zac Arnold talks to the trio of Moon Duo.

Zac Arnold takes to the red carpet at the 2015 NZ Music Awards, Yadana saw jumps onset for a DIY video shoot and we get in the mood with Auckland's heartiest party band.

Shigeto's shifting palate, Tomorrow People's 'sunshine reggae' and the universes hidden within the strings of Susan Alcorn's pedal steel.

The creative impulses of Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe, Hermitude's long-running partnership and inside Electric Wire Hustle's 'Golden Ladder'.