Charlotte Ryan chats with Stella Donnelly, a young Australian singer-songwriter making an impact with her brazen lyrics, ahead of her appearance next month at Laneway Festival.

Ballads for the end of the world, torch songs for broken hearts, political missives for everyone, and a glimmer of hope in them all. It’s Song Crush’s 2019 wrap of the (international) songs they’ve loved the most.

On this week's Pocket Edition we pay tribute to the late Rick Bryant, talk to Nadia Reid about her new single, and Angel Olsen about her new album.

This week's RNZ Mixtape selector is jewellry designer Boh Runga, best known as the flamehaired frontwoman of Stellar*. She shares her tunes with Yadana Saw.

Nick Bollinger remembers blue eyed soul man, raconteur Rick Bryant and poet, songwriter, screenwriter and stand up Arthur Baysting, both of whom died earlier this week. Nick and Yadana Saw reflect long cultural legacy that these two men have left on Aotearoa's creative landscape.

Kirsten Johnstone talks to the singer-songwiter about her acclaimed new album, moving to North Carolina, and maintaining mental health on the road.

Auckland musician Ashley Alexander introduces his song 'Nicotine'.

Nadia Reid spoke to Charlotte Ryan about the recording process of her new album 'Out Of my Provence' and introduces us to her single 'Best Thing'.

It was another strong year for music in Aotearoa, from the internationally acclaimed Aldous Harding and Tiny Ruins, to the grass roots DIY acts just bubbling up. The Song Crush team play some of their favourites.

A new book called "Wired For Sound - The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music" by Grant Gillanders & Robyn Welsh tells the story of an enduring Kiwi success story. Trevor Reekie talked to the 2 authors.