RNZ: Music 101

Kirsten Johnstone, Tony Stamp, and Yadana Saw present their favourite songs of the week, with a special ring-in from John Campbell. Songs by Tiny Ruins, Rosalía, Methyl Ethel, Fatima, Josin, and Milk.

After two new shocking documentary series about R Kelly and Michael Jackson's alleged sexual misconduct, can we still listen to their music with a clear conscience? Yadana Saw speaks with ethnomusicologist Kirsten Zemke.

In this week's Pocket Edition we chat to Masego about muscles, Zach from Beirut talks ghost peppers, and Pickle Darling tells us how he made his debut album in various moldy bedrooms.

Christchurch band The Butlers introduce their song 'Leopard of Sweet Dreams'.

Karl Steven of Supergroove, The Drab Doo Riffs and Heart Attack Alley is the RNZ Mixtape selector. He shares his songs and stories of being in bands to studying for his PhD at Cambridge.

American singer & multi-instrumentalist Masego's live track 'Tadow' is currently sitting on over 100 million views on YouTube. In town for Auckland's Laneway festival, he sat down for a chat with Tony Stamp.

Jessie Moss and Paddy Burgin of The Wooden Box Band play live in the Music 101 Studio on the 2nd of February with Music 101 host Yadana Saw.

Pickle Darling's debut album Bigness was recorded in various bedrooms around Christchurch, and went on to feature as Bandcamp's Album of the Day. Tony Stamp spoke to the man behind it, Lukas Mayo.

Kirsten Johnstone talks about hot new music with Radio Active's Breakfast host Maggie Tweedie, RNZ music producer Tony Stamp and Jana Whitta from Girls Rock! Aotearoa, among other things.

Yadana Saw caught up with Broods about their new album Don't Feed The Pop Monster.