RNZ: Music 101

Christchurch duo Terrible Sons have just released their debut EP, the songs the product of getting married, having kids, and living a very different life to the one they lived in their 20s. Kirsten Johnstone catches up with the couple.

The RNZ Music Team bring dancefloor bangers and warm fluffies to their mid-Winter play and tell.

In this week's Pocket Edition, Tony Stamp meets with Susan Rogers the audio engineer who worked with Prince on his albums Sign of The Times and Purple Rain, and Alex Behan hosts a live session with waiata Māori songstress Huia Hamon.

Huia Hamon has released Aio, a five track EP, and visited the RNZ studios to deliver us a stripped back acoustic version of Tuauri.

Susan Rogers was Prince's sound engineer on albums including Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times. It was four years of her life that left a huge impression, she tells Tony Stamp.

Nick Bollinger reviews the synth-soaked debut of Los Angeles-based Kiwi expat Chelsea Jade.

Nick Bollinger discusses the hook-filled songs of romantic defeat on the debut album of Auckland power-popsters The Beths.

All Seeing Hand discuss life, art, making music and all of the above for their new album, with RNZ's Jana Whitta.

Geoff Ong is an Auckland based artist who is making summery soul-pop complete with music videos that he has filmed, edited and directed. He played some songs live in the RNZ studios with hisfive-piecee band.

Metallica used one of his photographs on a live album cover; a shot he took of Robert Jr Lockwood is on the cover of  Jimi Hendrix Blues; and his photos have appeared in books including Live: Gigs that Rocked New Zealand. We catch up with Garry Brandon – Spark Arena's in-house photographer – about his 40 years in the biz.