RNZ: Music 101

New York-based Kiwi songwriter Miriam Clancy joins Music101's Charlotte Ryan to a talk about her latest album Astronomy and her upcoming NZ tour.

We speak to German composer and record producer Nils Frahm ahead of his first ever New Zealand show

Hip hop musician Tom Scott and his collaborative project Avantdale Bowling Club have won the coveted Album of the Year at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, which took place at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Thursday.

French For Rabbits find a new banging synth sound, British-Ghanaian rapper Kojey Radical shows his smooth side, and Wye Oak just keep on evolving - these songs and more on Song Crush this week.

In this week's Pocket Edition, American guitarist and songwriter Steve Gunn swings by for a live session and we meet the behind the scenes talent who were recognised at the NZ Music Artisan Awards ceremony.

Harper Finn talks to Charlotte Ryan about growing up in the musical Finn family and his new single

Auckland band Makeshift Parachutes introduce their song 'Be Kind Rewind'.

Charlotte Ryan talks to Six60 about being the biggest band in NZ and their plan for world domination.

Pluto are back together after a 10 year break. They talk to Charlotte Ryan about their new album and playing live again.

Doom folk, te reo Maori electronica, sample based soul and Jeff Goldblum's lounge album are some of the things discussed in Song Crush this week, but beware of tangents everywhere.