A trio of up-and-coming NZ bands have a hoon in the RNZ studio, in celebration of their colaboration Corduroy Cape: A Persnickety Mixtape.

A meeting of minds between electronic producer Fis and taonga puoro player Rob Thorne resulted in Clear Stones, an experimental album that saw the duo invited to play shows around Europe. Ahead of their first NZ performance, the pair spoke to Tony Stamp.

New Zealand Music Month has been running for 17 years. Alex Behan asks the people who were there from tue start to tell its story: how it began, what it's achieved and where it's going next.

Alex Behan takes us through an oral history of New Zealand Music Month.

Three years on from a spectacular debut album, how does Courtney Barnett really feel? Nick Bollinger listens to her latest and offers his conclusions.

Local hip-hop heavyweight King Kapisi was the first hip-hop artist ever to win the Silver Scroll - NZ's most coveted songwriting award - back in 1999. These days he's a father, grandfather, basketball coach, community worker and personal trainer... and he still finds time to make music.

Australian R&B producer/singer Oscar Key Sung on how his visa woes set him on his own Berlin-inspired musical adventure.

We discuss with Matthew Young the long road towards his excellent new E.P.

Wellington hip-hop artist dropped into the RNZ studios to perform his songs 'Kia Tau' and 'Rangatira', from his new te reo Māori EP Rangatira.

We check out the Vodafone Pacific Music Awards