RNZ: Music 101

Nick Bollinger reports on the latest recordings of itinerant songster Delaney Davidson.

Nick Bollinger discusses a contemporary recording that recalls the golden age of Cuban dance music.

To celebrate the 11th International Record Store Day, Slow Boat Records' Jeremy Taylor shares his stories and songs from life behind the record shop counter.

Garth Cartwright is a New Zealand-born, London-based music and arts writer. He has a new book - Going For A Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop, in which he traces the history of the record store through more than a century of unprecedented social, cultural and technological change.

Sam Mccarthy has already been in two high profile NZ bands - Goodnight Nurse, and dance pop outfit Kids Of 88. Sam has now relocated to Los Angeles where he makes music as Boyboy, as well as writing and producing for other projects. Sam and his band joined us in the RNZ studio for a catch up, and to play a few songs.

Despite dying more than 10 years ago, Michael Jackson still has far-reaching influence. Everyone from Beyoncé to Justin Bieber has taken a page from the entertainer’s songbook. Perhaps more surprisingly though, Auckland garage-pop musician Roy Irwin has found artistic inspiration in the gloved one.

The three members of Camp Cope have been fighting sexism in the music industry since they formed in 2015, while all the while creating unique and well-crafted music. Drummer Sarah Thompson talks to Jana Whitta ahead of their Auckland show.

UK band Public Service Broadcasting's last two albums have been concept records based around archival footage of human progress and space exploration. For their third, Every Valley, bandleader J Willgoose Esquire was drawn to the story of the coal mining industry in South Wales and its subsequent collapse.

Kimbra's third album Primal Heart has just been released. She spoke to Music 101's Alex Behan about collaborating with Big Boi, Janelle Monae, Thundercat, and Pino Palladino.

The Headless Chickens are being recognised at the 2018 Taite Music Prize with the IMNZ Classic Record Award. To celebrate, we talk to frontman Chris Matthews about six of the songs that have influenced him over the years - one from each decade.