RNZ: Music 101

Skiffle was a youth cultural revolution that has been downplayed in histories of British rock, says singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg - and he’s written a book about it. He talks to Nick Bollinger.

Beat-maker Jennifer Lee (AKA TOKiMONSTA) was left unable to speak, walk, or make music after a struggle with a rare brain disease. She spoke to Tony Stamp about her recovery, and the resulting album, Lune Rouge.

It's one year since the New Zealand Music Foundation launched it's Wellbeing Service.

Jordan Rakei was born in Tokoroa and raised in Brisbane, but moved to London in his early twenties to combat a lifelong struggle with anxiety. Now twenty five, he's signed to prestigious label Ninja Tune, and has released his second album Wallflower, which chronicles his struggle with mental illness.

Dave Dobbyn speaks from the fields of Passchendaele after performing at the centenary commemorations of the day New Zealand lost 845 soldiers in battle in just a few hours.

Linking the political axis of Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine and Cypress Hill, the new supergroup Prophets of Rage has drawn together the back catalogues of all three bands with a whole new set of songs. And they've reinvigorated their rage in the process.

Seminal '90s dub merchants Unitone Hifi have been quiet in recent years, but they're re-energized and working on new material ahead of their appearance at Laneway 2018. Tony Stamp sat down with the trio for an hour of their favourite tunes.

Auckland musician Arthur Ahbez performs acoustically and tells us about his new album 'Volume 2'.

Indialucia is a musical project, formed by Polish guitarist Miguel Czachowski who grew up surrounded by flamenco music and saw him start playing the guitar at age 12.

Shannon Walsh from Deer Park tells us why the band's second album took seven years to complete.