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'It's an other-worldly state': Bill Callahan talks songwriting
American Songwriter Bill Callahan has been writing music under the name Smog and his own name since the early 1990s. His distinctive baritone voice and melancholy songs often sound like poems set to music. Last year while on tour celebrating his album Reality, they made a recording of their live show in Chicago. The… Audio
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Rikki Morris: On being an 80s popstar and finding the perfect ballad
31 Aug 2024In 1988 New Zealand was riding the wave of 80s pop culture, and at the forefront was Rikki Morris. His hit 'Nobody Else', produced by his late brother Ian… Audio
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'Music is a divine gift' says Teremoana Rapley
31 Aug 2024Teremoana Rapley speaks to TAHI presenter So'omalo Iteni Schwalger at the Pacific Music Awards after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. Video, Audio
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Review: Jack White's – No Name
31 Aug 2024Elliott Childs reviews Jack White's latest album, No-Name, noting that it marks a return to the bluesy rock sound that originally endeared him to fans of The… Video, Audio
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The Mixtape: Former Pitchfork editor Puja Patel
31 Aug 2024Our guest picking the music today is one of the most powerful voices in the music industry. New York-based music journalist Puja Patel was the editor-in-chief… Audio
Saturday 7 September 2024
On today’s show
1.20 Tami Neilson on joining Willie Nelson’s tribe
Tami Neilson, the Canadian born/ NZ-based country singer, has broken new ground for Kiwi country music - she has been welcomed into Willie Nelson’s tribe.
Last year we heard the beautiful duet she sang with Willie ‘Beyond the Stars’, and that song is now part of a collection of Willie Nelson covers that Tami recorded in Willie’s studio in Texas.
It’s a dream come true, but I feel like we’ve been saying that a lot lately about Tami, who is about to play country music's greatest stage - the Grand Ole Opry and later the iconic Dollywood.
Neilson sings Nelson was released just yesterday.
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2.15 Drummer Chris O’Connor’s new gig as a music therapist
This week marks 50 years of music therapy in Aotearoa.
Chris O’Connor, drummer for The Phoenix Foundation, joins Charlotte Ryan in studio to talk about his new career as a music therapist and the impact it has made.
To mark the anniversary there will be a three day music therapy conference in Wellington from 13 - 15 September with speakers from around the world.
Details of the conference here
Chris O'Connor musician and music therapist Photo: Neil Macbeth
3.15 Georgia Gets By: ‘This EP is therapy sessions with myself’
Georgia Gets By, the project of New Zealand’s Georgia Nott, has released a new EP Split Lip.
Georgia is one half of the Nelson duo Broods, the electronic project she started with her brother over a decade ago. The duo were a global phenomenon, touring internationally and opening for artists like Taylor Swift, HAIM, Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith, and more.
Georgia joins Charlotte from L.A and talks about the challenges of starting so young in the music industry, and the voice she’s found making this new EP.
Georgia Gets By Photo: Kate Biel
3.40 The Sampler: On 1994s classic albums by R.E.M, Weezer and Oasis
Tony Stamp looks back at three albums turning 30 this year, in the second of a six-part series. This week R.E.M, Weezer and Oasis get a replay on The Sampler.
Photo: Anton Corbijn
4pm The Mixtape: Comedian and children’s author David Walliams
Our guest today picking the music is David Walliams, one of Britain’s best-loved, cheekiest comedians.
Walliams came to fame alongside Matt Lucas with the edgy BBC comedy series Little Britain, and Come Fly With Me, and later was a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV.
Fifteen years ago Walliams started writing children’s books, and has gone on to become one of the world's most popular children's authors, having spent more weeks in the children’s charts than any other author - including Roald Dahl.
His brave and sensitive characters in books like The Boy in the Dress and Gangsta Granny have reignited reading for a generation.
David Walliams is coming to New Zealand later this month with two shows: An Audience with David Walliams for grown ups, and The David Walliams Book Show for both the kids and the grandparents.
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