A 24-hour recording of RNZ National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
23 July 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight (RNZ); 12:30 Laugh Track (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (BBC); 2:05 NZ Live; 3:05 One Fine Day by Robin McFarland read by Peter McKenzie (RNZ); 3:30 The Week (RNZ); 4:30 Global Business (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 Voices (RNZ)
===6:08 AM. | Storytime===
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Plum Jam, by Alex Gillet, told by Anne Budd; Firewood, by Patricia Grace, told by Stephen Butterworth; Spooky Movies and Sleepy Mum, by Willie Davis, told by Willie Davis; Balloon, by Joy Cowley, told by Moira Wairama, Tony Hopkins and Prue Langbein; Hungry Haare, by John Parker, told by Riwia Brown; Taking It Easy, by David Hill, told by Mick Rose
===7:10 AM. | Country Life===
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Memorable scenes, people and places in rural New Zealand (RNZ)
===8:10 AM. | Saturday Morning===
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A mixture of current affairs and feature interviews, until midday (RNZ)
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08:12
Andy Bearpark: Iraq, Thatcher and yoga
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Kim Hill talks to Andy Bearpark arrived in New Zealand in 2013 after a 40-year career as a war zone reconstruction expert. He was one of Margaret Thatcher's five Private Secretaries for three years, and also acted as her sole Chief of Staff for six months, and was Director Operations and Infrastructure in the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. He is now focused on opening a yoga, health and artist retreat in Featherston.
Topics: conflict, defence force, disability, education, health, history, inequality, law, life and society, media, politics, refugees and migrants, security, spiritual practices
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Iraq, Margaret Thatcher, Featherston, Brexit, yoga, South Africa, Philip Morris, Blackwater, arthritis, Balkans, United Nations
Duration: 45'38"
09:08
Norm Hewitt: the violence stops here
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Kim Hill talks to Norm Hewitt, former All Black, and a kahukura for E Tu Whanau, a Maori kaupapa that focuses on strengthening whanau to bring about change that stops violence. He takes responsibility for the violent behavior in his past in the documentary Making Good Men, which reunites him with actor Manu Bennett, whom he bullied 30 years ago at boarding school.
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Kim Hill talks to Norm Hewitt, former All Black, and a kahukura for E Tu Whanau, a Maori kaupapa that focuses on strengthening whanau to bring about change that stops violence.
He takes responsibility for the violent behavior in his past in the documentary Making Good Men, which reunites him with actor Manu Bennett, whom he bullied 30 years ago at boarding school.
Topics: conflict, history, identity, life and society, sport, te ao Maori
Regions: Hawkes Bay, Wellington Region
Tags: bullying, family, Michael Laws, Manu Bennett, Celia Lashlie, rugby, boxing, Ray Thompson, Trevor Grice, E Tu Whanau, Te Aute College, Te Kaha, war, family violence
Duration: 34'22"
09:40
Rochelle Constantine: whales and us
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Kim Hill talks to Dr Rochelle Constantine, Senior Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, who is co- coordinator of this year's University of Auckland Winter Lectures, Whales and Us: the Past, Present and Future.
Topics: climate, environment, history, Pacific, science, technology
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: whales, humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins, Kermadec Islands
Duration: 16'02"
10:06
Terence Davies: quiet passion and sunset song
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Kim Hill talks to Terence Davies, acclaimed screenwriter and film director, who is a guest at the 2016 New Zealand International Film Festival, presenting screenings of his two latest films, Sunset Song, based on the 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, and A Quiet Passion, which explores the life of writer Emily Dickinson.
Topics: arts, books, business, conflict, education, history, language, life and society, media, money, politics, spiritual practices
Regions: Auckland Region, Wellington Region
Tags: films, Mike Leigh, Emily Dickinson, Cynthia Nixon, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Catholicism, homosexuality, Tom Cruise, war, Brexit, WW1, actors, Seigfried Sassoon
Duration: 36'59"
10:42
Fiona Campbell: end of the Roadshow?
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Kim Hill talks to philanthropist and curator Fiona Campbell who created the Real Art Roadshow, which has been travelling to school students in geographically isolated or challenging locations for ten years; she is now looking for a buyer for the project so that the work can continue.
Topics: arts, business, education, rural
Regions: Wellington Region, Otago
Tags: children
Duration: 14'46"
11:07
Thomas Thwaites: acting the goat
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Kim Hill talks to designer Thomas Thwaites, whose new book, GoatMan, tells about how he took a holiday from being human by becoming a goat in Switzerland, using special prostheses and attempting to eat grass. They also talk about his first book, The Toaster Project, which detailed his attempt to make an electric toaster from scratch, including mining iron ore to make steel.
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Thomas Thwaites is a designer interested in technology, science, and futures research.
His 2011 book, The Toaster Project, detailed his attempt to make an electric toaster from scratch; his second book, GoatMan (Princeton Architectural Press), is about how he took a holiday from being human by becoming a goat in Switzerland.
Topics: author interview, books, environment, food, health, life and society, rural, science, technology
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Tags: goats, brain, design, Wellcome Trust, elephants
Duration: 34'35"
11:42
Lawrence Arabia: absolute truth
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Kim Hill talks to James Milne, who writes and performs as Lawrence Arabia, and is currently on an Australasian tour in support of his latest album, Absolute Truth, ahead of concerts in France and the UK in September.
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Kim Hill talks to James Milne, who writes and performs as Lawrence Arabia, and is currently on an Australasian tour in support of his latest album, Absolute Truth, ahead of concerts in France and the UK in September.
Related Stories
Topics: arts, language, music
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Lawrence Arabia, Florian Habricht, Bangkok, Samuel Flynn Scott, Phoenix Foundation
Duration: 15'05"
11:55
Listener Feedback to Saturday 23 July 2016
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Kim Hill reads emails, text messages and tweets from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 23 July, who were spurred to respond by interviews with Norm Hewitt, Andy Bearpark, Rochelle Constantine, Thomas Thwaites and Terence Davies.
Topics: arts, conflict, environment, history, identity, language, life and society, security, spiritual practices, sport
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Duration: 7'58"
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8:12 Andy Bearpark
Andy Bearpark arrived in New Zealand in 2013 after a 40-year career as a war zone reconstruction expert. He was one of Margaret Thatcher’s five Private Secretaries for three years, and also acted as her sole Chief of Staff for six months, and was Director Operations and Infrastructure in the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. He is now focused on the opening later this year of BearPark Retreat, a yoga, health and artist retreat in Featherston.
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9:05 Norm Hewitt
Norm Hewitt is a former All Black, and a kahukura for E Tū Whānau, a Māori kaupapa that focuses on strengthening whānau to bring about change that stops violence. He takes responsibility for the violent behavior in his past in the documentary Making Good Men (Prime, 9.30pm Monday 25 July), which reunites him with actor Manu Bennett, whom he bullied at boarding school 30 years ago.
If you would like to talk to someone about the issues raised in this interview, or the documentary Making Good Men you can contact these organisations:
Shine - 0508 744 633
It’s Not OK - 0800 456 450
Youthline - 0800 37 66 33, Free Text 234
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9:40 Rochelle Constantine
Dr Rochelle Constantine is Senior Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland. She and her colleague Dr Ryan Tucker Jones have coordinated this year’s University of Auckland Winter Lectures, Whales and Us: the Past, Present and Future. They present two of the six Tuesday afternoon lectures, followed by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Olive Andrews, Professor C. Scott Baker, and Sue Taei. Dr Constantine’s lecture, Our Whales Today (26 July), explores how science and technology is helping the recovery of whales.
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10:05 Terence Davies
Terence Davies is an acclaimed English screenwriter and director of original and adapted films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1087), The House of Mirth (2000), and The Deep Blue Sea (2011). He is a guest at the 2016 New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland and Wellington to present screenings of his two latest films, Sunset Song (2015), based on the 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, and A Quiet Passion (2016), which explores the life of writer Emily Dickinson.
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10:45 Fiona Campbell
Philanthropist and curator Fiona Campbell worked for a number of dealer galleries before joining forces with Rob McLeod and Gerald Barnett to create the Real Art Roadshow. This mobile art gallery has been travelling to school students in geographically isolated or challenging locations for ten years, unfolding to form an 80-square-metre space, displaying over 60 original artworks by some of New Zealand’s leading artists. The Real Art Roadshow Trust is now looking for a buyer for the project so that the work can continue.
11:05 Thomas Thwaites
Thomas Thwaites is a designer interested in technology, science, and futures research. His 2011 book, The Toaster Project, detailed his attempt to make an electric toaster from scratch; his second book, GoatMan (Princeton Architectural Press), is about how he took a holiday from being human by becoming a goat in Switzerland.
[gallery:2298] Images of Thomas Thwaites during his Wellcome Trust-funded project to live like a goat.
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11:40 Lawrence Arabia
James Milne writes and performs as Lawrence Arabia. Since releasing his self-titled debut album in 2006, he has released two more solo recordings, Chant Darling (2010) and The Sparrow (2010), collaborated with Liam Finn, Connan Mockasin and Mike Fabulous, and provided the music for the podcast series, The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium, and the theme for RNZ’s Checkpoint. He is currently on tour in support of his latest album, Absolute Truth (Flying Nun), with concerts in Napier (22 July), Wellington (23 July), Auckland (29 July) and Collingwood, Australia (30 July), and will play concerts in France and the UK in September.
This Saturday’s team:
Producer: Mark Cubey.
Wellington engineer: Brad Warrington.
Auckland engineer: Blair Stagpoole.
Research by Infofind.
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Artist: Lawrence Arabia
Song: Talk About the Good Times
Composer: James Milne
Album: Lawrence Arabia
Label: Honorary Bedouin Records, 2006
Broadcast: 8:55
Artist: Lawrence Arabia
Song: O Heathcote
Composer: James Milne
Album: Absolute Truth
Label: Flying Nun, 2016
Broadcast: 11:40
===12:11 PM. | This Way Up===
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Exploring the things we use and consume. Some content may offend (RNZ)
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12:01
This Way Up 23 July 2016 Part 1
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Dan Lyons' 'Disrupted', next generation medical testing, and tech news with Peter Griffin.
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Duration: 46'17"
12:15
Misadventures in tech startup land
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Dan Lyons was a senior tech journalist who lost his job and joined a tech startup run by people half his age. As well as helping his work as a comedy writer on the hit TV series Silicon Valley, his experiences form the basis of his book 'Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble' (Hachette).
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Dan Lyons was a senior tech journalist who lost his job and joined a tech startup run by people half his age; and that's where the fun really began!
"The offices bear a striking resemblance to the Montessori preschool that my kids attended: lots of bright basic colors, plenty of toys, and a nap room with a hammock and soothing palm tree murals on the wall."- Dan Lyons
Teased by a crew of narcissistic, ping-pong playing millennials, spouting management speak and corporate gobbledegook, the experience confirmed some of his worst fears about flaws in the tech startup sector.
"HubSpotters talk about being "superstars with superpowers" whose mission is to "inspire people" and "be leaders." They talk about engaging in "delightion," which is a made-up word...that means delighting our customers."
On the plus side it gave him plenty of material to use when he became a writer on the hit TV show Silicon Valley and forms the basis of his book Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble (Hachette).
Topics: technology, internet, author interview
Regions:
Tags: startups, Silicon Valley, Disrupted
Duration: 19'20"
12:35
Next generation medical testing using aptamers
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Jeremy Jones of Auramer Bio is aiming to shake up traditional medical testing technology, using short lengths of DNA called aptamers.
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Jeremy Jones of Auramer Bio is aiming to shake up traditional medical testing technology, using short lengths of DNA called aptamers.
Topics: health, science
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Tags: medical, testing, aptamers, antibodies
Duration: 12'35"
12:50
Tech news with Peter Griffin
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Peter Griffin on Pokemon Go!; the game's now banned in many countries over concerns about US-sponsored surveillance. Meanwhile a Pokemon-based dating app lets players hook up in real life. Plus what will you do with all those home videos now, as the last VHS VCR rolls off the production line?
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Peter Griffin on Pokemon Go!; the game's now banned in many countries over concerns about US-sponsored surveillance. Meanwhile a Pokemon-based dating app lets players hook up in real life. Plus what will you do with all those home videos now, as the last VHS VCR rolls off the production line?
Location based AR games alternatives: Ingress, NZ-based GEO AR Games and its Sharks in the Park app.
Topics: technology, media
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Tags: gaming, Pokemon, Videos, VHS, VCR
Duration: 11'18"
13:01
This Way Up 23 July 2016 Part 2
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The secrets of the honeyguide bird, unclogging arteries, teenagers' tech use, a smartphone for children and why the French tyre maker Michelin started rating restaurants.
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Duration: 58'16"
13:25
Teenagers' tech use
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Professor Sonia Livingstone of the London School of Economics and Political Science has been conducting a year-long study that's followed a class of 13 year olds in the UK to see how they're using technology and how teenagers' tech habits are shaping friendships, family and learning. Her findings are outlined in her book 'The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age' (NYU Press).
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Sonia Livingstone is interested in young people's technology use, and how this is affecting friendships, family and learning in the digital age.
She's a Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and in her new book 'The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age' (NYU Press) she looks at how a group of 13-year-olds are using technology at home and in the classroom.
Topics: technology, internet, education
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Tags: use, teenagers, friendships, family, learning
Duration: 13'13"
13:35
A smartphone for children
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Sam Hickmann's designed a smartwatch targeted at children. It aims to prompt them into doing their chores and managing themselves, and its crowdfunding campaign has just closed having raised about $1 million over its original target.
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Wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, brush hair, feed the chickens, pack a bag, put shoes on, find a coat and walk to school; and it's still only 8:30am!
Teaching kids to manage themselves and develope a routine can be a real challenge. Sam Hickmann has 2 children aged 4 and 12 and he was finding it tough to juggle work and parenting. His answer? A brightly coloured smartwatch called the Octopus that's targeted at children and designed to prompt and nag them into doing what they should.
The Kickstarter campaign to build the Octopus watch has just closed and it's raised more than a million dollars, about $930,000 more than the original goal.
Topics: technology, education
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Tags: smartphone, children
Duration: 9'24"
13:40
Science news: honeyguide secrets and unclogging arteries
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Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news and a chemical key that could be used to unclog arteries and fight heart disease. Also the secrets of the honeyguide bird and a new way to store data using chlorine atoms.
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Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news and a chemical key that could be used to unclog arteries and fight heart disease. Also the secrets of the honeyguide bird and a new way to store data using chlorine atoms.
Topics: science, environment, technology
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Tags: data, storage, honeyguide, South Africa, arteries
Duration: 14'30"
13:50
Michelin guide history
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How on earth did a French tyre company get into rating restaurants?! Alex Mayyasi's written a history of the Michelin guides for priceonomics.com.
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How on earth did a French tyre company get into rating restaurants?!
A Michelin star translates into major bucks for any restaurant and losing them can be a disaster. And it's not just top end eateries that get them either.
Two hawker street stalls in Singapore have just been awarded a Michelin star, the first time in the famous culinary guide's history that Asian street stalls have got the award.
But how did a French tyre company get interested in rating restaurants? Alex Mayyasi's written a history of the Michelin guides on priceonomics.com.
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Tags: France, Michelin, restaurants, reviews, ratings, stars
Duration: 12'27"
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We're playing these tracks too...
Artist: M/A/R/R/S
Track: Pump Up The Volume
Composer: M/A/R/R/S
Album:This Brutal House
Label: OLD GOLD 233304
Artist: The Cure
Track: Fire in Cairo
Composer: Dempsey, Smith, Tolhurst
Album:Three Imaginary Boys
Label: FICTION 278895
Artist: Parquet Courts
Track: Dust
Composer: Parquet Courts
Album:Human Performance
Label: ROUGH TRADE 700810
And our theme music is:
Artist: Jefferson Belt
Track: The Green Termite
Composer: Jefferson Belt
Album: Table Manners
Label: Round Trip Mars
===2:05 PM. | Music 101===
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The best songs, music-related stories, interviews, live music, industry news and music documentaries from NZ and the world
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15:40
Willie Watson In Session
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Willie Watson performs In Session.
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Willie Watson, formerly of Old Crow Medicine Show, performs in session for Nick Bollinger.
Related Stories
Willie Watson - picking out the gems
Music Details
Artist: Willie Watson
Song: Mexican Cowboy
Composer: R. Holcomb
Album: RNZ Music Recording
Label: RNZ Music Recording
Artist: Willie Watson
Song: Keep It Clean
Composer: C. Jordan
Album: RNZ Music Recording
Label: RNZ Music Recording
Topics: music
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Tags: Willie Watson, Old Crow Medicine Show, live performance, banjo, country and western music
Duration: 18'57"
06:00
APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2016 - Top 20
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Get to know the Top 20 finalists for the 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Award.
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For the past 50 years the APRA Silver Scroll Award has commended the efforts of Aotearoa's best songwriters.
Past recipients have included the likes of The Fourmyula, Sharon O' Neil, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Che Fu, Lorde and last year's winners Ruban and Kody Nielson with Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 'Multi Love'.
While we won't know the winner until Thursday 29th of September, let's get to know the 20 finalists for 2016.
Seth Haapu - 10 Years
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Volume I EP
Our favourite lyric from the song: I get lost in my youth, Looking for proof, of 10-years of nothing, or 10-years of something true
Last time they talked to RNZ: Seth accompanied He Huinga Whetū when they performed a tribute to Dr. Hirini Melbourne.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Lawrence Arabia - A Lake
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Absolute Truth
Our favourite lyric from the song: and when I reached the end, the certificate - it was you.
Last time they talked to RNZ: We had Lawrence Arabia perform his nominated track lakeside.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Gareth Thomas - All Eyes In The Room
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Fizzy Milk
Our favourite lyric from the song: Like some loved-up fool I’m singing; “When you’re sweet, You’re just so lovely”
Last time they talked to RNZ: Gareth performed his nominated track on Jesse Mulligan, 1-4pm.
Facebook/Bandcamp
Leisure - All Over You
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? All Over You single
Our favourite lyric from the song: But this is not about us, this is not about us.
Last time they talked to RNZ: They haven't! Yet. A date is imminent.
Facebook/Soundcloud
The Sami Sisters - August Song
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? An upcoming sophomore release.
Our favourite lyric from the song: Through these eyes I see you now, all you ever wanted was to feel worthwhile.
Last time they talked to RNZ: The Sami Sisters appeared on an episode of Musical Siblings.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Pacific Heights - Buried By The Burden ft. Louis Baker
Where do they live? Wellington
What release is the song from? The Stillness
Our favourite lyric from the song: A thousand indecisions, Haunting my vision, And under it all, I'm buried by the burden.
Last time they talked to RNZ: Pacific Heights picks the highlights from his new record 'The Stillness'.
Facebook/Soundcloud
David Dallas - Don't Rate That
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Don't Rate That single
Our favourite lyric from the song: Always putting more brown people on the ads, Knowing damn well they tryna trick us out of cash, Sports stars front the campaigns, and it's sad, Really selling out, do they understand?
Last time they talked to RNZ: David Dallas performs live at South Auckland's Barry Curtis Park.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Lydia Cole - Dream
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Dream single
Our favourite lyric from the song: When I met you it was winter, But I knew you in the spring
Last time they talked to RNZ: Lydia Cole performs on NZ Live.
Facebook/Soundcloud
The Phoenix Foundation - Give Up Your Dreams
Where do they live? Wellington
What release is the song from? Give Up Your Dreams
Our favourite lyric from the song: I’ve been giving up on all my aspirations, Thinking about getting a job, How does one transition to a mortal from a god
Last time they talked to RNZ: The Phoenix Foundation perform live at The Powerstation.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Dave Dobbyn - Harmony House
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Harmony House
Our favourite lyric from the song: She soars to Harmony House, through doors to Harmony House.
Last time they talked to RNZ: Dave Dobbyn performs live at Slow Boat Records.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Thomas Oliver - If I Move To Mars
Where do they live? Wellington
What release is the song from? If I Move To Mars single
Our favourite lyric from the song: There won't be a lady we'll be paying daily, just to stay, maybe
Last time they talked to RNZ: Thomas joined us in session.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Holly Arrowsmith - Love Will Be A River
Where do they live? Queenstown
What release is the song from? For The Weary Traveller
Our favourite lyric from the song: I am cracked and flawed, So are you, But these are spaces for the light to come pouring through
Last time they talked to RNZ: Holly performed on NZ Live on Jesse Mulligan 1-4PM.
Facebook/Bandcamp
Electric Wire Hustle - March ft. Deva Mahal
Where do they live? Wellington
What release is the song from? Aeons EP
Our favourite lyric from the song: No fall, no fear, no worries, no tears, No pain my dear, no pressure.
Last time they talked to RNZ: Electric Wire Hustle compile their favourites for The Mixtape.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Yoko-Zuna - One Question ft. Laughton Kora
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Luminols
Our favourite lyric from the song: I’ve been asked to face, My burning sins within me.
Last time they talked to RNZ: Yoko-Zuna perform live in their Headquarters.
Facebook/Bandcamp
Street Chant - Pedestrian Support League
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Hauora
Our favourite lyric from the song: You’re stealing my soap and don’t think that I don’t know.
Last time they talked to RNZ: Street Chant run Sam Wicks through Hauora.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Miloux - Pocket
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? EP1
Our favourite lyric from the song: There’s a stone in my pocket but I kept it for you, If you want us together you should watch what we do.
Last time they talked to RNZ: Miloux performs These Rules live in session.
Facebook/Soundcloud
Andrew Keoghan - Stuck In Melodies
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Every Orchid Offering
Our favourite lyric from the song: And you're not strange, You're a servant to what's happening
Last time they talked to RNZ: Andrew performs live on NZ Live (and listen out for him on Music 101 this Saturday)
Facebook/Soundcloud
Tami Neilson - The First Man
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Don't Be Afraid
Our favourite lyric from the song: The one man I’ll be loving, From the first day to the last day of my life
Last time they talked to RNZ: Tami Neilson joined Emma Smith on Music 101.
Facebook/Bandcamp
Mice On Stilts - The Hours
Where do they live? Auckland
What release is the song from? Hope for a Mourning
Our favourite lyric from the song: I just need a lifetime here alone
Last time they talked to RNZ: Mice On Stilts performed live on Jesse Mulligan 1-4PM.
Facebook/Bandcamp
Shayne P. Carter - We Will Rise Again
Where do they live? Dunedin
What release is the song from? Offsider
Our favourite lyric from the song: We will rise again, (this I predict), We will rise again
Last time they talked to RNZ: Shayne P Carter introduces 'We Will Rise Again'.
Facebook/Bandcamp
Topics: music
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Tags: APRA Silver Scroll
Duration: 00"
11:30
Tegan and Sara's Pop Manoeuvre
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Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara fame talks to long-time fan and fellow Canadian Sarin Moddle about the group's recent pop turn.
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Tegan and Sara have kept their indie pop in the family over a near two-decade stretch and across eight studio albums. On their eighth LP, the identical twin sisters have signalled a big change in direction, trading guitars for arena-scaled pop. To achieve the necessary studio sheen, they teamed with Greg Kurstin, a producer and songwriter responsible for buffing radio-friendly recordings from the likes of Sia, Ellie Goulding and Britney Spears.
"I don't feel like anyone is telling us, 'Oh, now that you've made a pop record you have to have dancers or you have to have more choreography'," Sara explains. "I think that we've introduced these elements because we want to be challenged."
Sara says the change in sound has challenged them in unexpected ways. "After so many years of performing, it's having to figure out what to do with your body after 17 years holding a guitar. It's just allowing myself to be more open with the audience and not have this barrier between us – it's felt really intimate."
The twins will turn 37 this year – it's a ripe old age to be entering the pop market. But it also brings a resilience and confidence that someone in their 20s might miss. Sara is quick to point out that it's the pop music of the '80s – Kate Bush, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper – rather than the '90s that has inspired them.
"The Backstreet Boys didn't represent me, rock music and punk music did. Pop music to me represented gender and sexuality that didn't line up with my own.
"I think there's a shift, musically, socially and culturally right now that is being picked up and represented more quickly in pop music – and that draws me to it."
The songs on this album are resonating with a wider community than ever. Are we getting to a point where the mainstream is able to identify with non-mainstream experiences?
"I think the messaging of the band is definitely accepted by the mainstream in a way that it wasn't at the beginning of our career. But we're still living in a time where a song like 'Boyfriend' can feel really, really subversive. We just did a TV show in Canada and I was singing to a sea of 14-18 year olds, who looked to me like a pretty heteronormative audience. I was feeling really gay. I still think the message is pretty left of centre."
Fellow Canadian and long-time fan Sarin Moddle talks to Sara about the Quin sisters' pop turn on Love You to Death at the audio link above.
Music Details
Artist: Tegan and Sara
Song: Hang On to the Night, That Girl
Composer: T.Quin, S.Quin
Album: Love You to Death
Label: Vapor, Warner Music
Artist: Tegan and Sara
Song: U-Turn, BWU, Boyfriend
Composer: T.Quin, S.Quin, G.Kurstin
Album: Love You to Death
Label: Vapor, Warner Music
Topics: music
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Tags: Tegan and Sara, pop, indie rock, LGBT
Duration: 9'22"
09:28
The crowd-pleasing Cure
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The Auckland Vector Arena was packed last night to see The Cure. The seated punters stood at times to dance in the aisles and everybody was smiling as the evergreen band took them through a marathon three-hour set jammed full of hits - long-time fan Kiran Dass reports back.
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I think The Cure were trying to please everybody. Whether you're a fan of the bouncier side of their back catalogue like 'Friday I'm in Love', the luxuriously dreamy 'Painsong', the absurd and playful 'Why Can't I Be You?' or (my favourite) the heavy and murky era of Pornography, there was absolutely something for everybody during their exhaustive (and exhausting, my dancing feet are killing me) set last night which clocked in at over three hours long with four encores. The arena was packed, the seated punters stood at times to dance in the aisles, and everybody was smiling.
A squizz at recent Cure setlists have shown the group have increasingly been throwing in the odd curveball into their shows like the wonderfully sparkling 'The Exploding Boy' - the b-side to 1985 single 'In Between Days', and sparse, chilly pieces 'M' and 'Other Voices' from moody companion albums Seventeen Seconds and Faith, all of which I was hoping they would treat their New Zealand audience to, but this wasn't the case.
The three opening songs ('Plainsong', 'Pictures of You' and 'Closedown') from 1989's Disintegration set a lush and gloomy tone. Robert Smith resplendent in a black shirt with sparkly bedazzled accents and his trademark smear of Ruby Woo lipstick stood still while bass player Simon Gallup, who still dresses exactly the same as he did in 1981 constantly stalked and pranced the stage with an energy that didn't lapse once for the show's duration.
The group moved through to pop confection 'High', the brooding 'A Night Like This' (no saxophone, though) the excellent 'Push from 1985's The Head on the Door, the slow dirge of 'Prayers for Rain', the light and breezy 'The Caterpillar', the wistful 'From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea' and 'Lovesong', which the crowd enthusiastically sang along to. "I will always love you, Robert!" I heard someone call out.
The first encore offered 'Burn' from The Crow soundtrack and then the wonderful 'One Hundred Years', with the killer opening line "It doesn’t matter if we all die." Easily the highlight of the show for me and it's great they can still play this older material convincingly. 'A Forest' (complete with a visual backdrop which mirrored the 7" single's cover) had everyone singing along and I was impressed by Smith's ability to sustain the "again and again and again" refrain without losing his puff.
I wonder who was responsible for the bizarre and cheesy background visuals which looked like Microsoft screen savers – a sunset here, a burning candle there. But as soon as the band launched into 'One Hundred Years', the visuals abruptly shifted to stark, hard images of prisoners of war. Such a sharp contrast and a perfect companion to that song. The light show was sometimes blindingly harsh, with bright shards of light.
The band is great and have these songs down pat. Jason Cooper on drums and Gallup on bass were loud. Roger O'Donnell on keyboards could have been louder. Reeves Gabrel was on second guitar and at one point, a happy looking Smith played the recorder. He apologised for not talking much between songs, saying he'd thought of "engaging, illuminating and humourous stories" but he stuck to the songs.
The second encore started with 'Shake Dog Shake' from underrated album The Top, moved through to the hypnotically stunning 'Fascination Street', 'Never Enough', and the daggy 'Wrong Number'. The third gave us 'Lullaby', 'Hot Hot Hot', 'The Walk', 'Close to Me' and the final encore included the truly terrible 'Why Can't I Be You', Love Cats' and 'Play School pop' of 'Let's Go to Bed', ending with a somewhat slowed down classic 'Boys Don't Cry', which saw O'Donnell stepping away from his keyboard to bang on a tambourine. And then it was over. Smith smiled, said he hopes to see us again and shyly exited the stage.
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Duration: 5'17"
16:40
Introducing: Les Baxters
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Les Baxters introduce their song 'Call Centre'.
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Name of project: Les Baxters
Real names: John Chrisstoffels, Paul Sutherland, Dave Imlay, Erin Kimber.
Age (of project): 2yrs old
Hometown: Christchurch
Associated acts: Into the Void, Shadow of the Valley, Dark Matter, Terminals.
Formative musical experience:
John - Playing the Recorder at school age 8. Learning Cello aged 12. Learning Theremin aged 53.
Dave - Piano, DIY Guitar & Bass.
Erin - 6pm Saturday night. Ready to Roll.
Paul - Age 13. Being fired as Snare Drummer from the Salvation Army Youth Band for extemporizing.
Guilty Pleasure:
John - Discovering early ‘Steeleye Span’ album “Pleased to see the King” only 6 months ago
Dave - Rock Operas
Erin - I don't think you should feel guilty about any music you listen to.
Paul - Radio NZ Saturday night requests.
Music Details
Artist: Les Baxsters
Song: Call Centre
Composers: Les Baxsters
Album: Call Centre single
Label: Les Baxsters
Topics: music
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Introducing, Les Baxter, Into The Void, Terminals, electronic music
Duration: 5'34"
17:00
Tour Diary: Estère in Africa
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"This is really special for me, because this is the first time I've ever been to Africa, and my father is from here!" Estère Dalton tells a jubilant festival audience in Mozambique. Join the Wellington based beat-maker as she travels around South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique.
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“This is really special for me, because this is the first time I’ve ever been to Africa, and my father is from here!” Estère Dalton tells a jubilant festival audience in Mozambique. Join the Wellington based beat-maker as she plays her way around South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique and Durban.
Estère Dalton’s 2012 song ‘Culture Clash’ tackled her feelings about her mixed heritage. She says of the song “it’s about my parents, and how their cultures are very different. I grew up with my mum, my dad lives in France, but he’s originally from Cameroon, in West Africa. New Zealand is liberal, and strong in feminism, whereas Cameroon – it’s a different buzz. It’s exploring why it might be difficult sometimes for me to go to my dad and accept what he has to say.”
She’s finally made it over to feel the African soil of her ancestors beneath her feet. Playing festivals in Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland during May this year has given her an opportunity to discover more about her roots and her place in the world. Estère says “Everywhere you look, billboards, TV, on the street, I see faces that reflect my own. Not feeling like I’m part of a minority is a rare feeling for me. It’s always been something that I’ve felt conscious of. And here – African is the norm.” It seems an obvious statement, but for Estère, it’s something she’s felt profoundly. “I can’t explain how empowering that is, it gives me a feeling of belonging that I’ve never experienced before.”
Photography Credits:
Paascalino Schaller
Poster- Sheba Williams
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Tags: Estère, touring, Africa, African diaspora
Duration: 30'33"
14:00
MAALA: Creating Composure
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Auckland-based electro-pop artist MAALA tells Sam Wicks how he's building his brand on his poised album debut, Composure.
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When Melody Thomas talked to MAALA in August last year, the Auckland-based electro-pop musician was only a handful of shows and an EP into his career, and few details about his backstory had been revealed. That interview uncovered the fact that the studiously mysterious singer had his start as a singer-songwriter, worked a day job in a warehouse, and had some firm ideas for how he wanted his progressive pop to be presented.
A year on from that conversation, the artist born Evan William Sinton is set to unveil Composure, a title that speaks to his headspace as much as the poised presentation of his music.
“For me, Composure was more of like a mental state,” MAALA says. “It reflected the last six months basically as finding composure or finding a mental attitude that felt a bit more levelled and a bit more… like I’m at ease.
“The songs are very composed and a lot of the artwork and a lot of… the whole brand is very composed and that’s a very conscious thing as well.”
Assisting MAALA on production duties was Josh Fountain, ex-Kidz in Space, current Leisure member, and one of the first producers matched with a pre-‘Royals’ Lorde.
By MAALA’s own admission, lyrics don’t come easy, and it was his work with Josh at Auckland’s Golden Age Studios that established the blueprint for Composure’s 13-track set.
“Josh and I, we write the music first and we get that all structured nicely and then it’s singing gibberish melody ideas over that. Once I’ve got that skeleton of a musical idea and a melody with the gibberish over it, then I can take it home and I will loop that up just a couple of thousand times until I find what I want to say with it.”
A year on from his unmasking on Music 101, MAALA tells Sam Wicks how he’s continuing to build his brand on his album debut – hit the audio link above.
Music Details
Artist: MAALA
Song: Composure, Feels So Right, Touch, Lose Your Love, In the Air, Forget About You
Composer: E.Sinton
Album: Composure
Label: Sony Music
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MAALA Unmasked
Topics: music
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Maala, Josh Fountain, pop music
Duration: 10'10"
14:30
Andrew Keoghan - New Zealand to New York
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Every Orchid Offering, the new album by Andrew Keoghan is rich and detailed, blending electronica with live instruments, and with a much stronger rhythmic component than its prececessor. Nick Bollinger finds out more.
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Andrew Keoghan recorded his new album in New Zealand and New York, combining musicians from both countries.
Five years ago when his first album was released, there would have been a few people who recognised Andrew Keoghan from his incarnation as a news reporter on TV One. But you only had to hear the album to realise that music was his true calling. Playing violin, guitar, keyboards and with a classically trained tenor voice, Arctic Tales Divide combined impressive musical skills with a bunch of fine original songs. And he’s just kept refining those skills on his new album Every Orchid Offering.
It’s a rich and detailed record, blending electronica with live instruments, and with a much stronger rhythmic component than Arctic Tales. It was essentially made across three countries with three different producers: Auckland-based Jol Mulholland, Ryan McPhun in Norway, and Keoghan himself, who currently lives in the United States.
Keoghan had gone to New York for the first time in 2011 for the CMJ Music Festival, loved it, and decided to move there the following year. You can feel the pace of the city in the new songs and their busier, more rhythm-driven arrangements.
While working as a barista in Brooklyn, he began putting together a band of American musicians and recording at Brooklyn’s The Bunker studio, run by New Zealander Aaron Nevisi.
But before leaving New Zealand he had already begun work on the album at The Lab in Mount Eden, with Kiwi musicians Chris O’Connor and Jol Mulholland and engineer Ollie Harmer. Their work was ultimately intermeshed with that of the Americans.
“Jol and Chris are big boots to fill,” he says. “There are a lot of wonderful musicians in New York, but they are two musicians that stand up anywhere. They are just so gifted.”
Keoghan would also send files to Ryan McPhun, of the Ruby Suns, currently living in Norway, who added his own musical and production touches.
Since completing Every Orchid Offering Keoghan has relocated to Los Angeles. “New York is an exhausting place to live and it never quite felt permanent. LA is closer to New Zealand and I was ready for a slightly slower pace to continue my work.”
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Tags: Andrew Keoghan, violin, dance music, New York
Duration: 12'05"
15:30
Sarang Bang Records
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New Zealand label Sarang Bang Records has been unearthing some historic jazz recordings and receiving international acclaim.
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New Zealand label Sarang Bang Records has been unearthing some historic jazz recordings and receiving international acclaim.
Auckland guitarist Marco Liguori founded Sarang Bang Records in the mid 1990s as an outlet for his own music. The label’s early releases were alt-rock offerings from his bands The Landing and Salon Kingsadore.
But over the years Sarang Bang has leaned increasingly towards jazz. His own albums Ancient Flight Text and Duga 3 were made in collaboration with veteran New Zealand jazz musicians, keyboardist Murray McNabb and trumpeter Kim Patterson.
More recently, Liguori has turned his attention to archival recordings, releasing albums of historic and unheard music featuring McNabb and Patterson, among others.
2014 saw the release of 1966, an album that combines two concert recordings of the great Australian bebop saxophonist Bernie McGann. McGann (who died in 2013) will be remembered by some for his tours here in the 1970s with Bruno Lawrence’s Blerta. New Zealanders Patterson and bass player Alan Brown can also be heard on 1966, which is as exciting and inventive as any jazz of the period.
“I found [the recording] at Kim Patterson’s house on his shelf one day… I was just having a look at his tapes and pulled that one out and he said ‘Oh, have you heard that before?’ and I said no, so I took it home and it blew me away. It was some of my favourite music for a long time and I said, we’ve got to put this one out.”
The album has had worldwide acclaim. Downbeat and Wire critic John Corbett, who chanced on a copy of the record in Chicago, sung its praises in his recent book A Listener’s Guide To Free Improvisation.
In June, Sarang Bang released The Way In Is The Way Out: a beautifully presented two-disc compilation celebrating the life and work of Murray McNabb. Liguori had been discussing with McNabb the idea of compiling a retrospective, though McNabb - with a typical jazz musician’s attitude - was always more interested in his current work than his archives. After McNabb passed away in 2013, his wife gave Liguori custody of his personal tape collection, from which the album was compiled.
Liguori’s next archival project focuses on experimental electronic recordings. Meanwhile his band Salon Kingsadore have gradually moved from their rock roots towards the free improvisation of his jazz heroes. “Whenever we perform live we don’t have any kind of idea what we’re going to do,” Liguori says. “But we’re quite rehearsed at not knowing what we’re going to do, if that makes any sense.”
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Tags: jazz, record label, instrumental, Salon Kingsadore
Duration: 19'25"
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===5:11 PM. | Focus on Politics===
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Analysis of political issues presented by RNZ's Parliamentary team (RNZ)
===5:30 PM. | Tagata o te Moana===
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Nearly half of NZ Pacific young people living in poverty; Groundbreaking for new Fiji village; A giant barcode made up 7,000 mangrove plants on the shores of an islet in Tuvalu is one artist's latest idea to raise awareness about climate change; Blackbirding film sheds light on dark history of Australia; Coconut palms under threat in the Pacific; NZ Defence Force builds water tanks in Tonga; Photo documentary of Samoa village over 20yrs to be shown.
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Pacific news, features, interviews and music for all New Zealanders, giving an insight into the diverse cultures of the Pacific people (RNZI)
===6:06 PM. | Great Encounters===
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In-depth interviews selected from RNZ National's feature programmes during the week (RNZ)
===7:06 PM. | Saturday Night===
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Saturday nights on RNZ National is where Phil O'Brien plays the songs YOU want to hear. All music from 7 till midnight (RNZ)
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As always, this playlist is subject to change on the night... occasionally we have to shuffle things around a bit. Check back during the show.
7 - 8pm
Kenneth McKellar - The Midges Song
Michel Sardou - Les Lacs du Conemarra
Dinah Shore - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man
Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
Sharon O'Neill - Maybe
Tony Rice - Old Train
Ella Fitzgerald - O Holy Night
Stan Freberg - Elderly Man River
Carl Mann - Mona Lisa
Lewis And Clarke - I Feel Good (I Feel Bad)
Lonnie Mack - Down And Out
Pink Turtle - Roxanne
Kenneth McKellar - The Island Of Tiree
8 - 9pm
Dinah Washington - Red Sails In The Sunset
Esther and Abi Ofarim - Morning Of My Life
Jimmy LaFave - Desperate Men Do Desperate Things
Rodney Crowell - She's Crazy For Leaving
Van Morrison - Queen Of The Slipstream
Les Baxter - Quiet Village
Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky
Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - Momma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Al Green - Light My Fire
The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry
9 - 10pm
Leonard Cohen - The Sounds Of Silence
Al Jarreau and George Benson - Breezin'
Disturbed - The Sounds Of Silence
Genesis - For Absent Friends
Aretha Franklin - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven
Tami Neilson - Walk
Brenda Boykin - Hard Swing Travellin' Man
James McMurtry - Cheney's Toy
Parliament - The Silent Boatman
Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down
Oye Como Va - Santana
Rebecca Zapen - Beautiful Love Songs Without The Love
10 - 11pm
Marianne Faithfull - Tower Of Song
Amy Winehouse - Monkey Man
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Willy DeVille - I Call Your Name
Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In
Split Enz - Time For A Change
Ariel - Miracle Man
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
Melissa Manchester - Johnny And Mary
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Minnie The Moocher
11pm - Midnight: Late Night Phil. We look and listen back to the week in music history.
The Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man
Phoebe Snow - At Last
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
Brian Auger - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry)
Paloma Faith - Never Tear Us Apart
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
Tony Joe White - Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll
Manhattan Transfer - Down South Camp Meeting
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant - Killing The Blues