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First up is Stage Direction with Alice Canton and members of the cast of Saint Joan which you can catch at Q Theatre later in the month. Peter Lineham phones in for That's The Spirit to discuss Brian Tamaki's march and flag-burning. Later Matthew is joined by members of the Medena Ensemble, the only Bulgarian Folk Choir in Aotearoa, to discuss their upcoming trip to a folk festival in Bulgaria and to perform two pieces live-and-direct from the 95bFM studio.
It's a Drive Island! Hell yeah! We're stoked to be down at our favourite spot (The Beer Spot) for a mid-winter broadcast outside the studio. Featuring fantastic sets from CINDY and Voom on Friday Live thanks to our mates at McLeod's Breweryand NZ On Air Music. Thanks to everyone who came along, we'll see you next time!
It's another Tuesday drive with Nick and Rosetta! Today on the show, the duo call up Josh for a yarn about the Rubin Observatory and NASAs social media for Spaced Out. There's also some good yarns about Shazam and what everyone's having for dinner - and a giveaway of our AOTW Flowers by Durand Jones and the Indications! Plus news, weather, surf, and plenty of tunes.
It's another stacked Tuesday Drive with Nick and Rosetta! Today on the show, Rosetta does a deep dive on AI streaming fraud, DUSTY and GHOS of MOKOMOKAI are up in studio to chat about their new album PONO!, and Gareth Shute comes up for a special tribute to Lorraine Barry for AudioCulture. Whakarongo mai nei!
Featuring Stage Direction with Alice chatting to the folks at Silo Theatre about their upcoming whānau-friendly show Taniwha, That's The Spirit with Professor Emeritus Peter Lineham and Matthew speaks with folk musicians Thalia Zedek and Ned Collette ahead of their show at the Auckland Unitarian Church this Wednesday.
Chris Fowlie chats to HALFQUEEN about politicians and major brands celebrating Cannabis culture on 4/20, drug-related executions in Singapore, a study showing Marijuana is helping people to stop using opioids and other prescription drugs to sleep, and more!
Elle spoke with Robber Robber, about their sophomore album Two Wheels Move the Soul, released earlier this year. The album was written in amounst precarious circumstances, after a fire had sent their building to demolition.
The uncertainty and chaos of the band’s experience is reflected within the hefty guitar riffs and sharp abstracted lyrics. It's so awesome.
Chris Fowlie joins HALFQUEEN to chat about medicinal cannabis exports getting overseas faster, goverment considering more permanent licences, calls to further reduce restrictions on medicinal cannabis industry, charges against cannabis users on the rise, and award-winning cannabis horror comedy movie The Weed Eaters coming to Whanganui.
Elle spoke to Molina about her single released February this year, Golden Brown Sugar. Rebecca spoke about her working relationships and friendships with contemporaries such as Smerz, ML Buch, Astride Sonne and Fine, her turn towards acoustic instruments and how the space between releases leads to greater exploration within her music.
Molina is a Danish-Chilean producer and musician based in Copenhagen. Golden Brown Sugar, is full of grounded imagery within a lyrically complex narrative. One texter said they wanted it played at their funeral.
In September last year, British artist Baxter Dury released his ninth studio album, Allbarone, under Heavenly Recordings.
From the end of this month, Dury will be performing across the globe as a part of his Allbarone tour, with two dates at the Hollywood Avondale in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on the 2nd and 3rd of May, and at Meow Nui in Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington.
Joel spoke to Dury ahead of this tour, chatting about the album and how he’s feeling about heading down under.
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