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A very special fashion edition of Morning Glory today, with Thursday host Emma Gleason playing songs from past runway soundtracks (including Zambesi, Kate Sylvester, Twenty-seven Names and Karen Walker), chatting to Dan Ahwa, creative director of New Zealand Fashion Week, about the Into The Archives Show, playing a couple of designer song requests, and interviewing from Te Wiki Ahua O Aotearoa's Nina Bailey and Finn Mora-Hill in studio.
a mix of aotearoa music and some heavy bass! the audio is a bit fkd for a couple songs but i am still here and strong! come to goblin girls tomorrow at goblin bar its gonna b so hot and sexy :))
A medley of music including Palestinian rap pioneers DAM, local acts like Fazerdaze and Leao - plus two buzzy, brilliant remixes of Dave Dobbyn and Kylie Minogue classics - and a lot of love for Bic Runga. Today Emma also interviewed award-winning fashion designer John Tanuvasa, whose label OHN is showing at New Zealand Fashion Week Kahuria in the Future of Fashion show on Thursday, August 28 (tickets are available here).
Playlist
Geneva AM - Tīpuna Rākau
Roy Irwin - Drown
Blood Orange - Somewhere in Between
Clinic Stars - I am the Dancer
trickpony - Room To Breathe
Portishead - Numb
The Future Sounds of London - Papua New Guinea
DAM - I Don't Have Freedom
MOKOMOKAI - TUMEKE
Half Hexagon - Buy The Farm
Morcheeba - The Sea
LEAO - SIVA MASINA
Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around (7th District Remix)
New releases from Dean Blunt, Leon Vynehall and John Glacier this morning – plus the usual selection of folk through to electronica and everything in between.
Dreamy tracks from Fazerdaze, Bjork, Hanbee and Ethel Cain. Today Emma's joined by Zoe Walker Ahwa, editor and co-founder of Ensemble (which is celebrating its fifth birthday) and the two chat about the magic of indie media in Aotearoa.
Playlist
The Beat - Save It For Later
SPRINTS - Literary Mind
Folk Bitch Trio - Hotel TV
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!
Witch - Unimvwesha Shuga feat. Theresa N'Gambi & Hanna Tembo
After a hiatus following their first release in 2019, Young Baptistare back with new material. The Tāmaki Makaurau four-piece is comprised of vocalist and guitarist Hugo Collins, drummer Emlyn Williams, Tim Burrows on lead guitar, and Nico Fitzpatrick on bass. Whakarongo mai nei to hear their forthcoming singles, plus a live version of a tune familiar to bFM listeners, Ice Cold Sensation. Keep an ear out for more recorded tunes set for release this year.
Priya Sami stops by the 95bFM studio to talk about Bub, her Taite-nominated music project. Bub's debut album, Can't Even, is a finalist for Best Independent Debut. Priya tells Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason how it feels to have songs she began writing as a teenager acknowledged for such a prestigious prize. They also discuss The Strokes, The Warriors and using music as a coping mechanism. Priya is playing at the Powerstation tonight with The Beths. You can buy Bub's album (irridescent purple vinyl!) on Bandcamp and at all good music stores now.
Holly Shervey joins Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason to talk about her new show Crackhead, which charts the trials and tribulations of a young woman sent to mental health facility The Laast Resort to deal with her addiction issues. Shervey discusses how her own experiences in a mental health unit informed the show, how the whole series came together, and what they used for that visceral faeces scene.
Crackhead is airing on Sky New Zealand’s TV3 and streaming on 3NOW.
This Morning for Fancy New Band we had very fancy and new Tamaki based band, Masc/Femme!Despite not having anything released so far they shredded the studio!
Thursday host Emma Gleason is joined in the 95bFM studio by the Soundscape Sirens trio of MxDicey (Marissa Holder), Talmar (Hannah Berry) and Vanessa Tottle. They discuss how a pilot gig in 2025 (read the bFM review here) turned into a nationwide tour, how they came to play music together and what influences their respective sounds. Catch the Sirens at Whammy Bar on March 14, Christchurch’s Dark Room on March 21 and Hamilton’s Last Place 28 March. Tickets from Under The Radar.
this week piet (birdman 3000) and liv (birdlover 3000) are talking about everyone's fav fatty boom bird, the takahē! the hide and seek champion of aotearoa and truly the biggest comeback story to come out of the murchison mountains.
This morning we had Garage-Punk Tamaki band The Bright Ideas come in for Fancy New Band to play a few tunes and talk about their debut ep 'Bright Sharp Things' !
Local legend and vintage purveyor Alison Reid of Search & Destroy joins Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason in the 95bFM studio (with Jonny Brug in tow) to talk about the return of Karangahape Road's FAM Fashion Art Market and her career of slinging vintage in Tāmaki Makaurau. The trio reminisce about past digs in St Kevins Arcade, Cross Street and Ponsonby Road, discuss how to choose good denim and reveal what you can expect at saturdays market. Alison also unpicks her personal style for the new Morning Glory segment Sound Looks.
FAM Food. Art. Market is on this Saturday, 7 March, from 10am to 2pm in Beresford Square (on Pitt Street) and Mercury Lane.
Local legend and vintage purveyor Alison Reid of Search & Destroy joins Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason in the 95bFM studio (with Jonny Brug in tow) to talk about the return of Karangahape Road's FAM Fashion Art Market and her career of slinging vintage in Tāmaki Makaurau. The trio reminisce about past digs in St Kevins Arcade, Cross Street and Ponsonby Road, discuss how to choose good denim and reveal what you can expect at saturdays market. Alison also unpicks her personal style for the new Morning Glory segment Sound Looks.
FAM Food. Art. Market is on this Saturday, 7 March, from 10am to 2pm in Beresford Square (on Pitt Street) and Mercury Lane.
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