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In this Morning Glory we aim to get our heart rates to a steady tempo with lullaby-esque tunes to Puerto Rican reggae. Pachy Garcia (Pachyman) joins Sofia Kent in antcipation of his upcoming tour of Aotearoa. Whakarongo!
Mohamed Karzo - C'est La Vie
Manapo'uli'o e Funga Fonua - Neke Fili Au Keu Hoko Koho Nima
Amamelia, Imugi - Operator PLZ!
Marcia Griffiths - Don't Let Me Down
Marlena Shaw - Where Can I Go?
Arthur Verocai - Cabado, Girassois, Love Proceeding (BADBADNOTGOOD)
Pachyman - Toyota Nuevo, Trago Coqueto, Ta Que Tiembla (Buscabulla)
+ much more but we'll be here all day otherwise. Listen to the playlist here.
Today on Morning Glory, Elle plays a slew of songs loosely inspired by Sex and the City. She is briefly joined by Tuesday Morning Glory host Sof! It's a great time, full of music that will get you off your feet by CSS, Mim Jensen and Fabiana Palladino. Plus, who doesn't love 'More, More, More' by Andrea True Connection a special request fresh from the text machine.
Playlist
TV Soundtrack Orchestra - Sex And The City Theme
Sweet Electra - Firefly
PETERBLUE - Diskoteka Amerikana
Kraftwerk - The Model
css - Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex
Horsegirl - Switch Over
Fabiana Palladino - Closer
Nikki Giovanni - Just a NY Poem
Reb Fountain - Come Down
The Chills - If This World Was Made For Me
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Club 8 - Something's Wrong In My Head
Mim Jensen - Germaphobe
SAULT - Signs
The Great Unwashed - Neck of the Woods
The Screaming Meemees - Stars In My Eyes Pt. 1
Rosie Lowe - Mood To Make Love
Japanese Breakfast - Orlando in Love
ngaru - Uphill Battle
Ringlets - I Used to Paint
Grace Jones - Jones The Rhythm
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero
Sarvi, Koji. - Hold On
Molly Payton - How To Have Fun
Royel Otis - I Wanna Dance With You
Nourished By Time - Hell of a Ride
Blair Parkes - splendour
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Trouble
Sof's grandfather, Tony, joined her in the studio for a very special show today... sharing lots of his favourite music and shared memories together. Sof also spoke to De Stevens from School Fair about their new record, bird the kid, released last week. Check out their kōrero here!
Spotify playlist here, but support artists on bandcamp / otherwise if you can :)
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.
this week whānau, piet and liv talk about the pūtangitangi/paradise shelduck! a very common manu but a very special one for piet, i mean what bird isn't special for piet at this point!
liv chats to geneva am about her recent double nom for taite award 2026 and best independent debut! babes i hope u win and i hope u get to see the mint chicks xo
liv talks to nicki and wayne from howick about ginge and minge's show @ basement theatre this wiki, then talks to ginge and minge about the same show! house of ick guys u have to see it, u will never be the same!
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.
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