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Into our third week of lockdown we are keeping it super cruisy this week, keeping in check with everyone's mental state.
Kick off with some ethereal beats from Beliz, first hour include Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, RAH Band before moving into some Brazilian and Turkish Disco.
Second hour stays calms with some Fred Neil and Nathaniel Rateliff with some groovey tunes from Al Charles and Ntombi Ndaba
Continuing the home broadcasts we've got a range of tunes from all over the place today. Bit of a focus on international jazz, tunes from Salah Ragab, Fernandito y Raulin moving to some dance tracks from Simone and Liluzu. Keep on keepin' on whaanau xx
Here is the first broadcast in lockdown! Keeping in chill in the bedroom the first hour includes the likes of Dee Edwards, Sylvia Striplin, Ze Roberto and Ana Frango Eletronico.
The second hour gets a bit more dancy with new numbers from No Moon, Patrick Holland and Yaeji.
Listened back to some Estere, played some new & old favourites and had a chat to Lawrence Arabia about the Taite music prize, Mansfield & self-isolation.
Playlist
Estere - Culture Clash (In Session Live at Roundhead)
Porches - I Wanna Ride
Yaeji - Waking Up Down
Tidal Rave - FOMO
Jonathan Bree - Kiss My Lips feat. Princess Chelsea
Otis Houston Jr. - I Like Where I Stay
Bon Iver - Naeem
Estere - Cruel Charlie (In Session Live at Roundhead)
Dabrye - Sunset (feat. Shigeto)
Porridge Radio - Long
Ripship - Man After Man
maurice fulton - One Itself
Use No Hooks - Circumstances Beyond Our Control
Moses Sumney - Neither/Nor
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Judee Sill - The Kiss
Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Tme Goes?
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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