Travelling Tunes

Dr Kirsten Zemke traces the history indie, beginning with the cassette tape compilation C86  released by NME in 1986 the UK - the first use of 'indie' as a genre rather than independent release. Whakarongo mai nei!

This week on Travelling Tunes, Kirsten chats to Jonny about songs of freedom and the use of music in civil rights and activism. Whakarongo mai nei!

Dr Kirsten Zemke is here to yarn about dark 'n dusty Gothic Country. Running through Jonny Cash to contemporary artists such as Sons of Predition, Gothic Country is all about tales of woe. Catch these sounds on soundtracks such as True Detective, Twin Peaks, Fargo and True Blood.