The Auckland Theatre Company have a new festival work-in-development - 2017s The Navigators which is a three day showcase of three entirely different, orginal and dynamic pieces of work-in-development showcasing at the ASB Waterfront theatre. Aroha Rawson, co-creator and actor in The Haka Party Incident created by Katie Wolfe, came into studio to disucss the show with Hannah and play three songs to portray what the show means to her.
As part of The Southern Fork Americana Fest at The Tuning Fork, Jonny and Big Hungry will be having special guests in the studio all week. Lisa Crawley and Ben Mastwyk chat and play some sweet acoustic tunes.
India speaks to Charlotte Graham, a New Zealand journalist who has analysed the sexism that pervades the feedback women who work in broadcasting have to deal with, both online or as texts coming into their studio.
She then speaks to Lillian, Jogai, Lisa and Laura from the bFM news team about their response to the research and whether this is something that has affected them, or their perception of a career in journalism.
With the regular feature of Fancy New Band, Beachware joins Hannah in studio and also we had a special performance from US bluegrass band, Mile Twelve.
Trapjaw Kelpie is a project by Tim Dustow. He has a history of genre defying work, previously performing in acts like Wellington duo West Coast Bullies. After his relocation to Auckland, Tim sought collaborations with different musical guests, and is currently playing as a two piece with Ben Locke (Sea Views) . Trapjaw Kelpie have a large body of work, with very little of it record so it was a treat for them to perform in the 95bFM studio.
This week Sam takes a look at Nina Simone's 15th studio album "Nina Simone Sings The Blues" Released in 1967, this album marked a slight change of direction musically for Nina as she went down the blues route more so than her last albums.
After a brief sabbatical, His Worship returns to the fold for a bumper edition of 'Sounding Off'. Not one to shy away from answering the hard questions, Mikey approaches your Mayor with queries from the studio, the listenership and the Auckland area beyond.
An interview initially waylaid by fireworks and an inability to keep pyros out of the park, Mike and Ant (eventually) return to the studio to talk all things HP48HRS. Established by Timpson in 2004, the film competition now boasts a massive amount of entries and a sizeable prize pool. Even better - the final is open to the public. Check out the best work from across NZ's filmmaking community this Saturday at the Mighty Civic. Get your tickets HERE.
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