Welcome back to Sunday Best, your chance to catch up with Angus Thunder and some of the best bits from the week that was on the mighty b for the first time in 2017. Including highlights from the 95bFM News and Editorial Department, arts and entertainment related features and, of course, your feedback! Thanks to Zac Arnold and New Zealand On Air Music for the Live And Direct feature with Blame Thrower, replayed in the second half of the podcast.
Universal Love, the Valentines edition... A show dedicated to playing conscious and current love music that connects people regardless of gender and relationship status.
Spoken word: http://bettymartin.org/ or see http://caitlyncook.com/blog/physiology-of-pleasure
Deputy Paul brings the all-aotearoa-americana. Boxcar Guitars, The Muttonbirds, Tami Neilson, Marlon Williams and even Chris Knox, Voom and the Marching Girls providing folk tunes from ye olde Auckland town.
Deputy Paul has Kendal Elise up to play a couple of tunes and talk about being a finalist in the NZ Country Music Awards. She's off to Gore! There's an interview withr Julia Jacklin and tons of tunes from the women of Americana.
The lineup has been announced for the Auckland Writers Festival, which will welcome over 220 writers this year. Among them are writers Trent Dalton (Australia), Mariana Enriquez (Argentina), Yael van der Wouden (the Netherlands), Alan Hollinghurst (UK) and Jessica Townsend (Australia).
The festival will take place from the 13th to the 18th of May, with Streetside: Britomart – AWF’s annual fringe festival – taking place a week earlier, on Friday 9th of May.
Beth spoke with the Artistic Director for the festival, Lyndsey Fineran, about the lineup and the themes of Auckland Writers Festival this year, as well as highlights from the programme.