We're talking chorded zithers and guitar holes with our resident ethnomusicologist today. Kirsten and Mikey are looking at the wonderfully understated autoharp, through the lense of PJ Harvey's Down By The Water, They Might Be Giants' Pencil Rain, and Basia Bulat's Promise Not To Think About Love.
We thought we'd let His Worship rest this week. Poor bugger deserves it. But fear not, for bFM alum and resident Tāmaki Makaurau dweller Russell Brown's on the line to chat about all the things that've ruled the headlines (but more importantly, his heart) this week. Today, it's allll about the ~ controversial ~ Taite Music Prize. Long Live DJ Public Address.
499M is the recording project of Pt Chev resident Chrys Berryman. He released his self titled debut late in 2016 and following its discovery a year later Zac had to get him on the show for a live performance.
This week we hear from Ayesha Green who is currently the winter artist in residence at Blue Oyster Art Project Space in Dunedin. Plus we have Vanessa Crofskey and Kimmi Rindel in studio to chat about their new project Wellbeing Analysis Techniques LimitedTM, on at Window Gallery onsite and online. Very cool!
National Party's, Paul Goldsmith joins Laura Kvigstad to talk about the recent contraversy in Iain-Lee Galloway allowing a drug smuggler to reside in New Zealand, they then disccus the recent research and development tax incentive, which moves away from crown entities previously supported under national and finally, they discuss the law commissions report that is intended to 'modernise abortion legislation.
This week Amy chats to Laura about the Cannibis Bill which has just had it's second reading in parliament, the Tax Working Group's potential capital gains tax, and they follow up on Ian Lees-Golloway revoking the residency of Karel Sroubek.
Junior doctors will be striking for the second time this month in response to ongoing disputes regarding the existing employment contract between most junior doctors and District Health Boards. Liv Holdsworth spoke to David Munro from the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association and Earle Savage from a new breakaway union, the Specialty Trainees of New Zealand regarding their views on what's going on.
At Tess's special request, Sam (resident TV expert) investigates True Detective Season 3 but is the world of crime series over-saturated? Can yet another mystery thriller survive? Despite the long episodes, Sam's almost convinced...
So What We Do in the Shadows is back but in a TV series form. And produced in the US. Wowee. But is it any good? Sam Sinnott, our resident binge TV reviewer, is on the case. He reckons it's as funny and wholesome as ever, aww.
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