In celebration of New Zealand Music Month we played 100% New Zealand music which included a ton of new favourites! We threw back to this time last year and visited some in-house Live To Airs from NZMM 2018 and got to take a look into the past with Murray Cammick on My Morning Mixtape.
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This week's show was the annual NZ Music Month all Aotearoa music show. Sam plays old favourites from Bic Runga and Dam Native, plus recent gems from SWIDT, Average Rap Band and more.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Big ol' Wednesday breakie for ya'll this morning; the Prime Minister dials in ahead of the election on Saturday; Nick from Cut Off Your Hands joins us for a special preview of their newest track; Rachel was lucky enough to have a chat with the directors of Totally Under Control; Rob talks plastics in the ocean on The Mind Trench; Tim gives us a plethora of media news; and Amelia talks filibustering on Word Salad.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: It's Friday morning and we've made it to the weekend! To round off a great week of music, Rachel chats to Fabian Fanboy about his latest movie recommendations inFabian's Hollywood;Dr. Zemke is in studio taking us on a journey through the pioneers of early electronica in Travelling Tunes;David Feauai-Afaese of LEAO pops in to chat about Mermgrown and what's been happening in their life; and finally, Sam Sinnott is in with a fresh new TV recommendation in Viewmaster! Whakarongo mai and have a safe weekend!
Tom up catches up with Kereama Taepa. He talks to us about his practice, which melds some "traditional" aspects toi Māori with new technology, and we talk about what is exciting him at the moment. Tom also talks to Art Paper editor Becky Hemus - we chat about the new publication and what she gets up to in her busy life.
It's a Thursday morning and we try and fail to have some Political Commentary (thank youuu, technology), Jim Nothing swings by the studio for a kōrero about In The Marigolds, Tim wades through the media soup in Mediabatt, and Natural Ange is here! Whakarongo mai nei.
Classic blues women Odetta, Big Mama Thornton and Sister Rosetta Tharpe alongside new folk, new releases, Nick Cave's "Conversion" and hiphop meets bluegrass in Gangstagrass, "radical desegregation of roots music".