This week, Thursday host Emma Gleason was joined by Gisborne teen Salem Māhia, who won first place in the Play It Strange 2025 National Songwriting Competition with ‘A Girl Named Abigail’. He tells Emma how he got into music and what it was like being part of the Play It Strange programme (you can donate to the charitable trust's mahi here.)
Kris scored some cheap 45"s at a recycling center, and finds out the hard way that he hadn't cleaned them up well enough. Plato's Retreat is brought to you by the good people at Hallertau.
This friday morning Huia started the show off with a couple chill tracks then eased into the wakeup zone with some good ol rock and a touch of electronic music. And as usual at 11am we were joined Bare Bear for Fancy New Band !
Thanks for tuning in to today’s show! Jangly guitar music is today’s theme – cosy vibes to offset the cold southerlies starting to blow through Tāmaki Makaurau, marking the end of summer, and beginning of autumn.
Artist highlights this morning: Mouseatouille, The Verve and Shintaro Sakamoto.