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Sof speaks to Jessica Pratt (USA) ahead of her show in Tāmaki on June 11. Listen back here! She also wrote about and interviewed Ichiko Aoba (JPN) ahead of her show on June 3. Read here!
A week of New Zealand-only music on 95bFM? What a treat for us. An even sweeter treat is that Jude Kelly came in to sing us a few songs, which you can listen back to HERE.
Listen back to Elle's crackly records and some of her favourite tracks made in Aotearoa.
Playlist
Soft Bait - Plot Points
Vera Ellen - Lenny Says
Ha the Unclear - Where Were You When I Was All You Needed?
Stiff Herbert - I Could Hit The Ceiling
Jess Cornelius - People Move On
The Bats - Loline
Split Enz - I Got You
Voom - Crazy Feeling
Marlon Williams - Rere Mai Nga Rau
Spaces - I've Had A Helluva Day
reb fountain - He Commands You to Jump Into the Sea
Molly Payton - 1972
Mystery Waitress - Nightbug
Jude Kelly - Monster Truck
Jude Kelly - Siren Song
Jude Kelly - Lucky
ardini orca - Saint Mikhael and the Dragon
Keira Wallace - Lambs Arent Waking Yet
Salt Water Criminals - I Believe in Dog
Ringlets - Street Massage
Smart Artz - Put A Bucket On Your Head
ratbag - king of kingston
The Swingers - It Ain't What You Dance It's The Way You Dance It
Sola Rosa’s Andrew Spraggon talks to Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason about his latest record, In The Mids, and imminent album tour. It kicks off in Auckland on Friday May 22 at Double Whammy, before travelling to Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Christchurch, New Plymouth and Wellington. Expect live interpretations of the album's tracks and reworked music from his extensive archive, plus (excitingly) an audio-visual element. Tickets are available here.
For Fancy New Band today Huia had Moonwoven come into the studio!
Moonwoven Is a genre/gender bending local band, they switch instruments and their sound depending on each song. Today on Fancy New Band we were able to have a taste of three tracks off of their upcoming ep that was anounced on the show !
Tareq Baconi is a Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist. His 2018 book on Palestinian resistance movements, Hamas Contained, was shortlisted for a Palestine book award.
His coming-of-age memoir, Fire in Every Direction, was published late last year. Described by Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost, as “moving and generous”, it spans Beirut, Amman, and London while remaining distinctly Palestinian.
Caeden caught up with Tareq ahead of the Auckland Writers Festival this week, where he will be speaking.
Laura Vincent, the award-nominated author of Hoods Landing, chats to Emma Gleason about the success of her debut novel and what she's doing for the Auckland Writers Festival. Find her events here.
A year on from publishing his bestselling novel 1985, author and poet Dominic Hoey chats to Emma Gleason about what it's like being a working writer in Aotearoa, as well as what he's got planned for the Auckland Writers Festival. Find all his events here.
Actor and comedian Courtney Eggleton drops by the 95bFM studio ahead of her performances at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. She and Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason discuss funny business, serious acting — including why you should go to drama school — and East Auckland. (Tāmaki is a small town.) We also find out what to expect from Courtney's new show Delicate Flowers, which is billed as an "amalgamation of your worst nightmares and your hottest wet dreams". It's on at Q Theatre Cellar on May 21 and 22. Tickets here.
Today we had Olivia Reeves come in for Fancy New Band!
Olivia Reeves Is a young independent indie/rock artist from Tāmaki Makaurau who has worked her way through the competition sphere; Winning solo/duo for New Found Sound and being a two time finalist for Play It Strange!
Her set today was unlike anything else we've heard from her as she leans into are more heavy yet catchy guitar sound.
Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason chats to award-winning comedian Marshall Lorenzo ahead of his New Zealand International Comedy Festival appearances, where he'll present his new sketch show Serving Can't. The pair discuss the crushing weight of capitalism, audience etiquette and what it was like working on Drag Race Canada. Marshall's performing in Tāmaki Makaurau on May 7, 8 and 9 at Basement Theatre for the Comedy Festival, and tells us you can enjoy 20% off tickets with the code GOODCANT.
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