Raglan Music

One half of duo Moxie, Bexie joins us in studio ahead of Friday's Live & Local gig at the Old School. We hear about the evolution of the band and do a shout out to the other performers on the night, Joe Wilson and Ross Ivan.

Amy joins us in studio to talk about her work with Adrian Hollay on the new Bosker track Holiday For Two. We also hear about new music plans for Parabola West and get sidetracked by discussions about creativity and Amy's medieval stylings.

Local musician Star Knuiman is about to release her debut single on January 8th so we get her in the studio just before Christmas to sneak an early listen and learn about her journey from playing at school as a 9 year old through performing at Soundsplash and preparing for her single release.

Teresa joins us in the studio ahead of her big event with Tali at the Ponsonby Social Club on Saturday. We also talk about her single and the forthcoming EP.

They loved the crowd in Raglan last time so they're back for more. We talk to singer Lucy Suttor about the gig, the new album, their anti-establishment message, and how they got their name.

Ash Sales is bringing his live looping show to the Old School on Saturday evening. We talk to him about his journey from using loop as support when he had to perform alone one day to the fully immersive experience of light and sound that he's bringing to Raglan this weekend.

London based musician Christof van der Ven joins us from Wellington during his tour of the North Island to talk about his Raglan show, his new album and his plans to write some music while he's in New Zealand.

We catch up with James ahead of his double appearance the Country & Blues festival and learn a little bit about songwriting, how he got into country music and what's inspiring him at the moment.

Gabrielle joins us to talk about her first gig at Live & Local, what it takes to get up on the stage and how her interest in music has been developing since childhood.This month's Live & Local features, Schnuki, Gabrielle and Abstract Fish Lungs

Ex Dr Reknaw musician Sophie Songbird joins us to talk about her new project, tour, album and baby!

We talk to young country music act The Dollys who will be part of the Raglan Country and Blues Festival on Labour weekend. They'll be supporting Coopers Run and also appearing at the Songwriters Showcase.

Britta from Moon Goose joins us in studio to talk about this weekend's show and their music - and also to have a listen to a track from each artist.

Dave Maybee joins us with a collection of Mudshark tracks and a little bit of history to give us a taste of their headline show at the Country & Blues festival coming up on Labourt Weekend.

Dave Maybee and Ray Diprose are in studio with a collection of tracks to play introducing the artists who will be performing at the 2025 Raglan Country and Blues Festival this Labour Weekend.

Dave, Bruce Dennis and Haggis Maguiness are performing at the Old School on Friday night so Dave joins us in to studio with his guitar and a few tracks to preview the event

Naram joins us ahead of his new release; "Musically Bad", with 80's Jamaican reggae star Tippa Lee. We find out how a kiwi boy who grew up in Wellington crossed paths with Tippa Lee and what the new album is all about.

Brian Wilson from local ukulele troup the Blukes is in studio to talk about their show, who's in the band and what music they expect to play. We also talk about the growing ukulele scene and what people can do if they want to get involved

We chat to Michael Llewelyn about his new music, including a love song called Stalin, and his show this Friday in Raglan

Amy from Parabola West is in studio to show off her new EP called The Wolf We Feed and talk about the big idea behind the music

We talk to Holly Dove about their gig this week, their music and what the heck is a Moon Goose anyway?

Award winning Aussie blues band the Checkerboard Lounge Trio are here on Friday night so we catch with up Carl their drummer/vocalist about the gig, their music and how they came to be recording at the legendary Sun studios in Memphis.

We talk to Benji, lead singer from Flaxxies ahead of their gig at the Yard this weekend.

We chat to Kane from Teamsquad about how they make their music after getting development support from NZ ON air and creating their 4-track EP Apocalypcinc.

We talk to Irish guitar maestro Dave Flynn about his concert at the Old School this Saturday and about a career that was sparked by heavy metal but has traversed traditional celtic music, classical music, flamenco and the blending of these and probably other genres.

Yannis from Ocean Inlays & Brian from the Raglan Wine Festival feature on the show today plus weather, what's on in Whaingaroa and plenty of musical requests :)

Teresa is in studio to tell us all about her new single and her efforts to self-fund the production, the video, the artwork and the promotion!

Amy joins us in studio to talk about her new music, new studio space and singing bowls while also trying Aaron out for a Parabola West style crown

Naomi from Cornerstone Roots joins us ahead of the Raglan Community Radio 30th Anniversary show this Friday to talk about the early days of Cornerstone Roots, their unexpected popularity in Eastern Europe and plans for some new music in the next year or so.

The Old School is hosting Ash Sales with Darz Keefe for an evening of soaring soundscapes, psychedelic trance beats and live looping this Saturday evening..

Beth calls into the studio to talk about hew new EP, her gig in the Raglan and how things have been falling into place for her at the start of her music career

We talk to James Ray ahead of his performance at the Raglan Country and Blues Festival this weekend - get a few stories from his career performing with the likes of Bob Dylan before coming to New Zealand and building a country music career in this country

We talk to Joydah about connection and healing through music ahead of her You Are Medicine Album tour gig tonight at the Old School. We also play a couple of tracks off the album and showcase her amazing voice.

We talk to frontman Yaw Asumadu about the show, plus we hear about his life in music, starting as a boy in Ghana, travelling the world and moving to New Zealand.

Nikau Te Huki joins us to talk about the upcoming gig, his new album and why he makes music

Summer, Star, Jasmine and Manoa are about to play in the Waikato Regional Rockquest finals so we've invited them to the studio to talk about the band and their music

We talk to lead singer Daniel about the gig, who the support acts are, what the new EP, Unworthy Boys, is all about and where he wants to take the band in the next year or so

Mike Harding is bringing together 40 years of folk music to weave a story about music and his own classic kiwi upbringing

Sam joins us to talk about his new musical incarnation Muskateer and the back-story behind thw collwction of songs.

Guitarist Jacob is on the line to tell us about their takeover of The Yard space on Saturday with other Gray Space bands Castle Garden and Liquid Nails for a night of garage, surf, punk, psychedelic, rock and thrash.

The Brazen Festival is going on the road this year with Raglan been the first stop. Sarah aka Mamadafunk is on the line to tell us all about the event organised by herself and Amandamania - with local performers SoulTi, Jayna Haze and Veronica

We catch up with Frankie about her music, moving out of home to pursue a career and her experience at Girl's Rock

With the Timezones EP out last week we get Muroki on the line to talk about the new music and what inspired it, his plans for the future and how much his life has changed since growing up in Raglan.

A fundraiser at the Yard Thursday will see Soulti, Greta O'Leary and Kyla Greening playing to support To The Front a holiday program for girls and rainbow youth interested in music performance. We talk to Lora Thomson and Ruth Power who are organising the event.

Matt Kambic and Vick Greetis are also playing at this month's live and local as the organisers take the chance to get Greta on the bill while she's in Raglan for a few months

A duo formed by 2 drummers but with a piano in the mix playing at the Yot Club on Saturday. One half of the duo Dave joins us to talk about his unconventional group and what people can expect from the show

Folk musicians Sadie and Jay join us to talk about the gig this Saturday at the Old School, play a bit of music and also tell us about Winter Wilson who will be joining them for the show

Joe joins us with Monty Bevins guitar to play some of his new music ahead of tonight's gig where Penni Feather and the Blukes are playing

Monty brings his guitar to the studio and we talk about his new music, tour and his life on the road

All of the band except Josh join us on the Morning Show to talk about the their gig at the Yard as they tour their new EP Pulling The Trigger

Performing ahead of and alongside the Retrogroove band on Sunday, Peter and Dave join us in the studio to talk about the gig and their new album of new interpretations of old tune like Call Me The Breeze which has been having some success on youtube over the last year.