Behind The Scenes: Your Station In Isolation

Take a peek at all the creative ways Triple R broadcasters are doing their shows at home.

Get Down: Thando Is Happy Being Back On Stage And Live Streaming

Like many other musicians, soul singer-songwriter Thando is embracing new opportunities to perform and keep the music going – even if it is at a distance.

Breakfasters: Going Wild For Mushrooms

If you love a good pine mushroom risotto, by all means go out and forage this season’s abundance. But, as Michael Harden tells the Breakfasters, make sure you know what you’re doing!

Out On The Patio: Embracing Imperfections With The Teskey Brothers

“We have to accept the imperfections and happy little accidents.” Liam from the Teskey Brothers chats to Mon about the highs and lows of recording their new album Live at the Forum in analogue.

Deeper Read: A Graveyarder’s Lament

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we’ve regrettably had to suspend any programs with rotating hosts, in order to reduce the number of people coming into the Triple R studios. This includes The Graveyard Shift. One of our dedicated Graveyarders, Jamie McCarthy, tells us what he misses about the 2am to 6am shift – and why it’s so special.

Album of the Week: How Much Works by Sweet Whirl

How Much Works is the debut LP by Sweet Whirl, aka Esther Edquist. The accomplished singer, songwriter and musician offers an original and timeless album filled with folk ballads, melancholic pop, blues-infused love songs and philosophic prose.

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Mixed Signals: Local Magic Pop Artist Witching Hour Tells Us How She Turned A Spell Into A Song

Claire Quartz, aka Witching Hour, phones in at the witching hour, having just released her second single “Colourblind”. Claire tells Mixed Signals, “That particular song is an exploration of dishonest and manipulative…

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Backstory: Talking With The Animals

Mel talks to author Laura Jean McKay about her new novel The Animals In That Country, a surreal story about a foul-mouthed, alcoholic grandma searching for a lost granddaughter, the separation of…

Interview

Local And/Or General: Talking New Zealand Music Month With Tiny Ruins

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, New Zealand Music Month has been championing music from its shores every May for the last two decades. Jason Moore speaks to singer/songwriter Hollie Fullbrook of Auckland folksters Tiny…

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Off The Record: The Ghosts of Steve Earle

Brian Wise chats with the legendary country musician – and theatre aficionado – Steve Earle about his new LP, The Ghosts of West Virginia. Centred around the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine…

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Neon Sunset: Dave “Flick” Faulkner Tells Us What It Was Like Being A Punk In Perth In The ’70s

Growing up in Perth as a young punk kid in the ’70s, Dave Faulkner felt isolated and misunderstood. “There was this music that we were just bursting to be involved with, and listen…