Raglan Music

Virtuoso acoustic guitar player Ben Catley is over from Australia this Sunday for a gig at the Old School. We talk to him about his music, where it all started and his unusual collaboration with Wim Hoff

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.