discussion of AM radio over in the bar reminded me that it might be worthwhile posting some NatRad's nz music highlights from there (as always) excellent saturday afternoon listening...

2.06pm - 5pm Music 101
Sarah McMullan hosts 3 hours of brilliant music from Aotearoa and all over the world as well as interviews, reviews, live performances and documentaries.

This week: we move from Austin Texas to Papakura South Auckland for interviews with indie six piece Okkervil River and The Situations;

Nick Bollinger reviews the much delayed film soundtrack 'Idlewild' from Outkast, and 'Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys', a Hal Willner (Pirates Of The Caribbean)-produced double-disc set of contemporary reinterpretations of sea chanteys.

There was a time when getting to record 'in a studio' was the pinnacle of achievement but technology has changed the playing field. Trevor Reekie talks about these seismic shifts with 'Bungalow' Bill Lattimar of The Lab studios, a 25 year-strong studio operation that has housed some uniquely talented engineers and a client list that included seminal artists from Flying Nun, Southside/Wildside and their own in house label Deep Grooves;

And at 4.30pm we feature Part 1 of The Real Story of Punk Rock in which outspoken pop culture impresario Malcolm McLaren reassesses the origins and influence of 'the music of the anarchists'. In this first episode, Malcolm McLaren takes it back, way back, locating punk's roots in the lopsided rhythms of the Caribbean.

3.30pm Breaks Co-Op Live at Leigh Sawmill
Over summer Breaks Co-Op's Hamish Clarke and singer Andy Lovegrove played around the country in support of their second album 'The Sound Inside', enlisting the help of some of Aotearoa's finest musicians including players from Goodshirt, TrinityRoots and the SJD Band. National Radio captured Breaks Co-op's laid-back sound live at one of the friendliest venues in the country - Leigh Sawmill - before they set off to tour Europe.
(Repeated Friday 7.30pm)