The Songwriters

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Songs offer us so much. They entertain, inform and inspire. They offer us insight, emotional guidance and as we grapple with the complexities of life they tell us that we are not alone. They are joy and they are strength and whether we are aware of it or not, all of us are shaped in some small by the music that flows from our devices and into every aspect of our lives. The Songwriters is a series about the people who make the music that makes our world go round.

  1. 2024-09-09

    The Songwriters Ep 28 - Maori Songs – 09-09-2024

    Among the many stories of Aotearoa is the story of cross-cultural pollination and in this episode I’m exploring some of the ways Maori music has been influenced by European music and and vice versa. Deane Waretini - The Bridge Ana Hato and Deane Waretini Snr - Pokarekare Ana Turau and Marata Te Tomo - Po Po Inia Te Wiata sings Alfred Hill’s -Waiata Poi The Men of the Maori Battalion - E Te Ope Tuatahi Tuini Ngawai’s Arohaina Mai Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai Bing Crosby - Now is the Hour Dean Martin - Blue Smoke The Maori Troubadours - Haere Ra The Danny Kaye Show featuring the Te Arohanui Maori Concert Party - 1963 Inia Te Wiata sings Willow Macky’s The Maori Flute Jenny Woollerton - Kia Hora Te Marino

    55 min

  2. 2024-09-02

    The Songwriters Ep 27 - Songs of the Late Period Beatles - 03-09-2024

    We started this three part series in 1963 with the Beatles first album Please Please Me and over the next four years the music has gone through a radical evolution and in the process influencing the entirety of popular music but if anyone thought the Beatles might have gone as far as they could go, 1967 was about to prove them very wrong. Released in May of that year Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band would not only be the biggest selling and most influential album of the 1960s, almost 60 years later that influence still resonates. In this episode: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Fixing a Hole A Day in the Life I Am The Walrus Dear Prudence Happiness is a Warm Gun Blackbird Here Comes The Sun

    55 min

  3. 2024-08-26

    The Songwriters Ep 26 - The World of Dolly Parton – 27-08-2024

    As I was considering the episode I realised that beyond the hits and some sketchy PR details, I actually knew very little about one the most successful female songwriters of the modern era of popular music. With that in mind, this episode is as much about the world that shaped Dolly Parton as it is about the music that sold 100 million records and turned her into a pop culture icon. And then there’s Dolly Parton the secular saint. Dolly Parton - Joshua The Maddox Brothers and Rose - Honky Tonkin’ Molly O’Day - Poor Ellen Smith Kitty Wells - I Don’t Claim to Be Angel Mae West - A Guy What Takes His Time Dolly Parton - Dumb Blonde Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colours Bill Philips - Put It Off until Tomorrow Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Please Don't Stop Loving Me Linda Ronstadt - I Will Always Love You Miley Cyrus - Jolene Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers - Islands in the Stream Dolly Parton - Love is like a Butterfly

    57 min

  4. 2024-08-19

    The Songwriters Ep 25 - The Beatles Part 2 - 20-08-2024

    We finished Episode 23, The Songs of the Early Beatles with 1964 album The Beatles for Sale and after 4 albums in two years, the band was on the point of exhaustion and despite all the pressure 1 year and one month after the release of their first film and the accompanying soundtrack album they are at it again with a new film and soundtrack album,1965’s Help. Ticket To Ride We Can Work it Out Drive My Car Norwegian Wood Girl Taxman I’m Only Sleeping For No One Strawberry Fields

    52 min

  5. 2024-08-12

    The Songwriters Ep 24 - Paul Simon in the '70s – 13-08-2024

    Musician, writer and academic Matthew Bannister joins me to explore our favourite songs from Paul Simon's three 1970 albums - 1972s Paul Simon, 1973’s There Goes Rhymin' Simon and 1975s Still Crazy after all These Years. The Lone Teen Ranger Duncan
 
 Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard
 
 Tenderness
 
 Something So Right 
 
 Kodachrome
 
 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
 
 Have a Good Time You’re Kind My Little Town

    58 min

  6. 2024-08-05

    The Songwriters Ep 23 - The Beatles Part 1 – 06-08-2024

    In the first of three episodes exploring the songs of the Beatles, I’m joined by Matthew Bannister with 10 songs from the band’s early years. Please Please Me There’s a Place It Won’t be Long Don’t Bother Me All My Loving She Loves You A Hard Days Night The Things We Said Today No Reply Every Little Thing

    55 min

  7. 2024-07-30

    The Songwriters - Martin Phillipps Special – 31-07-2024

    Martin Phillipps, one of the nation's most accomplished songwriters and the personality behind iconic Flying Nun band The Chills died on Sunday, 28 July 2024 at the age of 61. Fellow Flying Nun alumni Matthew Bannister joins me to talk about the man, his music and legacy. Monolith Kaleidoscope World Rolling Moon Pink Frost Wet Blanket Love My Leather Jacket This is The Way Submarine Bells Heavenly Pop Hit Bad Sugar Don’t Be Memory

    1h 1m

  8. 2024-07-29

    The Songwriters Ep 22 - Michael Nesmith – 30-07-2024

    Mike Nesmith, or Nez as he was known to fans, would forever be the Monkee in the wool hat, but his time in the biggest band in the world was a brief three years and didn’t even begin to define him. Son of the woman who built a corporate empire from her simple invention – correction fluid – he built an empire of his own, a media conglomerate called The Pacific Arts Corporation. Musician, artist and winner of the first ever Music Video Grammy, this episode explores a man who found his biggest and most loyal audience in Aotearoa NZ. Songs: Silver Moon Joanne Rodan Roll with the Flow The First National Rag Prairie Lullaby Life The Unsuspecting Captive (of a million dreams) Rio Elvis Drugs Cruisin’ Grand Ennui

    56 min
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Songs offer us so much. They entertain, inform and inspire. They offer us insight, emotional guidance and as we grapple with the complexities of life they tell us that we are not alone. They are joy and they are strength and whether we are aware of it or not, all of us are shaped in some small by the music that flows from our devices and into every aspect of our lives. The Songwriters is a series about the people who make the music that makes our world go round.

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    Andrew Johnstone
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