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Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke leads us around the world on a new musical exploration each week.

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere November 28, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025


    Kirsten is chatting all things country reggae this morning!  Song selections: Merlene Webber - “Stand By Your Man” (1971) Willie Nelson ft. Toots Hibbert - “I'm A Worried Man” (2005) Beres Hammond - “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (2011)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere November 21, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Rosetta and Milly are discussing all things UK Drill with Kirsten Zemke! Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections: Dave & AJ Tracey  - Thiago Silva Stormzi - Vossi Bop Karma K - Vision  

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere November 14, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025


    Dr Kirsten Zemke joins Aneeka and Milly for a fun chat about "Songs you're surprised got past the radio censor"! Song selections: Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed  Pull Up to The Bumper - Grace Jones Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere November 7, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025


    Dr Kirsten Zemke joins Rosetta and Milly for a chat about songs with organ! Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections: Dance to the Music - Sly and the Family Stone Bad Religion - Frank Ocean At The Crossroads - Sir Douglas Quintet

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere October 31, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025


    Kirsten Zemke is talking all things vintage halloween music on Breakfast today! Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections: Nightmare - Jack Turner  I Was a Teenage Monster - The Keytones  Transylvania Twist - Baron Daemon and the Vampires

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere October 24, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes - Kirsten Zemke phones in for a kōrero about the most iconic drum breaks! Whakarongo mai nei! Take Five – Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959) Funky Drummer – James Brown (1986) We Got the Beat – The Go-Go's (1981)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere October 10, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke tells Rosetta and Milly all about Calypso music, which grew in popularity out of Trinidad in the 1950s!  Song selections: George Symonette - Don't Touch Me Tomato (1957) Mighty Sparrow - Capitalism Gone Mad (1982) Calypso Rose - Rum & Coca Cola (2016)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāpare October 3, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Rosetta and Milly chat with Dr Kirsten Zemke about the hamond organ! Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections: “Time of the Season” - The Zombies (1968)  “Fuquawi” - Booker T. & The M.G.s (1971) “The Only One I Know” - The Charlatans (1990)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere September 26, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Kirsten Zemke chats all things Northen Soul with Rosetta: covering the movement's origins, and how it gained traction in the UK. Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections: Garnet Mimms “Looking For You” (1963) Gloria Jones “Tainted Love” (1976) Tobi Legend “Time Will Pass You By” (1966)

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere September 19, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025


    Kei te kōrero Kirsten Zemke ki ngā waiata reo Māori i tēnei wiki, mā runga Travelling Tunes! Whakarongo mai nei! Ngā waiata: “E Kore E Motu” (Fade Away) Ché-Fu “Piata Mai Nei” (Shiny) Jemaine Clement  “Haere Mai Rā” (Sway) Bic Runga

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere September 5, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Rosetta and Milly chat with Kirsten Zemke about Children's Music! Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections:  Simple Plan - What's New Scooby Doo? (2022) The Muppets - Jungle Boogie (2015) Peter, Paul and Mary - Puff, the Magic Dragon (1962)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere August 29, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Rosetta and Milly chat with Dr Kirsten Zemke about all things New Jack Swing! Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections: Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison (1990) Jade - Don't Walk Away (1992) Another Bad Creation - Playground (1991)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere August 22, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke chats with Rosetta and Milly about the origins of the Women's Music Movement, a movement born in the early 70s through the advocacy of feminists and lesbians who formed their own record labels, centering women artists as well as women who worked in the non-musical roles (sound engineers, producers, label managers etc). Whakarongo mai nei! Song selections: Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine (1989) Cris Williamson - Waterfall (1975) Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers (2005)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere August 15, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke is chatting with us about all things Ska!  Selections: Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero (1985) The Specials - A Message To You Rudy (1979) The Skatalites - Guns of Navarone (1985)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere August 8, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke is talking to Milly and Rosetta about songs with spoken word intros! Song selections: Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (1980) Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around (2002) The Tossers - Drinking In The Day (2005)

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere August 1, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke is chatting with Milly and Rosetta about all things Butt-Rock! Track selections: 3 Doors Down - 'Kryptonite' (2000) Nickelback - 'Too Bad' (2001) Creed - 'Higher' (1999)

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: Rāmere July 25, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025


    Today on Travelling Tunes, Milly and Rosetta are chatting with Dr. Kirsten Zemke about Family bands, and musicians that are siblings!  Song selections:  Cannonball - The Breeders (1993) Gallows - Coco Rosie (2010) We Are Family - Sister Sledge (1979)  

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 18, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025


    This week for Travelling Tunes Dr. Kirsten Zemke, dive into the world of tunes from Portland, Oregon!  

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 11, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025


    Dr Kirsten Zemke phones into the studio to have a yarn with Annabel and Callum about jazz scat vocals and is evolution this morning on Travelling Tunes!  Playlist: Dizzy Gillespie - Oop-Pop-A-Da (1947-1994 Remastered) Tania María - Yatra – Ta (1981) Mark Murphy - Bebop Lives (Boplicity) (2015)  

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 4, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025


    Milly and Tuva'a chatted to Kirsten about Global Village Coffee House music

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr Kirsten Zemke: 27th June, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025


    This week Dr Kirsten Zemke chats about international shoegaze!

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 13, 2025

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 6, 2025

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 30, 2025

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 23, 2025

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 9, 2025

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: April 11, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025


    Travelling Tunes takes us to whichever musical motherland our resident ethnomusicologist, Dr Kirsten Zemke, sets course for. This week's topic is Yé-yé!

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: April 4, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025


    Travelling Tunes takes us to whichever musical motherland our resident ethnomusicologist, Dr Kirsten Zemke, sets course for. Every Friday at 8:15am.

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: March 28, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025


    Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke leads us around the world on a new musical exploration each week. This week, Kirsten chats about the history of hyperpop!

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: March 21, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025


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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: March 14, 2025

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: February 28, 2025

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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: February 14, 2025

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    Kirsten phones in to talk to Jonny about the history of the Rhodes piano (a.k.a. The Fender Rhodes) and their prominence through the seventies and beyond. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: December 6, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024


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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: November 29, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024


    Dr Kirsten Zemke traces the history indie, beginning with the cassette tape compilation C86  released by NME in 1986 the UK - the first use of 'indie' as a genre rather than independent release. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: November 22, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024


    Dr Kirsten Zemke chats Sapphic Love Songs on Travelling Tunes today. Whakarongo mai nei ~ Travelling Tunes Tracklist: Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window Tegan and Sara - Closer Young M.A - PettyWap Lilo - The Japanese House  

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: November 8, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024


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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: November 1, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024


    This week Dr Kirsten Zemke chats to Jonny about the genre of Jungle, it's variations and developments since it's inception from reggae and Jamaican music in the early '90s in the U.K. Whakarongo mai nei~

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: October 25, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024


    This week on Travelling Tunes, Kirsten chats to Jonny about songs of freedom and the use of music in civil rights and activism. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: October 18, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024


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    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: October 11, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024


    Dr Kirsten Zemke is here to yarn about dark 'n dusty Gothic Country. Running through Jonny Cash to contemporary artists such as Sons of Predition, Gothic Country is all about tales of woe. Catch these sounds on soundtracks such as True Detective, Twin Peaks, Fargo and True Blood. 

    Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: October 4, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024


    Dr Kirsten Zemke chats to Jonny about the Caribbean genre Calypso on this week's Travelling Tunes!

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