The list of finalists for this year's Aotearoa Music Awards is out - and while there's fewer household names than in previous years, there's plenty of finalists who are making waves overseas. Who are they? 

Also, an international pop star of the 1980s has announced he is on his way to Wellington this year - who is it? 

Wellington Mornings' music man James Irwin joined Nick Mills for Music Time. 

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