NZ Live

Since winning Australian Idol in 2009, R&B and soul singer Stan Walker has become one of New Zealand's most beloved entertainers, headlining music festivals and starring in movies. Read more Video, Audio

For NZ Live today we get a return visit from Indie pop band Alae. Read more Video, Audio

Singer-songwriter Tami Neilson is no stranger to the RNZ studio. but this week she came with a twist – her brother and longtime collaborator Jay. Read more Video, Audio

Reb Fountain is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her tour kicks off tomorrow night - a real mix - from a House Concert to Festivals in Tauranga, Hawkes Bay, and Gisborne. Read more Video, Audio

Wellington electro-folk artist Lake South makes lush music with richly layered vocals and warm, fuzzy synths. He joins us – with band – to play tracks from his second album Wellington/Te Upoko o Te… Read more Video, Audio

Beloved Kiwi band Tiny Ruins are at the tail end of their nationwide tour promoting a new version of their latest album Olympic Girls. They're joined in our Auckland studio by a very special guest –… Read more Video, Audio

Indie folk singer Mel Parsons play songs from her impressive back catalogue in our Christchurch studio. Mel is currently preparing for a 17-date tour that will stretch the length and breadth of the… Read more Video, Audio

Christchurch neo-soul pop duo Dillastrate take their name from the American record producer and rapper J Dilla. Right now Henare “H” Kaa (drums, lead vocals) and Tim Driver (keyboards, loops, vocals)… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland band Blam Blam Blam would be significant to NZ music history even if only for their 1981 hit 'There Is No Depression in New Zealand'. This week, a full 38 years after their debut EP, Blam… Read more Video, Audio

With her latest album Sportsman of the Year, award-winning Auckland musician Jan Hellriegel also became an author and podcaster. She plays us some new tracks. Read more Video, Audio

Kiwi musician and actor Troy Kingi has just released his third album in as many years – Holy Colony Burning Acres. He dropped in to perform live and have a chat to RNZ's Jesse Mulligan. Read more Video, Audio

The golden-voiced Steph Casey from Kapiti Coast is in the studio with her full band to play her latest album, On The Seats In My Car. Read more Video, Audio