NZ Live

Echo Children identify as Kiwi but its members come from Britain, Canada and Sweden. Read more Audio

Auckland R&B singer Sharnar was discovered at 15 after a video of her performing one of her own songs at high school got out. Now 22, she's already released three singles and has big plans for the… Read more Video, Audio

Ashburton folk musician Matthew Smith plays four songs from his self-titled solo debut – plus a Finn brothers cover. Read more Video, Audio

Jamie McDell goes back to her country roots on her third album Extraordinary Girl, which features Kasey Chambers, Bill Chambers and Tami Neilson. Read more Video, Audio

Bajan-Kiwi musician Amber Maya performs two new songs and Jealous for the first time live. She shares stories of growing up in her mother's homeland of Barbados and how it compares with New Zealand… Read more Video, Audio

Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart make up the duo of Hopetoun Brown and for today's NZ Live they're joined by regular contributors to their shows, Finn Scholes and Steve Abel. Read more Audio

Nomad are a talented young trio from Christchurch. Even though they're just hitting 20 you might have already heard their hits 'All of My Heart' and the very catchy' Oh My My'. Read more Audio, Gallery

Auckland alt/pop/rock band Running Stitch play tracks from their new EP Brightside. Read more Video, Audio

Wellington alternative country band Eb & Sparrow play songs from the new album Seeing Things ahead of a nationwide tour. Read more Video, Audio

Wellington's Frank Burkitt Band are on the brink of an NZ tour for their new album Raconteur. They chat to Jesse Mulligan about playing festivals in Australia and how they went about choosing venues… Read more Audio

Auckland four-piece Cowboy Dan took their name from a Modest Mouse song. They play us some "jangly as" alt-rock from their debut EP We Will Hesitate, When We Eventually Wake. Read more Video, Audio

Stellar* - one of the country's best-known and favourite bands of the '90s and 2000s Read more Video, Audio