The 2012 Classic Hits Church Tour featuring Anika Moa, Boh Runga and Hollie Smith kicked off in Napier on Thursday. The tour continues on to Wellington, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Auckland, Tauranga, Rotorua, Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill over October. For more information, click here.

Folk music hero and long-time activist Billy Bragg will front up to Kiwi fans for a Q&A session in Auckland.

Eclectic English singer-songwriter Natasha Khan, better known as Bat for Lashes, will headline January's Laneway festival in the wake of her new third album.

Wainwright's moving, theatrical evening leads to a triumphant finish.

American country folk duo to perform at Holy Trinity Cathedral.

"New Zealand always looks beautiful in the movies, and when I meet people from there, I kinda like 'em," says Russell Brand.

The quiet Bootleg Beatle talks to Graham Reid about living in another man's music.

Due here for the summer holidays, evergreen pop star Cliff Richard tells Scott Kara about rediscovering his faith in music.

Josh Dibb of Animal Collective talks to Lydia Jenkin about a trying something different on their ninth album.