David Dallas travelled to Austin Texas in 2009 to play SXSW

Evanescence singer Amy Lee tells Lydia Jenkin how her focus has helped get the band through rocky times.

For the first time in their 44-year history, progressive rock institution Yes is soon to visit New Zealand. Founding bassist Chris Squire talked to VOLUME.

Photos from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti show with Geneva Jacuzzi and Poor You Poor Me at the Kings Arms, Auckland.

The original Isle of Wight festivals (1968-1970) featured legendary performers such as Bob Dylan, The Who and Joni Mitchell, to name a few.

Jess Hosking did not get to live a long life. The 19-year-old Kiwi lifesaver died in her sleep from an undetected heart condition. Jess' parents got to meet Taylor Swift last night and fulfil her dream.

After 20 years of skirting the fringes of mainstream in the UK, it finally seems that Elbow’s days of being treasured by a few and ignored by many are over.

Psychedelic spacemen Wooden Shjips have a prevailing fascination with the West Coast of the United States. Frontman Ripley Johnson talks to VOLUME before their New Zealand shows.

Doug Jerebine travelled to the UK in the late-sixties, changed his name to Jesse Harper, and recorded one of the great lost psych-guitar masterpieces.

Music, food and most importantly, no liquor bans. Despite an unusual location change this year, the gods of free musical goodness at bFM have delivered once again.

Photos from The 95bFM Summer Series held at Silo Park in Auckland.

Bruce Springsteen expresses his feelings on the current state of the US with his angriest album to date, writes Graham Reid