Winston Aldworth looks back an a fantastic weekend of music in New Plymouth.

In town to do his bit for Christchurch, head Foo Fighter Dave Grohl talked to Scott Kara about how his former band's classic Nevermind has impacted on his present band's forthcoming album - and the healing powers of music.

US rock band Foo Fighters played a small one-off charity concert to raise funds for the Christchurch earthquake fund at the Auckland Town Hall.

Carlos Santana is in love with a black magic woman. Really, he is, and she's got a wild afro, saucy style, and plays drums.

Eighties artist Michelle Shocked intends to make people forget the girl she once was, writes Jacqueline Smith

You hear of performers playing their audiences, but Bobby McFerrin really did use his Auckland audience as a musical instrument last night.

As you read this a bunch of Kiwi bands will be preparing to take the stage at the annual music extravaganza SXSW in Austin, Texas.

A quick word with Justin Townes Earle, the New York via Nashville singer-songwriter visiting for the third time on the back of his fourth album, Harlem River which has the track Christchurch Woman.

Following last week's cancellation of the Grassroots Festival, blues legend B.B. King has announced a show on April 24 at Auckland's Civic Theatre.

The Stone Temple Pilots are back, thanks in no small part to the forgiving nature of guitarist Dean DeLeo. Scott Kara talks to him about the band's eventful journey.

The Christchurch earthquake has continued to inspire the entertainment industry into action with benefit shows. Here are two more on the way:

Rajendra Prasanna comes from generations of Indian master musicians. On Tuesday, thanks to him and his three colleagues, a rapt audience fell under the spell of a music in which time itself seemed almost to stand still.

Gary Numan talks to Scott Kara about the happy accidents of his musical experiments and combining nostalgia with his new work.

Here's more to add to your gig diary - though you'd be in a fairly unique demographic if you were after tickets to all of this lot.

The last time Roxy Music played in New Zealand it was in a Waikato field as the headliners of Sweetwaters 1981.

In response to the tragic earthquake in Christchurch on Tuesday, several events across New Zealand have been organised to raise money for relief funds.