New Horizons
with William Dart
Sundays at 7:00 pm
Series Three 2007
14 October to 23 December (11 programmes)
23 December
William ends the year in his customary fashion with an eclectic pick-and-mix of seasonal music. Listen out for contributions from La Bande Magnetik, The Ten Tenors, Judy Shirley, The Bobs, Julia Lee, The Young Tradition, The Kaye Sisters, Yoshikazu Mera, Marvin Gaye, Shirley Horn, Rodd & The Librettos, Rev J M Gates, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rotary Connection, Melina Mercouri, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, The Fairies, Wynton Marsalis, The Three Weissmen, Wing, John "Bowtie" Barstow, Mel Blanc, Daniel Johnston, Liz Anderson and Julie Wilson. Happy Christmas from William and Tim!
16 December
It's the penultimate programme of the year and William's pulling some discs out of the cracks they've fallen into...
Ennio Morricone's favourite choir, I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni - The Modern Singers (Cherry Red)
Inia Te Wiata - Just Call Me Happy (National Library of New Zealand/Atoll Records)
Dudley Benson - Minerals and Rocks (12" single, Golden Retriever Records)
Dean Martin - Forever Cool (Capitol)
They Might Be Giants - The Else (Idlewild)
various artists - Give US Your Poor: 17 New Recordings to Help End Homelessness (Appleseed)
various artists - Wounded Heart of America: Tom Russell Songs (Hightone)
Elizabeth Marvelly - [self-titled album] (EMI)
Famous Famous - Hung Like a Man (Powertool)
...and he gives quick tributes to singer George Melly who died in July and to Ludwig van Beethoven who celebrates somewhere his 237th birthday on this day.
9 December
William looks at a range of local releases:
The Brunettes - Structure and Cosmetics (Lil' Chief)
The Phoenix Foundation - Happy Ending (Flying Nun)
The Ponsonby DCs - [self-titled album] (Pro-Sonic)
Cilla McQueen - A Wind Harp (Otago University Press)
C L Bob - The Great Flash (Yellow Eye)
The Juju Crew - In Sea (Oscillosonic Records)
Delgirl - Two, maybe three days ride (self-released)
2 December
William looks at two alumni of late-60s Soft Machine: Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt. He starts with a classic Soft Machine track Clarence in Wonderland taken from the group's BBC Radio sessions 1967 - 1970.
Then he samples several Kevin Ayers tracks from the albums 'Shooting at the Moon', 'Yes, we have no Mañanas', 'Falling Up' and 'Still Life with Guitar' before featuring Ayers's new album 'The Unfairground' (LoMax).
Robert Wyatt is sampled from his albums 'Mid-eighties' and 'Shleep' as well as the collaboration with Carla Bley and Nick Mason: 'Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports' and his single of Elvis Costello's song Shipbuilding. The featured album is 'comicopera' (Domino).
25 November
Two septuagenarians:
Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime (Anti)
Peggy Seeger - Three Score and Ten: 70th Brithday Celebration Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (Appleseed)
William also played a track from Dawn Upshaw's disc 'White Moon' (Nonesuch): White Moon by Seeger's mother Ruth Crawford Seeger.
18 November
William looks at three albums by Jim White: 'The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus', 'Searching fro the Wrong-Eyed Jesus' and his most recent, 'Transnormal Skiperoo' (all Luaka Bop).
11 November
A Joni tribute. William features two new CDs:
Joni Mitchell - Shine (Hear Music)
Herbie Hancock - River: the Joni Letters (Verve)
William segues from one to the other via tracks from Miles Davis's 'Sorcerer' and Herbie Hancock's 'Gershwin's World' (Joni singing Summertime).
4 November
Two new releases from New Zealand artists:
Anika Moa - 'In Swings the Tide' (EMI)
Goldenhorse - 'Reporter' (EMI)
William leads up to these with tracks from Moa's first two albums 'Thinking Room' and 'Stolen Hill' and Goldenhorse's second album 'Out of the Moon'.
28 October
William features new releases from two groups that keep the sixties vibe humming:
Super Furry Animals - 'Hey Venus' (Rough Trade)
The Polyphonic Spree - 'The Fragile Army' (TVT Records)
William also plays tracks from the Spree's earlier discs 'The Beginning Stages of The Polyphonic Spree' and 'Together We're Heavy' (both Good Records).
21 October
Three new CDs are featured:
Feist - 'The Reminder' (Polydor)
Dot Allison - 'Exaltation of Larks' (Cooking Vinyl)
Ani DiFranco - 'Canon' (Righteous Babe)
The original version of DiFranco's song Shameless comes from her album 'Dilate'.
14 October
William interviews American singer/songwriter/producer Joe Henry about his career and his most recent album, 'Civilians' (Anti). He plays several tracks from this disc as well as a selection of tracks from Henry's earlier albums 'Short Man's Room', 'Fuse' and 'Scar' (all Mammoth). Also featured are tracks from albums produced by Henry: Bettye LaVette's 'I've Got My Own Hell to Raise' (Anti) and Allan Toussaint's and Elvis Costello's 'The River in Reverse' (Verve).
The Team
Presented by
William Dart
Produced by Tim Dodd
Email us newhorizons@radionz.co.nz
About New Horizons
William Dart hosts an hour of rock, pop, country or folk music; each programme focusing on a new release or two and placing these in the context of an artist's career to date. His encyclopaedic knowledge and gargantuan record collection allow him to find hidden gems and surprising links. With plenty of humour along the way, William gives a serious treatment to these vital forms of music.
Schedule
New Horizons will have three series in 2012.
Series One: 4 March - 6 May (9 programmes - no programme on 18 March)
Series Two: 3 June - 12 August (11 programmes)
Series Three: To be confirmed (10 programmes)
Plus a Christmas special probably on 23 December.
When a series is running, the programme plays on Sundays at 7.00pm, on Radio New Zealand Concert.
Podcasts?
Each New Horizons programme will be available as audio on demand for two weeks following the date of broadcast.
William Dart's Track Record
New Horizons has been on air for over thirty years. Its first broadcast in April 1980 was heralded by a cover on the New Zealand Listener. The albums featured on that cover - albums by Ry Cooder, XTC, The Kinks and Ray Davies, Sparks, Randy Newman, Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello and Jonathan Richman - were chosen by William. The artists have mostly continued to have flourishing careers and have been featured many times on the programme over the years. It just goes to show that William knows how to pick'em.