New Horizons
with William Dart
Sundays at 7:00 pm
Series One 2008
2 March to 4 May (10 programmes)
4 May
It's the last programme of the series, so it's round-up time: a selection of tracks that almost but didn't quite make it into a programme. From the following albums...
Wim de Bie - Wim de Bie zingt a capella (Simpelcedee)
Her Royal Highness Princess Christina of the Netherlands - The 'Me' Nobody Knows (BMG)
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (Nonesuch)
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life (PIAS)
Siouxsie - Mantaray (Universal)
Aretha Franklin - Rare and Unreleased Recordings (Rhino)
Rufus Wainwright - Rufus does Judy at Carnegie Hall (Geffen)
Sherrill Milnes and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Happy Trails Round-Up 2 (Telarc)
Clifford Jordan and Ran Blake - Masters from Different Worlds (Mapleshade)
They Might Be Giants - Here Come the 123s (Disney Sound)
27 April
In a special edition this week, William pays tribute to singer/songwriter Mahinarangi Tocker who died last week.
He plays songs from her CDs, 'Mahinarangi' (CBS), 'Te Ripo' (CBS) and 'The Mongrel in Me' (Jayrem) as well as the song, Never No More, which she contributed to the 'Baxter' CD (Universal).
The final two-thirds of the programme is devoted to a treasure from William's archives: from cassette tape, a complete rebroadcast of the 1989 programme in which he talks to Tocker about her first two albums, 'Clothesline Conversation' and 'I'm Going Home'.
20 April
Two Canadians and an American:
k d lang - Watershed (Nonesuch)
Holly Cole - Holly Cole (Tradition & Moderne)
Judy Henske - Big Judy: How Far This Music Goes 1962-2004 (Rhino)
13 April
A programme of two halves. The first is devoted to The Ruby Suns' new album, Sea Lion (Lil' Chief Records).
The second is an exploration of New Zealand Psychedelia through the recent EMI release 'A Day In My Mind's Mind, Volume 2'. A little bit of trippy background is provided from the following albums:
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (Rhino)
Skidoo, Original Soundtrack (RCA LP)
The Trip, Original Soundtrack (Capitol LP)
Tom Thumb - Ludgate Hill: The Singles (Jayrem)
Grapefruit - Around Grapefruit (Stateside LP)
The La De Das - The Happy Prince (EMI)
6 April
Neil Young's new release: Chrome Dreams II (Reprise)
Also a number of tracks from various Neil Young tribute discs: Nick Cave singing Helpless, Flaming Lips doing After the Goldrush and Bongwater doing Mr Soul from a 1989 compilation 'The Bridge' (Caroline); Treble Spankers tackling Aurora and Tom Rapp doing After the Goldrush from 'This Note's For You Too!' (Inbetweens, 1999); The Be Good Tanyas with For the Turnstiles on an Uncut magazine 2007 cover CD; and a couple of tracks from 'Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists cover Neil Young for Charity' (American Laundromat, 2007): Dala playing Ohio and Carmen Townsend singing Everybody Knows this is Nowhere.
30 March
William checks out the latest release from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! (Mute). Also... tracks from some of the group's earlier releases 'Kicking Against the Pricks', 'The Boatman's Call', 'No More Shall We Part', 'Nocturama' and 'The Lyre of Orpheus' (all Mute) as well as Nick Cave's spoken-word album 'The Secret Life of the Love Song/The Flesh Made Word' (King Mob).
23 March
William interviews Auckland songwriter Dudley Benson about his music. They talk about Benson's Christchurch choirboy background, his upcoming tour of the South Island and his recordings to date: 'Steam Railways of Britain', 'The Orders, Medals and Decorations EP', 'Minerals and Rocks' and his latest, 'The Awakening' (Golden Retriever Records).
16 March
William looks at these two:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (Rounder)
Philip Glass - Book of Longing: A Song Cycle based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen (Orange Mountain Music)
Along the way, he plays the following other tracks: I Got You Babe sung by Tiny Tim and Eleanor Baruchian from the soundtrack of the 1968 film 'You Are What You Eat'; Alison Krauss as a 16-year old singing Sleep On from her album 'Too Late to Cry'; Communication Breakdown by Led Zeppelin; Dillard and Clark performing Through the Morning, Through the Night; Leonard Cohen singing his Hallelujah and The Philip Glass Ensemble performing A Gentleman's Honor.
9 March
Four New Zealand artists:
Nathan Haines - Right Now (Haven)
Otis Mace - Bird in Bush Road (Powertool)
White Swan Black Swan - [self-titled] (Arch Hill)
Jay Clarkson with Johannes Contag - Over the Mountain (Arch Hill)
2 March
To open the year, William surveys the career of Polly Jean Harvey, sampling songs from 'Dry', 'The Peel Sessions 1991-2004', 'To Bring You My Love', 'Is This Desire?', 'Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea' and her most recent release 'White Chalk'. Also included are her version of The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife from 'September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill', along with songs from Pascal Comelade's 'l'Argot du Bruit' and the soundtrack of Marc Blitzsteins's 'Cradle Will Rock'. The programme ends with Janet Roddick's version of The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife.
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.