New Horizons
with William Dart
Sundays at 7:00 pm
Series Two 2008
22 June to 7 September (12 programmes)
7 September
Last programme of the present series! How quickly they come around. As usual, it's a pick-and-mix but the theme, if any, is roots Americana. He starts with Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall, then plays Sufjan Stevens' cover of Dylan's Ring Them Bells from the movie I'm Not There. Then a couple of new releases: Billy Bragg's 'Mr Love and Justice' (Cooking Vinyl) and Crooked Still's 'Still Crooked' (Signature Sounds). Ry Cooder's 1970 recording of Blind Alfred Reed's How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? leads to the new tribute album to the old-time fiddler and songwriter, 'Always Lift Him Up' (Proper American). This then segues to an exploration of the traditional song Black Is The Colour and William plays versions by Jo Stafford, Patty Waters, Cathy Berberian and Natacha Atlas. The show rounds off with three tracks from 'The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Super Rarities & Unissued Gems Of The 1920s & 30s' (Yazoo). Talk about gems.
31 August
William's final stop is Al Green's brilliant new CD 'Lay It Down' (Blue Note). On the way he journeys through soul and features tracks from - not all of these are normally recognised as soul artists - Otis Redding, Ruth Etting, Daniel Barenboim, Beth Rowley, Beth Orton, Terry Callier, Carla Thomas, Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed and the True Loves, Naomi Shelton, Clara Ward, and Gregg Mann and Aaron Lyles of The Slumlords. It's quite a trip.
24 August
T Bone Burnett's new album 'Tooth of Crime' (Nonesuch) came out of working with playwright Sam Shephard on a re-staging of his musical play 'Tooth of Crime Second Dance'. William looks at this album and quickly surveys Burnett's career as a songwriter and recording producer.
Then he turns his focus to Burnett's ex-wife Sam Phillips's new album 'Don't Do Anything' (Nonesuch).
17 August
William takes a look at two new releases with not much in common, but they make a damn fine programme:
Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity (New West)
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash (Spunk)
10 August
William features just one disc tonight - Wellington guitarist/composer David Long's 'Cross Creek' (iiii). In the lead-up, he plays a couple of tracks from the first Braille release: Jungle Suite's 'A Walk of Snipe', three tracks by The Muttonbirds taken from their albums 'The Muttonbirds' and 'Salty', and a track from his own release under the moniker Slim Volume, 'Come On In' (Braille).
2 August
Last week it was men, this week women:
Eliza Carthy - Dreams of Breathing Underwater (Warners)
Joan as Policewoman - To Survive (PIAS)
Cassandra Wilson - Loverly (Blue Note)
27 July
William travels to all corners of the USA and features a handful of male songwriters:
Malcolm Holcombe - Gamblin' House (Echo)
Richard Julian - Sunday Morning in Saturday's Shoes (Manhattan)
Mark Eitzel and American Music Club - The Golden Age (Virgin)
John Hiatt - Same Old Man (New West)
Dr John - City that Care Forgot (Shock)
20 July
Quincy Conserve - Aire of Good Feeling, Best Of (EMI)
The Windy City Strugglers - Shine On (Red Rocks)
Steve Abel - Flax Happy (Kin'sland)
Anna Coddington - The Lake (Tea Set)
Shona Laing - Pass the Whisper (Jayrem)
13 July
Mike Patton (ex-Faith No More) has written the soundtrack to a film by Derrick Scocchera, A Perfect Place (Ipococ). William spins a number of tracks from this as well as some old songs by Faith No More, a track by Sparks that features the band, and Patton's 'Adult Themes for Voice'.
Then he slips to Eels and two new sets: 'Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol 1 1996-2006' and 'Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006' (both Geffen). He winds up with a performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oh What a Beautiful Morning taken from the collection of live tracks from the band's 2000 European tour (E Works).
6 July
Never let it be said that William is only interested in esoterica. In this programme he has some things to say about Coldplay's new album, 'Viva la Vida' (Parlophone). He also plays tracks from the band's earlier albums: 'Parachutes', 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' and 'X&Y'.
Then, returning to alt-ville, he looks at Seattle's Death Cab for Cutie. Their new CD is 'Narrow Stairs' (Atlantic) - three tracks from that and a track each from the earlier 'Transatlanticism' and 'Plans'.
29 June
A bunch of recent releases from our own fair shores:
Samuel F. Scott and the B.O.P - Straight Answer Machine (Loop)
The Nothing - a warm gun (A Major Label)
Anna Rugis - Traffic in Gold (redEAR)
and
Here Come the Kiwi Girls (EMI), a compilation of tracks from the 60s featuring... errm... Kiwi Girls. William also plays a track from Gwynne Owen that doesn't appear on the compilation: You Didn't Make Me Cry, which she sang in the film Don't Let It Get You.
22 June
A bit of a miscellany to kick the new series off, but with an emphasis on duets. Tracks selected from:
Aretha Franklin - Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen (Arista)
various - The Best Duets Album in the World... Ever! (EMI) (we played tracks by Ashford and Simpson and The Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield)
Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Shock)
Vashti Bunyan - Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (Rogue/Fat Cat)
Anne Murray - Duets: Friends and Legends (Capitol)
Rosemary Clooney - Come on-a My House (Bear Family)
Wild Man Fischer - The Fischer King (Rhino)
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.