Folk
Nashville Babylon: 13 April 2024
On this week's Nashvlle Babylon there's birthday tunes for Al Green and Lowell George, classic reggae courtesy of Junior Murvin plus blues from Jimmy Anderson. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 6 April 2024
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Elmore James, Americana classics courtesy of Giant Sand, the Handsome Family and Calexico plus new tracks from Curtis Baker and Junior Dell. Audio
Nashville Babylon - Sat 30 Mar 2024
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Howlin' Wolf, a track from Judee Sill's 1971 debut album, reggae courtesy of the Congos plus classic R'n'B from the Coasters. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 23 March 2024
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's birthday tunes for Aretha Franklin and Nick Lowe, new music from Hurray For The Riff Raff, blues courtesy of Elmore James plus a country classic from Hank… Audio
Nashville Babylon: 16 March 2024
On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Wilson Pickett and Ry Cooder, reggae from Peter Tosh, new music from the Hanging Stars plus an all time classic courtesy of Billie Holiday. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 9 March 2024
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's tracks from Little Feat and Warren Zevon, a country rocker courtesy of Wanda Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald covering a Cream classic plus a song from New Zealand… Audio
Nashville Babylon: 2 March 2024
On this week's show there's reggae from Trinity, John Martyn covering Portishead, classic soul from Donny Hathaway, and Dinah Washington plus a rock 'n' roll smash courtesy of Eddie Cochran. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 24 February 2024
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Hound Dog Taylor and Jimmy Dawkins, classic soul courtesy of Candi Staton, new music from rising folk star Daisy Rickman plus a birthday tune for… Audio
Nashville Babylon: 17 February 2024
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classics from Laura Nyro and Chuck Berry, blues from ace songwriter Alvin Robinson plus birthday tunes for legendary soul star Smokey Robinson. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 10 February 2024
With Valentine's Day fast approaching this week's Nashville Babylon features some of Mark's favourite love songs from the likes of the Ramones, Leonard Cohen, Aretha Franklin and Candi Staton. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 3 February 2024
On this week's show Mark has classic tracks from Nick Drake and the Stooges, gospel courtesy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, new music from Brown Horse plus a Nashville Babylon favourite from Karen Dalton.
…Nashville Babylon: 27 January 2024
On this week's show Mark has classic soul from James Brown, birthday tunes for Lucinda Williams and Bobby 'Blue' Bland plus a reggae smash courtesy of Desmond Dekker. Audio
Nashville Babylon Summer Speical: 20 January 2024
On this week's summer edition of Nashville Babylon there's classic soul from Aaron Neville, blues courtesy of Big Maybelle, a reggae smash from KC While plus a track from Leonard Cohen's Live In… Audio
Nashville Babylon Summer Special: 13 January 2024
On this week's summer edition of Nashville Babylon there's classic rhythm 'n' blues from Ruth Brown and Chuck Willis, gospel courtesy of the Louvin Brothers, live tracks from Sam Cooke plus Aretha… Audio
Ōtautahi Live: Hannah Everingham
Hannah Everingham is joined by Michael Kime (upright bass) for a set of live songs at RNZ's Christchurch studio. Video, Audio
Nashville Babylon Summer Special: 6 January 2024
On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes from David Bowie, country courtesy of Don Williams, reggae from Lee Perry, solid blues from Jawbone and Memphis Minnie plus Tom Petty covering the Byrds. Audio
Nashville Babylon Summer Special: 30 December 2023
On this week's summer edition of Nashville Babylon Mark features some of his favourite tracks 2023 plus there's blues from Muddy Waters and Dr Feelgood, reggae courtesy of Toots and the Maytals, a… Audio
Nashville Babylon: 23 December 2023 - Last Drinks
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark pays tribute to the musicians and songwriters who left us in 2023. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 16 December 2023
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark says 'happy 80th birthday' to rock 'n' roll legend Keith Richards! Audio
Nashville Babylon: 9 December 2023
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic blues courtesy of Otis Spann and Etta James, reggae from Toots and the Maytals, a preview of Calexico's forthcoming New Zealand tour plus a show… Audio