New Horizons

Some new local releases … William Dart takes a listen to CDs from Model Train Wreck and Bernie Griffen. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart goes to the movies and investigates a few offerings from the current New Zealand International Film Festival. Inevitably, a new biopic of the German singer Nico is the perfect excuse to… Read more Video, Audio

In the second of his two programmes celebrating the high-quality releases on the Nonesuch label, William Dart focuses on a new album from Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and Nico Muhly, in which the… Read more Video, Audio

William Dart looks over the recordings of English singer, Olivia Chaney, in the first of two programmes focusing on the Nonesuch label. Read more Video, Audio

A regretful William Dart makes amends for some tracks that had to be left out of earlier programmes this year. And he takes a side-path excursion exploring some diverse and glorious versions of the… Read more Video, Audio

Joan Wasser goes by the stage-name Joan As Police Woman. She writes arresting music. For William Dart, there's no point resisting - he goes along quietly with her new album Damned Devotion. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart recalls some personal highlights of saxophone listening on his way to featuring some recordings by the Delta Saxophone Quartet including their new one of music by David Bowie from his… Read more Video, Audio

William Dart looks over the career of American country-folk singer Mary Gauthier leading up to her recent release Rifles and Rosary Beads. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart reviews Aucklander Jonathan Bree's latest solo album Sleepwalking. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart takes a listen to Eleanor Friedberger's new album Rebound within the context of her career both as a solo artist and as one half of the brother and sister duo The Fiery Furnaces. Read more Video, Audio

Together and separately, Marlon Williams and Delaney Davidson have put Lyttelton on the international musical map. William Dart looks at the pair's most recent album releases. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart takes a listen to two new albums which "re-imagine" the songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, featuring artists as diverse as Lady Gaga, Mary J Blige, and Willie Nelson. Read more Video, Audio