John Prine
My Current Song: Jenny Mitchell, 'Snakes in the Grass'
Exhibiting a darker, Americana sound, 'Snakes in the Grass' is the fourth single from Wellington-based singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell's forthcoming album, Tug of War. Mitchell joins the show to… Audio
Storytellers in Song
William Dart celebrates the story-telling genius of the late, great John Prine and the endlessly inventive Elvis Costello in his new album Hey Clockface. Audio
The Sampler: Purgatory by Tyler Childers
Tyler Childers, who tours here next year with John Prine, draws something pure and potent from a deep well of tradition. Nick Bollinger takes a draught. Audio
John Prine: 'Rock ’n’ roll is just an attitude'
Bob Dylan compared him to Proust. Kris Kristofferson suggested he was so good “we’re gonna have to break his fingers”. John Prine paid a rare visit to New Zealand in February 2019. Nick Bollinger… Video
The Sampler - 8 May 2018
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger discusses a funky and forthright new album from Janelle Monae; the first new songs in more than a decade from Americana icon John Prine, and a live set from the… Audio
The Tree Of Forgiveness by John Prine
Nick Bollinger finds John Prine in good humour - even as he confronts his mortality - on his first album in a dozen years. Audio
Goin' Platinum by Robert Finley
Nick Bollinger assesses the second set from sexagenerian soul singer Robert Finley Audio
Friedberger, Williams, Foster
William Dart introduces new releases from three American singer-songwriters: Eleanor Friedberger, Lucinda Williams and Josephine Foster Audio
Iris DeMent and Anna Akhmatova
William Dart surveys the career of American country/folk/gospel songwriter and singer Iris DeMent and reviews her new album, The Trackless Woods which is based on the writings of Russian poet Anna… Audio