Nick Bollinger
'Searching for Santa Claus': Nick Bollinger's favourite Christmas song
There have been calls to censor The Pogues' Christmas classic 'Fairytale Of New York', but it was never Nick Bollinger's favourite Christmas song anyway. Video
The Sampler: C'est la Vie by Phosphorescent
Nick Bollinger asseses the impact of new love, parenthood and a move to Nashville on the music of Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck. Audio
The Sampler: 11 December 2018
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger explores the music of sci-fi folkie Jane Weaver, the cosmic obsessions of Alabama outsider artist Lonnie Holley, and asseses the impact of new love, parenthood… Audio
The Sampler: The Silver Globe by Jane Weaver
Nick Bollinger lends an ear to the science-fiction, folk and electronica of Jane Weaver. Audio
The Sampler: Mith by Lonnie Holley
Nick Bollinger explores the space-fixated sounds of Alabama outsider artist Lonnie Holley. Audio
The Sampler: Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis
Chicago country stalwart Robbie Fulks and Louisiana piano pounder Linda Gail Lewis team up for a rambunctious set of duets. Audio
The Sampler: State of the Union
Nick Bollinger discusses an album that looks at the state of American Dream, circa 1968. Audio
The Sampler: 27 November 2018
Nick Bollinger discusses a fiery collision between Chicago country stalwart Robbie Fulks and Louisiana piano pounder Linda Gail Lewis, a set of songs that consider the state of the union circa 1968… Audio
Tyler Childers talks purgatory, pot and the POTUS
Kentucky singer-songwriter Tyler Childers tours here next year with John Prine. Nick Bollinger caught up with him in a Minneapolis carpark. Audio
The Sampler: The White Album Turns 50
The Beatles 'White Album' is 50 years old and there's a new 6-disc edition to mark the occasion. Nick Bollinger takes a deep dive. Audio
The Sampler : Magic Ship by Mountain Man
Nick Bollinger discusses the spine-tingling harmonies and modern-day field recordings of vocal trio Mountain Man. Audio
The Sampler : More Blood, More Tracks by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks is one of the most celebrated albums in popular music. An exhaustive new 6-disc set lets us sit in on its construction. Audio
The Sampler: 13 November 2018
Nick Bollinger discusses the spine-tingling harmonies and modern-day field recordings of Mountain Man, and a revealing 6-disc document of the sessions that produced Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks. Audio
The Sampler: Teal by Julien Dyne
Julien Dyne knows how to make the people dance, as Nick Bollinger discovers. Audio
The Sampler: Creative Evolution by The Changing Same
Nick Bollinger finds something familiar and something different in the latest album from The Changing Same. Audio
The Sampler: Connan Mockasin
Connan Mockasin offers a companion album to his dodgy-sounding movie melodrama. Nick Bollinger has a listen. Audio
The Sampler: 6 November 2018
Nick Bollinger reviews a dance set from Julien Dyne; a companion album to a dodgy-soundingmelodrama from Connan Mockasin; and the familiar-yet-different sound of The Changing Same. Audio
The Sampler: Too Many Millionaires by Darren Watson
Nick Bollinger pays attention to an acoustic set from Kiwi bluesman Darren Watson. Audio
The Sampler: Student Flat Reunion by Superturtle
Auckland's Superturtle come from a place where it's always the early 80s. Nick Bollinger stops by for a listen. Audio
The Sampler: 30 October 2018
Superturtle come from a place where it's always the early 80s; Darren Watson makes his home in the blues, and Neneh Cherry mixes slow jams and politics. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio