Nashville Babylon

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Don Everly and Jason Isbell, classic soul from the Temptations and Doris Duke plus blues courtesy of Earl Hooker and new music from Aaron Frazer. Read more Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Sam Cooke and Lucinda Williams plus tracks from the Front Lawn, Dave Alvin, Nina Simone and Esther Phillips. Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has music from Johnny Otis, Midlake and Iris DeMent, blues courtesy of Muddy Waters and Elmore James plus a live song from Kelly Joe Phelps. Read more Audio

This week's Nashville Babylon is a celebration of ace A&R man and record producer Jerry Wexler featuring music from Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Champion Jack Dupree, Dusty Springfield and Ray… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark welcomes in 2021 with birthday tunes for Stephen Stills and George Martin plus blues from Big Joe Turner, a track from Little Feat plus a Cajun classic courtesy of Tommy… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark bids a farewell to 2020 with tracks courtesy of Neko Case, Josh Rouse, Louis Jordan, the Waterboys and reggae legend Delroy Wilson. Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark closes off 2020 with a selection of his favourite tracks of the year. Expect music from Chuck Prophet, Nadia Reid, Colorama, Bill Callahan and Howe Gelb. Read more Audio

This week Nashville Babylon says 'happy birthday' to Keith Richards with a selection of covers of Rolling Stones classics from the likes of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Tori Amos, Merry Clayton… Read more Audio

This week's Nashville Babylon features 2020 favourites courtesy of Bob Dylan and Terry Allen, blues from Jimmy Reed and Louisiana Red plus a preview of Miles Calder's forthcoming NZ live shows. Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark plays some of his favourite tracks of 2020 with songs from Tami Neilson, Courtney Marie Andrews and Emma Swift. There's also blues from Etta James, a birthday tune for Brownie… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has a live RNZ session track from Reb Fountain, birthday tunes for songwriting legend Hoagy Carmichael plus music from Talking Heads, the Wailers and a north London classic… Read more Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark says happy birthday to Rennie Sparks of the Handsome Family, plays new music from the Warratahs, has bluegrass courtesy of the Louvin Brothers and ska from Jackie… Read more Audio