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Nashville Babylon
The very best in Americana, alt country and blues music, hosted by Mark Rogers.
6:04pm Saturdays & 11:04pm Mondays on RNZ National
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Nashville Babylon 9 November 2020
9 Nov 2020On this week's show Mark celebrates Joni Mitchell's birthday with a selection of some of her classic songs. There's also new music courtesy of Marlon Williams, M Ward and Sturgill Simpson plus classic… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 2 November 2020
2 Nov 2020On this week's show Mark has new music from Jim White, Otis Gibbs and Miles Calder, previews French For Rabbits' NZ tour, plays a live track from Sonny Terry and Brown McGhee and a birthday tune for… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 26 October 2020
26 Oct 2020This week's Nashville Babylon is a solid Soul and R'n'B special featuring the likes of Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Candi Staton and Curtis Mayfield. Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 19 October 2020
19 Oct 2020On this week's show Mark has the Meters covering the Beatles and Rory Gallagher covering the Stones. There's also Philly-Soul courtesy of the Delfonics, a duet between Kurt Vile and John Prine plus… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 12 October 2020
12 Oct 2020On this week's show Mark has music from Bill Callahan, Justin Townes Earle, Toots & The Maytals and Faye Webster. There's also a new track from New Zealand's Stretch plus classics courtesy of Rory… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 5 October 2020
5 Oct 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Hayes Carll and John Wesley Harding, a birthday tune for Jackson Browne, a classic courtesy of the Allman Brothers, a track from Bert Jansch's… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 28 September, 2020
28 Sep 2020On this week's show Mark has a birthday tunes for Jerry Lee Lewis and Victor Jara, new music from Milly Tabak, Gillian Welch, Chris Smither and Grant Lee Phillips plus two excellent Dylan covers taken… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 21 September, 2020
21 Sep 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark celebrates the birthday of Leonard Cohen with an hour long special devoted to his music. As well as a number of Cohen classics there'll also be versions of his… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 14 September, 2020
14 Sep 2020This week's Nashville Babylon has blues courtesy of Smiley Lewis and New Zealand's Heart Attack Alley, Steve Earle covering Townes Van Zandt plus tracks from Vic Chesnutt, Isaac Hayes and Vetiver. Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 7 September, 2020
7 Sep 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Tom Rush covers Joni Mitchell and Holly Golightly's getting high for Jesus. There's also music from the Felice Brothers, Courtney Marie Andrews, a new track from… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 31 August, 2020
31 Aug 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays a selection of his favourite Van Morrison tracks to commemorate the legendary performer's 75th birthday. There'll also be songs to mark the recent passing… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 24 August, 2020
24 Aug 2020On this week's show Mark has music from Judee Sill, Randy Newman, blues from Jimmy Reed and country courtesy of Lefty Frizzell. There's also a birthday tune for Elvis Costello and a track from the… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon
Mark Rogers' love-affair with all things country started at an early age thanks to his grandfather's collection of Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash cassettes. In later life he became one of the co-founders of Loose Music, one of Europe's premier indie music labels, responsible for releases from the Handsome Family, the Felice Brothers and Neko Case. In addition he has worked with artists such as Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez and Jackson Browne and has helped promote New Zealand tours from Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, CW Stoneking and Pokey LaFarge. Many of these will feature on Nashville Babylon - a show dedicated to the very best in Americana, alt country and blues.