Nick Bollinger

Last year Phil Elverum, who records as Mount Eerie, released one of the most starkly personal documents of grief ever put on disc. Now there's a sequel. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio

Veteran R&B singer Bettye Lavette holds a dozen Bob Dylan songs up to her soulful scrutiny. Nick Bollinger discusses. Audio

This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger discusses the starkly personal document of grief that is the latest album from Mount Errie; a set of Bob Dylan songs held up to soulful scrutiny by Bettye… Audio

Nick Bollinger lends an ear to the Trump-era country of Courtney Marie Andrews. Audio

On the fourth album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ruban Neilson combines dystopian visions with a complex musical imagination. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio

Balmorhea's music has been labelled post-rock but Elliott Childs hears Americana in their recent second album. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the dystopian visions and musical imagination of Ruban Neilson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and takes a tour of forgotten America with Courtney Marie Andrews, while Elliott… Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Gin Wigmore about motherhood and her new album, as well as acclaimed US indie musician Perfume Genius, and Wellington soundscaper Jet Jaguar. Audio

Nick Bollinger tunes into two-man band, and ex-Supergroove horn section, Hopetoun Brown, aka Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart. Audio

For Boarding House Reach, Jack White goes heavy on the funk and synthesisers, but has he over-reached himself? Nick Bollinger takes a critical listen. Audio

This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger discusses the funk and synth leanings of Jack White's latest solo set; a new album from Auckland duo - and sometime Supergroove horn section - Hopetoun Brown… Audio

Nick Bollinger assesses a lost piece of 70s pub-pop from Wellington's The Heartbreakers - and not Tom Petty's band. Audio