Blues

On this week's Nashville Babylon there's music from the Band and Steve Earle, a birthday tune for Laura Nyro plus tracks to mark the forthcoming release of Sir Peter Jackson's Let It Be documentary… Audio

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Gillian Welch, Stevie Ray Vaughn and M Ward, new music from Damien Jurado and Darren Cross plus classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf. Audio

On this week's show Mark has classic blues and soul from Errol Linton and Bobbie Gentry, Kiwi country courtesy of Sin City, anniversary tracks from Nick Lowe, a previously unreleased Lee Perry tune… Audio

This week's Nashville Babylon has blues from Taj Mahal, classic soul courtesy of Sam Cooke and Erma Franklin plus cosmic country from Gram Parsons. Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Alejandro Escovedo, birthday tunes for Robert Fisher of the Willard Grant Conspiracy and John Martyn plus classics courtesy of Karen Dalton and Emmylou… Audio

On this week's show there are tracks to mark the passing of Lee Perry, Charlie Watts, Don Everly and UB40 sax player and founder Brian Travers. There's also gospel courtesy of Sister Wynonna Carr plus… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has music from the late Nanci Griffith, birthday tunes for Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and the legendary Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup plus reggae from George Faith and Joya… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays birthday tunes for David Crosby, has classic soul courtesy of Jackie Wilson and Candi Staton, reggae from Gregory Isaacs plus a rock 'n' roll smash from… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has gospel from Mahalia Jackson, soul courtesy of Ray Charles and Curtis Mayfield plus country from Loretta Lynn and a ska classic from the Pioneers. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Buddy Guy and Jerry Garcia, blues from Memphis Minnie, classic reggae courtesy of Susan Cadogan plus a previously unreleased track from… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Bobbie Gentry, Mick Jagger and the late Tony Joe White. There's also classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf, reggae from Ken Boothe plus… Audio

On this week's show Mark plays birthday tunes for Don McGlashan and Desmond Dekker, blues from Muddy Waters, soul courtesy of the Impressions plus a West Texas classic from Joe Ely. Audio

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Mavis Staples and Christine McVie, a track from Lambchop's latest album Showtunes, plus gospel courtesy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and a country classic… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has tracks from Little Feat, the Blue Nile and the Shangri-Las, a birthday tune for Inara George plus a previously unreleased song from the late Tony Joe White. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has reggae from Dr Alimantado, blues from King Porter and Etta James, a classic courtesy of Warren Zevon plus new music from Howe Gelb and the Colorist Orchestra.

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Paul McCartney, Eddie Hinton and Nick Drake, blues courtesy of King Curtis plus tracks from Little Richard, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder

On this week's show Mark has tracks from Crosby, Stills and Nash's recently reissued classic album Deja Vu, blues courtesy of Bessie Smith, a new song from Lukas Nelson plus music from the Four Tops… Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Peter Bruntnell, a country classic courtesy of Jerry Lee Lewis plus tracks from the Byrds, Marc Ribot and the Five Blind Boys Of Alabama. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon the Cowboy Junkies cover the Velvet Underground while Richard Thompson does Dylan. There's also tracks from the Wailers and William Tyler plus a tribute to legendary… Audio