Soul

On this week's Nashville Babylon we've got birthday tunes for Candi Staton and Ry Cooder, a song to mark the passing of Bunny Wailer, tracks courtesy of Kris Kristofferson and Whiskeytown plus the… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for John Cale and Micky Dolenz plus tracks courtesy of Nadia Reid, Delaney Davidson, Emmylou Harris and Planxty. Audio

It's St David's Day back in Mark's homeland of Wales so to celebrate he has tracks featuring Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas, King Tubby and Colorama. There's also birthday tunes for Joe South and Brian… Audio

On this week's show Mark has new tracks from Steve Earle and Miles Calder, a birthday tune for Ranking Roger of the Beat, blues from Little Walter plus a rare reggae track courtesy of Al Campbell and… Audio

This week on Nashville Babylon Mark celebrates Valentines Day with a selection of classic love songs courtesy of the Temptations, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Tom Waits and Carla Thomas. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Bob Marley and Earl King, country courtesy of Loretta Lynn, classic soul from the Impressions plus tracks from the Grateful Dead and Guy… Audio

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. 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. 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. 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… 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… Audio

Dan Slevin makes the case for why Pixar’s Soul might be his favourite film of the year. Video

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. 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. 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… 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. 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… 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… Audio

On 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… Audio