Nashville Babylon
Nashville Babylon 13 August, 2018
On this week's show Mark spins a heady mix of country, soul and rock 'n'roll from the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Larry Jon Wilson, Esther Phillips and Chuck Prophet. There's also new music from Dawn… Audio
Nashville Babylon 6 August, 2018
On this week's show Mark celebrates the 100th edition of Nashville Babylon with new tracks from the Warratahs, Holly Arrowsmith and Jim Lauderdale, Louisiana blues courtesy of Billy Tate, a classic… Audio
Nashville Babylon 30 July 2018
On tonight's show Mark plays homegrown blues, country and folk from New Zealand's Heart Attack Alley, John The Baptist and French For Rabbits He also wishes legendary guitarist Buddy Guy a happy… Audio
Nashville Babylon 16 July, 2018
On tonight's show Mark spins tracks from Courtney Marie Andrews, blues king Magic Sam, Cajun and Country classics from Nathan Abshire, Lyle Lovett and Merle Haggard plus a birthday tune for reggae… Audio
Nashville Babylon 9 July, 2018
On tonight's show Mark plays a birthday tune in honour of Lee Hazlewood, spins classic country and blues courtesy of the Arlenes and Little Willie John, local sounds from Reb Fountain and a new track… Audio
Nashville Babylon
On this week's show Mark plays new music from Holly Arrowsmith, classic Americana from the Handsome Family, soul from King Curtis and blues from Sonny Boy Williamson. Audio
Nashville Babylon 25 June, 2018
On this week's show Mark spins new music from Mazzy Star, more from Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore's latest, sounds from the swamps courtesy of Buckwheat Zydeco plus favourites from the Band and Bap… Audio
Nashville Babylon 18 June, 2018
On tonight's show Mark celebrates Paul McCartney's birthday with a suitable selection of covers from some of his favourite artists including Harry Nilsson, Howe Gelb, Ike & Tina Turner and Aretha… Audio
Nashville Babylon 11 June, 2018
This week plays cosmic country from Gram Parsons, Americana from Richmond Fontaine, spins a new track from Joshua Hedley and goes back in time with Grand Drive's debut single from 1998. Audio
Nashville Babylon 4 June, 2018
On tonight's Nashville Babylon we have songs from Villagers, Aretha Franklin and Ry Cooder, live tracks from Simone Felice and Leonard Cohen plus blues from Muddy Waters and classic Americana courtesy… Audio
Nashville Babylon 28 May 2018
On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to John Fogerty, spins classic country from Bobbie Gentry, blues courtesy of Johnny Otis and Bo Diddley, drops a brand new track from Neko Case and plays… Audio
Nashville Babylon 21 May 2018
On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to guitarist Marc Ribot and Fats Waller, plays new music from Willie Nelson, Gretchen Peters and John Prine and spins a mix of classic country and blues… Audio
Nashville Babylon 14 May, 2018 W
On this week's show Mark plays new tracks from Bernie Griffin and Holly Golightly, classics from Bob Dylan and Aaron Neville plus favourites from Stretch, John Martyn and Delroy Wilson. Audio
Nashville Babylon 30 April, 2018
On this week's show Mark plays a track from Kiwi bluesman Darren Watson's new album, an RNZ exclusive courtesy of Nadia Reid, country classics by Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris plus Americana from… Audio
Nashville Babylon 16 April, 2018
Tonight, Mark says "happy birthday" to Loretta Lynn, Dusty Springfield and Madeleine Peyroux, spins tracks from Josh Ritter and Richard & Linda Thompson, drops a Lee 'Scratch' Perry take on a rock 'n'… Audio
Nashville Babylon 9 April, 2018
On this week's show Mark spins a classic gunfighter ballad from Marty Robbins, blues from Little Willie John, ska from Prince Buster and alt.country from Son Volt. There's also a soul cut from PP… Audio
Nashville Babylon 2 April, 2018
On this week's show Mark drops a brand new track from Tami Neilson, classic country from Patsy Cline, Americana from William The Conqueror, a cut from Springsteen's Nebraska and some low down dirty… Audio
Nashville Babylon 26 March, 2018
On this week's show Mark plays new music from Bettye Lavette and Courtney Marie Andrews, a cover of a Beatles gem courtesy of Pete Molinari, a birthday tune for Aretha Franklin, some heavy southern… Audio
Nashville Babylon Monday 5 March, 2018
On tonight's show Mark spins discs from Frazey Ford, Jimmie Vaughn and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, plays a western fave by Tex Ritter and drops an extended horn driven take on the classic St James… Audio
Nashville Babylon 26 February, 2018
On tonight's show Mark says "happy birthday" to Fats Domino, George Thorogood and Johnny Cash, plays music from Eb and Sparrow's new album and spins classics from Nina Simone and Jimi Hendrix Audio