New Horizons

William Dart enters the magical, mystical world of American folk musician Josephine Foster and is captivated by her most recent release, Faithful Fairy Harmony. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart looks at the splendid new album celebrating the Christchurch songwriter, Al Park, featuring cover versions by Jordan Luck, Marlon Williams, Delaney Davidson, Anthea Struthers and others.

William Dart listens to the last two songs in Lawrence Arabia's year-long Singles Club project. And because one of these has an arrangement by Van Dyke Parks, William is only too happy to wallow in… Read more Video, Audio

Marlene Dietrich was the ultimate world-weary songstress. William Dart listens to new albums by John Grant and James Blake, both peddling songs of disillusionment, and, like Dietrich, doing it with… Read more Video, Audio

In the first new programme of New Horizons for the new year, a newly refreshed William Dart features American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash and her new album She Remembers Everything. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart is in for his New Horizons Christmas Special … he's got treats from Sufjan Stevens, John Legend, Big Maybelle, William Shatner, and Aretha Franklin of course. Read more Video, Audio

Inevitably, William Dart reaches the end of the year and there are a number of tracks that he couldn't include in previous programmes. Now's the time to make amends and he features songs by Bobby Vee… Read more Video, Audio

James Milne, AKA Lawrence Arabia, has been putting together a new album, track by track, releasing a new song every month throughout 2018. William Dart checks in his progress as the year draws to a… Read more Video, Audio

William Dart looks at two albums that became shows and one show that became an album… Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown and David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love the former; Linda Thompson’s My Mother… Read more Video, Audio

Yoko Ono - now 85 years old - is back with a new album, Warzone, on which two things are clear: firstly, she's still very much a political animal, and secondly, she's at ease with the music of her… Read more Video, Audio

Last month, Tauranga singer Ria Hall carried off the Maioha Award at the Silver Scrolls. William Dart traces the musical and political path that led to her new album Rules of Engagement. Read more Video, Audio

William Dart looks at a new tribute album to the American songwriter Roger Miller, most famous perhaps for his song 'King of the Road'. The CD features artists such as Dolly Parton, Willy Nelson, Lyle… Read more Video, Audio