New Horizons

Time for regrets and fond memories, as William Dart looks back over music that, for one reason or another, didn't make New Horizons playlists this year - from Moondog pairing up with Julie Andrews… Read more Audio

William Dart features an enticing new tribute album reminding us of the magic and the loss of Lou Reed. The Power of the Heart has a stellar line-up of contributors: Keith Richards, Rufus Wainwright… Read more Audio

Too often, when the rock or pop artists investigate the Great American Songbook, it's cause for groaning disappointment. Not so with American musician Andrew Bird according to William Dart. His new… Read more Audio

A new recording from master banjoist Tony Trischka is always a delight, especially when he plays homage to the great Earl Scruggs on his new album Earl Jam. William Dart plucks a few choice tunes from… Read more Audio

A new album from English singer-songwriter Richard Thompson is a cause for much rejoicing, especially as it's his first for a long six years. William Dart puts Ship to Shore in the context of his… Read more Audio

William Dart catches up with the music of Beth Gibbons, the voice of Portishead a few decades ago and now the assured songwriter of her new solo album, Lives Outgrown. Read more Audio

William Dart reviews Everyone's Getting Involved, a new album which pays tribute to the 1984 Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. Startling cover versions of the songs from Lorde, Miley… Read more Audio

In his fourth programme for New Zealand Music Month, in reaction the sometimes depressing seriousness of the world around us, William Dart takes a trip around some music from our land that will… Read more Audio

Delaney Davidson's Out Of My Head is his first solo album for a long six years and tenth in total. William Dart checks it out in the context of the singer's earlier partnerships. Read more Audio

For his second NZ Music Month programme, William Dart looks back at the history of the Taite Music Prize as well as the hopefuls and winner of this year's big prize. Read more Audio

New Zealand Music Month is upon us and William Dart is airing a selection of music from Aotearoa that has given him special pleasure ... from Nathan Haines and Eve de Castro-Robinson, to Pickle… Read more Audio

William Dart salutes Henry Mancini, born 100 years ago, a man whose music provided a stylish backdrop for the best of America's mainstream popular culture. Read more Audio