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New Horizons
A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, hosted by music critic William Dart.
5.30pm Sundays on RNZ Concert, then 12.30am Tuesdays on RNZ National
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Join respected music commentator and critic William Dart for a half-hour of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond. From new releases to forgotten gems, he draws on an encyclopaedic knowledge and gargantuan record collection to offer fascinating insights and surprising links.
William’s choices are sometimes classic, sometimes quirky, always engaging and entertaining.
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Old Friends
31 Mar 2024William Dart features two of the hippest octogenarians in the business: Van Dyke Parks working with Gaby Moreno, and the bluesman who shares his name with one of India's iconic palaces - Taj Mahal. Read more Audio
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The Perfect Sound
24 Mar 2024Just as writers search for le mot juste, musicians look out for le son juste - the perfect sound. William Dart explores some local recordings ranging from Larry Morris and Allison Durbin to newcomers… Read more Audio
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The Last Dinner Party
17 Mar 2024William Dart listens to The Last Dinner Party, the five woman band which carried off the Rising Star award at the recent BRITS. Read more Audio
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Supergroups
10 Mar 2024William Dart looks at the phenomenon of the supergroup, setting off with Cream in the 1960s and ending with the homegrown Sundae Painters, the final project of the late Hamish Kilgour. Read more Audio
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Allison Russell - From Montreal to Nashville
3 Mar 2024Canadian singer Allison Russell was on Joni Mitchell's Newport and Hollywood Bowl stages, stood alongside Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla for Songs of Our Native Daughters and has released two… Read more Audio
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Joys of Bandcamp
25 Feb 2024Where would our New Zealand musicians be without online music platform Bandcamp? William Dart investigates a few choice offerings from Hans Pucket, [Allophones], and CODES. Read more Audio
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Dimmer Live at the Hollywood
18 Feb 2024A slice of New Zealand musical history has been made in Hollywood ... that is, Auckland's Hollywood Theatre, as Dimmer celebrates 21 years of Shayne Carter's insinuatingly soulful music. William Dart… Read more Audio
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Joni Live
11 Feb 2024For those with a hankering to experience the magic of Joni Mitchell in concert, William Dart looks through 58 years of it from Toronto coffee houses in the mid-60s to her recently released triumph at… Read more Audio
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Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
4 Feb 2024For many, Moondog was an obscure outsider musician, working on the streets of New York. However a new album of his "songs and symphoniques" might change your mind, especially with Kronos Quartet, the… Read more Audio
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Wilco & Jeff Tweedy's writing on music
28 Jan 2024After relaxing over summer to the music of Wilco, William Dart starts this year's series of New Horizons by also looking at what Jeff Tweedy is writing about the music of others, with a few surprises… Read more Audio
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Santa and Mrs Claus
24 Dec 2023With New Horizons going to air on Christmas Eve, what better excuse for a half-hour of songs about dear old Santa and his dear wife. William Dart finds some of them are more serious that you might… Read more Audio
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Best and the Rest 2 - Local Releases
17 Dec 2023In his penultimate programme of the year, William Dart looks back at some of the local releases he didn't have time for, or didn't have enough time for in earlier programmes. Music by Ebony Lamb, Troy… Read more Audio
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New Horizons
5.30pm Sundays on RNZ Concert, then 12.30am Tuesdays on RNZ National
Produced by Tim Dodd
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