New Horizons

William Dart reviews new releases from Jonathan Bree, Hopetoun Brown, Tami Neilsen and The Jac. Read more Audio

In advance of Burt Bacharach's visit to Auckland to play the Vector Arena with the Auckland Philharmonia, William Dart returns to one of his favourite musical geniuses to dig up some overlooked… Read more Audio

William Dart looks at the music of John Grant, whose third solo album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure has recently been released, and who will be appearing at the 2016 Auckland Arts Festival Read more Audio

William Dart reviews new releases from Shawn Colvin, Eliza Carthy and Julia Holter. Read more Audio

81-year-old bluesman John Mayall has a new album out and William Dart looks back at his career. Read more Audio

William Dart reviews recent releases from Beirut, Darwin Deez, Owen Pallett, Lianne La Havas and Nellie McKay Read more Audio

William Dart reviews new releases from Chris Stamey and Richard Thompson, takes a look at a recent tribute album to Led Zeppelin called Physical Graffiti Redrawn, and pays his own tribute to Bill… Read more Audio

William Dart reviews recent releases from The Phoenix Foundation, Silicon and Delaney Davidson Read more Audio

William Dart surveys the career of American country/folk/gospel songwriter and singer Iris DeMent and reviews her new album, The Trackless Woods which is based on the writings of Russian poet Anna… Read more Audio

William Dart wraps up the present series with his customary grab-bag of tracks that didn't make it into the previous programmes. Included are New Zealanders Princess Chelsea and Marlon Williams along… Read more Audio

William Dart pays tribute to jazz singer Billie Holiday, whose 100th anniversary it is this year, with a couple of recent albums from Cassandra Wilson and José James and a smattering of tracks from… Read more Audio

William Dart reviews new releases from Pere Ubu and FFS (the collaboration between Sparks and Franz Ferdinand), and he says happy birthday to a certain 72-year old rocker. Read more Audio