Nashville Babylon

This week's Nashville Babylon has blues courtesy of Smiley Lewis and New Zealand's Heart Attack Alley, Steve Earle covering Townes Van Zandt plus tracks from Vic Chesnutt, Isaac Hayes and Vetiver. Read more Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Tom Rush covers Joni Mitchell and Holly Golightly's getting high for Jesus. There's also music from the Felice Brothers, Courtney Marie Andrews, a new track from… Read more Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays a selection of his favourite Van Morrison tracks to commemorate the legendary performer's 75th birthday. There'll also be songs to mark the recent passing… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has music from Judee Sill, Randy Newman, blues from Jimmy Reed and country courtesy of Lefty Frizzell. There's also a birthday tune for Elvis Costello and a track from the… Read more Audio

This week's Nashville Babylon has a Cajun classic from Vin Bruce, solid rhythm 'n' blues courtesy of Dr Feelgood, tracks from the cream of Solomon Burke's releases on the Atlantic label that have just… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has music from Jimi Hendrix, Hurray For The Riff Raff and Sylvie Simmons, a track from Dion's latest release plus songs from Old Flowers - the critically acclaimed new album… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music courtesy of Jo Meares, blues from Lil' Armstrong and Joe Turner plus classics from Neil Young, Uncle Tupelo, Elvis and Mark Mulcahy. Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Bill Frisell, birthday tunes for Bobbie Gentry, southern soul courtesy of Eddie Hinton plus classic blues from Junior Kimbrough. Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Josh Rouse, Cass McCombs and DC Cross. There's also a Steely Dan cover courtesy of Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, classic soul from Esther Phillips plus a birthday… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Colorama, classic covers courtesy of Delaney Davidson, Betty LaVette and Sonic Youth plus a birthday tune for jazz legend Lee Morgan. Read more Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has a blues extravaganza courtesy of John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat, a track from Giant Sand's recently reissued classic album Ramp, a Genesis cover by Red House… Read more Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Bob Dylan and Dan Penn, classic soul courtesy of the Staple Singers, a French / Canadian cover of Leonard Cohen's Suzanne plus a haunting instrumental from… Read more Audio