William Dart

In a programme celebrating the high-quality releases on the Nonesuch label, William Dart focuses on a new album from Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and Nico Muhly, in which the world of Balinese… Video, Audio

William Dart takes a brief jaunt through a number of tracks with duetting singers before settling on the album, Anchor, from the partnership of mother and daughter Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy. Video, Audio

Joan Wasser goes by the stage-name Joan As Police Woman. She writes arresting music. For William Dart, there's no point resisting - he goes along quietly with her 2018 album Damned Devotion. Video, Audio

Marc Ribot is one of the world's great guitarists that you've possibly never heard of. As a session musician he's played with almost everybody. In 2018, he released a solo album of his own - a… Video, Audio

William Dart looks back at the career of Laurie Anderson and, in particular, the album Landfall, about Hurricane Sandy, created with the help of Kronos Quartet. Video, Audio

Grief and loss have inspired some fine music, from great Requiems to the simplest of elegies. Most recently they're the force behind Nick Cave's latest album, Ghosteen, which comes four years after… Audio

The songs of Tom Waits, but with a difference - delivered by women singers from Bette Midler and Crystal Gayle to Patty Griffin and Aimee Mann. Video, Audio

Jazz bassist and singer, Esperanza Spalding's new album 12 Little Spells is surely about as personal as you can get: a collection of songs about various parts of the body. William Dart checks out the… Video, Audio

New Horizons, William’s Dart’s new music showcase, is celebrating 40 years of continuous programme making on RNZ.  Video, Audio

With a bit of inspiration from Haydn of all people, William Dart looks at new releases from Irish group Lankum and the American supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, both of which draw on the rich heritage… Video, Audio

William Dart looks at the music of Beck, tracking his career from his life as a sampling magpie to being the new soul brother of Pharrell Williams in the recent album Hyperspace. Video, Audio

William Dart reviews new releases from two singer-songwriters now going solo: the Scottish Isobel Campbell (ex Belle and Sebastian) and the American Brittany Howard (ex Alabama Shakes). Video, Audio

Randy Newman's New Zealand visit in 2020 may have been cancelled, but William Dart looks at some of his songs in versions by Alan Price, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Etta James, The Von Trapp Children and… Video, Audio

William Dart plays music from the new album by Tattletale Saints and from Karl Steven's soundtrack to the film Bellbird. He's also got a preview track from Charlotte Yates's upcoming release featuring… Video, Audio

William Dart presents an appropriately seasonal mix of naughty and nice, with more than a few tributes to the Big Man in Red and a little blues on the side. Video, Audio

William Dart gathers together a bunch of songs that he had to leave out of previous programmes: songs from João Gilberto, Inara George and Jeff Goldblum, The Topp Twins, David Pine, Patti Smith… Video, Audio

William Dart features songwriters on both sides of the Atlantic, from the soul-searching of Michael Chapman and M C Taylor to cute and occasionally cutting slices of life from Amy O. Video, Audio

They're still here … singers Paula Cole and Patty Waters both took long career breaks but came back as strong as ever. William Dart reviews their latest albums. Video, Audio

William Dart takes a listen to three recent releases from our own shores: new CDs from The Floral Clocks and Kingsley Spargo, and a collection of Miley Cyrus covers curated by Bryce Galloway. Video, Audio

William Dart considers The Beatles – re-released with the 50th Anniversary Edition of Abbey Road; and re-imagined with Matthew Bannister's individual take on Rubber Soul. Video, Audio