William Dart

New Zealand Music Month is in full swing and to celebrate it, William Dart features the music of Douglas Lilburn (courtesy of guitarist Gunter Herbig), along with Seth Haapu, Lips, Robbie Ellis and… Audio

William Dart looks the legacy of the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte, along with the thoughts of American writer Hanif Abdurraqib on the personal connections that lie under our musical choices. Audio

A new album from Canadian singer Feist has William Dart looking over her three decade career, together with a very special tribute to a song that wuthered to the heights of the charts 45 years ago. Audio

A fifth collaboration between Norman Meehan and Hannah Griffin called Wāhine, this time with electronica man Thomas Voyce, has prompted William Dart to look over their 13 years with Rattle Records. Audio

William Dart considers insider and outsider music this week, looking at a recent collaboration between Linda Smith and Nancy Andrews and veteran Billy Valentine, giving us soul and conviction for a… Audio

New Horizons goes Irish for Easter, with William Dart featuring the latest album from the band Lankum, and some sunny nostalgia from Paddy Moloney and his Chieftains. Audio

William Dart investigates the issue of optimism in recent releases from The Long Ryders and Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott. Audio

William Dart celebrates a new album from American songwriter Iris DeMent, Workin' on a World. There seems to be a veritable world in its 13 tracks, taking on gun issues in the States, tributing… Audio

William Dart looks back nostalgically 30 years to a Flying Nun compilation of women's music, Shrew'd, and casts an eye over the latest selection of New Tracks from NZ On Air. Audio

In October 2022, the world lost one of the down-home divas of country music, Loretta Lynn. William Dart pays tribute to her, playing tracks from the twang of her early honky-tonking to her 2004… Audio

William Dart looks at SJD's new album, Sweetheart, a summation of the obsessive studio ingenuity of Sean Donnelly in the service of thinking person's pop. Audio

An ardent fan since his childhood, William Dart pays tribute to one of the greatest songwriters, Burt Bacharach. Audio

William Dart offers words to ponder and sounds to intrigue with new releases from our own Kimbra and American singer José James tributing Erykah Badu. Audio

William Dart looks at two releases exploring the huge impact that black musicians have had on the British music scene, from the many 1960s artists you'll find on a new set titled Gotta Get a Good… Audio

William Dart looks over the many-faceted musical styles of Dunedin band Soaked Oats and their new album Working Title. Audio

Hundreds of singers and musicians have taken George Gershwin's 'Summertime' into their repertoire and, as an appropriately seasonal launch for this year's New Horizons, William Dart looks over a… Audio

William Dart finds the Christmas spirit in recent music from Taylor Swift and Pentatonix along with true Christmas soul from the late greats Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. Audio

William Dart looks back at some of the exceptional local music that's passed his way over the year including a preview of what promises to be a highlight of next year's Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

It's that time again when William Dart looks back over the year and considers some of the fine music that, for one reason or another, didn't get played ... songs by David Byrne & Yo La Tengo, Nico… Audio

From the same land and culture that gave us that most rigorous of movie directors, Ingmar Bergman, as well those super troupers ABBA, come the Söderberg sisters, Johanna and Klara, and their band… Audio