Alt Country

On tonight's show Mark says happy birthday to Byrds founder Chris Hillman. There's also a selection of his favourite live sessions and top albums of 2019 plus new music from Bonnie Prince Billy, Gill… Audio

On this week's show on, Mark has birthday tunes for Neil Young and Vic Chesnutt, blues and country courtesy of Rufus Thomas and Don Williams, a folk-tinged cover of a Joy Division classic and a new… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Josh Rouse, Van Morrison and Vetiver, previews Steve Gunn's New Zealand tour and plays birthday tunes for Gram Parsons and Joni Mitchell. Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Nick Cave, Sturgill Simpson, the North Mississippi Allstars and Tami Neilson, a birthday tune for Tom Petty and a country classic courtesy of Glen Campbell.

On this week's show Mark previews the Cowboy Junkies recently announced NZ tour, spins blues and ska from CW Stoneking and the Magic Notes, plays Americana from Willard Grant Conspiracy and marks the… Audio

On tonight's show Mark plays birthday tunes for Don Williams and John Fogerty, spins classic country-soul from Larry Jon Wilson and Bobbie Gentry, a track from Delaney Davidson's Self Decapitation… Audio

Your host Mark Rogers plays new music from Calexico and Iron & Wine, Courtney Marie Andrews, Steve Earle and New Zealand's Caroline Easther. There's also blues from Cedric Burnside plus a soul smash… Audio

On tonight's Nashville Babylon Mark spins a selection of country, soul and rock 'n' roll from the likes of the Arlenes, John Lee Hooker, Gil Scott Heron, Dwight Yoakam and Sam & Dave. There's also new… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays tracks from Mercury Rev's reworking of Bobbie Gentry's album the Delta Sweete, spins classic blues from Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and airs a live track… Audio

Christchurch alt-country singer Katie Thompson is an expert at enlisting fans of her music – about half of whom are outside New Zealand – to help out her career. Katie's third album is due out… Video, Audio

On this week's show Mark spins a heady mix of country, soul and rock 'n'roll from the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Larry Jon Wilson, Esther Phillips and Chuck Prophet. There's also new music from Dawn… Audio

On tonight's show Mark plays homegrown blues, country and folk from New Zealand's Heart Attack Alley, John The Baptist and French For Rabbits He also wishes legendary guitarist Buddy Guy a happy… Audio

On this week's show Mark plays new music from Holly Arrowsmith, classic Americana from the Handsome Family, soul from King Curtis and blues from Sonny Boy Williamson. Audio

On this week's show Mark spins new music from Mazzy Star, more from Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore's latest, sounds from the swamps courtesy of Buckwheat Zydeco plus favourites from the Band and Bap… Audio

This week plays cosmic country from Gram Parsons, Americana from Richmond Fontaine, spins a new track from Joshua Hedley and goes back in time with Grand Drive's debut single from 1998. Audio

On tonight's Nashville Babylon we have songs from Villagers, Aretha Franklin and Ry Cooder, live tracks from Simone Felice and Leonard Cohen plus blues from Muddy Waters and classic Americana courtesy… Audio

On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to John Fogerty, spins classic country from Bobbie Gentry, blues courtesy of Johnny Otis and Bo Diddley, drops a brand new track from Neko Case and plays… Audio

On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to guitarist Marc Ribot and Fats Waller, plays new music from Willie Nelson, Gretchen Peters and John Prine and spins a mix of classic country and blues… Audio

On this week's show Mark plays new tracks from Bernie Griffin and Holly Golightly, classics from Bob Dylan and Aaron Neville plus favourites from Stretch, John Martyn and Delroy Wilson. Audio

On this week's show Mark plays a track from Kiwi bluesman Darren Watson's new album, an RNZ exclusive courtesy of Nadia Reid, country classics by Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris plus Americana from… Audio