William Dart
Costello Dylan Haggard
William Dart reviews a couple of recent releases, one from Elvis Costello and one from Bob Dylan, which look back at old, unreleased and demo items. Then he pays tribute to Merle Haggard. Audio
Hurtling to Vegetable Meatballs
William Dart reviews new releases from Tiny Ruins & Hamish Kilgour, Jay Clarkson, and Wendyhouse. Audio
Ewan MacColl
William Dart features the music of British folkie Ewan MacColl and a recent 2-CD tribute album to him, Joy of Living. [Topics] Music [Regions] [Tags] Ewan MacColl, Roberta Flack, Dominic Behan, Chad &… Audio
Three NZ Songwriters
William Dart reviews new releases from NZ songwriters Dave Dobbyn, Will Wood and Alex Taylor. Audio
Friedberger, Williams, Foster
William Dart introduces new releases from three American singer-songwriters: Eleanor Friedberger, Lucinda Williams and Josephine Foster Audio
A Tribute to David Bowie - Part Two
William Dart presents the second of his tributes to David Bowie, this one picking up in 1977 with the album Low and taking us through to Blackstar released two days before his death in January. Audio
A Tribute to David Bowie - Part One
William Dart presents the first of two tributes to David Bowie, this one taking us through his early career up to 1975's Young Americans. Audio
New Horizons 2015 Santa Special
William Dart returns to his favourite theme of all - songs about the Big Man in Red. This year, Kiwi artists Mary, Wendyhouse and Wing sit alongside RuPaul, John Grant, Kylie Minogue, Pearl Bailey… Audio
New Horizons - 15 November 2015
William Dart plays catch-up with a some items that evaded inclusion in previous episodes, including new albums by Keith Richards and Anthony De Mare Audio
A Little Night Music
William Dart reviews new releases from Jonathan Bree, Hopetoun Brown, Tami Neilsen and The Jac. Audio
Back to Bacharach
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… Audio
New Horizons: John Grant
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 Audio
Caring about The Blues
81-year-old bluesman John Mayall has a new album out and William Dart looks back at his career. Audio
Jumpy Lyricism
William Dart reviews recent releases from Beirut, Darwin Deez, Owen Pallett, Lianne La Havas and Nellie McKay Audio
Ukeleles and Euphoria
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… Audio
The Phoenix Rises
William Dart reviews recent releases from The Phoenix Foundation, Silicon and Delaney Davidson Audio
Iris DeMent and Anna Akhmatova
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… Audio
New Horizons: Series two wrap-up
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… Audio
Lady Day
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… Audio
New Horizons - 26 July 2015
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. Audio
