Jazz

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Bobbie Gentry, Mick Jagger and the late Tony Joe White. There's also classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf, reggae from Ken Boothe plus… Audio

On this week's show Mark plays birthday tunes for Don McGlashan and Desmond Dekker, blues from Muddy Waters, soul courtesy of the Impressions plus a West Texas classic from Joe Ely. Audio

This week on Voices, Umar Zakaria, Wellington-based jazz composer and double-bassist talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his interpretations of Malay music through jazz improv.  Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has tracks from Little Feat, the Blue Nile and the Shangri-Las, a birthday tune for Inara George plus a previously unreleased song from the late Tony Joe White. Audio

Chet Baker features on this edition of Inside Out, as well as pianist Charmaine Ford and sax player Art Pepper. Audio

Nick checks out Chet Baker, along with NZ pianist Mike Nock, Sarah Vaughan, and the bass double act of Christian McBride and Ron Carter. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Paul McCartney, Eddie Hinton and Nick Drake, blues courtesy of King Curtis plus tracks from Little Richard, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder

On this week's show Mark has new music from Peter Bruntnell, a country classic courtesy of Jerry Lee Lewis plus tracks from the Byrds, Marc Ribot and the Five Blind Boys Of Alabama. Audio

RNZ Concert's Nick Tipping previews this year's lineup at the Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon the Cowboy Junkies cover the Velvet Underground while Richard Thompson does Dylan. There's also tracks from the Wailers and William Tyler plus a tribute to legendary… Audio

A short, punchy chant is one of the key features of any protest march. Now Auckland jazz musician Callum Passells explores these rhythmic and repetitive chants in his new work LCR - short for Left… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark wishes Bob Dylan a happy 80th birthday with a selection of his favourite Dylan penned tunes courtesy of the likes of the Heptones, Emma Swift, Courtney Marie… Audio

On this week's show Mark has tracks from Tom Waits and Chuck E Weiss, a rare Willie Nelson tune plus two tracks from Dylan's legendary 1966 show at the Manchester Free Trade Hall - which just so… Audio

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Tami Neilson, reggae from the Slickers, classic blues courtesy of Magic Sam and Fleetwood Mac plus Giant Sand covering Lee Hazlewood. Audio

Fergus Barrwoman is back with his pick of the latest Jazz sounds. Video, Audio

A new study has found that listening to music does, in fact, help older adults get a better night's sleep. Australian music psychology expert Dr Thomas Dickson, creator of the Can't Sleep app, says… Audio

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Big Maybelle and James Brown, new music from the Felice Brothers, blues courtesy of Junior Wells plus live tracks from Rory Gallagher and Danny & The… Audio

Nick features music from organist Larry Goldings, singer Jazzmeia Horn, and trombonist Conrad Herwig. Audio

Nick features organist Larry Goldings, alongside Joshua Redman and Kiwi singer Tessa Quayle. Audio