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Nick Bollinger discusses an album that looks at the state of American Dream, circa 1968. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses a fiery collision between Chicago country stalwart Robbie Fulks and Louisiana piano pounder Linda Gail Lewis, a set of songs that consider the state of the union circa 1968… Audio

The Beatles 'White Album' is 50 years old and there's a new 6-disc edition to mark the occasion. Nick Bollinger takes a deep dive. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the spine-tingling harmonies and modern-day field recordings of vocal trio Mountain Man. Audio

Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks is one of the most celebrated albums in popular music. An exhaustive new 6-disc set lets us sit in on its construction. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the spine-tingling harmonies and modern-day field recordings of Mountain Man, and a revealing 6-disc document of the sessions that produced Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks. Audio

A Samoan woman behind a innovative internship programme linking Pasifika to the public sector has been recognised in New Zealand's inaugural Public Service Medals. Audio

Nick Bollinger finds something familiar and something different in the latest album from The Changing Same. Audio

Connan Mockasin offers a companion album to his dodgy-sounding movie melodrama. Nick Bollinger has a listen. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a dance set from Julien Dyne; a companion album to a dodgy-soundingmelodrama from Connan Mockasin; and the familiar-yet-different sound of The Changing Same. Audio

Julien Dyne knows how to make the people dance, as Nick Bollinger discovers. Audio

Nick Bollinger pays attention to an acoustic set from Kiwi bluesman Darren Watson. Audio

Slow jams and politics coexist on Neneh Cherry's new album. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio

Auckland's Superturtle come from a place where it's always the early 80s. Nick Bollinger stops by for a listen. Audio

Superturtle come from a place where it's always the early 80s; Darren Watson makes his home in the blues, and Neneh Cherry mixes slow jams and politics. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the bittersweet fairytales of Princess Chelsea, homegrown exotica of Orchestra of Spheres, Kentucky vignettes of Tyler Childers and a second pass at a major album from St… Audio

Romance and disappointment go hand in hand in the bittersweet pop of Princess Chelsea, as Nick Bollinger discovers. Audio

Orchestra Of Spheres are ethnographers of the imagination. Nick Bollinger delves into their homegrown exotica. Audio

Tyler Childers, who tours here next year with John Prine, draws something pure and potent from a deep well of tradition. Nick Bollinger takes a draught. Audio

Annie Clark a.k.a. St. Vincent revisits last year's Masseduction as an intimate set of piano songs. Nick Bollinger checks out the new angle. Audio

Anika Moa returns from New Orleans with a powerful, personal set; Cat Power continues her wanderings on life's dark paths and Jon Batiste includes southern boogie and Chopin in his pianistic ambit… Audio

Nick Bollinger tunes in to Wanderer, the latest report from life's dark paths by Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power. Audio

Anika Moa returns from New Orleans with a personal, powerful set of songs. Nick Bollinger lends an ear. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses a set that takes in both boogie-woogie and Chopin from New Orleans' premier pianist Jon Batiste. Audio

After more the four decades of Kiwi rock'n'roll, Hello Sailor guitarist Harry Lyon makes a solo album. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio