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New Horizons
A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, hosted by music critic William Dart.
5.30pm Sundays on RNZ Concert, then 12.30am Tuesdays on RNZ National
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Join respected music commentator and critic William Dart for a half-hour of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond. From new releases to forgotten gems, he draws on an encyclopaedic knowledge and gargantuan record collection to offer fascinating insights and surprising links.
William’s choices are sometimes classic, sometimes quirky, always engaging and entertaining.
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Sufjan Stevens: Resilience and Vulnerability
1 day agoSufjan Stevens' new release, Javelin, has provoked William Dart to a week of deep immersion in the American's earlier music to find out just where his new elegiac songs fit in. Read more Audio
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Ebony Lamb
26 Nov 2023William Dart tracks the pathway of Wellington songwriter Ebony Lamb from the band Eb & Sparrow through to the undertstated triumph of her first solo album. Read more Audio
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The Beths Bethroned
19 Nov 2023This year's APRA Silver Scrolls are done and dusted. William Dart now sits back to be charmed by 2023's Scroll monarchs, The Beths. Read more Audio
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The Extraordinary Carla Bley
12 Nov 2023On 17 October the world of music became inestimably poorer with the death of jazz composer Carla Bley. William Dart tributes this extraordinary woman. Read more Audio
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The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
5 Nov 2023The world has waited 18 years for a Rolling Stones album featuring new and original material and now it's arrived in the form of Hackney Diamonds. William Dart checks it out. Read more Audio
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Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith
29 Oct 2023William Dart remembers the late Nanci Griffith and her music, now put in the spotlight by a new tribute album, titled More than a Whisper, with musicians from Mary Gautier and Iris DeMent to John… Read more Audio
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Come to the Cabaret
22 Oct 2023William Dart makes a perhaps unexpected visit to the cabaret, with entertainment from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Finn Andrews and NZTrio, Joan Morris and William Bolcom, along with, in a brand new Rattle… Read more Audio
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Matthew Bannister and The Changing Same
15 Oct 2023It's difficult to keep up with the energetic Matthew Bannister, now coming through with a second album from his band, The Changing Same. William Dart looks at this along with Bannister's brand new… Read more Audio
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Hollow and Handsome
8 Oct 2023Dark and unsettling, but sort of cute and eminently catchy in the tune department, The Handsome Family have finally brought us a new album, Hollow. William Dart plays it alongside three decades of… Read more Audio
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The National doubles up
1 Oct 2023The American band The National celebrates 2023 by giving us not one, but two new albums. William Dart checks them both out. Read more Audio
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Moving on from Purple
24 Sep 2023The colour purple has been on William Dart's mind lately and this week he listens to the latest release from the two women, who were once Purple Pilgrims, in their new incarnation as Clementine… Read more Audio
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Sparks are Flying
17 Sep 2023William Dart plays selections from Ron and Russell Mael's soundtrack for the movie, Annette, as well as a brand new Sparks album, The Girl is Crying in Her Latte. Read more Audio
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New Horizons
5.30pm Sundays on RNZ Concert, then 12.30am Tuesdays on RNZ National
Produced by Tim Dodd
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