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Nashville Babylon
The very best in Americana, alt country and blues music, hosted by Mark Rogers.
6:04pm Saturdays & 11:04pm Mondays on RNZ National
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Nashville Babylon 10 January, 2021
10 Jan 2021This week's Nashville Babylon is a celebration of ace A&R man and record producer Jerry Wexler featuring music from Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Champion Jack Dupree, Dusty Springfield and Ray… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 3 January 2021
3 Jan 2021On this week's show Mark welcomes in 2021 with birthday tunes for Stephen Stills and George Martin plus blues from Big Joe Turner, a track from Little Feat plus a Cajun classic courtesy of Tommy… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon - Farewell 2020
27 Dec 2020On this week's show Mark bids a farewell to 2020 with tracks courtesy of Neko Case, Josh Rouse, Louis Jordan, the Waterboys and reggae legend Delroy Wilson. Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon: favourite tracks of 2020 - part three
21 Dec 2020On this week's show Mark closes off 2020 with a selection of his favourite tracks of the year. Expect music from Chuck Prophet, Nadia Reid, Colorama, Bill Callahan and Howe Gelb. Read more Audio
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Happy Birthday to Keith Richards!
14 Dec 2020This week Nashville Babylon says 'happy birthday' to Keith Richards with a selection of covers of Rolling Stones classics from the likes of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Tori Amos, Merry Clayton… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon: favourite tracks of 2020 - part one
7 Dec 2020This week's Nashville Babylon features 2020 favourites courtesy of Bob Dylan and Terry Allen, blues from Jimmy Reed and Louisiana Red plus a preview of Miles Calder's forthcoming NZ live shows. Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 30 November 2020
30 Nov 2020On this week's show Mark plays some of his favourite tracks of 2020 with songs from Tami Neilson, Courtney Marie Andrews and Emma Swift. There's also blues from Etta James, a birthday tune for Brownie… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 23 November 2020
23 Nov 2020On this week's show Mark has a live RNZ session track from Reb Fountain, birthday tunes for songwriting legend Hoagy Carmichael plus music from Talking Heads, the Wailers and a north London classic… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 16 November 2020
16 Nov 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark says happy birthday to Rennie Sparks of the Handsome Family, plays new music from the Warratahs, has bluegrass courtesy of the Louvin Brothers and ska from Jackie… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 9 November 2020
9 Nov 2020On this week's show Mark celebrates Joni Mitchell's birthday with a selection of some of her classic songs. There's also new music courtesy of Marlon Williams, M Ward and Sturgill Simpson plus classic… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 2 November 2020
2 Nov 2020On this week's show Mark has new music from Jim White, Otis Gibbs and Miles Calder, previews French For Rabbits' NZ tour, plays a live track from Sonny Terry and Brown McGhee and a birthday tune for… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 26 October 2020
26 Oct 2020This week's Nashville Babylon is a solid Soul and R'n'B special featuring the likes of Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Candi Staton and Curtis Mayfield. Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon
Mark Rogers' love-affair with all things country started at an early age thanks to his grandfather's collection of Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash cassettes. In later life he became one of the co-founders of Loose Music, one of Europe's premier indie music labels, responsible for releases from the Handsome Family, the Felice Brothers and Neko Case. In addition he has worked with artists such as Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez and Jackson Browne and has helped promote New Zealand tours from Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, CW Stoneking and Pokey LaFarge. Many of these will feature on Nashville Babylon - a show dedicated to the very best in Americana, alt country and blues.