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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 3 February, 2020
3 Feb 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Frazey Ford, French For Rabbits and the Old Crow Medicine Show's Gill Landry. There's also birthday tunes for Graham Nash and Johnny ' Guitar'… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 27 January, 2020
27 Jan 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Elmore James, Lucinda Williams, and Peter Bruntnell. There's also a classic duet between Townes Van Zandt and Willie Nelson plus Honky Tonk… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 20 January, 2020
20 Jan 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has tracks from Inara George and Solomon Burke, plays birthday tunes for Sam Cooke and Leadbelly, new music courtesy of Bill Fey plus two classic murder ballads… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 17 January 2021
17 Jan 2020On this week's show Mark has music from Johnny Otis, Midlake and Iris DeMent, blues courtesy of Muddy Waters and Elmore James plus a live track courtesy of Kelly Joe Phelps. Audio
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Nashville Babylon 13 January, 2020
13 Jan 2020On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark spins birthday tunes for Captain Beefheart and blues hero Earl Hooker, plays a track to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Band's self-titled album, spins… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 10 January 2021
10 Jan 2020This 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 6 January, 2020
6 Jan 2020On tonight's show Mark previews some of the live shows happening in New Zealand over the coming months with music from visiting acts including Randy Newman, Blind Boy Paxton and the Cowboy Junkies… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 30 December, 2019
30 Dec 2019On tonight's Nashville Babylon Mark presents his annual reggae special featuring classic tracks from the likes of Culture, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Burning Spear, Lee ' Scratch' Perry and Tapper… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 23 December, 2019
23 Dec 2019This week it's Nashville Babylon's Christmas special with a seasonal selection of tracks from the world of country, soul and rock 'n' roll featuring the likes of CW Stoneking, Josh Rouse, Nick Lowe… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 16 December, 2019
16 Dec 2019On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to producer and A&R legend John Hammond with a selection of songs from some of his greatest discoveries. There's also new music courtesy of Bill Callahan… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 9 December, 2019
9 Dec 2019On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark celebrates Tom Waits' 70th birthday with an hour of music dedicated to this unique performer and songwriter. Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 2 December, 2019
2 Dec 2019On tonight's show Mark says happy birthday to Byrds founder Chris Hillman. There's also a selection of his favourite live sessions and top albums of 2019 plus new music from Bonnie Prince Billy, Gill… Read more Audio
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.