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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 8 May 2017
8 May 2017On tonight's edition of Nashville Babylon Mark plays tracks from Laura Cantrell, Joe Henry and Giant Sand, announces details of Beth Orton's forthcoming New Zealand dates, spins a new song from Gemma… Read more Audio
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1 May 2017New music from Stretch, Robyn Hitchcock and Frontier Ruckus, favourites from Old Crow Medicine Show, Joni Mitchell and Howlin' Wolf plus news of NZ dates from Courtney Marie Andrews. There's also a… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 24 April, 2017
24 Apr 2017On this week's show Mark drops new music from Andrew Combs, Danny & The Champions Of The World and Jake Xerxes Fussell. There'll also be classic blues from Robert Johnson, a live track from Nina… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 17 April, 2017
17 Apr 2017On this week's show Mark spins favourites from Dusty Springfield, Van Morrison and John Hammond Jnr. The jazz tones of Lee Morgan also filter through and Lambchop take on a Curtis Mayfield classic. Read more Audio
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10 Apr 2017Mark Rogers spins blues from Son House and Elmore James, says happy birthday to ace-guitarist Brian Setzer and tips his hat to the genius of Randy Newman. There are tracks from NZ's French For… Read more Audio
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3 Apr 2017Mark Rogers says happy birthday to Emmylou Harris, spins some classic Calexico, Creedence and Smog and drops the new single from Blind Boy Paxton. There's also a live track from Rory Gallagher and… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 27 March, 2017
27 Mar 2017Mark Rogers pays tribute to the original Rock 'n' Roll poet Chuck Berry, and music from Chuck, Springsteen, Cohen, Dylan and the Handsome Family, plus a track for birthday girl Aretha Franklin. Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon - Gumbo Blues and Welsh R'n'B
20 Mar 2017Hear Gumbo Blues from Smiley Lewis, Welsh R'n'B from Geraint Watkins and hear the Cowboy Junkies and the Pretenders pay tribute to Gram Parsons. There's also a tune from birthday-boy Jimmie Vaughn and… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 13 March, 2017
13 Mar 2017On this week's show Mark says Happy Birthday to Little Feat's Bill Payne, spins new music from the Hot 8 Brass Band and Nadia Reid and plays classics from the Scud Mountain Boys, Lambchop and Bo… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon 6 March 2017
6 Mar 2017On this week's show Mark Rogers dips back to the very roots of country music with a tune from the Carter Family. There'll also be psych-blues from Captain Beefheart, funk from the Bar Kays, classics… Read more Audio
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New music from Son Volt and Ryan Adams plus tracks from Eb & Sparrow, Mark Mulcahy and T Bone Walker. And a tribute to the late Robert Fisher mainstay of alt-country collective Willard Grant… Read more Audio
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Nashville Babylon goes cinematic
20 Feb 2017Mark Rogers goes cinematic featuring tracks from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Pulp Fiction. He also drops solid blues courtesy of Mike Henderson and Tommy Johnson, classic country from Marty… 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.