William Dart

Some new local releases … William Dart takes a listen to CDs from Model Train Wreck and Bernie Griffen. Video, Audio

William Dart goes to the movies and investigates a few offerings from the current New Zealand International Film Festival. Inevitably, a new biopic of the German singer Nico is the perfect excuse to… Video, Audio

William Dart looks over the recordings of English singer, Olivia Chaney, in the first of two programmes focusing on the Nonesuch label. Video, Audio

A regretful William Dart makes amends for some tracks that had to be left out of earlier programmes this year. And he takes a side-path excursion exploring some diverse and glorious versions of the… Video, Audio

William Dart recalls some personal highlights of saxophone listening on his way to featuring some recordings by the Delta Saxophone Quartet including their new one of music by David Bowie from his… Video, Audio

William Dart looks over the career of American country-folk singer Mary Gauthier leading up to her recent release Rifles and Rosary Beads. Video, Audio

William Dart reviews Aucklander Jonathan Bree's latest solo album Sleepwalking. Video, Audio

William Dart takes a listen to Eleanor Friedberger's new album Rebound within the context of her career both as a solo artist and as one half of the brother and sister duo The Fiery Furnaces. Video, Audio

Together and separately, Marlon Williams and Delaney Davidson have put Lyttelton on the international musical map. William Dart looks at the pair's most recent album releases. Video, Audio

William Dart takes a listen to two new albums which "re-imagine" the songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, featuring artists as diverse as Lady Gaga, Mary J Blige, and Willie Nelson. Video, Audio

William Dart takes a brief look at three performers, linked by the use of satirical humour in their music: the incomparable Noël Coward, the impeccable Richard Rodney Bennett, and our own… Video, Audio

William Dart reviews Inara George's new album Dearest Everybody, which acts as a tribute to her father Lowell George of the band Little Feat, who died in 1979 when she was only four. Video, Audio

William Dart explores a number of story-telling songs from Joni Mitchell, Chris Thile, and Jim White. Video, Audio

William Dart reflects on Auckland Arts Festival's recent tribute concert to singer-songwriter Mahinaarangi Tocker, who died 10 years ago this month. Audio

William Dart takes a stroll on the sunny side, featuring new releases with some happiness-inducing music from NRBQ, Eels, Stephen Malkmus, and Jack White. Video, Audio

William Dart surveys the career of Joan Baez, now of almost 60 years, and features her new album Whistle Down the Wind. Video, Audio

William Dart takes a brief look at Kiwi political songs, including some songs from the archives by Mervyn Thompson, and a tribute CD to union man and songwriter Peter Conway called 'For Pete's Sake'… Audio

William Dart spends the first half of the programme on a digression about Burt Bacharach's "Walk On By", before getting around to looking at the musician called Kramer and his new album of Brill… Video, Audio

Prompted by a new album by Idaho singer Eilen Jewell, William Dart listens to a number of white women (and a couple of white men) singing the blues. Video, Audio

William Dart pays tribute to singer-songwriter Tom Rapp, most well-known for leading the late 60s-early 70s band Pearls Before Swine, and who died recently. Video, Audio