Alt Country

On tonight's Nashville Babylon Mark spins a selection of country, soul and rock 'n' roll from the likes of the Arlenes, John Lee Hooker, Gil Scott Heron, Dwight Yoakam and Sam & Dave. There's also new… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays tracks from Mercury Rev's reworking of Bobbie Gentry's album the Delta Sweete, spins classic blues from Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and airs a live track… Audio

Christchurch alt-country singer Katie Thompson is an expert at enlisting fans of her music – about half of whom are outside New Zealand – to help out her career. Katie's third album is due out… Video, Audio

On this week's show Mark spins a heady mix of country, soul and rock 'n'roll from the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Larry Jon Wilson, Esther Phillips and Chuck Prophet. There's also new music from Dawn… Audio

On tonight's show Mark plays homegrown blues, country and folk from New Zealand's Heart Attack Alley, John The Baptist and French For Rabbits He also wishes legendary guitarist Buddy Guy a happy… Audio

On this week's show Mark plays new music from Holly Arrowsmith, classic Americana from the Handsome Family, soul from King Curtis and blues from Sonny Boy Williamson. Audio

On this week's show Mark spins new music from Mazzy Star, more from Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore's latest, sounds from the swamps courtesy of Buckwheat Zydeco plus favourites from the Band and Bap… Audio

This week plays cosmic country from Gram Parsons, Americana from Richmond Fontaine, spins a new track from Joshua Hedley and goes back in time with Grand Drive's debut single from 1998. Audio

On tonight's Nashville Babylon we have songs from Villagers, Aretha Franklin and Ry Cooder, live tracks from Simone Felice and Leonard Cohen plus blues from Muddy Waters and classic Americana courtesy… Audio

On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to John Fogerty, spins classic country from Bobbie Gentry, blues courtesy of Johnny Otis and Bo Diddley, drops a brand new track from Neko Case and plays… Audio

On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to guitarist Marc Ribot and Fats Waller, plays new music from Willie Nelson, Gretchen Peters and John Prine and spins a mix of classic country and blues… Audio

On this week's show Mark plays new tracks from Bernie Griffin and Holly Golightly, classics from Bob Dylan and Aaron Neville plus favourites from Stretch, John Martyn and Delroy Wilson. Audio

On this week's show Mark plays a track from Kiwi bluesman Darren Watson's new album, an RNZ exclusive courtesy of Nadia Reid, country classics by Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris plus Americana from… Audio

On this week's show Mark spins a classic gunfighter ballad from Marty Robbins, blues from Little Willie John, ska from Prince Buster and alt.country from Son Volt. There's also a soul cut from PP… Audio

On tonight's show Mark spins discs from Frazey Ford, Jimmie Vaughn and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, plays a western fave by Tex Ritter and drops an extended horn driven take on the classic St James… Audio

On tonight's show Mark says "happy birthday" to Fats Domino, George Thorogood and Johnny Cash, plays music from Eb and Sparrow's new album and spins classics from Nina Simone and Jimi Hendrix Audio

On this week's show Mark drops got classics from Creedence, Janice Joplin and Ernest Tubbs plus righteous gospel courtesy of the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, more from Jim White's latest, a soul smash… Audio

On this week's show Mark drops classic cuts from Neil Young and Ry Cooder, spins a live track from Joni Mitchell and unveils new music from UK band Bennett, Wilson, Poole. There's also tunes from Dave… Audio

On this week's show Mark unveils brand new music from Marlon Williams, the James Hunter Six and Courtney Marie Andrews. There's also classic blues from Bessie Smith, live tracks from Merle Haggard and… Audio

Every Monday on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in alt.country, Americana and soul and blues… Audio