Jazz

On this week's Nashville Babylon there's music from the Band and Steve Earle, a birthday tune for Laura Nyro plus tracks to mark the forthcoming release of Sir Peter Jackson's Let It Be documentary… Audio

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for John Lennon, John Prine, Jackson Browne and Welsh punk legend Jon Langford. Elsewhere there's music from Nina Simone and Lisa Miller plus a rare Nick… Audio

On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Gillian Welch, Stevie Ray Vaughn and M Ward, new music from Damien Jurado and Darren Cross plus classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf. Audio

On this week's show Mark has classic blues and soul from Errol Linton and Bobbie Gentry, Kiwi country courtesy of Sin City, anniversary tracks from Nick Lowe, a previously unreleased Lee Perry tune… Audio

This week's Nashville Babylon has blues from Taj Mahal, classic soul courtesy of Sam Cooke and Erma Franklin plus cosmic country from Gram Parsons. Audio

RNZ's resident jazz man Nick Tipping joins Jesse to show off some jazz remixes of popular songs. Audio

This week's Nashville Babylon features classics from Louis Prima and gospel star Dorothy Coates, a birthday tune for Stirling Morrison of the Velvet Underground, bluegrass from Jim and Jennie plus… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has music from the late Nanci Griffith, birthday tunes for Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and the legendary Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup plus reggae from George Faith and Joya… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays birthday tunes for David Crosby, has classic soul courtesy of Jackie Wilson and Candi Staton, reggae from Gregory Isaacs plus a rock 'n' roll smash from… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has gospel from Mahalia Jackson, soul courtesy of Ray Charles and Curtis Mayfield plus country from Loretta Lynn and a ska classic from the Pioneers. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Buddy Guy and Jerry Garcia, blues from Memphis Minnie, classic reggae courtesy of Susan Cadogan plus a previously unreleased track from… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Bobbie Gentry, Mick Jagger and the late Tony Joe White. There's also classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf, reggae from Ken Boothe plus… Audio

On this week's show Mark plays birthday tunes for Don McGlashan and Desmond Dekker, blues from Muddy Waters, soul courtesy of the Impressions plus a West Texas classic from Joe Ely. Audio

This week on Voices, Umar Zakaria, Wellington-based jazz composer and double-bassist talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his interpretations of Malay music through jazz improv.  Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has tracks from Little Feat, the Blue Nile and the Shangri-Las, a birthday tune for Inara George plus a previously unreleased song from the late Tony Joe White. Audio

Chet Baker features on this edition of Inside Out, as well as pianist Charmaine Ford and sax player Art Pepper. Audio

Nick checks out Chet Baker, along with NZ pianist Mike Nock, Sarah Vaughan, and the bass double act of Christian McBride and Ron Carter. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Paul McCartney, Eddie Hinton and Nick Drake, blues courtesy of King Curtis plus tracks from Little Richard, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder