Reggae
Nashville Babylon 13 August 2022
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Josh Rouse, blues courtesy of Junior Wells and Magic Sam, reggae from Delroy Wilson plus classic soul from Aretha Franklin and James Carr. Audio
Nashville Babylon 6 August 2022
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has a blues heavy show featuring the likes of Irma Thomas, Etta James, Big Maybelle and Freddie King. Elsewhere there's reggae from Love Joys, boogie woogie… Audio
Nashville Babylon 30 July 2022
On this week’s Nashville Babylon Mark has blues from Buddy Guy, gospel courtesy of Mahalia Jackson, a track from Tami Neilson’s latest album Kingmaker plus ska from Joe Higgs. Audio
Nashville Babylon 23 July 2022
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has blues from Slim Harpo and Muddy Waters, soul courtesy of Candi Staton, new music from His Lordship plus a classic from Butch Hancock. Audio
Nashville Babylon 16 July 2022
On this week’s Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for reggae legends Desmond Dekker and Gregory Isaacs, new music from Cajun King Tommy McLain and New Zealand’s Jenny Mitchell, plus classics… Audio
Nashville Babylon 9 July 2022
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has a birthday tune for Jack White, gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet, classic RnB courtesy of Wilson Pickett plus reggae from Horace Andy. Audio
Nashville Babylon 2 July 2022
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has classic reggae from the Gladiators, soul from Esther Phillips, Nancy Sinatra covering the Stones plus new music from Tom Webber and New Zealand's T-Bone. Audio
Nashville Babylon 4 June, 2022
On this week's show Mark has new music from Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson, soul courtesy of Stevie Wonder and Bettye Swann plus a bluegrass cover of an Iggy Pop classic. Audio
Nashville Babylon 28 May, 2022
On this week’s show Mark has birthday tunes for Curtis Mayfield and John Fogerty, new music courtesy of Tommy McLain, a reggae smash from Joya Landis, plus all time classics from Robert Wyatt and Tony… Audio
Nashville Babylon 21 May 2022
On this week’s show Mark has new music from New Zealand’s Miles Calder and Hemi Hemmingway, classics from Robert Palmer and Lowell George, a soul smash courtesy of Ann Peebles plus a birthday tune for… Audio
Nashville Babylon 14 May 2022
On this week's show Mark has blues from Billie Holiday and John Lee Hooker, reggae courtesy of Marcia Griffiths, a classic cut from the Clash and Ranking Roger, a brace of tracks from Bob Dylan and… Audio
Soul Rebels: reggae on the Ukraine battlefield
There have been plenty of stories about brave Ukrainians taking up arms since the conflict in their country started back in late February. But the story of the soldiers in the Bob Marley Volunteer… Audio
Nashville Babylon 7 May 2022
On this week's show Mark has soul from Bettye Swann, reggae courtesy of the Slickers, mod jazz from Jimmy Smith plus classics from Big Star, Van Morrison, John Martyn plus Sandy Denny and Fairport… Audio
Nashville Babylon 30 April 2022
On this week's show Mark has classic country from the Louvin Brothers, blues courtesy of Muddy Waters and John Hammond, a soul smash from LaVerne Baker plus a brace of tunes from show favourite Dr… Audio
Nashville Babylon 23 April 2022
On this week's show Mark has classic country from Hank Williams, a 2 Tone smash from the Specials, reggae courtesy of the Mighty Diamonds, blues from Slim Harpo and a birthday tune for Roy Orbison. Audio
Nashville Babylon 2 April 2022
On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Emmylou Harris and Richard Thompson, a reggae classic from Neville Brown, the Cowboy Junkies covering Gram Parsons plus a rock 'n' roll smash from Jerry… Audio
Nashville Babylon 26 March 2022
On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Aretha Franklin, classic country from Don Williams, reggae courtesy of Gregory Isaacs, plus new music from Calexico and Dean Owens. Audio
Nashville Babylon 19 March 2022
On this week’s show Mark has birthday tunes for Lee Scratch Perry and Solomon Burke, a classic from Little Feat, blues courtesy of Bessie Smith, plus a soul smash from Otis Redding. Audio
Nashville Babylon 12 March 2022
On this week's show Mark has birthday blues tunes from the likes of Etta James, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker for Leonard Chess - founder of legendary label Chess Records. There's also country from… Audio
Nashville Babylon 26 February
On this week's show Mark celebrates the birthdays of country legend Johnny Cash and the forever fab George Harrison. There's also tracks from Nick Cave, the Decemberists and an all time classic… Audio