Mark Rogers
Nashville Babylon
Mark 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… Audio
Nashville Babylon 27 March, 2017
Mark 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. Audio
Nashville Babylon - Gumbo Blues and Welsh R'n'B
Hear 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… Audio
Nashville Babylon 13 March, 2017
On 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… Audio
Nashville Babylon 6 March 2017
On 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… Audio
Nashville Babylon
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… Audio
Nashville Babylon goes cinematic
Mark 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… Audio
Nashville Babylon
Mark Rogers spins tunes from Grammy Award winner Sturgill Simpson, the Handsome Family, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Loudon Wainwright III plus unveils new tracks from Aldous Harding and French For… Audio
Nashville Babylon
On this week's show - it's a Southern Soul special as Mark selects songs from some of the true legends of the genre. Audio
Nashville Babylon
Mark Rogers features new music from Howe Gelb and Nadia Reid, blues from the Mississippi Sheiks and CW Stoneking, jazz from Yusef Lateef, solid gold country from Tex Ritter and a bluegrass-tinged… Audio
Nashville Babylon for Monday 23 January 2017
On this week's show - Mark features classic tracks from Hank Williams and Karen Dalton, The Willard Grant Conspiracy covering Johnny Cash and something new from local outfit Tweed. Audio
Nashville Babylon for Monday 16 January 2017
On this week's show - Mark plays music from Joni Mitchell and Hank Thompson, a rare demo of CSN's Marrakesh Express, some Southern Soul from Razzy, new sounds from Auckland's Tweed and classic blues… Audio
Nashville Babylon
Mark Rogers plays hidden gems from Lowell George, Shelby Lynn and Booker T Jones among others and pays tribute to Leonard Cohen and David Bowie… Audio
Nashville Babylon for Monday 2 January 2017
On this week's show Mark welcomes in 2017 with an all female affair . Tracks from Emmylou Harris, Neko Case, Candi Staton, Carla Thomas and Gillian Welch all feature as well as classic cuts from… Audio
Nashville Babylon for 26 December 2016
On this week's show Mark waves goodbye to 2016 with tracks from Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Pokey La'Farge and Eb & Sparrow while uncovering a calypso classic from Robert Mitchum. Audio
Nashville Babylon: Christmas spirit
On this week's show Mark Rogers gets into the Christmas spirit with tracks from Bob Dylan, BB King, Alma Cogan, The Handsome Family and The Staple Singers… Audio
Nashville Babylon for 12 December 2016
On this weeks show Mark Rogers looks back at some of his favourite releases of 2016. With tracks from the Handsome Family, Margo Price, Lambchop, Miles Calder, Courtney Marie Andrews and the wonderful… Audio
Nashville Babylon for 5 December 2016
On this week's Nashville Babylon we'll have music from Blanche, Nadia Reid, D.Braxton Harris and Mike Henderson, classic tracks from Vince Taylor and Glen Campbell, blues from Memphis Minnie and a… Audio
Nashville Babylon for 28 November 2016
On this week's show we have new music from Wayne Hancock and Luke Winslow King plus Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers and classics from Chuck Berry and Tom Waits. We also hear Gary 'US' Bonds covering… Audio
Nashville Babylon for 21 November 2016
Nashville Babylon says happy birthday to one of its favourites, Dr John and also pays tribute to the recently departed Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell and Mose Allison. Audio