New Horizons

The songs of Gordon Lightfoot are central to William Dart's review of two new albums by Cowboy Junkies and Punch Brothers. Read more Audio

Don McGlashan's Bright November Morning is the singer's fourth solo album and, finally released in February of this year, it's well worth seven years of waiting, affirming him as one of our premier… Read more Audio

Sarena Close, working under the moniker of Mousey is one of the brighter young talents on the New Zealand music scene. William Dart checks out her two albums. Read more Audio

Sometimes the reward is well worth the wait. William Dart luxuriates in new albums from American singers Anaïs Mitchell and Cécile McLorin Salvant. Read more Audio

Now in her ninetieth year, Yoko Ono has inspired a number of tribute albums. William Dart looks at the latest, Ocean Child, with a few samplings from the earlier celebrations. Read more Audio

William Dart surveys the Scottish band Modern Studies who brandished its individuality from its very first album in 2017. Now, the very title of its fifth release, We Are There, celebrates a welcome… Read more Audio

Surprise is a much-valued commodity these days. William Dart is pleased that new releases by Christchurch band Deep Water Creek and American singer Cat Power haven't disappointed. Read more Audio

Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner's new Forenzics album may be making the news for its clever revisiting of the venerable Split Enz catalogue, but it's much more than just that. William Dart takes a listen. Read more Audio

The 70-year-old Janis Ian has said that the new album, The Light at the End of the Line, is going to be her last. William Dart puts up a case for hoping that it won't be. Read more Audio

William Dart launches a new series of New Horizons with a special for Waitangi Day â€" a tribute to the late Richard Nunns and the very much alive Horomona Horo, masters of the taonga puoro. Read more Audio

William Dart's got a Santa sack full of Christmas goodies from Kristin Chenoweth and Paul Kelly to Leslie Odom Jr, The Bird and the Bee, and the inimitable Norah Jones. Read more Audio

In his penultimate programme for 2021, William Dart looks back over the year and pursues themes of time passing, complexity versus simplicity, and the importance of legacy, with music by Peggy Seeger… Read more Audio