New Horizons

Beyoncé's glorious new Cowboy Carter album may well be this year's most startling release. William Dart checks out Queen Bey's take on country music that has already caused tremors in more… Read more Audio

We've waited eight years now for Sean O'Hagan and The High Llamas to come up with an album, but, according to William Dart, their new Hey Panda proves to be worth every day of anticipation. Read more Audio

William Dart looks at a new album by the extraordinary American singer Brittany Howard - for first for five years; and notes the anniversary of one of the greatest singers of the last century. Read more Audio

William Dart features two of the hippest octogenarians in the business: Van Dyke Parks working with Gaby Moreno, and the bluesman who shares his name with one of India's iconic palaces - Taj Mahal. Read more Audio

Just as writers search for le mot juste, musicians look out for le son juste - the perfect sound. William Dart explores some local recordings ranging from Larry Morris and Allison Durbin to newcomers… Read more Audio

William Dart listens to The Last Dinner Party, the five woman band which carried off the Rising Star award at the recent BRITS. Read more Audio

William Dart looks at the phenomenon of the supergroup, setting off with Cream in the 1960s and ending with the homegrown Sundae Painters, the final project of the late Hamish Kilgour. Read more Audio

Canadian singer Allison Russell was on Joni Mitchell's Newport and Hollywood Bowl stages, stood alongside Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla for Songs of Our Native Daughters and has released two… Read more Audio

Where would our New Zealand musicians be without online music platform Bandcamp? William Dart investigates a few choice offerings from Hans Pucket, [Allophones], and CODES. Read more Audio

A slice of New Zealand musical history has been made in Hollywood ... that is, Auckland's Hollywood Theatre, as Dimmer celebrates 21 years of Shayne Carter's insinuatingly soulful music. William Dart… Read more Audio

For those with a hankering to experience the magic of Joni Mitchell in concert, William Dart looks through 58 years of it from Toronto coffee houses in the mid-60s to her recently released triumph at… Read more Audio

For many, Moondog was an obscure outsider musician, working on the streets of New York. However a new album of his "songs and symphoniques" might change your mind, especially with Kronos Quartet, the… Read more Audio