Reggae

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

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

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

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

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

On this week's show Mark has blues from Lonnie Johnson, a country classic courtesy of Merle Haggard, the Cowboy Junkies covering David Bowie plus new music from Bailey Bigger Audio

On this week's show Mark has new music from Mary Gauthier, Levon Helm & Mavis Staples, classic blues courtesy of Little Walter and Joe Turner plus ska from Laurel Aitken. Audio

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

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

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

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

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

On this week's show Mark has a birthday tune for Kurt Cobain, classics courtesy of the Byrds and Judee Sill, tracks from the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet and Jackie Mittoo plus something new from DC… Audio

This week on Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Big Thief, blues and soul courtesy of Amos Milburn and the Staple Singers, reggae from Peter Tosh plus a pub-rock classic from Dr Feelgood. Audio

Love them or loathe them, the English band UB40 are deeply entwined into Aotearoa's musical DNA. Yadana Saw explores how a reggae-pop band from the British West Midlands burrowed into the South… Video, Audio

On this week's show Mark celebrates the birth of ace bass player James Jamerson with a selection of his finest moments for the Motown label. There's also blues tunes from the pen of Willie Dixon… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has classic blues courtesy of Muddy Waters and Louisiana Red, a birthday tune for Aaron Neville, country from Tex Williams plus a reggae smash from Tony Tribe. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark says ' hello' to 2022 with his annual reggae special featuring tracks from the likes of Big Youth, Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo and Toots and The Maytals Audio

Professor Adrian North has spent his life studying the psychology of music and how people interact with it in different spaces. He's with us to discuss the psychological cues that music offers up and… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has soul classics from the Temptations and the Delfonics, country courtesy of Marty Robbins, blues from Roosevelt Sykes and birthday tunes for JJ Cale. Audio