Reggae
Nashville Babylon 1 January 2022
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
How music can influence our purchasing habits
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
Nashville Babylon 4 December 2021
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
Nashville Babylon 27 November 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from the Delines and Charlie Parr, classic ska and reggae courtesy of the Mellow Cats and the Heptones plus a birthday tune for Randy Newman. Audio
Nashville Babylon 23 October 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic reggae courtesy of the Techniques, soul from Jackie Wilson and Mary Love plus tracks from Little Feat, Van Morrison and Johnny Cash. Audio
Nashville Babylon 16 October 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's music from the Band and Steve Earle, a birthday tune for Laura Nyro plus tracks to mark the forthcoming release of Sir Peter Jackson's Let It Be documentary… Audio
Nashville Babylon 9 October 2021
On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for John Lennon, John Prine, Jackson Browne and Welsh punk legend Jon Langford. Elsewhere there's music from Nina Simone and Lisa Miller plus a rare Nick… Audio
Nashville Babylon 2 October 2021
On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Gillian Welch, Stevie Ray Vaughn and M Ward, new music from Damien Jurado and Darren Cross plus classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf. Audio
Nashville Babylon 25 September 2021
On this week's show Mark has classic blues and soul from Errol Linton and Bobbie Gentry, Kiwi country courtesy of Sin City, anniversary tracks from Nick Lowe, a previously unreleased Lee Perry tune… Audio
Nashville Babylon 11 September 2021
On this week's show Mark has new music from Alejandro Escovedo, birthday tunes for Robert Fisher of the Willard Grant Conspiracy and John Martyn plus classics courtesy of Karen Dalton and Emmylou… Audio
Nashville Babylon 4 September, 2021
On this week's show there are tracks to mark the passing of Lee Perry, Charlie Watts, Don Everly and UB40 sax player and founder Brian Travers. There's also gospel courtesy of Sister Wynonna Carr plus… Audio
Nashville Babylon 28 August, 2021
This week's Nashville Babylon features classics from Louis Prima and gospel star Dorothy Coates, a birthday tune for Stirling Morrison of the Velvet Underground, bluegrass from Jim and Jennie plus… Audio
Nashville Babylon 21 August, 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has music from the late Nanci Griffith, birthday tunes for Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and the legendary Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup plus reggae from George Faith and Joya… Audio
Nashville Babylon 14 August, 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays birthday tunes for David Crosby, has classic soul courtesy of Jackie Wilson and Candi Staton, reggae from Gregory Isaacs plus a rock 'n' roll smash from… Audio
Nashville Babylon 7 August, 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has gospel from Mahalia Jackson, soul courtesy of Ray Charles and Curtis Mayfield plus country from Loretta Lynn and a ska classic from the Pioneers. Audio
Nashville Babylon 31 July, 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Buddy Guy and Jerry Garcia, blues from Memphis Minnie, classic reggae courtesy of Susan Cadogan plus a previously unreleased track from… Audio
Nashville Babylon 24 July, 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Bobbie Gentry, Mick Jagger and the late Tony Joe White. There's also classic blues courtesy of Howlin' Wolf, reggae from Ken Boothe plus… Audio
Nashville Babylon 17 July, 2021
On this week's show Mark plays birthday tunes for Don McGlashan and Desmond Dekker, blues from Muddy Waters, soul courtesy of the Impressions plus a West Texas classic from Joe Ely. Audio
Nashville Babylon 26 June, 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has reggae from Dr Alimantado, blues from King Porter and Etta James, a classic courtesy of Warren Zevon plus new music from Howe Gelb and the Colorist Orchestra.
…Nashville Babylon 31 May, 2021
On this week's Nashville Babylon the Cowboy Junkies cover the Velvet Underground while Richard Thompson does Dylan. There's also tracks from the Wailers and William Tyler plus a tribute to legendary… Audio