RNZ: New Horizons

James Milne, AKA Lawrence Arabia, has been putting together a new album, track by track, month by month. William Dart checks on the first ten songs.

William Dart looks at two albums that became shows and one show that became an album… Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown and David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love the former; Linda Thompson’s My Mother Doesn’t Know I’m On the Stage the latter.

Yoko Ono - now 85 years old - is back with a new album, Warzone, on which two things are clear: firstly, she's still very much a political animal, and secondly, she's at ease with the music of her past and she's happy to revisit it in 2018.

Last month, Tauranga singer Ria Hall carried off the Maioha Award at the Silver Scrolls. William Dart traces the musical and political path that led to her new album Rules of Engagement.

William Dart looks at a new tribute album to the American songwriter Roger Miller, most famous perhaps for his song 'King of the Road'. The CD features artists such as Dolly Parton, Willy Nelson, Lyle Lovett and Loretta Lynn.

Elvis Costello has just released a new album, Look Now, his first collection of original material for some few years now. William Dart examines the treasure.

William Dart listens to new releases from two Kiwi songtresses for New Horizons.

In a world in which there are perhaps too few pleases and thank yous, the new album by Death Cab For Cutie bears a welcome title, Thank You For Today. William Dart is gratified by both sentiment and music.

William Dart listens to a number of songs that reveal the wonders that can come about when a singer is paired with a solo piano. In particular, he features a new album by American singer Cécile McLorin Salvant who's accompanied by Sullivan Fortner.

Marc Ribot is one of the world's great guitarists that you've possibly never heard of. As a session musician he's played with almost everybody. He's just released a new album of his own - a fiercely political collection called Songs of Resistance 1942-2018.