In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger revisits 2016 releases from Hayes Carll and Angel Olsen.

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger revisits three of the local albums that stood out for him in 2016.

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger revisits three albums that stood out for him in 2016: David Bowie's 'Blackstar', Anderson .Paak's 'Malibu', and Mbongwana Star's 'From Kinshasa To The Moon'.

Nick Bollinger revisits – in no particular order - a few of the year’s standout releases.

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger ponders the eclectic catalogue of Howe Gelb, and wonders whether The Rolling Stones have just made their last great album; and Elliott Childs introduces the electronic pop of Flock Of Dimes.

Nick Bollinger ponders two new releases from the eclectic and prolific Howe Gelb that has him branching into gospel and contributing to the Great American Songbook.

Elliott Childs absorbs the atmospheric pop of Baltimore’s Flock Of Dimes.

More than fifty years since they began, The Rolling Stones have made a blues record. Nick Bollinger believes it is the last great Stones album.

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger reviews a 3-disc document of the first live shows in 35 years by art-pop original Kate Bush, and new set of street songs from Auckland troubadour Greg Fleming, while Brad Warrington has a close listen to the latest – and possibly last – album from hip-hop pioneers A Tribe Called Quest.

Nick Bollinger reviews a 3-disc document of the first live shows in 35 years by art-pop original Kate Bush.