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Tuesday 17th March
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12:00am - 1:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet * france: radio show. Spools of Shattered Clay. This week's edition features a track from Stephen O'Malley's new album on the XKatedral/La Becque Editions labels and recordings by {AN} Eel + Muwn + Philippe Neau, Edø Pistø Sømi, Hideyuki Kuromiya, Kirsten Gottschalk, Philip Sulidae, Julie Berry, Name Constant, Felix Blume, :zoviet*france:, and Felss.
1:00am - 2:30am
The Hello Goodbye Show
[Repeated from Saturday 12 noon.] Upbeat, eclectic new music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: Little Sparta live in session. Little Sparta's new LP, The Telling of the Truth (Carnero Records / Grey Gallery Records) captures a band in transition both creatively and emotionally as they close one chapter and confront an increasingly uncertain world. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information.
2:30am - 3:00am
Open City Audio
[Repeated from Thursday 2pm.] Weekly programmes made by Open City. Making architecture and cities more open, accessible, and equitable. In this episode, Matthew Lloyd Roberts is joined by architect John Puttick to discuss Peckham Library, one of a number of civic and community projects commissioned to mark the turn of the millenium. It was designed by Alsop & Störmer Architects with engineering by AKT II and won the Stirling Prize in 2000, and combines ebullient and eccentric design culture with a hard-wearing material palette to create a hugely successful piece of community infrastructure.
3:00am - 4:00am
The Stars Below
[Repeated from Friday 5.30pm.] Hosted by Anne Duffau (A---Z), exploring artistic practices and knowledge exchange through collaborations, soundscapes and discussions. This month: A---Z interviews Mel Brimfield. They discuss Mel's current projects, narratives, sounds and dealing with archives. Mel's interdisciplinary collaborative practice is rooted in scripted performance and uses absurdist narrative forms to address obscure and difficult subjects and their archives, including elaborately choreographed musical theatre numbers, scripted monologues and plays, cabaret turns and audio and moving image works staged within sculptural set-like installations.
5:00am - 6:00am
Balling the Jack
[Repeated from Friday 9pm.] Joe Cushley explores 13 Bar Blues and Twisted Roots music from around the globe. From the the 1920s to the present day, from the barrel-house to the arthouse via the bedsit, from Mali to Mississippi to the Mekong via New Malden - every culture has its blues. For more information visit Balling The Jack on Facebook. E-mail ballingthejack1@gmail.com.
6:00am - 7:00am
framework
[Repeated from Sunday 11pm.] Field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This week's special edition is a tribute to the life and work of the pioneering composer Éliane Radigue, who died in Paris on 23rd February at the age of 94. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information.
7:00am - 9:00am
Day For Night
A selection of recent highlights, archival surprises, programmes that deserve a repeat and those that slipped through the net, taking you through from the wee hours to breakfast. With occasional forays into the Resonance Extra programme of new music and sound art - and further afield.
9:00am - 10:00am
Listen. Let's Talk
[Repeated from Friday 11am.] A weekly show hosted by urbanist Donald Hyslop. This week: Donald's guest is Sam Bompas, the British creative director and "architectural food smith" best known for co-founding, with Harry Parr, the multi-sensory design studio Bompas & Parr in 2007. Bompas & Parr is a creative studio specialising in realising the remarkable with a particular expertise in food and has evolved into a world-leading agency for immersive flavour-based experiences. In the second part of a wide-ranging conversation, we discuss the "My Nicotine" exhibition, bar recipes from beyond the grave, and the future of food and nightlife. [Repeats Tuesday 9am.]
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Monday 8pm]. Medallion Man: Black Beacon Sound with Priminho. For the second edition of Medallion Man's four-part series, Priminho travels down from Birmingham for a special show celebrating the 10th anniversary of the multi-faceted record label, Black Beacon Sound.
11:00am - 11:30am
The Workplace
NND and guests discuss all aspects of work and workplaces. This week: mid-way through the Women’s History Month 2026 series, NND discusses digital art with Helen Starr, who received the Carnegie Mellon/Warhol distinguished art critic award 2026 for her work writing a Carib Cosmotechnic. (Caribs are the indigenous peoples after whom the Caribbean region is named.) Helen has launched A-Gen-C at Arbeit Studios Lisson Grove, an interactive art show space that goes beyond entertainment to serious story-telling, while providing access to marginalised global voices. The episode ends with the calypso Ambatalla Woman by The United Sisters – the dynamic collaborative quartet formed by four independently successful female calypsonians from Trinidad and Tobago: Lady B, Marvellous Marva, Tigress and Singing Sandra. Download select episodes from the podcast and continue the discussion using #workplacennd. [Repeats Friday 1.30pm.]
11:30am - 12:00pm
Literary London
[Repeated from Saturday 6.30pm.] Nick Hennegan explores the literary life of London and celebrates the popular cultural life and literary history of the city. Tweet to @NickHennegan. For more information visit LondonLiteraryPubCrawl.com.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sitting With Gianluca
[Repeated from Sunday 3pm.] Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana (in temporary and voluntary exile in Marseille). This week: acoustic blues veteran Roy Bookbinder has gone to the great juke joint in the sky. Roy came out of the '60s New York City blues scene and was mentored by '30s blues legends like Pink Anderson and Gary Davis before becoming one of the finest purveyors of acoustic rural blues. Gianluca airs a sit-down he did with Roy 18 years ago, where Roy talks about the legends he learnt from and plays a song just for us. First broadcast 7 November 2007.
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Kitchen Magic Time
Recipes in sound from Mama Dolores, Mistress of the Deep Soul Kitchen. [Repeats Saturday 10.30pm.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Around The World With The Lallas
Laura Pradelska and Lara Fraser share their international cultural interests, stemming from their respective careers as actor and producer as well as their joint DJ career as The Lallas. [Repeats Sunday 5pm.]
2:30pm - 3:00pm
From the Archives
Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives. [Repeats Friday 1pm.]
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Hit It and Split
DJ Deb Smith shares a lexicon of global sounds from the past to the future - new releases, forgotten greats and little heard gems. Visit Hit It and Split on Facebook for the playlist and Mixcloud link to the show. [Repeats Saturday 6am.]
ON NOW
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Raft
Soundscapes of hope and resistance. Raft is a vessel made of waves moving through the air. A signal floating over dark tides in the simple light of a tiny flame. As the waters rise, so does our singing. Produced by Chiara Ambrosio. Visit raftalondonstory.com. [Repeats Thursday 3pm.]
Listen live4:30pm - 5:00pm
Records Comic, Curious and Cracked
An eco-neutral trawl through the unusual records acquired by various means, including even purchase, during an otherwise mostly virtuous lifetime by Jack Thorington. [Repeats Friday 2pm.]
5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Relatively Good Radio Show
Richard and Anna host the show where everything is live – including the jingles. Broadcast from The Village Butty, a historic canal boat and floating music venue continuously touring the 2500 miles of the UK's inland waterways system. [Repeats Sunday 10am.]
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Loud Women
Loud Women turns up the volume on fast rising women and non-binary musicians in the grassroots scene with live performances, fresh new music and chat, hosted by Cassie Fox and the Loud Women team. For more info visit loudwomen.org. [Repeats Saturday 3.30am.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Rockfort
David McKenna presents the best in underground and out of left-field French music. This week: including Delphine Dora, Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy, Galibot, Amarante-Cerisier, Papaye and Monolithe Noir. [Repeats Friday 6.30pm.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Late Works
The radio counterpart to live intermedia event series Late Works, hosted by founder Joseph Bradley Hill. Tonight: Ted Mair performs a live set in the studio and is interviewed by Joe amongst track selections including Judee Sill, John Cale and Adrienne Lenker. [Repeats Wednesday 10am].
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Clear Spot
Tuning Into Total Refreshment Centre. Seven years on from Make Some Space, the landmark chronicle of Total Refreshment Centre, journalist and author Emma Warren and venue founder Lex Blondin reunite for a special conversation. Reflecting on the journey since the book captured a vital moment in London’s grassroots music culture, they revisit the artists, ideas and collective spirit that shaped the space and ask what comes next. Part reunion, part reckoning, the discussion celebrates the community that grew around TRC while confronting the realities facing independent venues and DIY music spaces today. A timely conversation about making space for the future. [Repeats Sunday 7am.]
10:00pm - 11:30pm
Artrocker Radio
Paul from the influential Artrocker magazine previews all the latest releases from London and the UK's thriving indie rock scene and beyond. To listen to past shows visit Paul's Mixcloud page. [Repeats Thursday 1am.]
11:30pm - 12:00am
From the Archives
Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives. [Repeats Thursday 2.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Is Black Music
The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. For more information visit www.artterry.co.uk. [Repeats Saturday 11pm.]