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12:30am - 1:30am
Turtle Island
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] Contemporary Native American and First Nations music from a wide range of indigenous musicians in North America, selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew Graves-Johnston (aka DJ Droid), who first came across it when researching the Standing Rock protests of 2016/17. Visit facebook.com/turtleislandradio for more information.
1:30am - 2:30am
The Opera Hour
[Repeated from Friday Noon.] Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes.
2:30am - 3:30am
Is Black Music
[Repeated from Wednesday 12am.] The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. Tonight we listen to some of this year's new releases by Black artists that don't fit into music industry stereotypes. The playlist includes Sugarcane, Beverly Glenn Copeland and YohiSuhn.
3:30am - 4:30am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. Today: Ben carries on with his Xenochronic response to lockdown, combining sound files contributed by Late Lunch All-Stars in Audacity compositions which emphasise the pooched-out succulence of their metal chops. Watch out for superb guitar abstractions from Eleanor Crook, amazing bass from Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, squishy Splash 'n' Klang from Out To Lunch and Varesian percussion from Peter Baxter and Guy Evans, and jangling jingles from Graham Davis. You can also hear Liverpool's Sonia Bassey on the Statue Question.
4:30am - 5:00am
The Wrong Show
[Repeated from Wednesday at 10.30pm.] Extraordinary radiophonic probes with Orlando Harrison. This week: Red Light Fever. With Casey Casem, Bob Dylan, The Troggs and Syd Barret. For more information visit soundcloud.com/orlando-harrison.
5:00am - 6:00am
Hackney Social Radio
[Repeated from Wednesday 11am.] Immediate Theatre’s weekly show for the young at heart. This week: Justin Marosa visits new local venture Carib Eats, who have been delivering food to those in need throughout lockdown and we hear about the Hackney Empire Elders’ song writing project. Plus we meet Steve Roberts - the voice of our jingle, and local GP Dr May Cahill returns with some advice on anxiety and depression relating to Covid-19. Host Sue Elliot-Nichols is joined again by Theatre Exchange member Janet Evans and callers from the community, with music from our resident DJ, Frank Kaos. For more info visit immediate-theatre.com/work/hackney-social-radio.
6:00am - 7:00am
Sitting With Gianluca
[Repeated from Sunday 6pm.] Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana.
7:00am - 8:00am
Intoxica Radio Hour
Presented by Nick Brown of Intoxica Record Shop and dedicated to the dignity of vinyl, giving centre stage to new vinyl reissue releases, spotlighting Content Themes and specific artists' careers - and generally playing the gloriously unheralded low-brow rock and soul of the 20th Century, all rendered on little slabs of black plastic. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
8:00am - 9:00am
Spizz FM
[Repeated from Wednesday 4.30pm.] An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. This week: another former guest photographer, Ray Stevenson coping in Lockdown, catch-up stories and guitarist Steve Crittall’s Lockdown in Soho world and musical journey. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi.
9:00am - 9:30am
Little Atoms
[Repeated from Monday 11am.] A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. Each show features guests from the worlds of science or the arts in conversation. This week: Science writer Emily Anthes on her new book The Great Indoors. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Tweet to @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
9:30am - 10:00am
Nunhead American Radio with Lewis Schaffer
[Repeated from Monday 6.30pm.] A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer and co-hosted by American economist Lisa Moyle, with musical accompaniment by The Relatives. Today's guest is journalist, playwright, filmmaker and local historian Michael Holland. Visit http://www.lewisschaffer.co.uk/radio for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
Ross's Cantina
[Repeated from Monday 7pm.] Ross Forrest walks us through the shadier side of roots, country and Americana. Today: music from The Waterboys, Linda Rondstandt, John Philips and The Walker Brothers. Contact the show at cantinacomms@gmail.com.
11:00am - 11:30am
Pull the Plug
[Repeated from Thursday 5.30pm.] Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com.
11:30am - 12:00pm
Hooting Yard On The Air
[Repeated from Thursday 6pm.] Live, out of leftfield fiction with Resonance's prodigious author-in-residence Frank Key. Visit hootingyard.org for more information.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Hello Goodbye Show
Upbeat, eclectic new music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: a duo of duos featuring bubble gum grunge-popsters Dolls with a pre-recorded live session, including tunes from their new EP Eggshells (Mondo/Death Waltz). Plus, Paper Birch a new ethereal fuzz-pop collaboration between Dee Sada & Fergus Lawrie. Their debut LP MorningHairWater is soon to be released on the Cafe Oto online imprint Takuroku. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information. [Repeated Tuesday 2.30am.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos. [Repeated Monday 7am.]
2:30pm - 3:30pm
The News Agents
Experiments in news and arts with Jude Cowan Montague. This week: Chris Haigh violinist and fiddle educator on Eastern European traditions on his own journey of encounter with tunes and song from the other side of the Iron Curtain, growing up during the Cold War and being fascinated by musics of the former Soviet Union. Plus tunes from Chris's own theatrical Soviet Swing concept band the Kremlinaires. Chris is the author of Hungarian Fiddle Tunes and Exploring Klezmer Fiddle for Schott Music and his Youtube The Fiddle Channel is educating a new generation of fiddle players. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.co.uk. [Repeated Tuesday 6am.]
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Synaptic Island
A collective of DJs and artists explores a selected theme each week through music and conversation. This week’s theme: Choral. Listen to archived shows on Mixcloud. For more information visit Twitter @synaptic_island, Instagram @synapticisland and synapticisland.com. [Repeats Friday 5am.]
4:30pm - 6:30pm
The OST Show
Presented by Jonny Trunk, The OST Show is the only show anywhere dedicated to film music, TV music, library music and related recordings. This week: Rest in Peace Morricone. Part one of a two-part show dedicated to the lesser known scores of the maestro. Visit www.trunkrecords.com for more information. Email jonny@trunkrecords.com. [Repeated Monday 3pm.]
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Literary London
Nick Hennegan explores the literary life of London and celebrates the popular cultural life and literary history of the city. This week: Nick celebrates the 90th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death with a rare recording of a Sherlock Holmes story. For more information visit LondonLiteraryPubCrawl.com. Tweet to @NickHennegan. [Repeated Tuesday 2.30pm.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Duck in a Tree
The :zoviet * france: radio show. This week: The Caravan of Two Weathers. This edition features new releases by Pink Room & SEPL, and Matilde Meireles, a new invocation from Fossil Aerosol Mining Project, mingled with recordings by This Heat, Shaun Blezard, Martin Clarke, and Sevenism. [Repeated Tuesday 5am.]
8:00pm - 8:30pm
New Works Of Radio
[Repeated from Wednesday 4pm.] Today: The Prime Directive by Ilia Rogatchevski, first broadcast 1 May 2020.
8:30pm - 9:30pm
Hoenn Sound
A conceptual radio show by SJ Wilson - all vinyl, all 33rpm. But all the vinyl is 45rpm techno (or otherwise) played at the slower speed setting. From pounding, pulsating techno jams to slow, chuggy, mesmerising soundscapes. [Repeated Monday 2am.]
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Bears At A Picnic
Andrea Spisto and Michelle Madsen explore themes of playfulness and vulnerability through music, poetry, performance and clowning. This week: Unlocking. As lockdown in the UK eases, Michelle looks back on three months which changed the world. A decompression session with music from Lady Leshurr, LYR, Arcade Fire, and sound pieces from Ella Golt, Rachel Stott, Hunt & Darton's Radio Local. Poetry from June Jordan and Michelle Madsen. Tweet to Bears_at. [Repeated Tuesday 4am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Very Loose Women
[Repeated from Wednesday 10.30pm.] Friends Leonore Schick and Soila Apparicio like to make private conversations public. They discuss art, activism and women’s issues, often with special guests and friends. For more information visit acast.com/veryloosewomen or follow them on Twitter at @VLWRadio.
11:00pm - 12:00am
The Sounds Of DMWSound
[Repeated from Tuesday 12am.] Panix and Ranking Dan from DMWSOUND demonstrate the music that inspires their sound. Genres spanning from Reggae to Modern Bass music. Keep tuned for the classics and fresh new dubs. For more info visit Facebook and soundcloud.com/dmwsound.
12:00am - 1:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] Presented and mixed by DJ BPM and Sharon-Rose (on alternate weeks), showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. This week, Sharon-Rose and guest DJ, Vagrant Real Estate, feature new music from: KG, Bamz, Scratcha DVA, MA1, FFSYTHO, DJ Polo, Trinity Square, REX, Sir Hiss, L U C Y, Jo So Sick and Manga St. Hilaire. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @sharonrose__.
