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12:00am - 1:00am
Turtle Island
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). Visit facebook.com/turtleislandradio for more information. [Repeated Saturday 12.30am.]
1:00am - 2:30am
Artrocker
[Repeated from Tuesday 10.30pm.] Paul and Lewis 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.
2:30am - 3:30am
Ross's Cantina
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] Ross Forrest walks us through the shadier side of roots, country and Americana. This week, you'll be hearing big hitters old and new. Contact the show at cantinacomms@gmail.com.
3:30am - 4:00am
Arty Facts
[Repeated from Sunday 1.30pm.] Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. Today: Master J is joined by West End musical theatre performer Karen Holmes. They discuss the creative process of making and recording the new Arty Facts theme song, which is based on the party classic YMCA. First broadcast 17 January 2021. For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
4:00am - 5:00am
Definitely Dylan
[Repeated from Sunday 4pm.] Taking Tom Waits' description to heart - “Dylan is a planet to be explored” - Laura Tenschert presents a series dedicated to the planet that is Bob Dylan and his musical and cultural orbit. This week: we are celebrating Bob Dylan's 80th birthday! Listening to one song from each decade of his career, we see what they can tell us about that point in Dylan's life. For more information visit www.definitelydylan.com.
5:00am - 6:00am
Isotopica
[Repeated from Sunday 7pm.] Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. This week: the moving live streamed words of photo journalist Jehad Saftawi describing a night under attack in Gaza, echo from a 2014 Isotopica over a series of recordings from Gaza still under attack in 2021. Visit theculture.net/ for more information.
6:00am - 7:00am
Modulisme
[Repeated from Friday 11.30pm.] Modulisme (which translates as Modularism) is a series devoted to out of leftfield modular synthesis, with a different sound-designer playing live or offering studio recordings of their choice each week. This week: Köhn. Jürgen De Blonde (aka Köhn) brings an original approach to sound, experimenting with soundscapes, electronica, and collaborations with musicians from different backgrounds. He is at the forefront of the experimental scene in Belgium. For more information visit modulisme.info/sessions.
7:00am - 7:30am
L'alternative
[Repeated from Wednesday 7.30pm.] Eleonore Desnos explores French audio oddities and delights "a la carte". This week: the eighth instalment in the series about French hip hop and rap. Looking at artists from Marseille including Fonky Family and 3ème Œil.
7:30am - 8:00am
Dig That Treasure
[Repeated from Tuesday 7.30pm.] Will Hall presents 30 minutes of forgotten, underrated and underappreciated pop and folk music from across the world. International scenes are at home alongside outsider musics, demos and covers, film and game soundtracks, and long-lost rarities in this decentred selection. Follow @digthattreasure on Instagram.
8:00am - 9:00am
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
[Repeated from Sunday 9pm.] Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and 'other' time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of math rock, avant prog, weird electronica and strange pop. This week: a celebration of homegrown talent with Perhaps Contraption, Sun Colored Chair, Maudlin of the Well, MoeTar, Kimara Sajn, The Flying Luttenbachers, Upsilon Acrux and Bisbâyé. Follow the playlist on Twitter @OtherRockShow. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Naked Short Club
[Repeated from Monday 9pm.] Dr. Stu and his expert guests dance around alternative investments, markets, the economy and wider world with psychedelic sounds and sometimes poetry.
10:00am - 11:00am
Literary South
[Repeated from Wednesday 8pm.] A monthly show about literature in translation, presented by Silvia Rothlisberger. Featuring writers and translators from around the world discussing contemporary translated books. In this episode Silvia talks to poets Patrizia Lonhitano (Brazil) and Ana Maria Reyes (Venezuela). Music by Lido Pimienta. First broadcast 24 June 2020. Visit literarysouth.org for more information.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Ireland's Eye
Johnny Jameson presents a weekly show dedicated to the latest from the Irish country music scene plus requests, dedications, news and more. Contact johnnyjameson@hotmail.co.uk [Repeated Tuesday 8am.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The London Ear
Ghostwriter and critic Ben Thompson presents a DFS Algonquin Table for the post-thought era.This week's show addresses the controversial question of where George Benson went wrong, or indeed if he went wrong at all. With an imaginary session from The Residents. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on Twitter and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page. [Repeated Tuesday 7am.]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Talking Africa
A magazine show covering African development issues hosted by Sonny Decker. This week: Greenpeace Africa senior political advisor Happy Khambule and Enos Mbodi, the national secretary for South Africa's biggest single trade union, NUMSA (National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa), talk about South Africa's Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission. See mixcloud.com/talkingafrica for more Talking Africa shows. [Repeated Tuesday 9am.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
Reg Hall and Kevin Sheils (on alternate weeks) present an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield. Today: in a change from the usual format of the show, Kevin presents the work of popular folk singer and revivalist Martin Carthy who celebrated his 80th birthday last week. [Repeated Monday 12pm.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Down the Rabbit Hole
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm.] A monthly show celebrating the richness of children's books. This month: to celebrate the start of Pride month, presenters Charlie Morris and Hannah Love are joined by guest authors Jodie Lancet-Grant, L.D. Lapinski and Benjamin Dean to discuss children's books that show LGBTQ+ families and youth at the heart of the story. Visit http://dtrhradio.com for more information. Tweet @dtrhradio. Instagram @dtrhradio.
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Previously On Resonance FM
Archival gems. In this episode of "Interesting Conversations" from 20 January 2011, Wendy Jones talks to novelist Adam Mars-Jones. He had just published "Cedilla," the enormous continuation of the life of John Cromer whose story began in "Pilcrow" - a novel of Proustian length, witty, detailed and very original. [Repeated Saturday 7.30am.]
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Smashing Records
Abs Tripp from DASL (Disability Advice Service Lambeth) discusses how music fires people up to jump higher, ride further and shout louder. This week: hosts Jamille and Lucy quiz each other about what's it's like working for Smashing Records, and what they enjoy most about being a part of Disability Advice Service Lambeth. Contact abs.tripp@disabilitylambeth.org.uk. [Repeated Monday 2pm.]
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Hooting Yard On The Air
Archival repeats of the indescribable fiction of the late lamented Frank Key of hootingyard.org, for many years writer-in-residence at Resonance FM. [Repeats Friday 4am.]
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Meet Me On The Radio
[Repeated from Tuesday 11.30am.] A series created by Meet Me at the Albany members, artists and collaborators. This week: Meet Me members consider urban green spaces. A fair trade organiser speaks from the Palestinian Occupied Territories and a local grower tells us about his allotment in Lewisham. Seeds are dispersed to members via electric bicycle as part of the Albany Connects project, and we learn about open pollinated seed from Charlotte at the London Freedom Seed Bank. A toucan and a red-eared fruit dove accompany poems and reflections by Meet Me members. Presented by Ron Savill and Rosaline Muirhead. Produced by Hannah Kemp-Welch and Grant Smith. A co-production by the Albany and Entelechy Arts with Soundcamp.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Pull the Plug
Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook. [Repeated Saturday 11am.]
6:00pm - 6:15pm
Drift Shift
Found sound and found text collected to form drifts that shift, produced and presented by Franziska Lantz. Visit driftshift.blogspot.com for more information. [Repeated Saturday 11.30am.]
6:15pm - 6:30pm
Into The Moss
A sunken raft of weeds woven into a verdant morass of sound, song and story by the whinnying horses of the Ear Pocket hotel. This week: What goes in must then come out. What OTIS lifts it must let fall. Short-changed, enflamed and fading out, the question darks the mouths of all. Show archive at soundcloud.com/into-the-moss. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com. [Repeated Saturday 11.45am.]
6:30pm - 7:30pm
The Outerglobe
Debbie Golt takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. This week: Debbie meets Gambian Jally and master musician favoured by Baaba Maal, Sefo Kanuteh. He's launching two albums, Adouna and Afou, and shares his unique approach to the Kora and life. Debbie also celebrates Pitika Ntuli and the Melrose Gallery's Global Fine Art Award. Visit outerglobe.co.uk for more information. Tweet to @outerglobe. [Repeated Monday 4am.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Hot Club du Monde
A Baedeker tour of international musical curiosities from the 78rpm era with Oliver Carter-Wakefield. [Repeated Friday 2pm.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
The Great Flood of 1953, the combination of a high spring tide and a storm over the North Sea causing a surge to sweep across the East Coast, was the worst natural disaster in Britain of the 20th century in which 307 people lost their lives in England and over 1,800 people in the Netherlands. It also produced one of the great works of English social history, The Great Tide by Hilda Grieve, which tells the story of the flood disaster in Essex. In this programme Patrick Bernard discusses The Great Tide with writer and social historian Ken Worpole; Edward Platt, author of The Great Flood; and Anne Johnson, a storyteller who runs Everyday Magic, a London-based charity which sends storytellers into state primary schools, and who lived on Canvey Island at the time of the flood. Rebroadcast as part of the Estuary 2021 festival. First broadcast 27 October 2020. Thanks to Michele Chowrimootoo. [Repeated Friday 10am.]
9:00pm - 10:30pm
Adventures in Sound and Music
New music with The Wire magazine. Visit thewire.co.uk for more information. Contact theconduit@thewire.co.uk. [Repeated Sunday 1am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
SHAPE
New music monthly from the SHAPE platform. Today: we introduce Chinese/Taiwanese-American Berlin-based musician Audrey Chen who was born into a family of material scientists, doctors and engineers, but who followed her own musical path instead. We also play some new tracks by SHAPE artists. SHAPE is supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. [Repeated Wednesday 3.30am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
Presented and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @djbpm. [Repeated Sunday 12am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Club Integral Radio Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 9.30pm.] The Earl of Killorglin and Andrew Scott-Bolton of Club Integral - London's long-running "home to the uncategorisable" - explore the music that informs its long running (but currently suspended) concert series in London. This week: music from Orchestre Bella Bella, Hariprasad Chaurasia, J Dilla, and Pierre Schaeffer/Pierre Henry.