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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 - you'll be hearing big hitters old and new from across the pond. 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 Peter Donegan, British country artist and son of music legend Lonnie Donegan. Topics include: what it was like staring in 2019’s The Voice UK, making Tom Jones cry, winning the Male Vocalist and Original Song of the year awards at Texas Sounds Festival, hitting No. 1 of the UK and Global UK hot disc charts, just how much work went into creating the single’s video and why the pandemic meant Peter had to do everything himself. To play out the show, we hear the chart-topping song Peter won the awards at Texas Sounds Festival with, Thank You Texas. 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. 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, we listen to some exciting new contemporary classical releases with host Simon. 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: Jörg Piringer. Jörg is a member of the Institute for Transacoustic Research, The Vegetable Orchestra and has been active as a radio artist, sound and visual poet, and composer since the '90s. His works are solely made from sampled/manipulated voices. 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: an introduction to the French reggae and raggamuffin scene. Playing tracks from artists in the late '80s and early '90s including Pablo Master, Princess Erika, Daddy Yod, Tonton David and Nuttea.
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. 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.This week's guests: Taimur Baig (DBS Bank); Peter Habermacher (Aaro Capital).
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: celebrating indie bookshops week, Silvia talks to authors Jorge Carrion about his long-essay, Bookshops translated by Peter Bush, and to Julianne Pachicco about her debut book of short stories, The Lucky Ones. Music: Julio Cortázar Songs, a tribute by Jamila Purofilin. 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: at long last, the time has come for the much requested repeat of the 2009 show with Dansette overlord Philip Jeck. 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: Patents, Social Justice, and Biodiversity – the South Africa/India case for patent waiver of Covid-19 drugs and related products. 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 another selection from the Topic Records digital downloads, Kevin plays songs and tunes from Lancashire, Yorkshire, Nottingham, Ireland, Suffolk, Glasgow and Northumbria. [Repeated Monday 12pm.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Down the Rabbit Hole
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm.] A monthly show celebrating the best of children's literature. Today: presenters Sam Sedgman and Caroline Carpenter discuss the magic of audiobooks with actor Jot Davies and audio editor Laura Marlow. Visit http://dtrhradio.com for more information. Tweet @dtrhradio. Instagram @dtrhradio.
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’s guest is the founder and chair of Lambeth Links, Chris French. Lambeth Links is the new LGBT+ community forum for Lambeth. Chris tells us about the challenges of setting up a charity from scratch, Pride Month 2021, and his hopes and aspirations for Pride Month 2022 without Covid-19 restrictions. 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: Reflections on a journey. To mark Windrush Day and in honour of the Black Lives Matter movement, Meet Me members, Madge, Rosaline and Gwen share experiences of arriving in 1960s UK from Jamaica. IRIE drummer, Zozo Mohammed Shuaibu leads a warmup and we hear sounds from the Notting Hill Carnival, Brixton BLM protests and the Riverside Youth Club, with song from Tuligwasye Women in Zimbabwe. First broadcast 23 June 2020. 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. 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: distinguished composer/flautist/arranger Rowland Sutherland announces Saturday's One People One Voice Concert fundraiser for St Vincent Volcano Recovery and Debbie plays a glorious mix of both heavyweight and upcoming artists. Listen out for Angelique Kidjo, Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek and Bamba Fall. 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 Magical Stories of Old Britain - Rosie Ann Boxall. A collection of spoken word performances of traditional British folktales. Featuring 15 mythical stories, each told through the eyes of 5 contradicting characters. Whose story do you choose to believe? Directed and edited by Rosie Ann Boxall. For more information visit rosieannboxall.squarespace.com. [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. This month: we introduce Riccardo La Foresta, Italian percussionist and sound artist whose latest research questions the role of the drum as a percussive instrument. He presents recordings created playing the Drummophone with the breath, as well as a live excerpt, "a loud psychoacoustic drone set", of his recent Terraforma festival performance. 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. This week: a guest interview and mix by DJ/producer SDLR of Reloaded Sounds music label. 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.
