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12:00am - 1:00am
Tunes From 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 and https://tunesfromturtleisland.eu/ for more information. [Repeats 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
FrenchRockSampler
[Repeated from Saturday 9.30pm.] French underground, synth and progressive music of the 1970s, presented by Warren Hatter. Tweet to @frenchrocksmplr.
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 escapologist Dave Diamond, West End theatre performer Karen Holmes, and stand-up comedian Janis Haves. They discuss showbiz feuds. Topics include: a rival escape artist trying to mess up Dave’s act with potentially lethal consequences, 'Dance Mums' at competitions, magicians Craig Petty and Sean Haydon, whether a feud is actually 'good for business', and how/why one of the guests fell out with the nicest person in show business. For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
4:00am - 5:00am
From The Road
[Repeated from Tuesday 4pm.] A repeat of our series of music, anecdote and insight from legendary manager, record producer, and author Andrew Loog Oldham.
5:00am - 6:00am
Isotopica
[Repeated from Sunday 7pm.] Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. Visit theculture.net/ for more information. This week: Simon presents a selection of Contemporary Classical and New Music releases to ease our transition into the coming winter.
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. Early ElectroMIX is a series documenting the history of experimental electronic music from the '50s to the '80s in hope that these pioneers may not be forgotten. This week: Early ElectroMIX 6 with selections/mix: Philippe Petit. Including Piero Umiliani, Georges Teperino, Cécil Leuter, Louis and Bebe Barron, Hermann Heiss, John Pfeiffer, Emerson Meyers, Peter Zinovieff, Tristram Carry, Don Preston. For more information visit modulisme.info/sessions.
7:00am - 8:00am
Sitting With Gianluca
[Repeated from Sunday 6pm.] Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana. This week: to commiserate the closing of Bloodshot Records, Gianluca airs an archive conversation with co-founder Rob Miller from the Bloodshot HQ in Chicago. For 25 years the Bloodshot Records indie-rootsy-country-punk aesthetic brought us Justin Townes Earle, The Mekons, Ryan Adams, Alejandro Escovedo, Cory Branan, Neko Case, Old 97s, Jon Langford, William Elliott Whitmore, Andre Williams, Charlie Pickett and many more incredible artists.
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 episode features music from Baby Labour, Thinking Plague, The Molecules, Charlie Cawood, Knekklectric, Skywhale, Ensemble Et Al, new releases from Star Rover and Tamarisk. 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: Ben Hunt (Second Foundation Partners); Louis Gargour (LNG 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 Silvia talks to translator Fionn Petch about his translations from Spanish of authors Luis Sagasti, Renato Cisneros and Jorge Consiglio. With music from The Beatles and Glenn Gould. 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. [Repeats 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 endeavours to locate Herbie Mann’s genius for appropriation within its proper tropical disco context, with a little help from Deodato and Doc Severinsen. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on Twitter and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page. [RepeatsTuesday 7am.]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Talking Africa
A magazine show covering African development issues hosted by Sonny Decker. This week: the problem of (single use) plastic pollution in Africa. First broadcast 5 August 2021. See mixcloud.com/talkingafrica for more Talking Africa shows. [Repeats 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. This week: Kevin plays some archive field recorded versions of songs recorded by Martin Carthy on his 5th and 6th albums, Prince Heathen and Landfall. [Repeats Monday 12pm.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Down the Rabbit Hole
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm.] A monthly show celebrating the richness of children's books. In this episode, presenters Hannah Love and Sam Sedgman talk all things vampires, from Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the explosion of 'cute' vampires in children's books. They are joined by author Amy McCaw and author/illustrator Harriet Muncaster to discuss their recent vampire books. Visit http://dtrhradio.com for more information. Tweet @dtrhradio.
3:30pm - 3:50pm
In Our Element
[Repeated from Tuesday 7.30pm.] A poet’s inquiry into climate change presented by Linda France. This week: Episode 4 - Fire. How fossil fuels affect global heating and extreme weather and the legacy of coal mining and colonialism are discussed with Welsh language poet Menna Elfyn, Australian poet John Kinsella and climate campaigner Suzanne Dhaliwal. The Brothers Gillespie sing 'Tina’s Song', written for a group protesting against fracking in Lancashire. With poetry from Menna and Linda. Music by Joshua Green. Produced by Sonderbug, with New Writing North and Newcastle University and funded by the Audio Content Fund and Arts Council England. 4/10.
3:50pm - 4:00pm
Racial Equity And The City
[Repeated from Tuesday 7.50pm.] An eight part series recorded as part of the research project by Arup, ‘Racial Equity & the City: Experiences of people of colour in London’, looking at the relationship between the built environment and racial equity through the eyes of community members. Each episode is taken from a radio discussion between community members in Newham and Thamesmead, focusing on lived experiences and what action can be taken towards anti-racist city-making. This was made possible by Arup, Decosm and Social Broadcasts. The findings and insights from this research will be shared in a report on arup.com in October.
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: Hassan Khan is joined by Jo Fishwick, chair of VITalk - the charity for blind and partially sighted people. Jo shares her sight loss journey, and tells us about her flourishing charity. Contact abs.tripp@disabilitylambeth.org.uk. [Repeats 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: we are inspired by our Poetry and Storytelling cluster group, who have been exploring the themes of rituals and welcomes with poet and theatre maker, Adam Kammerling. Hosts Ron and Ros chat with Adam about his book and show, 'Seder'. The theme of rituals inspires the sounds in our mindful moment and throughout the episode, created by our sound editor Hannah Stewart. Presented by Ron Savill and Rosaline Muirhead. Produced by Sarah Philips and Hannah Stewart. A co-production by the Albany and Entelechy Arts. First broadcast 28 September 2021.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Pull the Plug
Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: it's almost Hallowe'en and Pull The Plug visits The Library Of The Occult for a spot of Satanic deviance; meddling with things best left buried. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook. [Repeats 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. Today: “The Conversion of J.P.” from Sun Ra’s album, Space Probe - A Tonal View of Times Tomorrow, 1974. Visit driftshift.blogspot.com for more information. [Repeats Saturday 11.30am.]
6:15pm - 6:30pm
Into The Moss
A 14 minute drift through original music, soundscapes and liminal yarns. Show archive at soundcloud.com/into-the-moss. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com. [Repeats 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: all new music - bar a couple of key tracks - with Ibibio Sound Machine, Irreversible Entanglements, Kayla Painter and Man Wazimu in the mix. Listen out for news of the Nubian Jak Blue Plaque for Fela Kuti in London. Visit outerglobe.co.uk for more information. Tweet to @outerglobe. [Repeats Sunday 4pm.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Hot Club du Monde
A Baedeker tour of international musical curiosities from the 78rpm era with Oliver Carter-Wakefield. This week: the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with stellar line-up comprising Rex Stewart, Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey and Benny Carter, klezmer from Tsarist Russia, the king of the gas-pipe clarinet, a stirring rendition of a tune by Kurt Weil, a hot but little-known band from Birmingham Alabama, plus, the Trinidadian government rum warehouse explodes. [Repeats Friday 2pm.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts. [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. [Repeats Sunday 1am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
SHAPE
New music monthly from the SHAPE Platform. Today: we focus on composer Lisa Stenberg from Stockholm. Lisa creates immersive instrumental and electroacoustic music unfolding and expanding in both time and space. She offers a mix of slow music focused on harmonic vibrations, timbre and texture. 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: new releases from Kenny Davis, M4xwell, Mr Skandal x Spleeneye, Big E.D, Dullah Beats, Earthspin Recordings, OS, Grindhouse, Random Dreddy, fresh dubs from Fench, and grime classics from DJ Eastwood, Dexplicit and DJ Garna. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @djbpm. [Repeats 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.