Wednesday 31st July
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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 isblackmusic.com. [Repeats Saturday 11pm.]
1:00am - 2:30am
The Sound Projector Radio Show
[Repeated from Friday 5.30pm.] A showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent. Tonight: a summer special and the last TSP episode of this season. The show is all 1960s records, including pop music, rock music, psychedelic rock, sunshine pop, garage bands, songs and easy listening instrumentals. An international survey of music which takes in Spain, Japan, and Bolivia, though mostly drawn from USA and UK. Visit thesoundprojector.com/radio-show/ for more information.
2:30am - 8:00am
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.
8:00am - 9:00am
Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] Interviews and music charting the musical life of artists. Robyn’s Rocket is a semi-regular night of live music and visual art at Café OTO. Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom is Robyn’s monthly radio show, offering a mix of chat with artists about their influences and experiences, with a selection of music under discussion. Transcript and track listing at www.robynrocket.com/zoomzoom.
9:00am - 10:00am
Lucky Cat
[Repeated from Monday 2pm.] If Wong Kar Wai had a radio show. Lucky Cat is a spicy chop suey of music and culture produced and presented by Zoë Baxter.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 8pm.] Stranger w/ Matthew Ward. A broadcast exploring the work of UK-based sound artist Matthew Ward and the compositions that have inspired the project. Stranger collages isolated street recordings and interviews conducted with chance encounters from around the world to create immersive soundscapes and audio essays. The project synthesises a wide-range of research areas including social documentary, surveillance, musique concrète, street photography, genre art and audio description.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Intoxica Radio Hour
Presented by Nick Brown and the Intoxica Records Radio Hour Choir, direct descendants of the Intoxica Records Shop. The show is dedicated to the dignity of vinyl, spotlighting Content Themes, specific artists' careers and generally playing the gloriously unheralded beat, soul and honkers of the 20th Century, all rendered on little slabs of black plastic. This week, music from the wired and wonderful world of Lori-Ann, The Exciting Sparklers and Frank Gorshin. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Farside Radio
Music from the catalogues of Far Side Music, the world's primary source for East Asian sounds, presented by Paul Fisher. Visit farsidemusic.com for more information. [Repeats Saturday 5.30pm.]
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Micro Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 10pm.] Shorter specials and one-off programmes.
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Gate Kicks
Introduced by DJ Ritchie Rich, multi-instrumentalist Duane aka Mr Amazing, and singer Labake Anisere, and produced by people with learning disabilities at the Gate Arts Centre, Gate Kicks covers art, music, dance, film, theatre and offers a hub where this truly underground art scene is exposed to a larger audience. [Repeats Monday 6pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week, three long pieces: "Even the Traffic & Chatter on Farringdon Road Sounded Beautiful" with Barbara Mukoda on flutes backed by Nick Lubran and Out To Lunch on acoustic guitars; "Non-Vascular Vectors in Bacterial Fluorescence" with Paul Moss on piano, Francois Moreau on double bass, OTL on Splash 'n' Klang and guitar with xenochronic drums by Peter Baxter; then the same drum track overdubbed by OTL with piano and guitar last Monday, "Kronik Zero Before Ye Break". "Sometimes you can be surprised!" Frank Zappa. [Repeats Sunday 1pm.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
SHAPE
[Repeated from Thursday 10.30pm.] New music from the SHAPE+ Platform. SHAPE+ is funded by the European Union. For more info visit shapeplatform.eu.
3:30pm - 4:30pm
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. Email ballingthejack1@gmail.com.
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Spizz FM
An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi. [Repeats Saturday 8am.]
5:30pm - 6:30pm
The Poet Of Whitechapel
The Poet of Whitechapel. A programme about the extraordinary life and work of the Yiddish poet Avram Nachum Stencl (1897-1983) who went from an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in southern Poland to the bohemian cafés of pre-war Berlin before finally escaping Nazi Germany to arrive in Whitechapel, the heart of the Jewish East End. He soon became London’s foremost Yiddish poet, founding the literary journal 'Loshn un Lebn' (Language and Life) and the weekly 'Friends of Yiddish' meetings at Toynbee Hall with its lively mixture of poetry, politics, literature and song, all part of his mission to keep the Yiddish language alive. Presented by Rachel Lichtenstein – author of Rodinsky's Room, On Brick Lane and Estuary – who continues to explore her deep connection with the Jewish East End, and featuring the many voices she has collected over the years of those who knew and loved Stencl. Produced by Patrick Bernard. Archive material courtesy of the BBC and BFI. For more information and a full list of credits visit: modernnature.productions/thepoetofwhitechapel. First broadcast 19 September 2022.
6:30pm - 7:30pm
A World In London
DJ Ritu MBE presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London. [Repeats Saturday 3.30pm.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
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 musical theatre actor Karen Holmes. In the final show before a summer break, the Arty Facts Crew countdown a Top 20 chart of all the theatre shows they have reviewed this year, commenting on what they liked and hated about each of them. Including: Alan Turing - A Musical Biography, Algorithms, Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical, Greatest Days – The Official Take That Musical, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!, Mincemeat, Police Cops: The Musical, The Ballad of Hattie and James, The Play That Goes Wrong, and The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch. Who will be crowned the winner and best show of 2024? And more importantly which production will win the coveted Arty Facts Worst Show of 2024 Award? For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
Mirror Lamp Press Issue 9: One thing mistaken for another. Mirror Lamp Press Issue 9 looks at the fallibility of language, mistakes in recognition, and an abundance of accidents across life, work and art. It includes writing by Marian Balfe, Jennie Taylor, Megan Hadfield, Day Magee, Lucie McLaughlin and Sara O'Brien, and artwork by Mollie Douthit. This audio counterpart to the issue launch features songs, clips and talk segments selected by the editors and contributors. Visit www.mirrorlamppress.com to freely download the magazine. [Repeats Thursday 10am.]
9:00pm - 9:30pm
K-Pop Journey
A weekly show dedicated to the phenomenon that is K-pop! Korean presenter Keissi takes you on a journey through Korean pop music from the 1990s to the present day. For more information visit K-Pop Journey on Facebook. For archive shows visit keissi.com/radioarchive. [Repeats Sunday 4.30am.]
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Club Integral Radio Show
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 concert series in London. [Repeats Friday 12am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Rockfort
[Repeated from Tuesday 7.30pm.] David McKenna presents the best in underground and out of left-field French music.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Fog Cast
A series of late night deep listening soundtracks presented by Robin The Fog. Further details at: robinthefog.com. [Repeats Sunday 2.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Tunes From Turtle Island
New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu. [Repeats Saturday 8.30pm.]