29/09/2019
Ricky is joined by poets Lemn Sissay and Hannah Lavery, writer and activist Kevin Williamson and the musician Jamie Lawson, who plays live on the show.
Live music from ‘Wasn’t Expecting That’ singer Jamie Lawson, offerings of poetry, and a specially selected playlist from Ricky, provides a much needed respite this Sunday morning. Poet, author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay discusses the scars of a childhood spent in care, the subject of his memoir, ‘My Name is Why’. And with Black History Month coming up, Lemn joins Scottish poet and performer Hannah Lavery to explore Britain’s relationship with its colonial past and how that impacts on current attitudes towards race. The poetic line-up continues as Hannah and Kevin Williamson, writer and publisher, share their love for verse and speak about its power. Plus the words so sublime they must be passed on.
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Music Played
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Learning to Fly
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Survival
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Michael Kiwanuka
Black Man In A White World
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Van Morrison
She Gives Me Religion
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Yola
Shady Grove
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Betty Wright
Clean Up Woman
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Andrew Gold
Never Let Her Slip Away
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Joan Armatrading
Willow – UK single edited version
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Jamie Lawson
Wasn’t Expecting That
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Jamie Lawson
Where Have All The Good Vibrations Gone
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Ella Fitzgerald
I’m A Poached Egg Without Toast
Broadcast
- Sun 29 Sep 2019 10:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland