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A joyous exploration via music, guests and poetry for every feeling

Cerys curates you an eclectic playlist with jazz, blues, funk, soul and beats. William Sieghart shares a poem for every feeling and Alex Ho pays tribute to jazz Pianist Bill Evans.

Cerys curates you an eclectic playlist with jazz, blues, funk, soul and beats. William Sieghart shares a poem for every feeling and Alex Ho pays tribute to jazz Pianist Bill Evans.

This week Cerys brings you music from Brazil, Egypt, India, West Africa and the US, with classic tracks from Curtis Mayfield, Herbie Mann, Bonnie Dobson and Nat King Cole to set the perfect mood for your Sunday.

William Sieghart discusses his latest publication Everyone Sang: A Poem For Every Feeling and illustrated by Emily Sutton. William's recent work has been a series on Poetry Pharmacy, prescribing poems for various life problems and helping people navigate the vast genre of poetry. As an advocate for the medium, William set up National Poetry Day in 1994 and in 1992 he established the Forward Prizes for Poetry. William picks three tracks he loves and discusses his dream library.

British-Chinese composer and pianist Alex Ho pays tribute to American jazz pianist Bill Evans. In the early days of Bill's career he played in a backing band for Billie Holliday, wrote classical music to accompany William Blake's poetry and went on to record albums with Charles Mingus and play piano for Miles Davis before releasing solo material. Bill died in 1980, but his unique style and simplicity in his compositions still influence artists today.

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Sun 13 Feb 2022 10:00
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Music Played

  • Johnny Pate

    You're Starting Too Fast

    • Outrageous.
    • Polydor.
    • 8.

  • Έι΄Η²΅Γͺ

    Presença Forte (feat. Seu Jorge)

    • Na Veia.
    • Warner Music Brasil.

  • Laurie Lee

    The Abandoned Shade

    • The Jupiter Anthology Of 20th Century English Poetry Part II.
    • Jupiter Recordings.

  • Bickram Ghosh

    Theme For Leela

    • Avijatrik (The Wanderlust Of Apu).
    • Warner Music India.
    • 3.

  • Group Listening

    Five Hundred Miles

    • Clarinet & Piano: Selected Works, Vol. 2.
    • PRAH Recordings.
    • 9.

  • Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth For Christ Choir

    Like A Ship

    • Like A Ship... (Without A Sail).
    • Light in the Attic.
    • 1.

  • Ben McPeek & Bonnie Dobson

    Winter's Going

    • Bonnie Dobson.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 12.

  • Sam Evian

    Right Down The Line

    • Saddle Creek.

  • Herbie Mann

    Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty

    • Introducing Herbie Mann.
    • Rhino.
    • 009.

  • Zeca Pagodinho & Beth Carvalho

    CamarΓ£o Que Dorme A Onda Leva /SΓ£o JosΓ© De Madureira / Dor De Amor (Ao Vivo)

    • Zeca Pagodinho Ao Vivo.
    • Mercury.
    • 14.

  • Ken "Snakehips" Johnson

    Tuxedo Junction

    • Black British Swing: The African Diaspora's Contribution to England's Own Jazz o.
    • Topic.
    • 9.

  • EsbjΓΆrn Svensson Trio

    In Walked Bud

    • EST Plays Monk.
    • Superstudio Gul.

  • Nat King Cole

    Cole Capers

    • For Sentimental Reasons.
    • Dreyfus Jazz.
    • 8.

  • Bill Evans Trio

    Some Other Time

    • Waltz For Debby [Original Jazz Classics Remasters].
    • Original Jazz Classics.
    • 5.

  • Marie LaforΓͺt

    Mon Amour, Mon Ami

    • 1966-1968.
    • Universal Music Division Polydor.
    • 5.

  • Rodriguez

    Climb Up On My Music

    • Coming From Reality.
    • Clarence Avant Catalog.
    • 1.

  • Bill Evans

    Gloria's Step (take 2) [live]

  • Bill Evans

    I Loves You, Porgy

  • Bill Evans

    Little Lulu

    • Further Conversations With Myself.
    • Verve.
    • 6.

  • Rokia KonΓ© & Jacknife Lee

    Kurunba

    • Real World Records.

  • Janko NiloviΔ‡ & The Soul Surfers

    Tha Boogee

    • Maze Of Sounds.
    • Broc Records.

  • Stu Brown

    Happy Go Lively

    • Twisted Toons Vol. 2.
    • Lickety Split Music.

  • Khruangbin

    B-Side (feat. Leon Bridges)

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Synapson

    Toujours (feat. Tim Dup, Lass & Tim Dup & Lass)

    • Global Musique vol.1.
    • Elektra France.
    • 6.

  • Tamil Rogeon

    Banished

    • Son of Nyx.
    • Soul Bank Music.
    • 3.

  • Raffaella CarrΓ 

    A Far L'amour Comincia Tu

  • Omar Khorshid

    Pop Corn

    • Belly Dance, Vol. 3.
    • Parlophone.

  • Ashley Henry

    My Voice

    • MELANIN RECORDS.

  • Spell Songs

    Jay

    • Spell Songs II Let The Light In.
    • Thirty Tigers Worldwide..
    • 5.

  • Ernest Ranglin

    Surfin'

    • Summer Reggae.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc..
    • 11.

  • The Skatalites

    Swing Easy

    • Ball Of Fire.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 8.

  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Audrey

    • The Definitive.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Adrian Cox & Joe Webb

    Besame Mucho

    • Both Sides Now.
    • APP Records.

  • Aesop Rock, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔboy Sandman & Lice

    Ask Anyone

    • White Label (Self Released).

  • The Deirdre Wilson Tabac

    I Can't Keep from Cryin' Sometimes

    • The Deirdre Wilson Tabac.
    • Be With Records.

  • Songhoy Blues

    Al Hassidi (6 Music Fesitval 21st February 2015)

  • Four Tet

    As Serious As Your Life

    • As Serious As Your Life.
    • Domino Recording Co Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Here But I'm Gone

    • New World Order.
    • Warner Records.
    • 8.

  • All Saints

    Pure Shores

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 8.

  • Buck Owens

    I've Got A Tiger By The Tail

    • All-Time Greatest Hits.
    • Saguaro Road Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Feb 2022 10:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music