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Angeline Morrison's songs of black British experience

Songwriter Angeline Morrison talks from Cornwall about her new album.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, songwriter Angeline Morrison talks about her new album.

'The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience' features new songs, written by Angeline, to tell the stories of black British lives, which have historically been overlooked.

Angeline says: 'The traditional songs of the UK are rich with storytelling, and you can find songs with examples of almost any kind of situation or person you can think of. But whilst people of the African diaspora have been present in these islands since at least Roman times, their histories are little known – and these histories don’t tend to appear in the folk songs of these islands.'

The album is produced by Eliza Carthy and hopes to offer the folk scene a new set of stories to sing.

Originally from Birmingham and now living in Cornwall, Angeline Morrison was recently awarded Cambridge Folk Festival's annual Christian Raphael Prize for emerging talent. She will perform on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two's 'Later... with Jools Holland' on Saturday 15 October.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Oct 2022 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Robert Plant

    Bluebirds Over The Mountain (feat. Chrissie Hynde & Seth Lakeman)

    • Carry Fire.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Eva Coyle

    Mo Chuisle (My Pulse)

    • Down To The Shore.

  • John McCusker

    Shane O'Farrell / The Green Hollow

    • The Best of John McCusker.

  • The Young'uns

    Three Dads Walking

    • Tiny Notes.
    • Hudson Records.

  • Jonny Nutt

    Flying Kites

    • Flying Kites.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Black John

    • The Sorrow Songs - Folk Songs of Black British Experience.
    • Topic.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Mad-Haired Moll O'Bedlam

    • The Sorrow Songs - Folk Songs of Black British Experience.
    • Topic.

  • Breabach

    Lochanside

    • ΉσΓ ²υ.

  • The Academy of St Martin In The Fields with conductor Sir Neville Marriner

    Intermezzo - My Bonny Boy (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

    • Vaughan Williams Orchestral Works.
    • Decca.

  • Nathan Abshire

    Fee-Fee Poncho

    • Swallow Louisiana Cajun Special Volume 2.

  • John Smith & Katherine Priddy

    Talk to Me of Mendocino

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Oct 2022 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2