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Black History Month: Joy Dunlop in conversation with Angeline Morrison

Joy Dunlop is joined by Cornwall-based folk singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison to debut her new album Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience

The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience is the upcoming record by Cornwall-based folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison.

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. Angeline began to wonder if she could discover more about the lives of these ordinary and extraordinary Black ancestors, and create an album of songs in the sonic style of UK folk and traditional music, in the hope that this silent space could then begin to be filled with stories.

Releasing to commemorate Black History Month, this record is intended to honour these Black ancestors who lived in these islands. Angeline joins Joy Dunlop in studio to debut these powerful songs.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 Oct 2022 20:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland except Extra

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Music Played

  • Joan Armatrading

    Down To Zero

    • Joan Armatrading.

  • RURA

    The Lasher

    • Despite The Dark.
    • Rura Music.
    • 009.

  • Siobhan Miller

    Wild Mountain Thyme

    • Bloom.
    • Songprint Recordings.
    • 10.

  • Siskin Quartet

    The Peewit

    • Flight Paths.

  • Hushman

    She Climbs the Munros

    • Hushman.

  • Aoife O’Donovan & Jeremy Kittel

    Lakes of Pontchartrain

    • Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs).

  • Elephant Sessions

    Moonwake

    • For The Night.

  • Anne Martin & Ingrid Henderson

    Iomaraibh Eutrom

    • Nighean Nan Geug.

  • Der Flug der Liebe

    Auf Einem Baum Ein Kuckuk

    • EBU Recording.

  • Ostar Sound

    ±·²Ή±Ή²Ή°ω°ω΄Η’s

    • Single.

  • Telluric Translations

    Studio View Meets The Red House Reel

    • Telluric Translations.

  • Laura McGhee

    Jacobite Jigs

    • Arbroath Suite Unplugged.

  • The Mary Wallopers

    Cod Liver Oil + The Orange Juice

    • The Mary Wallopers.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Unknown African Boy (d.1830)

    • Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Black John

    • Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Cruel Mother Country

    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Travelling Folk Recording.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Go Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience.

  • CLR theory

    I’m Too Tired

  • Siobhan Miller feat. Kris Drever & Eddi Reader

    Wild Mountain Thyme

    • Bloom.

  • RURA

    The Lasher

    • Despite the Dark.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Oct 2022 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland except Extra