A Joyous Exploration: La Sonora Santanera in Session
Cerys welcomes Mexican band La Sonora Santanera live in session from Maida Vale and chats to poet Mary Jean Chane about their second book, Bright Fear.
Cerys welcomes Mexican band La Sonora Santanera live in session from Maida Vale. La Sonora Santanera is an orchestra playing unique big band style music with 68 years of history. They are widely regarded as one of the most influential Mexican music bands of all time, as founders of the Mexican tropical style, with elements of mambo, cha cha cha, bolero, cumbia and merengue, featuring trumpets.
She also chats to poet Mary Jean Chan about their second book, Bright Fear. Mary Jean Chan is a Hong Kong-Chinese poet, lecturer, editor and critic whose debut poetry collection, Fl¨¨che, won the 2019 Costa Book Award in the poetry category. Mary Jean¡¯s second book, Bright Fear, was published on 3rd August 2023 via Faber.
Plus we learn about being a silent film pianist from Neil Brand, revisit the sound of the Earth Magnetosphere with Dr Robert Alexander via Lauren Laverne's Breakfast show, A decade since her death we pay tribute to the late Bi Kidude, the Zanzibari-born Tanzanian Taarab singer and Belize author and librarian Felene M Cayeteno tells us what she¡¯s up to ahead of this year¡¯s Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Ellie Wilson
Unnamed Unseen
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Bonnie ¡°Prince¡± Billy
Like It Or Not
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Andy Bell & Masal
Hallogallo (live)
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This Is the Kit
This Is What You Did
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Terence Lam
Ò»ÈËÖ®¾³ (Solitude)
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Echo Juliet
Red Sun
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Gentle Nature
Auras
- The Originals 3.
- Golden Rules.
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The Natural Yogurt Band
It's Gonna Be Alright
- BMM Records.
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Asta Hiroki
Never Lose An Opportunity
- Folded Music.
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Miguel Atwood©\Ferguson
Airavata
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Bi Kidude
Alaminadura
- Buda musique.
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Raze Regal & White Denim Inc
Ashley Goudeau
- Bella Union.
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Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble
Toss The Feathers
- Peggy's Dream.
- Faction Records.
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Mirror Tree
300 Miles
- INNOVATIVE LEISURE.
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La Sonora Santanera
El Orangutan (6 Music Session, 17th September 2023)
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La Sonora Santanera
Perfume De Gardenias (6 Music Session, 17th September 2023)
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La Sonora Santanera
Los Luchadores (6 Music Session, 17th September 2023)
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Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
Theme From "A Fistful Of Dollars"
- All-Time Greatest Movie Themes & Schemes.
- RCA Records Label.
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Cornelia Murr & Alice Boman
Heart of Scorpio
- Heart of Scorpio.
- Play It Again Sam.
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Cat Power
Ballad Of A Thin Man
- She Belongs To Me / Ballad Of A Thin Man.
- Domino Recording Co.
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I Just Don't Understand
- On the Way Up!.
- Poppydisc.
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Neil Brand
Ragtime
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Pratibha Singh Baghel & Paras Nath
Hawa Ke Jaisa Guzar Gaya Wo
- Lafz Bheege Hain.
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- Sun 17 Sep 2023 10:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 6 Music