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A Joyous Exploration of Sound with Dr Susan Rogers

Cerys curates an eclectic Sunday selection and chats to Prince's chief engineer turned doctor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers about her book, This is What it Sounds Like.

Cerys curates an eclectic Sunday selection from her record collection of new discoveries, classics and hidden gems.

This week Cerys' guest is Prince's chief engineer turned Dr of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers, who tells us about her book This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You. As one of the most successful female sound engineer and multi-platinum record producers, Susan worked on Prince's albums between 1983 and 1988 which include Purple Rain and Sign O' The Times. She has also worked with David Byrne and Barenaked Ladies. Now Susan is a Professor of Music Cognition at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Cerys welcomes Columbian salsa legend Fruko to the studio Columbian with pianist Ivan Guevara and British cellist and conductor Graham Walker. Together hey are members of Classico Latino, a ten piece band which blends classical and latino music. Ivan and Graham met whilst studying at Cambridge University and enjoy the challenges of learning new rhythms and blending genres, cultures and styles.

After the news of Shane MacGowan's passing this week, Cerys pays tribute to the Pogues singer, recalling the time she sang at his birthday party and delves into the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive to hear Shane talking on how Irish culture lead to the band's formation. Plus we learn about Teesdale's special flora with botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw.

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Music Played

  • Lucius

    Let The Games Begin

    • The Buccaneers: Season 1 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack).
    • Interscope Records.
    • 2.

  • Toe Fat

    That's My Love for You

    • Bad Side Of The Moon: An Anthology 1970-1972.
    • Esoteric.
    • 1.

  • Kronos Quartet & Laurie Anderson

    Dreams

    • Landfall.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.

  • Dan Brown

    Nomad (feat. Norman Willmore)

    • Greenside Records.

  • Jean Knight

    Mr Big Stuff

    • Stax Greatest Hits.
    • Stax.

  • Kara Jackson

    rat

    • September Recordings.

  • Charlotte AdigΓ©ry & Bolis Pupul

    Ich Mwen

    • Topical Dancer.
    • Because Music.
    • 6.

  • Venna, Yussef Dayes & Marco Bernardis

    Sicily' Box (feat. Rocco Palladino)

    • Believe International.

  • Villagers & Lisa Hannigan

    Little Drummer Boy

    • Domino.

  • The Bug Club

    Mister Do You Have The Time For Sittin'?

    • Rare Birds: Hour of Song.
    • Bingo Records.
    • 33.

  • Barclay James Harvest

    Good Love Child

    • Barclay James Harvest.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 5.

  • Classico Latino, Fruko & Omar Puente

    El Preso

    • Classico Latino Recordings.

  • Afro-Cuban All Stars

    Amor verdadero

    • A Toda Cuba Le Gusta.
    • World Circuit.
    • 1.

  • Classico Latino & Fruko

    Son Del Tren

    • Classico Latino Recordings.

  • ConchΓΊr White

    Righteous (Why Did I Feel Like That?)

    • Righteous (Why Did I Feel Like That?).
    • Bella Union.
    • 1.

  • Quinn Oulton

    100 Degrees (feat. Reuben James, Linden Jay & Reuben James & Linden Jay)

    • Deep Matter Records.

  • LΓ¦titia Sadier

    Une Autre Attente

    • Duophonic Super 45s.

  • The Pogues

    A Pair Of Brown Eyes

  • The Pogues

    The Broad Majestic Shannon

    • If I Should Fall from Grace with God (Expanded Edition).
    • WM UK.
    • 12.

  • Hank Wangford & Noel Dashwood

    Fingers

    • Promises Promises.
    • Sincere Sounds.
    • 6.

  • George 'Kid Sheik' Cola

    The Sheik of Araby

    • Kid Sheik's First European Tour 1963 (feat. Sammy Rimington, Jack Weddell, Paul.
    • 504 Records.
    • 12.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Stand!

    • Stand.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 9.

  • Prince

    I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.

  • Curtis Harding

    Wednesday Morning Atonement

    • Anti/Epitaph.

  • AVAWAVES

    Nan's Theme

    • The Buccaneers: Season 1 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack).
    • Apple Video Programming, LLC under exclusive license to Interscope Records.
    • 1.

  • Tom Waits

    Yesterday Is Here

    • Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster).
    • Island Records.
    • 7.

  • Teresin Jaen

    El PΓ΅jaro Negro

    • Historia Musical, Vol. 1.
    • Tamayo Records.

  • Tom Paley's Old-Time Moonshine Revue

    Sally in the Garden AKA Hog-Eye

    • Roll on, Roll On.
    • Ace Records.
    • 4.

  • Iko ChΓ©rie

    Le Jardin Des Plantes

    • Elefant Records.

  • Melba Liston, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Slide Hampton, Ray Bryant, George Tucker & Frank Dunlop

    Christmas Eve

    • Melba Liston and Her 'Bones.
    • Fresh Sound Records.
    • 1.

  • Natalie Duncan

    Let Go Release

    • Fallen Tree 1Hundred.

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Dec 2023 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music