Must be the blues...
Verity Sharp shares a selection of blues-tinged sounds from across the musical universe - from Chicago to Bamako, Wangkatjungka to Casablanca.
Sometimes you just need to lean into the blues… Verity Sharp shares a selection of blues-tinged sounds from across the musical universe.
There’s intimate country-blues from Aboriginal Australian Kankawa Nagarra, Queen of the Bandaral Ngadu Delta, gospel-infused recordings made in her home of Wangkatjungka. While in Morocco, the foremost female ambassador of Gnawa music, Asmâa Hamzaoui, offer up a distinctive take on desert blues with her group Bnat Timbouktou. Plus a novel collaboration between Chicago and Bamako, featuring American jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell and Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko.
Elsewhere, Canadian Sarah Davachi's latest work for pipe organ takes inspiration from the myth of Orpheus; and we've sonic reflections on the meaning of life from Nigerian electronic musician and violist Ibukun Sunday.
Produced by Kit Callin
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Kankawa Nagarra
Wirlmarni
- Wirlmarni.
- Mississippi Records.
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Polski Piach
Modern Fog
- Anomalia.
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KOKOKO!
Butu Ezo Ya
- BUTU.
- Transgressive.
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Associated Sine Tone Services
001000
- Associated Sine Tone Services.
- Flag Day Recordings.
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Faraualla
Un Due Tre Amen!
- Culla e Tempesta.
- ZERO NOVE NOVE.
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Ibukun Sunday
Arrayed on the battlefield
- harmony/balance.
- Phantom Limb.
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HUUUM
Kahlse
- Huuum.
- Accidental Meetings.
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Xylouris White
Ascension
- The Sisypheans.
- Drag City.
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Sarah Davachi
Night horns excerpt
- The Head As Form​’​d In The Crier​’​s Choir.
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The Haar
Wild Rover
- Where Old Ghosts Meet.
- Under The Eaves Records.
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Asmâa Hamzaoui
Lalla Aicha 1
- ³¢â€™b²Ô²¹³Ù.
- Ajabu Germany.
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Simon Knighton
Natural Environments No. 1
- Sound Sculptures, Dynamical Systems, Natural Environments.
- nonclassical.
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Ali Doğan Gönültaş
Nedendir
- °±ð²â±ð²âî.
- Tikabasa Muzik.
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Emile Mosseri & Sam Gendel
Teeth
- Hardy Boys.
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Josh Johnson
Telling You
- Unusual Object.
- Northern Spy US.
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Mokotron
TATAU O TE PŌ (Hasji Remix)
- THE UNITED TRIBES OF BASS.
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Marija KovaÄević
Piscina 1
- Piscina 1.
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Nicole Mitchell & Ballaké Sissoko
Tolotai
- Bamako Chicago Sound System.
- FPE Records.
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Viki Steiri
Thread
- Balm.
- Alien Jams.
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Tears OV
The Other
- The Other.
- Collapsing Drums.
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Miranda Rutter
The Mistle Thrush
- Bird Tunes.
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Tinariwen
Azawad
- Azawad.
- Wedge.
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- Fri 23 Aug 2024 22:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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