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Nightingales Choir

Mary Anne talks to members of the WAST Nightingales choir, a group comprised of 17 female asylum seekers, about singing as a form of expression, unity and escape.

Mary Anne talks to members of the WAST Nightingales choir, a group comprised of seventeen female asylum seekers, about singing as a form of expression, unity and escape.

The Greater Manchester-based group, who formed in 2009 and won the Liberty Human Rights Arts Award last year, will be touring their new show, 'STILL WE RISE' in Manchester, Bury and Newcastle-upon-Tyne this April.

The choir acts as a support group for their members, and the aim of their performance is to alter the public's perceptions of asylum seekers in Britain.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 10 Apr 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Hot Chip

    Over And Over

    • EMI.
  • The Kills

    Doing It To Death

    • Domino Recording Co.
  • Broadcast

    Come On Let's Go

  • Pet Shop Boys

    The Pop Kids

    • X 2 RECORDS.
  • Chic

    I'll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers)

  • Little Richard

    Rip It Up

    • Speciality.
  • The Stooges

    1969

    • The Stooges.
    • Elektra.
    • 001.
  • Bob & Earl

    Harlem Shuffle

    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Beastie Boys

    No Sleep Till Brooklyn

  • Cassius

    Action (feat. Mike D & Cat Power)

    • Polydor/Interscope.
  • Janis Joplin

    Mercedes Benz

    • Columbia.
  • Misty in Roots

    True Rastaman

  • Animal Collective

    My Girls

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.
  • Roger Goula

    Awe

  • King Floyd

    Groove Me

    • Atlantic.
  • Yeasayer

    Silly Me

    • Mute Records.
  • The Isley Brothers

    Take Me To The Next Phase, Part 1

    • COLUMBIA.
  • Dial-a-Swede: Views on First Aid Kit

    • First Aid Kit

      You're Not Coming Home Tonight - 6Music Session 28/09/2009

  • PJ Harvey

    The Community Of Hope

    • Island Records.
  • The Doors

    Love Street

    • Elektra.
  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Chrysalis.
  • Mogwai

    Ether

    • Rock Action Records.
  • The Last Shadow Puppets

    Aviation

    • Domino.
  • Neutral Milk Hotel

    In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place To Go

    • Charly.
  • Sensational Space Shifters

    Louie Louie (6 Music Session, 11 Spe 2014)

  • Suede

    What I'm Trying To Tell You

    • Warners.
  • Domo Genesis

    Dapper (feat. Anderson .Paak)

  • Aidan Moffat Sings Happy Birthday...To Himself

    • Arab Strap

      The First Big Weekend

      • Chemikal Underground Records.
  • Elastica

    Waking Up

    • DECEPTIVE RECORDS.
  • WAST Nightingales Choir: Singing As Expression, Unity And Escape

    • Regina Spektor

      Fidelity

      • CD SINGLE.
      • Sire.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing To The Moon

    • RCA.
  • Jimmy Cliff

    Many Rivers To Cross

    • Telstar.
  • Beyond The Wizards Sleeve

    Diagram Girl

    • Phantasy.
  • Baaba Maal

    Gilli Men

  • Daughter

    How

    • 4AD.
  • The Pretty Things

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1964.
    • Premier.
  • Mystery Jets

    Bubblegum

    • Caroline International Ltd.
  • Fats Domino

    Goin' Home

  • Beth Orton

    Moon

    • Anti.
  • Sunriser

    • Ben Lukas Boysen

      Golden Times 1

      • Erased Tapes.
  • Jonathan Richman & MODERN LOVERS

    Roadrunner (Twice)

    • Essential.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Apr 2016 07:00