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Cabaret Collages and Ethio-Jazz Riffs

Verity Sharp shares sound collages from People Like Us, Hailu Mergia’s Ethio-jazz riffs and a Tuareg power anthem from Mdou Moctar.

Verity Sharp shares some nostalgic Ethio-jazz riffs from the 70s by master keyboardist Hailu Mergia, as well as new music from legendary Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar, which reflects on West Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers. Elsewhere there’s cultural commentary in the shape of surreal sound collages from Vicki Bennett aka People Like Us, avant-garde folk from Newcastle’s Cath and Phil Tyler, and a new reissue of jazz singer and vocal innovator Jeanne Lee’s first solo album Conspiracy, one of the greatest free-form albums of the 1970s.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

2 hours

Last on

Fri 21 May 2021 23:00

Music Played

  • Hailu Mergia & The Walias

    Mestirawi Debdabe

    • Tezeta.
    • AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA.
  • Lion's Drums

    Alouatta (hembra)

    • Kagabas.
    • Lion's Drums.
  • Belton Sutherland

    Blues #2

    • Alan Lomax's American Patchwork.
    • Mississippi Records.
  • Lyra Pramuk & Rani Jambak

    Restore

  • PDP III

    Channel 3

    • Pilled Up On A Couple Of Doves.
    • Shelter Press.
  • Leo Chadburn

    Vapour Descriptors

    • Slower / Talker.
  • MNTH

    Trapaceiro

    • MNTH.
    • Mais Um.
  • jaimie branch

    theme 001

    • FLY or DIE LIVE.
    • International Anthem.
  • Emiszatett

    Curious Force

    • Earis.
    • IMPAKT Köln.
  • People Like Us

    Push the Clouds Away

    • Welcome Abroad.
    • Discrepant.
  • Acid Twilight

    Esoteric Ghost

    • ³§â€‹/​T.
    • Not Not Fun Records.
  • Mdou Moctar

    Tala Tannam

    • Afrique Victime.
    • Matador.
    • OLE1614LP.
  • Ignatz

    Unknown

    • You Can't See Me.
    • KRAAK.
  • Jap Kasai

    sako ondo

    • OWN ℃.
    • CHINABOT.
  • Mark Fell & Rian Treanor

    Excerpt

    • Last exit to Chickenley.
    • Boomkat Editions / Documenting Sound.
  • Jeanne Lee

    Yeh Come t'be

    • Conspiracy.
    • moved-by-sound.
  • Kasai Allstars

    The Goat's Voice

    • Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound.
    • Crammed Discs.
  • Isambard Khroustaliov

    Doctrine

    • Transhuman Harmolodics.
    • Not Applicable.
  • Cath & Phil Tyler

    Warfare

    • Some Heavy Hand.
  • Joshua Abrams

    A Lucky Stone

    • Natural Information.
    • Eremite Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 May 2021 23:00

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