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Verity Sharp shares our latest collaboration session, recorded live in the studio, between east London duo Stick in the Wheel and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Angliss. Together, the three musicians respond to the work of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams as part of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3’s celebrations marking 150 years since his birth. Drawing from the composer’s A London Symphony as a starting point, their collaboration explores a joint interest in urban folklore and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s connection to the capital where the three artists all live and work.

Sarah Angliss’s music explores the intersections between her lifelong interests in European folksong and cybernetics. A classically trained composer, Sarah has made a name for herself performing on the UK folk scene. She is particularly renowned for her skills on recorder, theremin and keyboard as well as her own DIY robotic instruments. This session also provides a rare opportunity for an outing for her portative organ.

Stick in the Wheel explore the parallels between the past and present using a mix of traditional and electronic instruments, fronted by vocalist Nicola Kearey alongside guitarist Ian Carter. Their approach to folk music is firmly rooted in the urban, drawing from their East London working-class heritage. They sing and perform both their own compositions and traditional songs, with their latest album Tonebeds for Poetry exploring the sounds of the city and the struggle of its communities.

Elsewhere in the show, a response to recent flooding in Brisbane from Australian producer Timothy Fairless and music from the Sahel recorded on a mobile phone.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3