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Tom Allen鈥檚 takeover and The Sun Ra Arkestra鈥檚 mixtape

Comedian and long-time listener Tom Allen takes the reins, steering the Late Junction sleigh towards some of his musical favourites and sharing a mixtape from the Sun Ra Arkestra.

In this special festive edition of Late Junction, we hand over the musical reins to comedian and long-time listener Tom Allen. When not busy with comedy panel shows, hosting The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice or on tour with his award-winning standup, Tom is a keen appreciator of the weird and wonderful in music, and shares some of his sonic favourites with us alongside stories and cheer.

Drawn to things that are melancholic, maudlin or camp, he鈥檚 a big fan of renaissance choral music, sea shanties, traditional folk songs, and a new genre he鈥檚 coined 鈥楳edieval Emo鈥�. A Late Junction listener from his early teenage years, he shares some tracks he discovered via the show, as well as other songs close to his heart from the likes of Thomas Tallis, Sufjan Stevens and Kate Bush.

Plus there鈥檚 an exclusive mixtape from the legendary jazz collective The Sun Ra Arkestra. Founded in the 1950s by poet, philosopher and musical pioneer Sun Ra, the group is now led by the saxophonist Marshall Allen who, at 98 years old, has been in the group since its conception. The Arkestra鈥檚 vocalist Tara Middleton is in the driving seat for this mixtape, sharing songs from the collective鈥檚 history as well as vocal experiments, cosmic improvisations and jazz reflections.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Kate Bush

    Night Scented Stock

    • Never For Ever.
    • Parlophone.

  • Harry Christophers

    If Ye Love Me

    • Renaissance. Music For Inner Peace.
    • Decca.

  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Mycelia

    • Fossora.
    • One Little Independent Records.

  • Sun Ra Arkestra

    Chopin

    • Living Sky.
    • Omnisound.

  • Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins

    A Dream - Lowlands

  • Denson's Sacred Harp Singers of Arley, Alabama

    Protection

    • I'm on My Journey Home: Sacred Harp Singing, 1928鈥�-鈥�1934.
    • Death Is Not the End.

  • Andrew Bird

    Rare Birds

    • For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, Vol. IV.
    • The Birdsong Project.

  • Loraine James

    Building Something Beautiful For Me (Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc)

    • Phantom Limb.
    • PHNTM024X.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run

    • Illinois.
    • Rough Trade.

  • Carollers from the Black Bull, Ecclesfield

    Hark, Hark!

  • Trad.

    Hark Hark

    Music Arranger: Kate Rusby. Music Arranger: Damien O鈥橩ane.

  • Alkibar Jr.

    Adouna

    • Music from Saharan WhatsApp.
    • Sahel Sounds.

  • Matt Rogalsky

    For All The Ships At Sea

  • Shovel Dance Collective

    IV

    • The Water is the Shovel of the Shore.

  • Moomins

    Midwinter Rites

    • Finders Keepers Records.

  • Sun Ra Arkestra

    Night of the Living Sky

    • Living Sky.
    • Omni sound.

  • Sun Ra Arkestra

    Astro Black

    • Swirling.
    • Strut.

  • Sun Ra Arkestra

    Space Is The Place

    • Space Is The Place.
    • Jackpot Records.

  • Sun Ra Arkestra

    Island In The Sun

    • Space Is The Place.
    • Strut.

  • Desertion Trio

    I Hear A New World

    • Twilight Time.
    • Long Song Records.

  • Sweet Honey in the Rock

    Emergency

    • Sweet Honey In The Rock.
    • Flying Fish.

  • Joseph Keckler

    Strangers from the Internet

  • Sonic Liberation Front

    Speak Joy

  • Juliana Snapper

    You Who Will Emerge From The Flood

  • John Coltrane Quartet

    Harmonique

    • Harmonique / I'll Wait And Pray / Some Other Blues.
    • London American Recordings.

  • Les Baxter

    The Ancient Galleon

    • Jewels Of The Sea.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Vasco Mendon莽a & Drumming GP

    Play Off

    • Play Off.
    • Holuzam Portugal.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams & Richard Hickox

    Fantasia On Christmas Carols

    • Hodie, Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
    • EMI.

  • Kevin Burke

    The Mountain Road/Doctor Gilbert/McFadden's Handsome Daughter

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