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Lonnie Holley鈥檚 mixtape

Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from Atlanta-based artist, educator and cosmic ponderer Lonnie Holley alongside distorted drone riffs and South Sea Island spirituals.

Verity Sharp shares the latest Late Junction mixtape from Atlanta-based artist, educator and cosmic ponderer Lonnie Holley. Since 1979, Holley has devoted his life to the practice of improvisational creativity, first as a visual artist and later developing his musical practice. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Jim Crow era, Holley鈥檚 early life was nothing short of chaotic, moving between foster homes (infamously traded at one point for a bottle of whiskey), working various jobs, from picking up litter to digging graves, and losing his home to an expansion of the local airport. He also did time at a notorious juvenile facility, the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, in Mount Meigs, which he documents on his latest album Oh Me Oh My. With this latest record, Holley鈥檚 stream-of-consciousness lyrics are distilled to their core, offering a profound exploration of our place in the cosmos, how we relate to one another, overcome adversity and care for our planet. Or, as Holley would say: 鈥淭humbs up for Mother Universe鈥�.

Elsewhere in the show we hear from this year鈥檚 guest director of Brighton Festival, Nabihah Iqbal, introducing an exclusive live recording from experimental ensemble SUROOR ahead of their performance. Plus New York rock band 厂蚕脺搁尝 tread the line between delicacy and devastation with their music for big drums and distorted guitars and we delve into a new collection of South Sea Island spirituals.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
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Music Played

  • 厂蚕脺搁尝

    Berlin '87

    • Silver Haze.
    • Sacred Bones Records.

  • Lonnie Holley

    Earth Will Be There (feat. Moor Mother)

    • Oh Me Oh My.
    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Temps

    partygatorresurrection (feat. Open Mike Eagle, me oh myriorama, Montaigne, Low Growl, bb tombo)

    • PARTY GATOR PURGATORY.
    • Bella Union.

  • Francisco L贸pez

    Iteration 3

    • Unexplained Sounds Group.
    • Dynamo.

  • Ol Sing Blong Plantesen

    Lae Lae

    • Ol Sing Blong Plantesen.
    • Wantok Musik.

  • Azymuth

    Castelo (Version 1)

    • Demos (1973鈥�-鈥�75) Volumes 1&2.
    • Far Out Recordings.

  • 诲谤酶苍别

    Altamira

    • The Long Song.
    • Pomperipossa Records.

  • Ivor Cutler

    I'm Going in a Field

    • Ludo.
    • Parlophone.

  • Laurence Crane, Mark Knoop & Juliet Fraser

    Natural World (extract)

    • Natural World.
    • Another Timbre.

  • Lonnie Holley鈥檚 mixtape

    • Brother Theotis Taylor

      Somebody's Gone

      • Brother Theotis Taylor.
      • Mississippi Records.

    • Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou

      The Homeless Wanderer

      • 脡thiopiques 21: Piano Solo.
      • Buda Musique.

    • Mal Devisa

      Fire

      • kiid.
      • Topshelf Records.

    • Pharoah Sanders

      Thembi

      • Thembi.
      • Impulse!.

    • Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes

      You'll Never Get To Heaven

      • Music For Saxofone & Bass Guitar.
      • Leaving Records.

    • Daniel Lanois

      Tamboura Jah

      • Flesh And Machine.
      • Anti-.

    • Erykah Badu

      Didn't Cha Know

      • Mama's Gun.
      • Motown.

  • Nichola Scrutton

    Fuzz Grain (feat. Nalini Chetty)

    • Night Vision.

  • Colin Stetson

    When we were that what wept for the sea

    • When we were that what wept for the sea.

  • Natalia Beylis

    Voice from Graceland, Sligo

    • Library of Sticks.
    • Artsy Records.

  • Amiira

    Ways of Paradox

    • Curious Objects.
    • Arjunamusic Records.

  • Divide and Dissolve

    Blood Quantum

    • Systemic.
    • Invada Records UK.

  • SUROOR

    Live @ CTM

    • Live @ CTM.

  • Ignacio La Conga

    Abran Cancha

    • Abran Cancha.
    • Eck Echo.

  • Horace Ferguson

    Slave

    • Sensi Addict.
    • Death Is Not The End.

  • Skylla

    The shine of gold was too strong (M8)

    • Skylla.
    • Vula Viel Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Apr 2023 23:00
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