Winter Solstice dreams鈥� with Zakia
Zakia marks the longest, darkest night with a selection of sounds for the Winter Solstice. There鈥檚 frosty folk, icy ambience and some old classics to warm your cockles.
DJ, broadcaster, writer and dreamer Zakia Sewell provides the soundtrack to your dreams - playing music to ease the mind, soothe the soul, and open portals to new dimensions鈥�
This weekend brought the Winter Solstice - the longest, darkest night of the year - and to mark the occasion, Zakia shares dreamy sounds for the bleak midwinter. Come for the alternative festive soundtrack, stay for the bells - there鈥檒l be selections of frosty folk, icy ambience and of course some old classics to warm your cockles from the likes of Marvin Gaye and Joni Mitchell. Plus plenty of tracks to shine a light through these dark days, with music around rebirth, renewal and the return of the light.
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Deben Bhattacharya
Welcoming Song From Kalveala
- Music From The Far North.
- Argo.
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Gereon Piller & Gerhard Krause
Blue Winter
- European Primitive Guitar (1974鈥�-鈥�1987).
- NTS.
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Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet
Winter Moods
- Ubuntu Music.
- Inspiration Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet.
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Loren Auerbach with Bert Jansch
Frozen Beauty
- Colours are Fading Fast.
- Earth.
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Dick Gaughan
The Snows They Melt the Soonest
- Handful of Earth.
- Topic.
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Laura Cannell
O Ignee Spiritus
- Brawl Records.
- The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined.
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Nico
Frozen Warnings
- The Marble Index.
- Elektra.
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Robin Ward
Winter's Here
- Winter鈥檚 Here / Bobby.
- Dot Records.
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Joni Mitchell
Shadows And Light
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns.
- Asylum.
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Nico Georis
Ice Crystals
- Cloud Suites.
- Leaving Records.
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Suzanne Menzel
What a Winter's Day
- Goodbyes and Beginnings.
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Paul Winter Sextet
Winter's Song
- Paul Winter Sextet.
- Columbia.
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The Ahmad Jamal Trio
Snowfall
- The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62.
- Mosaic Records.
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The Second Hand Orchestra
Silent Night
- SLOW, this is Christmas!.
- Sing a Song Fighter.
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Rosalie Sorrels
Winter Song
- Folk Songs of Idaho and Utah.
- Folkways Records.
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Blind Willie McTell
Cold Winter Day
- Cold Winter Day / Lay Some Flowers On My Grave.
- Decca.
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Alan Mills
When the Ice Worms Nest Again
- Canada's Story in Song.
- Folkways Records.
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Deben Bhattacharya
Beloved's Arms
- Music From The Far North.
- Argo.
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Gaudete
Steeleye Span
- Below the Salt.
- Chrysalis.
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叠箩枚谤办
Frosti
- Vespertine.
- One Little Indian Records.
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Kate Bush
50 Words For Snow
- 50 Words for Snow.
- ANTI-.
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Daisy Rickman
Winter Solstice
- Howl.
- Leyline.
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Vashti Bunyan
Coldest Night Of The Year
- Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind 鈥� Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967.
- FatCat Records.
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Carmen Villain
Everything Without Shadow
- Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita.
- Geographic North.
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Nikki Giovanni
Winter Poem
- The Reason I Like Chocolate and Other Children Poems.
- Smithsonian Folkways Records.
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Steve Roden
stars of ice
- stars of ice.
- Room40.
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Drum & Lace
Frost
- Frost.
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Mary Stark
Holly & Ivy
- Folklore Tapes Calendar Customs Box-Set.
- Folklore Tapes.
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Bas抬ak Gu虉nak
Porous
- Rewilding.
- Subtext Recordings.
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Enya
And Winter Came...
- And Winter Came....
- Warner Bros. Records.
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Marvin Gaye
Purple Snowflakes
- Christmas in the City.
- Motown Master Series.
Broadcast
- Sun 22 Dec 2024 22:00大象传媒 Radio 6 Music