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A selection of strange sounds discovered via a connection with the women that raised us and music from J贸hann J贸hannsson鈥檚 contemporary classical record The Miners鈥� Hymns.

To celebrate Mother鈥檚 Day, we asked some of our favourite freaky artists and children of The Zone, including experimental singer Keeley Forsyth and spoken word artist Tenesha The Wordsmith, to play tracks they discovered through their Mums. This week鈥檚 featured album is Icelandic composer J贸hann J贸hannsson鈥檚 2011 experimental contemporary classical record, The Miners鈥� Hymns. It鈥檚 an illuminating musical elegy to the now extinct industry and mining communities of North East England.

Additional obscure offerings come in the form of radiophonic pop, Liverpudlian devotional music and Ukranian pyschadelic folk recorded in an abandoned park in Kiev.

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麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • John Baker

    Tom Tom

    • The John Baker Tapes Volume 1.
    • Trunk Records.

  • John Baker

    Codename

    • The John Baker Tapes.
    • Trunk Records.

  • The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus

    I Carry The Sun

  • Svitlana Nianio & Oleksandr Yurchenko

    Untitled 1

    • Znayesh Yak? Rozkazhy.
    • Night School.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    They Be Dead Yet Speaketh

    • The Miners' Hymns.
    • NTOV.

  • Gracie Fields

    Ave Maria

    • Sing As We Go.
    • Cedar.

  • Sheb Wooley

    The Purple People Eater

    • MGM.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Dolcemente Ambigua

    • Peur Sur La Ville.
    • Music Box Records.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Freedom From Want Or Fear

    • The Miners' Hymns.
    • NOTV.

  • Genesis

    Cinema Show

    • Selling England by the Pound.
    • Charisma.

  • Minnie Riperton

    Reasons

    • Perfect Angel.
    • Epic.

  • The Soft Pink Truth

    We

    • Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?.
    • Thrill Jockey.

  • Cucina Povera

    Salvia Salvatrix

    • Tyyni.
    • Night School Records.

  • Ambient Harp Afternoon

    Cloud Formations

  • The Roches

    We

    • The Roches.
    • Warner Bros. Records.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    The Cause Of Labour Is The Hope Of The World

    • The Miners鈥� Hymns.
    • NOTV.

  • Manitas de Plata

    Manitas de Plata with Dali 1967

  • Gaika

    Spectacular Anthem (6 Music Session, 6th March 2020)

  • Return to Forever

    Vulcan Words

    • Where Have I Known You Before.
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Mar 2020 20:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music