Sinner-Songwriters
Things get sinful as Jennifer Lucy Allan explores the dark underbelly of music, from bawdy blues and feral folk to crude calypso and naughty North Carolina mountain singing.
Throughout history, in every corner of the world and across musical genres, there have been tales of sinful deeds and bad behaviour. For a special sinful episode of Late Junction, Jennifer Lucy Allan digs into the dark underbelly of music to shine a light on some of these tales of immorality.
There¡¯ll be bawdy blues from Japanese folk musician Kan Mikami, and feral folk from Geordie troubadour Richard Dawson inspired by an unruly school trip to Featherstone castle in Northumberland. There¡¯s a collaboration from early calypso recording stars Lord Executor and Atilla The Hun comparing their favoured vices, and some naughty ballads from the North Carolina mountains recorded in 1939.
Plus elsewhere, new releases from the likes of Montr¨¦al sonic experimenter Kee Avil, rumba rhythms from Sao Tom¨¦ and Principe group ?frica Negra, and a collection of the voice works of American composer Charlie Morrow.
Produced by Katie Callin and Gabriel Francis.
A Reduced Listening production for Â鶹Éç Radio 3.
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Lingua Ignota
The Sacred Linament Of Judgment
- Sinner Get Ready.
- Sargent House.
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Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie
Omie Wise
- Ever Since We've Known It: More North Carolina Mountain Singing.
- Death Is Not The End.
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Kee Avil
Devil's Sweet Tooth
- Crease.
- Constellation.
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ÈþÉÏŒˆ
Kerosene Stove For Two
- I'm The Only One Around.
- Black Editions.
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Church Universal and Triumphant, Inc.
Dedication To The Tackling Of The Beast And The Dragon - The Momentum Of Rock... (feat. Elizabeth Clare Prophet)
- The Sounds Of American Doomsday Cults.
- Faithways International.
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Ibukun Sunday
Saints and Sinners
- The Last Wave.
- Phantom Limb.
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Paul Rooney
Sunday Best
- Futile Exorcise.
- Owd Scrat.
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Coco Em
Land (Black) First (feat. Sisian & Kasiva)
- Kilumi.
- ±õ²Ô¹ó¾±²Ô¨¦.
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Un Dos Tres y Fuera
Aquella Noche
- Aquella Noche.
- El Palmas Music.
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Male singers
Men's Beer Drinking song, Kenya
- Music of Kuria and the Gusii of Western Kenya.
- Folkways Records.
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A. L. Lloyd
A Jug Of This
- English Drinking Songs.
- Riverside Records.
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Stephen C. Cheng
Two Drinking Songs: One Cup of Wine / Ten Cups of Wine (medley)
- Flower Drum and Other Chinese Folk Songs.
- Monitor Records.
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Gordon Easton
The Drunken Piper
- Celtic Mouth Music.
- Ellipsis Arts.
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Hinako Omori & Alison Cotton
Undulation
- LATE JUNCTION COLLABOATION SESSION.
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Charlie Morrow
Sun Chant
- Chanter.
- Recital.
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Iceboy Violet
Vanity
- The Vanity Project.
- 2 B Real.
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Jean-Claude ?loy
Pachinko
- Gaku-No-Michi.
- Hors Territoires.
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The Soft Pink Truth
Shall
- Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?.
- Thrill Jockey.
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Lovely Creature
- Murder Ballads.
- Mute.
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Shirley & Dolly Collins
The Oxford Girl
- Love, Death & The Lady.
- Harvest.
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Exotic Sin
Canis Minor
- Customer's Copy.
- Blank Forms Editions.
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Atilla the Hun & Lord Executor
The Drinker And The Gambler
- West Indian Rhythm.
- Bear Family Records.
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El Khat
La Sama
- Albat Alawi Op?.?99.
- Glitterbeat.
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Flora Molton
Where Is The Gambling Man?
- Etats-Unis: Gospel Songs.
- Ocora.
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Trevor Wishart
Imago
- Fanfare And Contrapunctus / Imago.
- PAN.
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Debit
4th Night
- The Long Count.
- Modern Love.
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Richard Dawson
The Vile Stuff
- Nothing Important.
- Weird World.
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?frica Negra
Zun Zon Pedlelu
- Antologia Vol. 1.
- LES DISQUES BONGO JOE.
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Propan
Meditation 7
- Loom.
- GLARC.
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Robert Johnson
Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- The Best Of Robert Johnson: King Of The Delta Blues.
- Not Now Music.
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Betty Davis
Shoo-B-Doop And Cop Him
- They Say I'm Different.
- Just Sunshine Records.
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- Fri 18 Mar 2022 23:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3
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