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A Guide to Manchester International Festival

A handpicked guide to MIF with the festival's artistic director, John McGrath. Plus Cerys curates the perfect soundtrack to your Sunday with hidden gems from around the globe.

A handpicked guide to Manchester International Festival with the festival鈥檚 Artistic Director John McGrath. Plus Cerys curates the perfect soundtrack to your Sunday morning with hidden gems from around the globe and new music discoveries. This week Cerys brings you new music from Chilly Gonzales, Tel Aviv's Sababa 5 and a steel pan collective from Hamburg Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, mixed alongside some Ella Fitzgerald, Grace Jones and Gil Scott-Heron.

Cerys delves into the 麻豆社 Archive to hear the voice of Desmond Dekker, ahead of what would've been his 80th birthday and pays tribute to the skylark.

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Sun 11 Jul 2021 10:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Ennio Morricone & Solisti e Orchestre del Cinema Italiano

    For a Few Dollars More (Main Title)

    • For A Few Dollars More.

  • The Shadows

    Stars Fell On Stockton

    • Dance With / The Shadows.
    • 15.

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Home Is Where The Hatred Is

    • Pieces Of A Man.
    • Ace Records.
    • 4.

  • Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge

    Mars Walk

    • Brian Jackson JID008.
    • Jazz is Dead.

  • Lou Hayter

    Telephone

    • Skint Records.

  • Guru & Angie Stone

    Keep Your Worries

    • Keep Your Worries.
    • 1.

  • Count Basie And Joe Williams

    Alright, OK, You Win

    • Joe Williams: Basie And Beyond 1955-1957.
    • Jasmine Records.

  • 脡tienne "Sarane" Ferret

    Swing Star

    • Djangology and more - a Compendium of Jazz Manouche (aka Gypsy Jazz).
    • Jasmine Records.

  • White Label

    Sleepwalking (feat. Jill Lorean)

  • Grace Jones

    Pull Up To The Bumper (Party Version)

    • Ultimate Collection (In Good Company).
    • Hip-O Records.
    • 7.

  • Jennifer Hudson

    Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)

    • Epic.

  • Manzanita y su Conjunto

    Shambar

    • Trujillo, Peru 1971 - 1974.
    • Analog Africa.

  • Eboni Band

    Mogofingeou-Sopeunte (Get Together)

  • Andrew Bird

    Tenuousness

    • Noble Beast.

  • Damon Albarn

    Polaris

  • Ivan 鈥淏oogaloo Joe鈥� Jones

    No Way

  • Sababa 5

    Pur

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Skylark

    • The Songbooks.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 11.

  • Mocky

    Bora!

  • Alice Hubble

    My Dear Friend

  • Desmond Dekker & the Aces

    It Mek

    • Trojan.

  • Alton Ellis

    Cry Tough

    • Let's Do Rocksteady: The Story Of Rocksteady 1966-68 CD1.
    • Trojan Records.
    • 1.

  • Desmond Dekker & the Aces

    Israelites

    • Island.

  • Desmond Dekker

    007 (Shanty Town)

    • MANGO.

  • El Michels Affair & Liam Bailey

    Awkward (Take 2)

  • Lavender

    Blue (feat. Nomoon)

    • Foundation FM Records.

  • Addictive TV

    Ribab Jam

  • Camilla George

    Lunacity

  • Balraj Singh Samrai, Pandit G, Gavsborg, Farah Ahmad Khan, Shanique Marie & Tunde Adekoya

    I should have hugged you tighter when we last met (oh what a joy)

    • Healing EP.

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Crossroads

  • Jimmy Smith

    Root Down (Live)

    • Root Down.
    • Grand Royal.
    • 7.

  • Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

    I Need Somebody To Love Tonight

    • I Need Somebody To Love Tonight.
    • Big Crown Records.
    • 1.

  • D Rothon

    Cybernetics Serendipity

    • Memories of Earth.
    • 2.

  • D Rothon

    Stars Below Us

    • Memories of Earth.

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Music Is Back

  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    • Mundo Latino (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    You Can Get It If You Really Want It

    • The Best Of Jimmy Cliff.
    • Mango.
    • 19.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Jul 2021 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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