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Sounds of the Carnival

Cerys handpicks a carnival playlist filled with dub, reggae, calypso and sambas. Jeffrey Boakye shares pivotal tracks exploring the experience, history and culture of black Britain.

Cerys handpicks you an eclectic carnival playlist filled with dub, reggae, calypso and sambas for the bank holiday weekend.

Writer and educator Jeffrey Boakye shares pivotal tracks exploring the experience, history and culture of black Britain. Taking us from the late 1940s with Lord Kitchener to Linton Kwesi Johnson's writing about racism in 1970s to contemporary artists Estelle, Stormzy and Jords. Jeffrey Boakye grew up in Brixton, London, and is a secondary school English teacher in East Yorkshire. As an author he's written books on Black British Culture including Black, Listed and his most recent publication Musical Truth.

Cerys also takes a pitstop in the world of The Moomins, created in the 1950s by Tove Jansson. Tove's niece Sophia shares her first memories of the stories and her fondest memories of her nature-loving aunt.

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Sun 29 Aug 2021 10:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Aswad

    Rockers Medley (Live)

    • Live And Direct.
    • Island.

  • Escape Roots & Wends

    Side Piece

    • Escape Roots Productions.

  • Mungo鈥檚 Hi Fi

    Time Traveller

    • Antidote.

  • Graeme Miller & Steve Shill

    Moomins Theme

    • The Moomins.
    • Finders Keepers.
    • 1.

  • Lightning Bug

    September Song Part II

  • Juls & Agent Sasco (Assassin)

    Slow Down

  • V.I.P International Records

    V.I.P. Sleng Teng Riddim

  • The Clash

    Police and Thieves

    • The Clash.
    • CBS.
    • 4.

  • Joe Gibbs & The Professionals

    Jubilation Dub

    • African Dub All Mighty Chapter 3.
    • 5.

  • Koffee

    Toast

  • Shenseea

    Run Run

  • Minyo Crusaders

    Kushimoto Bushi

    • Mais Um Discos.

  • Graeme Miller & Steve Shill

    Piano Waltz

    • The Moomins.
    • Finders Keepers.
    • 2.

  • Graeme Miller & Steve Shill

    Woodland Band Far Away

    • The Moomins.
    • Finders Keepers.
    • 4.

  • Freetown Collective & Stadic

    Kasandra

  • Lord Kitchener

    London Is The Place For Me

    • Melodisc.

  • The Mighty Terror

    No Carnival In Britain

    • London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956.
    • 11.

  • Prince Nico Mbarga And Rocafil Jazz International

    Sweet Mother

    • The Essential Guide To Africa CD1.
    • 5.

  • The Searchers

    Sweets For My Sweet

    • The Searchers.
    • MFP.

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Sonny's Lettah

    • Straight To Inglan's Head: An Introduction To Linton Kwesi Johnson.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 10.

  • S茅rgio Mendes & Brasil '66

    Mas Que Nada

    • Mundo Latino (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Wizkid & Tems

    Essence

    • Made In Lagos (Explicit).
    • Starboy Entertainment/RCA.
    • 11.

  • The Pioneers

    Long Shot Kick De Bucket

    • Trojan.

  • France Gall

    Samba Mambo

    • Evidemment (Deluxe Version).
    • 17.

  • Graeme Miller & Steve Shill

    Woodland Band

    • The Moomins.
    • Finders Keepers.
    • 7.

  • America

    A Horse With No Name

    • America's Greatest Hits - History.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Graeme Miller & Steve Shill

    Moomins Theme (End)

    • The Moomins.
    • Finders Keepers.
    • 7.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Natural Mystic

    • Tuff Gong.

  • El Michels Affair & Lee Fields

    Never Be Another You (Reggae Remix Dub)

    • Never Be Another You (Reggae Remix).
    • Big Crown Records.
    • 1.

  • Original Dodger

    Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ms. Dynamite

    It Takes More

    • Polydor.

  • Estelle

    1980

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape Of You

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Stormzy

    Vossi Bop

  • Jords

    Black & Ready

  • Baden Powell

    Consolacao

    • Bossa Nova: Brazil.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 18.

  • Love Unlimited Orchestra

    Brazilian Love Song

    • Number Ones.

  • Rosalia de Souza

    Maria Moita (Brazilian Groove)

    • Putumayo World Music 2004 Summer Sampler.
    • 1.

  • Carey Haynes

    Samba Mamba

    • Brazilian Carnival: Music of Rio.
    • 8.

  • Max de Castro

    A Historia da Morena Nua Que Abalou As Estruturas do Esplendor do Carnaval

  • Jacob Miller

    Tenement Yard

    • Mango.

  • The Heptones

    Book Of Rules

    • Mango.

  • Lavender

    Secure (feat. EaSWay)

  • Magdy Al Hussainy

    Music de Carnaval

    • Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World (Part 2) (Habibi.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Aug 2021 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music