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A joyous exploration via music and poetry: Roger Robinson

Cerys handpicks you 3 hours of eclectic music from her collection. Plus she welcomes Roger Robinson to the Poet Tree to discuss his writing, inspirations and influences.

Cerys handpicks you 3 hours of eclectic music ranging from blues, jazz, folk, soul, funk and beats. This week's selection features some 70's Japanese jazz flute, new music from Israel's Satellites, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and Sam Redmore.

She welcomes another poet to the Poet Tree to discuss their writing, inspirations and influences. This month it's Roger Robinson, who was suggested by January's guest Raymond Antrobus.

Roger Robinson won the 2019 T.S. Eliot prize for his collection A Portable Paradise. He was chosen by Decibel as one of 50 writers who have influenced the black-British writing canon. He has received commissions from The National Trust, London Open House, 麻豆社, The National Portrait Gallery, V&A, and Theatre Royal Stratford East, where he also was associate artist. His first collection of poems, Suitcase, was published by Flipped Eye in October 2004. Roger discusses the relationship between melody, lyrics and poetry, picking tracks from Gil Scott-Heron, Joni Mitchell and Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Following on from last week's St Dwynwen's Day, Cerys brings you part two of a fishy theme with classics from John Martyn, Steve Hillage, Ibibio Sound Machine and Zara Macfarlane. And Cerys delves into the 麻豆社 Archive to find the voice of British composer and electronic musician Daphne Oram and pays tribute to the late Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most beloved singers, whose voice is the soundtrack to more than a thousand Bollywood films.

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Sun 6 Feb 2022 10:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • John Holt

    Ali Baba

    • Trojan Records.

  • Chang Loo

    Gei Wo Yi Ge Wen

    • Shanghai Lounge Divas Vol. 2.
    • EMI (Hong Kong) Ltd.
    • 12.

  • Fats Waller

    Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)

    • The Essential Fats Waller.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 13.

  • Jembaa Groove

    Mokole

    • Mokole.
    • Agogo Records.
    • 1.

  • Gwen McCrae

    Let's Straighten It Out

    • The Best Of Gwen McCrae.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 14.

  • 山屋清 & Kifu Mitsuhashi

    Otemoyan

    • Wamono Groove- Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76.
    • 180g.
    • 4.

  • Endaf Emlyn

    Macrall Wedi Ffrio

    • Syrffio (Mewn Cariad).
    • Sain (Recordiau) Cyf..
    • 9.

  • Mississippi John Hurt

    Salty Dog

    • Candy Man Blues: Essential Recordings.
    • New Rounder.
    • 7.

  • Satellites

    Yar Oi

    • Batov Records.

  • John Martyn

    Dreams By The Sea

    • Solid Air.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Bud Freeman & His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra

    The Eel

    • Savage Rhythm.

  • Seosamh ? h?anaí

    Fishing in Connemara

    • The Road From Connemara.
    • Topic.
    • 9.

  • Woody Guthrie

    Talking Fishing Blues

    • More Wild and Wonderful Sounds of the 50s and 60s, Vol. 10.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 1.

  • Zara McFarlane

    Fisherman

    • Arise.
    • Brownswood Recordings.
    • 11.

  • Sam Redmore

    Party (feat. Lumi HD)

    • Jalapeno ltd.

  • Country Joe and the Fish

    Flying High

    • Electric Music For The Mind And Body.
    • Vanguard Records.
    • 1.

  • Steve Hillage

    The Salmon Song

    • Fish Rising.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 4.

  • 山屋清 & 米川敏子

    Aizu Bandaisan

    • Wamono Groove- Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76.
    • 180g.

  • Oscar Isaac with Punch Brothers

    The Shoals of Herring

    • Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 9.

  • Mikael Tariverdiev

    Dolphins (From Fare-well)

    • Earth Recordings / Antique Beat.

  • Daphne Oram

    Melodic Group Shapes iii

    • Electronic Sound Patterns.

  • Daphne Oram

    Amphitryon 38

    • Pioneers of Electronica, Vol. 4.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 6.

  • Tim Buckley

    Dolphins

  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Some days There Just Ain't No Fish

  • Mirko Cetinski

    Kvarnerske Noci

    • Xiv. Festival Melodije Istre I Kvarnera 1977.

  • Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

    Get Da Steppin'

    • Cold As Weiss.
    • Colemine Records.

  • The Flying Burrito Brothers

    Cody, Cody

    • Burrito Deluxe.
    • A&M.
    • 8.

  • Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar

    Tumse Mila Tha Pyar

    • Radio City Present's Kal Bhi Aaj Bhi.
    • Universal Music India Pvt Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Bee Gees

    Stayin' Alive

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Hamid El Shaeri

    Yekfini Nesma' Sotak

    • The SLAM! Years (1983 - 1988).
    • Habibi Funk Records.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Edith and the Kingpin

    • Shadows And Light.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 3.

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Dread Beat An' Blood

    • Dread Beat And Blood.
    • Ackee Dist.
    • 1.

  • Gil Scott‐Heron

    I Think I'll Call It Morning

    • Pieces Of A Man.
    • Ace, BGP Records.
    • 6.

  • Sekou Sundiata

    Harlem, A Letter Home

    • The Blue Oneness Of Dreams.
    • Island Def Jam.
    • 7.

  • Captain Beefheart

    Grow Fins

    • The Spotlight Kid.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 8.

  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)

    • Ibibio Sound Machine.
    • Soundway.
    • 001.

  • Prince Jazzbo

    Crab Walking

  • Lijadu Sisters

    Gbowo Mi

    • Horizon Unlimted.
    • Knitting Factory.
    • 3.

  • Leveret

    Down to the Beach

    • Inventions.
    • Leveret Records.

  • Lone Ranger

    Fish Tea

    • STUDIO ONE Showcase: The Sound of Studio One in the 1970s.

  • Orchestral Qawwali Project & Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Wohi Khuda Hai

  • Louis Jordan

    Saturday Night Fish Fry

    • The Best Of Louis Jordan.
    • Red Cab Records.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Feb 2022 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music