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12:30am - 1:30am
Turtle Island
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] Contemporary Native American and First Nations music from a wide range of indigenous musicians in North America, selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew Graves-Johnston (aka DJ Droid), who first came across it when researching the Standing Rock protests of 2016/17. Visit facebook.com/turtleislandradio for more information.
1:30am - 2:30am
Baba Yaga's Hut
[Repeated from Friday 12pm.] Anthony Chalmers, promoter of Baba Yaga's Hut, presents a wide variety of music from Krautrock, 60’s psych and crime-jazz to baile-funk, progressive rock, blaxploitation soundtracks, no-wave disco, ghetto-tech and free noise. For more information visit Baba Yaga's Hut Facebook page.
2:30am - 3:30am
Is Black Music
[Repeated from Wednesday 12am.] The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Last Poets first album, tonight's show is a Last Poets special. The Last Poets are the forefathers of hip-hop and rap music. We play recordings from different periods of their groundbreaking work.
3:30am - 4:30am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. Today, Ben persists in his lockdown strategy, which is to xenochronically compile playing by the pertinent musicians on the planet: Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (Chapman Stick bass); Peter Baxter (autotune mobile); Out To Lunch (Melodica, Splash 'n' Klang, Korg ribbon synth); Guy Evans (drumset); Eleanor Crook, Ben Moran Healy and Dave Black (electric guitars); Michael R. I. Clough (electric bass, vocals).
4:30am - 5:00am
The Wrong Show
[Repeated from Wednesday at 10.30pm.] Extraordinary radiophonic probes with Orlando Harrison. This week: The Sound of Silence, with artist and sepiologist Arnauld Desjardins. First broadcast 5 December 2018. For more information visit soundcloud.com/orlando-harrison.
5:00am - 6:00am
It's Good To Talk Group Show
[Repeated from Thursday 11am.] In addition to Friday’s ongoing series, some supplementary up-to-the-minute discussion programmes - the "It's Good to Talk" Group Shows, hosted by Donald Hyslop. Today: Nicole Van Dijk joins Donald to talk creativity, community and culture. This week's guests are Sigrid Bosmans, Director of Museum Hof van Busleyden and Head of Heritage for Mechelen, Belgium; and Ted Riederer Artist, Musician and founder of Never Records, New York City.
6:00am - 7:00am
Sitting With Gianluca
[Repeated from Sunday 6pm.] Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana.
7:00am - 8:00am
Intoxica Radio Hour
[Repeated from Wednesday 11am.] Presented by Nick Brown of Intoxica Record Shop and dedicated to the dignity of vinyl, giving centre stage to new vinyl reissue releases, spotlighting Content Themes and specific artists' careers - and generally playing the gloriously unheralded low-brow rock and soul of the 20th Century, all rendered on little slabs of black plastic. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
8:00am - 9:00am
Spizz FM
[Repeated from Wednesday 4.30pm.] An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. Today: New Band Power Pop Punk Special! Past connections bringing out new material. Featuring High Rip, This Twisted Wreckage, Duncan Reid, Cult Figures, DamageUK and Rogue Sector. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi.
9:00am - 9:30am
Little Atoms
[Repeated from Monday 11am.] A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. Each show features guests from the worlds of science or the arts in conversation. This week: John Lanchester on his latest novel The Wall. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Tweet to @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
9:30am - 10:00am
Nunhead American Radio with Lewis Schaffer
[Repeated from Monday 6.30pm.] A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer and co-hosted by American economist Lisa Moyle, with musical accompaniment by The Relatives. Visit http://www.lewisschaffer.co.uk/radio for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
Ross's Cantina
[Repeated from Monday 7pm.] Ross Forrest walks us through the shadier side of roots, country and Americana. This week: expect music from Captain Beefheart, Dennis Wilson, Harry Nilsson and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Contact the show at cantinacomms@gmail.com.
11:00am - 11:30am
Pull the Plug
[Repeated from Thursday 5.30pm.] Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: Alone In Deer Park does Spacemen 3, Psychic Ills does Charlie Manson, and Electric Looking Glass does... itself. Also, a mini-celebration of Phil May and The Pretty Things. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com.
11:30am - 12:00pm
Hooting Yard On The Air
[Repeated from Thursday 6pm.] Live, out of leftfield fiction with Resonance's prodigious author-in-residence Frank Key. Visit hootingyard.org for more information.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Hello Goodbye Show
Upbeat, eclectic new music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: One Minute Wonders 2020. Listeners have submitted sound-files of no longer than 1 minute in total duration of their own music, poetry, sound-art, found-sound etc. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information.[Repeated Tuesday 2.30am.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos. [Repeated Monday 7am.]
2:30pm - 3:30pm
The News Agents
Experiments in news and arts with Jude Cowan Montague. This week: Danny Noble discusses her own Jewish grandmas as part of her memoir Shame Pudding. Topics from rock 'n' roll, anxiety, picket lines and life growing up in the big city with a genius brother. Sarah Lippett chats about making a graphic novel about the life of her maternal grandparents, Stan and Nan. Plus lockdown music about a delightfully evil grandmother made by the Desperado Housewives with Helen McCookerybook and Kath Tait. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.co.uk. [Repeated Tuesday 6am.]
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Synaptic Island
A collective of DJs and artists explores a selected theme each week through music and conversation. This week's theme: Ramble. Listen to archived shows on Mixcloud. For more information visit Twitter @synaptic_island, Instagram @synapticisland and synapticisland.com. [Repeats Friday 5am.]
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4:30pm - 6:30pm
The OST Show
Presented by Jonny Trunk, The OST Show is the only show anywhere dedicated to film music, TV music, library music and related recordings. Today: the lockdown OSTs continue, bringing you film music from across five decades and as many continents, from Impossible Missions to frustrated Dudley Moores. Visit www.trunkrecords.com for more information. Email jonny@trunkrecords.com. [Repeated Monday 3pm.]
Listen live6:30pm - 7:00pm
Literary London
Nick Hennegan explores the literary life of London and celebrates the popular cultural life and literary history of the city. This week: Nick celebrates the birth of American poet, Walt Whitman. For more information visit LondonLiteraryPubCrawl.com. Tweet to @NickHennegan. [Repeated Tuesday 2.30pm.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Duck in a Tree
The :zoviet * france: radio show. Today: Arc Transmission. This edition features a track from the new Deison/John Duncan release encompassed with recordings by Ali Sethi, Wings of an Angel, Fintan O'Brien, Louise Rossiter, Jared Sagar and Kris Force. [Repeated Tuesday 5am.]
8:00pm - 8:15pm
Prison Bag
[Repeated from Wednesday 7.30pm.] When Josie Bevan’s husband was jailed for nine years, a window opened on to a whole new world. This is Prison Bag. Episode 7 of 12 (contains material which some listeners may find offensive and deem unsuitable for children.) Written and presented by Josie Bevan. Music by Zimbo Freemind, Fox and Lady Unchained. Producers: Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Alan Hall. A Falling Tree Production supported by the Audio Content Fund.
8:15pm - 8:30pm
Astley's Junctures
[Repeats from Wednesday 7.45pm.] Aten part series of sound works based on sketches and texts from the recently unearthed book "Astley's Junctures" by the seminal land/sound/outsider artist Edward Frederick Astley (1863-1929). Produced by Nick Hamilton. First broadcast 2009.
8:30pm - 9:30pm
Hoenn Sound
A conceptual radio show by SJ Wilson. This week, Hoenn Sound and 2KOK present: Essential Workers Playlist. Across the UK, many of us have been furloughed from our jobs – but many key workers haven't. This week Outgoing Person (2KOK) speaks to workers currently in essential jobs as they share the music that gets them through the day, or allows them to relax at home. [Repeated Monday 2am.]
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Bears At A Picnic
Andrea Spisto and Michelle Madsen explore themes of playfulness and vulnerability through music, poetry, performance and clowning. This week: Plantasia. Inspired by Mort Garson's cult 1976 electronica album for plant lovers, Michelle and Andrea explore all things green and growing. With an eco-sex adventure from Betty Grumble aka Emma May, herbalist Melissa Ronaldson giving an apothecary's tour of her towpath garden, plant dancing with Andrea, midnight tree climbing with Michelle, and a magical interview with artist and poet Rhona Clews. Plus words and sound from: A Sweet Niche (The Art of Cultivation), Micheal Caines (Calendula: Brautigan Book Club), Fizz Margereson, Alexandra Baybutt, Jude Cowan Montague, Ella Golt and Danni Spooner. Tweet to Bears_at. [Repeated Tuesday 4am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Very Loose Women
[Repeated from Wednesday 10.30pm.] Friends Leonore Schick and Soila Apparicio like to make private conversations public. They discuss art, activism and women’s issues, often with special guests and friends. Today: Nicki and Esther join Soila and Leo to share stories of their childhood misbehaving at home and at school. For more information visit acast.com/veryloosewomen or follow them on Twitter at @VLWRadio.
11:00pm - 12:00am
The Sounds Of DMWSound
[Repeated from Tuesday 12am.] Panix and Ranking Dan from DMWSOUND demonstrate the music that inspires their sound. Genres spanning from Reggae to Modern Bass music. Keep tuned for the classics and fresh new dubs. For more info visit Facebook and soundcloud.com/dmwsound.
12:00am - 1:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] Presented and mixed by DJ BPM and Sharon-Rose (on alternate weeks), showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. This week: Sharon-Rose features new UK garage, grime and drill from Monsta Boy, Messai, The Colonel, Sammy Virji, Sovereign, J Smart, Becky On The Beat, Nasty Jack, Griminal, DJ Absurd, Grizzly, Brixx, Miss Lafamilia, K Wing, and Tiny the G. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. For set list information visit Twitter @sharonrose__.
