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12:00am - 1:00am
Turtle Island
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). Visit facebook.com/turtleislandradio for more information. [Repeated Saturday 12.30am.]
1:00am - 2:30am
Artrocker
[Repeated from Tuesday 10.30pm.] Paul and Lewis from the influential Artrocker magazine previews all the latest releases from London and the UK's thriving indie rock scene and beyond. To listen to past shows visit Paul's Mixcloud page.
2:30am - 3:30am
Ross's Cantina
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] Ross Forrest walks us through the shadier side of roots, country and Americana – you'll be hearing big hitters old and new. Contact the show at cantinacomms@gmail.com.
3:30am - 4:00am
Arty Facts
[Repeated from Sunday 1.30pm.] Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. Today Master J is joined by West End musical theatre performer Karen Holmes for the second and final part of their discussion on tips for auditions and getting acting parts. Topics include: ways to make yourself more employable, why having a driving license will get you acting jobs, why being with a smaller agent is often better, dealing with stage fright and pre-audition nerves, and top tips for aspiring actors. Plus, Karen selects a favourite song from the 60+ she recorded for this show last year. For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
4:00am - 5:00am
Definitely Dylan
[Repeated from Sunday 4pm.] Taking Tom Waits' description to heart - “Dylan is a planet to be explored” - Laura Tenschert presents a series dedicated to the planet that is Bob Dylan and his musical and cultural orbit. Today: the famous "Judas" incident, the 55th anniversary of which is this week. First broadcast 20 May 2018. For more information visit www.definitelydylan.com.
5:00am - 6:00am
Isotopica
[Repeated from Sunday 7pm.] Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. Visit theculture.net/ for more information.
6:00am - 7:00am
Modulisme
[Repeated from Friday 11.30pm.] Modulisme (which translates as Modularism) is a series devoted to out of leftfield modular synthesis, with a different sound-designer playing live or offering studio recordings of their choice each week. Today: Paul Pignon, British Stockholm-based performer and composer. For more information visit modulisme.info/sessions.
7:00am - 7:30am
L'alternative
[Repeated from Wednesday 7.30pm.] Eleonore Desnos explores French audio oddities and delights "a la carte". This week: the seventh instalment of our series about French rap and hip hop focusses on two giants in the French rap scene - Supreme NTM vs IAM, or Paris vs Marseille.
7:30am - 8:00am
Dig That Treasure
[Repeated from Tuesday 7.30pm.] Will Hall presents 30 minutes of forgotten, underrated and underappreciated pop and folk music from across the world. International scenes are at home alongside outsider musics, demos and covers, film and game soundtracks, and long-lost rarities in this decentred selection. Follow @digthattreasure on Instagram.
8:00am - 9:00am
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
[Repeated from Sunday 9pm.] Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and 'other' time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of math rock, avant prog, weird electronica and strange pop. This week: a celebration of homegrown talent, with Sun Colored Chair, A Formal Horse, Woe, Mick Paul, Polymath, Gorge Trio, Dead Days Beyond Help, Cheer Accident, John Battema, Kayo Dot, and Leisure Class. Follow the playlist on Twitter @OtherRockShow. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Naked Short Club
[Repeated from Monday 9pm.] Dr. Stu and his expert guests dance around alternative investments, markets, the economy and wider world with psychedelic sounds and sometimes poetry. This week's guests: William Hobbs (Barclays Wealth); William de Gale (Bluebox). Music by Tim Blake, System 7 and Ian East.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Wednesday 8pm.] One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Ireland's Eye
Johnny Jameson presents a weekly show dedicated to the latest from the Irish country music scene plus requests, dedications, news and more. Contact johnnyjameson@hotmail.co.uk [Repeated Tuesday 8am.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The London Ear
Ghostwriter and critic Ben Thompson presents a DFS Algonquin Table for the post-thought era. This week's show attempts to rank the great 21st century r'n'b alter egos, with an imaginary session from The Minutemen. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on Twitter and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page. [Repeated Tuesday 7am.]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Talking Africa
A magazine show covering African development issues hosted by Sonny Decker. This week: a conversation with a young programme assistant at the Media Foundation for West Africa based in Accra Ghana about his op-ed titled "Media in West Africa: A Civic Space Emergency" published by the West Africa Civil Society Institute. See mixcloud.com/talkingafrica for more Talking Africa shows. [Repeated Tuesday 9am.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
Reg Hall and Kevin Sheils (on alternate weeks) present an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield. This week: a programme from Reg Hall's archive from 2 September 2004, when Reg had just returned from a visit to County Leitrim which inspired the content of this show. [Repeated Monday 12pm.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Raft
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm.] Chiara Ambrosio conducts monthly conversations about how marginalised and underrepresented artists and the city interact and shape each other and how the socio-political shifts in London affect art. This month: Chiara is joined on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral by artist Kate Daudy, exploring her work alongside conversation around deep time, ancient Egypt, Marina Warner, mudlarking and the radical role of empathy. Plus, "Rising With the Tide" a sonic exploration of the journey from the shore to the cathedral, by Chiara Ambrosio. For more information visit raftalondonstory.com.
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Previously On Resonance FM
Archival gems. Today: Experimental Poetics (episode 1) with Anna McKerrow, from July 2014.
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Smashing Records
Abs Tripp from DASL (Disability Advice Service Lambeth) discusses how music fires people up to jump higher, ride further and shout louder. This week: Jamille and Lucy talk to Nicola Floyd from Waterharvest. Nicola discusses how the charity harvest rainwater to provide clean drinking water for those in need, and how the current Covid situation in India has affected their work. Contact abs.tripp@disabilitylambeth.org.uk. [Repeated Monday 2pm.]
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Hooting Yard On The Air
Archival repeats of the indescribable fiction of the late lamented Frank Key of hootingyard.org, for many years writer-in-residence at Resonance FM. [Repeats Friday 4am.]
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Meet Me On The Radio
[Repeated from Tuesday 11.30am.] A series created by Meet Me at the Albany members, artists and collaborators. Today: we explore water as a source, a place to bathe, a life force. Meet Me members consider sounds of water through poetry, alongside music from Muddy Waters and a poem in Shetland dialect. We hear memories of favourite beaches, stories of overflowing bathtubs, and sounds transmitted from a manhole cover in south east London of the underground Effra River. Kurban chats with Helen Kindred from Dancing Strong Movement Lab about their Global Water Dances project. To get involved in our research with Queen Mary University, contact Jasmine on 07593 580574. Presented by Ron Savill and Rosaline Muirhead. Produced by Hannah Kemp-Welch and Grant Smith. A co-production by the Albany and Entelechy Arts with Soundcamp.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Pull the Plug
Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. You know that bit in 2001: A Space Odyssey when Bowman travels through the stargate, 'Beyond The Infinite'? Well, this week's show is a bit like that. Featuring Matt Berry, The Hologram People, Group Modular, The Central Office Of Information, Concretism, and My Bloody Valentine. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook. [Repeated Saturday 11am.]
6:00pm - 6:15pm
Drift Shift
Found sound and found text collected to form drifts that shift, produced and presented by Franziska Lantz. This week: synth explorations with notions of germination and growth, earth vibrations and space hums on my mind... Visit driftshift.blogspot.com for more information. [Repeated Saturday 11.30am.]
6:15pm - 6:30pm
Into The Moss
A sunken raft of weeds woven into a verdant morass of sound, song and story by the whinnying horses of the Ear Pocket hotel. Show archive at soundcloud.com/into-the-moss. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com. [Repeated Saturday 11.45am.]
6:30pm - 7:30pm
The Outerglobe
Debbie Golt takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. This week: Debbie interviews Dudu Sarr, founder/director of the vital Dakar Music Expo (17-20 June) who is also part of Youssou N'Dour's management team. Visit outerglobe.co.uk for more information. Tweet to @outerglobe. [Repeated Monday 4am.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Hot Club du Monde
A Baedeker tour of international musical curiosities from the 78rpm era with Oliver Carter-Wakefield. This week: a Japanese cover of a tune made famous by two acrimonious brothers, an Austro-Hungarian violinist who led one of interwar Germany’s hottest bands and the Memphis Jug Band’s resident shouter-out of things in the background goes solo plus music by Fats Waller, the Mills' Blue Rhythm Band, and Charles Creath’s Jazz-O-Maniacs. [Repeated Friday 2pm.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts. [Repeated Friday 10am.]
9:00pm - 10:30pm
Adventures in Sound and Music
New music with The Wire magazine. Visit thewire.co.uk for more information. Contact theconduit@thewire.co.uk. [Repeated Sunday 1am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
Presented and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. This week: DJ BPM showcases a collaborative guest mix by grime connoisseur GD aka Grime Disciple and DJ Stony Hawk (USA). Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @djbpm. [Repeated Sunday 12am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Club Integral Radio Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 9.30pm.] The Earl of Killorglin and Andrew Scott-Bolton of Club Integral - London's long-running "home to the uncategorisable" - explore the music that informs its long running (but currently suspended) concert series in London.