Thursday 16th September
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12:00am - 1:00am
Tunes From 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 and https://tunesfromturtleisland.eu/ for more information. [Repeats 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
FrenchRockSampler
[Repeated from Saturday 9.30pm.] French underground, synth and progressive music of the 1970s, presented by Warren Hatter. Tweet to @frenchrocksmplr.
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 Alabama 3's Orlando Harrison, big band singer John Carroll, and West End musical performer Karen Holmes. In this fun show they decide, "What are the worst things to have happened to the arts?" Topics include: Facebook, backing tracks, the BRIT School, stunt casting, and arts-based talk shows. For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
4:00am - 5:00am
From The Road
[Repeated from Tuesday 4pm.] A repeat of our series of music, anecdote and insight from legendary manager, record producer, and author Andrew Loog Oldham.
5:00am - 6:00am
Isotopica
[Repeated from Sunday 7pm.] Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. This week: Isotopica marks 9/11 1973, the day of the CIA sponsored coup against the democratically elected marxist President of Chile, Salvador Allende, with an electromagnetic meditation mixed with Allende's final radio broadcast from the presidential palace as it was being attacked by British supplied bomber aircraft. Visit theculture.net/ for more information.
6:00am - 7:00am
Modulisme
[Repeated from Friday 11.30pm.] Modulisme (which translates as Modularism) is a programme devoted to out of leftfield modular synthesis. This week: Early ElectroMIX is our new series hoping to transmit and share pioneering works which are aging well, and some early electronic experiments that should be remembered because they paved the way to what we try to create today. For more information visit modulisme.info/sessions.
7:00am - 8:00am
Sitting With Gianluca
[Repeated from Sunday 6pm.] Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana. This week: in honour of the 27th anniversary of the death of prolific session pianist Nicky Hopkins (Rolling Stones, Kinks, Jeff Beck, Beatles, Lennon, Marc Bolan), Gianluca celebrates session musicians with deep cuts and interviews with Charlie McCoy (Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley) and Norbert Putnam (Muscle Shoals, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, JJ Cale) from a previous visit to RCA Nashville Studio A.
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: previews of forthcoming releases from Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill, Alex Ward, and the new Van Der Graaf Generator box set. Plus music from Michael Woodman, Terms, Mr Sterile Assembly, Plain Cheese Pizza, Vogons, Star Rover, A Formal Horse and Ron Anderson's PAK. Follow the playlist on Twitter @OtherRockShow. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information.
9:00am - 10:00am
Apocalypse The Idea Of End
[Repeated from Monday 9pm.] Another chance to hear this three part series, in which historian and broadcaster Tamsin Rosewell looks at the history of the idea and images that surround the apocalypse. From Ragnarok, through to The Book of Revelation and our modern scientific concerns about astronomical events and human-created disaster, Tamsin explores how our ideas have changed - and where our preoccupations have stayed the same. This show brings together interviews with scientists, art historians, ecclesiastical archivists, award-winning novelists, bloggers and political advisors to take an uncomfortably close look at something that has fascinated us for thousands of years: the idea of the end. Produced by Tim Jenkins.
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. [Repeats 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: Jazz magus Tony Higgins unveils his Lansdowne hoard. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on Twitter and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page. [RepeatsTuesday 7am.]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Talking Africa
A magazine show covering African development issues hosted by Sonny Decker. This week: Civic Engagement Specialist Ahmed Hachelaf discusses, "Leadership Development: is it a necessity for socioeconomic development"? See mixcloud.com/talkingafrica for more Talking Africa shows. [Repeats 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: Kevin looks at four more classic Topic Records LPs from the mid-70s. The music of piper Séamus Ennis, The Russell Family of Doolin, County Clare, plus, Songs from English Gypsy Singers, and Countryside Songs from Southern England. [Repeats Monday 12pm.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
The Restart Project
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm.] Janet Gunter and Ugo Vallauri host a different kind of gadget show, discussing the work and philosophy of The Restart Project, a London-based social enterprise that encourages people to use their electronics longer, to prevent waste, save money, and make people happier. This week: Dave Pickering talks to Kate Edwards about her cob building business. We learn how this ancient form of building is far more sustainable than modern, high-tech solutions. For more information visit therestartproject.org.
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Micro Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 6pm.] Shorter one-off broadcast works.
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: presenter Hassan Khan presents DASL updates from Nara and Roxane who are both from the community development team. Hassan goes on to share his experiences of visiting Old Trafford Football Ground as a blind person. He discusses the negatives and positives of watching live sporting events and what he is doing to ensure clubs such as Manchester United become more accessible. Contact abs.tripp@disabilitylambeth.org.uk. [Repeats 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. This week: we're talking about care for our refugee and migrant communities. We hear first-hand stories and experiences, as well as discover the power of creativity to build connections and understanding. Ron and Ros chat with Mona Jamil from the Migration Museum, and we hear from music charity, Fairbeats. Muqi Li, (an artist, educator and improviser from Beijing currently studying at Goldsmiths, London), shares a magical Guzheng (21 string zither) performance with our Meet Me members. Plus we join David and Meet Me members in the garden for some seasonal chutney making. Presented by Ron Savill and Rosaline Muirhead. Produced by Sarah Philips and Hannah Stewart. A co-production by the Albany and Entelechy Arts.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Pull the Plug
Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: Episode #499 Time is the fire in which we burn. Time, like an ever-rolling stream... as the autumn draws closer you could do worse than get locked in to today's collection of poptastic melodia. There will be psych-pop, krautrock, post-rock and post-pop. No bogus elements. Next week: in a later timeslot than usual, it will be Johnny's 500th episode of Pull The Plug, so tune in for an exciting hour-long special where literally anything could happen (could, but probably won't). That's at 8pm, Thursday 23 September 2021. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook. [Repeats 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. Visit driftshift.blogspot.com for more information. [Repeats Saturday 11.30am.]
6:15pm - 6:30pm
Into The Moss
A 14 minute drift through original music, soundscapes and liminal yarns. This week: Unplugged at the wall, he took himself prisoner (despite the whitebait). Show archive at soundcloud.com/into-the-moss. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com. [Repeats 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 'choreo-photolist' Benji Reid at his breathtaking and magical exhibition, Laugh at Gravity, at the October Gallery - 'breaking rules, ignoring them, challenging them'. Visit outerglobe.co.uk for more information. Tweet to @outerglobe. [Repeats Sunday 4pm.]
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: dark Spanish jazz from the early years of the Franco dictatorship, the King of Turkish tango, Flamenco saxophone from Havana, a white husband and wife duo whose partnership with a black bandleader revolutionised social dancing, and a drummer from German Cameroon recorded in wartime Paris. [Repeats 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. [Repeats Sunday 1am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
Presented and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @djbpm. [Repeats 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.
