Davy Sims

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November 20, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 20 & 22 November 2022

Music from Algeria Australia Belgium Brazil Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus France Germany Guinea-Bissau Hungry Iran Ireland Italy Jamica Mali Morocco Slovakia South Korea Sweden Turkey.
November 13, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 13 & 15 November 2022

The featured album this week is The New Faith from Jake Blount. It's called There's also music from Altin Gün, Björk, Clare Sands, Compagnie Rassegna, Djana Sissoko, Djely Tapa, Duo Ruut, Kokoroko, Kolinga, La Mambanegra, Liraz, Lívia Mattos, Maison Bélier, Minyeshu, Momi Maiga, Päivi Hirvonen, Perija, The Hu, The Unthanks, VRï and Wesli
November 8, 2022News

My top albums November 2022

More a guideline than cast in stone, these are the albums I'm paying attention to this month.
November 6, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 6 & 8 November 2022

This week the featured album is from Al-Qasar and there's music from Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, England, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Mali, Martinique, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Quebec, Sápmi, Spain, Sweden, and USA
October 30, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 31 October & 1 November 2022

ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW - Featured album from Souad Massi and Aliaksandr Yasinski, Alicia Edelweiss, Al-Qasar, Amalgama Folk, Disstantes, GANGAR, Julivert, Kolinga, Lata Mangeshkar, Lindisfarne, Liraz, Maha, Minyeshu, Nomfusi, Scritti Politti, Souad Massi, The Movers, Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin, VRï, Wesli and Дeva.
October 23, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 23 & 25 October 2022

This week's Around the World includes a WOMEX themed mixtape. Featured album is from Doctor L
October 16, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 16 & 18 October 2022

This week's featured album is by Clare Sands. There are several pieces from Korea (dal:um, Dongyang Gozupa, Park Jiha and others) plusother music from Compagnie Rassegna, Doctor L, Sandy Denny, Silvana Estrada, The Movers Folkatomik, Girl Ultra, Góbé, Lívia Mattos, Noori & His Dorpa Band, Päivi Hirvonen, and Sampa the Great.
October 11, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

My top albums October 2022

These are my top albums for this month in no particular order.
October 9, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 9 & 11 October 2022

With FEATURED ALBUM UVJAMUOHTA / POWDER SNOW by SOLJU, a new mixtape and other music from Antonis Antoniou, Liraz, Al-Qasar, Afro Celt Sound System, Ak Dan Gwang Chil (AKG7), Alessia Tondo, Alina Pash, Clare Sands & Liam Ó Maonlaí, David Bowie, Jesse Cook, Khiyo, Mafikizolo, Montparnasse Musique, Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee.
October 2, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 2 & 4 October 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
September 25, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 25 & 27 September 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
September 18, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 18 & 20 September 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
September 18, 2022Bled, Bled Slovenia, Lake Bled

Five places in Bled, Slovenia to get a quick coffee

There are dozens of places to eat and drink in Bled. You can be overwhelmed by the choice,. But if you are in a hurry - places to go, sites to see, SUPs to paddle - here are some of the best and fastest places.
September 11, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 11 & 13 September 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
September 4, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 4 & 6 September 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
August 29, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 28 & 30 August 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
August 28, 2022Album Review, Music I like

Album Review – “UVJAMUOHTA / POWDER SNOW” – SOLJU

In the most northerly part of Finland, nipped between Sweden, Norway and Russia is a small almost desolate village Utsjoki. It is home of mother and daughter combo Solju who release their spriong album this autum.
August 21, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 21 & 23 August 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
August 14, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 14 & 16 August 2022

Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight: Slice Audio, Ferry FM, Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio. And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web Bangor FM 107.9 Lisburn’s 98FM, and FM105 Down Community Radio.
August 10, 2022News

Sipping a final benedictine

My party-piece was singing Jake Thackray songs (or Thackery as I have wrongly called him for the last 50 years). With my Craviola CRA-6N guitar – the odd shaped one which distracted from me being barely able to play it – I changed my voice to a deep slightly plummy Yorkshire accent and – at the drop of a hat – played Brother Gorilla and Sister Josephine.
August 7, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 7 & 9 August 2022

During the summer in particular I prefer to let the music speak for itself. This week - and in subsequent weeks - the emphasis will be on almost continuous music with minimal interruption. It’s even more important then to sign up on Substack for previews
July 31, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 31 July & 2 August 2022

This week, I’m playing musicians from Algeria, Australia, Basque Country, Benin, Colombia, Finland, France, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, New Zealand, Niger, Ireland, Palestine, Scotland, Spain, Sudan, Texas, and Turkey. Listen to this week's show here.
July 23, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 24 & 26 July 2022

In two weeks’ time a major music festival is to be held in Brno, the Czech Republic’s second largest city. Brno, like Belfast, is a UNESCO City of Music part of the Creative Cities Network. The festival’s programme [here] ranges through busking to opera. I can’t be at Maraton hudby Brno, although I’ve been invited. Instead I’ll be playing music from some of the people who will be appearing in the Festival, throughout the show.
July 17, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 17 & 19 July 2022

Music from Estonia, Reunion, Berlin, Portugal, Sweden, Mali, New Zealand, Hawaii and a whole bunch more. Around the World - the global jukebox plays all sorts of music form all sorts of places.
July 10, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 10 & 12 July 2022

40 years ago this week, on 16 July 1982, the first WOMAD festival was held. It was in Shepton Mallet in England. World Music had arrived. Peter Gabriel, of course was the Godfather. I’ll be playing some of those artists from Live At WOMAD 1982 released on 16 July this year. It’s the album of the week.
July 3, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 3 & 5 July 2022

On Around the World this week there’s Latin music from Slovakia, we’ll hear from Iraq, Jamaica, Mali, Bosnia, Japan, Brazil, England, Scotland, Wales, Denmark and Cyprus. Our featured album this week comes from a band who formed in Tennessee, at a whiskey distillery.
June 26, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 26 & 28 June 2022

This is around the world – the antidote to airport queues, security checks, cancelled flights and badly behaved passengers. Kick off your shoes, put up your feet, put on the sleep mask and drift off on the magic carpet that is Around the World.
June 19, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 19 & 21 June 2022

SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Armagh City Radio play-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.
June 12, 2022News

Around the World – 12 & 14 June 2022

SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Armagh City Radio play-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.
June 5, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

Around the World – 5 & 7 June 2022

SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio play-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.