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In this programme I feature a preview of the NI Music Prize. Here are some useful links:
Davy Sims’s global mix Around the World will be joining the line up of three radio stations from Tuesday 6 October.
Friday on Slice.Audio and Ferry FM at 8:00 pm (repeated on Slice at 3:00 am FM 105 Down Community Radio, Bangor FM , Lisburn’s 98FM on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
Laibach | Revisited, Džambo Aguševi Orchestra | Brasses for the Masses, Moonlight Benjamin | Simido, Ginebras | Dame 10:36 Minutos
Around the World is available live on Slice Audio every Friday from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Around the World is available live on Slice Audio every Friday from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm (repeated with a couple of extra tunes from 3:00 to 5:00 am on Saturday).
This is the planned playlist for tonight Friday 17 January. I will add links and notes before, during and after the show.
This is the planned playlist for tonight Friday 10 January. I will add links and notes before, during and after the show.
I’ve not eaten in every restaurant – but I have tried the majority. Here’s my list
The Weight | Featuring Robbie Robertson | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
All Along The Watchtower | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
Tura | Hipnoera – EP Love the idea of a night train from Harare to Connemara … African/Irish from Belfast and Zimbabwe. Which Way | Chase the River New single from them. Classy (More to come)
Flory Jagoda | Memories of Sarajevo I read today (17 September 2019) of the death of Jewish Bosnian singer, Flory Jagoda. Had not heard of her before, so a good reason to find some of her music . This 1989… Continue Reading →
Building a playlist as I go
Before I go on air, this was the planned running order. Things change and the two “extra” tracks are to be added. The 03h00 repeat has no news which allows me to add a couple of shorties.
Exciting, strong characters, envy, treachery, David Bowie, football violence, navigating around Belfast’s ring of steel. Bad decisions. Realistic and believable. Caroline Music carrier bags.
I’m listening to about five albums a week, usually when out walking. This week …
The central character “Kit” Carradine, is a writer of espionage novels and has a notion of himself as a spy. He is picked up by a man from the secret service, who inducts him into the darker hall of mirrors world to deliver a message. That’s when the paranoia begins.
This is the playlist and the audio. Includes Afro Celt Sound System, Officina Zoe, La Bottine Souriante, Mostar Sevdah Reunion
Here is the planned running order for the show – you can hear it on Slice Audio every Friday at 7:00 pm UTC (8:00 pm BST/IST 9:00 pm CEST).
Here is the playlist for tonight (7:00 pm UTC 8:00 pm GMT) Downloadable programme to follow.
“Welcome to Slovakia” they sing on Hit, a track on Hrdza’s new album Neskrotený. It is a thrill of an album using wit, style and excellent musicianship.
Three chords and a guitar? Community podcasters have an audio recorder and a determination to have their voices heard. Just like punks in the 1970s who demystified the record industry.
After much messing about I have signed up to Mixcloud to try it out. Not so many clever mixes, more a playlist.
This is a Song from Europe part 1 (there may be more) and the first episode on what I call Davy Sims’s World Music Radio.