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Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds

Cerys explores the Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds with Edward Brooke-Hitching's latest book The Devil's Atlas. And expect an eclectic selection from Cerys' record collection.

Cerys explores the Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds with Edward Brooke-Hitching's The Devil's Atlas. With a playlist hand picked by Cerys, the music will transport you around the globe and across genres as she curates an eclectic selection from her record collection old and new. This week the selection crosses country, jazz, swing, folk, blues, reggae and dub and as it's a Halloween Heaven and Hell theme, there's a dose of the devil associated instrument, the fiddle.

Edward Brooke-Hitching is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a writer for QI and the author of The Madman's Library and The Sky Atlas. His latest publication is an illustrated guide to the heavens, hells and lands of the dead as imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the world ranging from the Aztecs to Japanese Buddhist mythology.

Ahead of her UK live debut, Liraz tells us about her album Zan, which means Women in Farsi. Liraz was born grew up in Israel but her culture identity is Iranian (her parents moved to Tel Aviv before she was born). She also shares her admiration for Iranian superstar Googoosh.

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Music Played

  • Moncho Lena Y Los Ases Del Rito & Mon Rivera

    Al贸! Qui茅n 脩ama?

    • Saoco!.

  • LaVern Baker

    Love Me Right

    • Blues Ballads.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 4.

  • Chris Culgin

    Hell's A Box House

    • It's Only Time.
    • 2.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go

    • Curtom.

  • Lou Donaldson

    If There's Hell Below (We're All Going To Go)

    • The Funk Jazz Brothers.
    • 1.

  • Nina Simone

    Go To Hell

    • Silk And Soul.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Django Reinhardt & Dicky Wells

    Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

    • Djangology Vol.4 / 1937.

  • The Tommy McCook Band

    A Little Bit Of Heaven

  • Gillian Welch

    I'm Not Afraid To Die

    • Hell Among The Yearlings.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 8.

  • The New Ballard Branch's Bogtrotters

    Hell Among The Yearlings

  • Clarence Williams

    Heaven, Heaven

    • Funeral Songs - The Lonesome Road.
    • 13.

  • Man

    Heaven & Hell

    • Call Down The Moon.

  • Fe Me Time All Stars

    Hell and Sorrow

    • Dub 1.

  • The Clash

    Straight To Hell

    • CBS.

  • Locust Honey String Band

    Hell Broke Loose In Georgia

    • He Ain't No Good.

  • John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat

    Burning Hell

    • Hooker 'N Heat.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Louis Prima

    Pennies From Heaven

    • Lights! Camera! Zooma! Zooma!.
    • 12.

  • Googoosh

    Makhloogh

  • Liraz

    Joon Joon

    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • Googoosh

    Man Aamadeh-Am

    • Pol.
    • Taraneh Enterprise.

  • Mighty Clouds of Joy

    In These Changing Times

    • Epic.

  • Edward Kendellan

    The Banshee

    • The Otherworld - Music And Song From The Irish Tradition.
    • 16.

  • Itzhak Perlman

    24 Caprices, Op.1: No. 5 in A Minor. Agitato

  • Veterinary Street Jazz Band

    Grandpa's Spells

    • Everybody Stomp.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Witchcraft

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Beck, Bogert, Appice

    Superstition

    • Metal Age: The Roots Of Metal.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Otis

    Castin' My Spell

    • Capitol Years.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Aziza Brahim

    Espejismos

    • Nomad Blues.

  • Tara Connaghan

    Eddie O'Gara's Waltz

    • Far Side of the Glen.

  • Precious Bryant

    Wasn't I Scared

    • My Name is Precious.
    • 4.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Duppy Conqueror

    • Archive Series Volume 3.
    • 18.

  • Chairmen of the Board

    I'm On My Way To A Better Place

    • The Best Of Chairmen Of The Board.
    • 6.

  • Schola Cantorum

    Heyr Himna Smi冒ur

    • Inspired by Harpa - The Traditional Songs of Iceland.
    • 16.

  • Robert Johnson

    Cross Road Blues

    • The Complete Recordings.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 18.

  • The Girls of the Golden West

    Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?

  • Wendell Watts

    Grooviest Thing This Side Of Heaven

    • Jiminie Records.

  • The Coopers

    Acapulco, dos de la tard

    • Heavenly Sweetness Sampler #3.
    • 10.

  • Paddy Hedderman

    The Fairy Fort

    • The Otherworld - Music And Song From The Irish Tradition.

  • Mahalia Jackson

    A City Called Heaven

    • Gospels, Spirituals And Hymns CD2.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight

    There's a Highway to Heaven

    • Blues Classics.

  • Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt

    Reunion In Heaven

    • In Loving Memory (1924-2012).
    • 73.

  • Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis

    You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)

    • The Complete Million Dollar Quartet.
    • 46.

  • Artie Shaw

    My Blue Heaven

  • Bettye LaVette

    Witchcraft In The Air

    • Birth Of Motor Town.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Oct 2021 10:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music