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A joyous exploration via music, guests and poetry: Mona Arshi

Cerys hand picks you three hours of music from around the world for the perfect eclectic Sunday vibe. This week Cerys welcomes Mona Arshi to The Poet Tree to discuss her influences

Cerys hand picks you three hours of music from around the world for the perfect eclectic Sunday vibe. Expect some retro Japanese jazz, some Nina Simone intertwined with new music from Altin Gun, Yin Yin and Pictish Trail as well as a repeat session from Cerys' young Welsh artist to watch: Cerys Hafana.

This week Cerys welcomes Mona Arshi to The Poet Tree to discuss her influences, inspirations and the relationship between poetry and lyrics. Mona Arshi was suggested by our previous guest on The Poet Tree, Roger Robinson. Mona worked as a human rights lawyer before she started writing poetry. Her debut collection Small Hands won the Forward Prize for best collection in 2015. Her debut novel Somebody Loves You was published in November 2021.

Plus arts and culture broadcaster Nikki Bedi pays tribute to the late Lata Mangeshkar. Nikki started her career in Mumbai as a stage and film actress before moving into presenting.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Jean Marc & Lowbelly

    Battre Pour Ton Droit

    • Fort Hazel.
  • Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys

    Sakura Sakura

    • Wajazz series - WaJazz- Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol.I - Deep, Heavy and Beautifu.
    • 180g.
    • 1.
  • The Order of the 12

    Against The Tide

    • Lore of The Land.
    • Group Mind.
  • Gwenno

    An Stevel Nowydh

  • Pictish Trail

    Melody Something

    • Island Family.
    • Fire Records.
  • DakhaBrakha

    Alambari

    • Alambari.
    • Not on Label.
  • The Who

    I Can See For Miles

    • Polydor.
  • Brian Auger & The Trinty

    In & Out

    • Soul Bank Music.
  • Melissa Aldana

    12 Stars

    • 12 Stars.
    • Blue Note Records.
  • Nina Simone

    Save Me

    • The Essential Nina Simone Volume 2.
    • Sony.
  • Pan Ron & Korn Phnao

    Pnhaeu Samnieng

    • Cambodian Soul Sounds, Vol. 1.
    • Not on Lable.
  • Lady Wray

    Piece Of Me

    • Piece Of Me / Come On In.
    • Big Crown Records.
    • 1.
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins

    Trouble in Mind

    • Autobiography in Blues.
    • Tradition Records.
    • 2.
  • Britney Spears

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.
  • Lata Mangeshkar & M. G. Sreekumar

    Jiya Jale

    • Dil Se.
    • Venus.
  • Lata Mangeshkar & Kumar Sanu

    Tujhe Dekha To Ye

    • Saregama Limited.
  • Tristen

    Complex

    • Aquatic Flowers.
    • Mama Bird Recording Co.
    • 1.
  • Bonnie Raitt

    Give It Up or Let Me Go

    • Give It Up (2008 Remaster).
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 1.
  • Juliette Gréco

    Un Petit Poisson, Un Petit Oiseau

    • Deshabillez-Moi.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 6.
  • Noro Morales

    Papá Boco

    • Como Esta.
    • Tico Records.
  • Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

    ³§²ÔÃ¥³¦°ì´Ç

    • International Anthem.
  • ¸éö²â°ì²õ´Ç±è±è

    This Time, This Place

    • PIAS.
  • Altin Gün

    Badl Sabah Olmadan

    • Glitterbeat Records.
  • Cerys Hafana

    Comed 1858 (Live in Session, 1st March 2022)

  • YĪN YĪN

    The Age of Aquarius

    • Glitterbeat Records.
  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)

    • Far East Suite.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 6.
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Tere Bin Nai Lagda

  • Lata Mangeshkar

    Chalte Chalte Yun Hi Koi

    • Saregama.
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Tere Bin Nahi Lagda (Acoustic)

    • Nusrat Top 10 - Alternative Mixes.
    • Times Music.
    • 1.
  • The Shacks

    Follow Me

    • Crown Jewels Vol. 2.
    • Big Crown Records.
  • Rupa

    Aaj Shanibar

    • Disco Jazz.
    • Numero Uno.
  • Los Santos

    Saturno 2000

    • Analog Africa.
  • Planningtorock & Maya Jane Coles

    Girl You Got My Heart (Maya Jane Coles Remix)

    • Girl You Got My Heart (Maya Jane Coles Remix).
    • Human Level.
    • 1.
  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Behave Yourself

    • Green Onions.
    • Stax/Atlantic.
    • 6.
  • Sabine McCalla

    Roads We Wander

    • Folk.
    • Mashed Potato Records.
    • 5.
  • Astrud Gilberto

    Take It Easy My Brother Charlie

    • Best of Perception Records Sampler: Matrix B/W Take It Easy My Brother Charlie.
    • BBE Music.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Mar 2022 10:00