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A Joyous Exploration via Music, Guests and Poetry: Lady Blackbird in Session

Cerys curates an eclectic selection for your perfect Sunday soundtrack. This week Cerys welcomes Lady Blackbird to perform live at the 91Èȱ¬ Maida Vale Studios.

Cerys curates an eclectic selection for your perfect Sunday soundtrack, with music crossing eras, genres and continents. Expect a mix of jazz, funk, soul, blues, folk and beats.

This week Cerys welcomes Lady Blackbird to perform live at the 91Èȱ¬ Maida Vale Studios. Lady Blackbird is the creation of LA-based artist Marley Munroe. Her influences are as varied as Billie Holiday, Gladys Knight, Tina Turner and Chaka Khan. Her debut album Black Acid Soul, released in 2021, presented a fresh take on the jazz vocal with her unique voice.

Plus we head to Haweswater in the Lake District National Park with Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Bob Dylan

    Mixed-Up Confusion

    • Mixed-Up Confusion.
  • Ottilie Patterson & Chris Barber's Jazzband

    I Love My Baby

    • Ottilie Patterson with Chris Barber's Jazz Band: 1955 - 1958.
    • Lake Records.
  • Yola

    Shady Grove

    • Walk Through Fire.
    • Easy Eye Sound.
    • 2.
  • Jimmy McGriff

    Spear for Moondog, Part 1

    • Electric Funk.
    • Blue Note Records.
  • Jalen Ngonda

    Holler (When You Call My Name)

    • Holler (When You Call My Name).
    • Jalen N'Gonda.
    • 1.
  • Mongo Santamaría

    Pachanga Pa Ti

    • 100% Mongo Santamaría.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 8.
  • Surprise Chef

    Velodrome

    • Big Crown Records.
  • Doc Watson

    Shady Grove

    • The Essential Doc Watson.
    • Vanguard Records.
    • 10.
  • Cate Le Bon

    Are You With Me Now?

    • Mug Museum.
    • Turnstile.
  • Gil Trythall

    Polk Salad Annie

    • Country Moog / Nashville Gold.
    • Athena Records.
    • 13.
  • حميد الشاعري

    Yekfini Nesma Sotak

    • The SLAM! Years: 1983 - 1988 (Habibi Funk 018).
    • Habibi Funk Records.
  • Gabriella Ferri

    E' tutta robba mia

    • Il meglio di Gabriella Ferri.
    • Saar Srl under license to Pirames International Srl.
  • Khasi-Cymru Collective

    I Shakyllia

  • DakhaBrakha

    Alambari

    • Alambari.
    • Bercana Music.
  • Maxine Weldon

    Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)

    • Right On.
    • Mainstream Records.
  • Arooj Aftab

    Baghon Main

    • Vulture Prince.
    • New Amsterdam.
    • 1.
  • Violeta Parra

    De Las Piernas De Un Zancudo

  • Kyrie Lesion

    Bachar Mar-Khalife

  • Yar Oi

    ½¢²¹³Ù±ð±ô±ô¾±³Ù±ð²õ

  • York & Selena Evan

    Feel the Groove

  • Cure the Jones

    Mamas Gun

  • Chavela Vargas

    No Soy De Aquí Ni Soy De Allá

    • Poema 20.
    • Orfeon.
  • Koki Nakano

    External Cephalic Version

    • Oceanic Feeling.
    • No Format.
  • The Mighty Diamonds

    Right Time

    • Right Time.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 1.
  • Lina & Refree

    Gaivota

    • Lina_Raül Refree.
    • Glitterbeat.
  • Lady Blackbird

    Collage (6 Music Session, 17 April 2022)

  • Lady Blackbird

    It's Not That Easy (6 Music Session, 17 April 2022)

  • Wet Leg

    Angelica

    • Domino.
  • Mykki Blanco

    Family Ties (feat. Michael Stipe)

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins & Sonny Terry

    Rocky Mountain

    • The Complete Prestige / Bluesville Recordings.
    • Prestige.
    • 1.
  • Laurent Bardainne, Tigre d'Eau Douce & Célia Wa

    Jou en nou rivé

    • Heavenly Sweetness.
  • Chewy She

    Je suis nue il est habillé

  • The Funkees

    Akula Owu Onyeara

    • Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77.
    • Soundway Records Ltd.
    • 6.
  • Errol Linton

    Packing My Bags

    • Packing My Bags.
    • Brassdog Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Apr 2022 10:00