A trip to Edinburgh facilitated by Julia Maddison, James Kerr (Snakeskin Shoe Review) and Ceylan Hay. Thoughts on tourism, contemporary, alternative and popular music looking at aspects of culture from Edinburgh and Scotland.

THE NEWS AGENTS ..... Jude Montague's creative news-arts show Saturday 3pm-4pm Resonance 104.4FM ...... EXPERIMENT AND JOURNEY 'On a rainy Saturday in cold old February it was a delight to be chatting about music and arty things and having a bit of a sing with Jude Montague' JUDY DYBLE She creates poetry which finds the humanity amid the horror of our times.' BILL NEELY 'Jude Montague has gone where I've never seen a jobbing journalist tread before.' JON SNOW
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Monday, 17 March 2025
Sat 15 Mar - Chilean Folk Music - Maria Adriana
Maria Adriana sings and talks Chilean folk song, including the important voices of Violetta Parra, Victor Jara and Margot Loyola. Maria is based on the South Coast at Hove and was visiting Hastings to perform at Cumbia Kitchen. A live session at Montague Armstrong workshop in St Leonards-on-Sea.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-15-mar-2025-chilean-folk-music-maria-adriana/
Friday, 7 March 2025
Sat 8 Mar - Home-cooked Bollywood
Classic Bollywood tunes are so loved that they constantly inspire cover versions from amateur and professional players. This is a whistle-stop tour round some of those covers. And we remember the young musician Raymi Wilka who tragically died at sea in a completely unexpected accident and think of his parents' crowdjustice funder campaign to support legal fees for the inquest.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-8-mar-2025-home-cooked-bollywood/
Thursday, 6 March 2025
Sat 1 Mar - Bill Fay Tribute & John Shuttleworth Anniversary
The artist Bill Fay died recently. Matt Armstrong played on the Bill Fay recent album with Matt Deighton and remembers him for this show. Also it is John Shuttleworth's 40 years anniversary tour and this show celebrates that with him after seeing him perform at The Grand in Clapham.
The News Agents - 1 Mar 2025 (Bill Fay, John Shuttleworth) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud
Sat 28 Feb - Galician Road Trip (Spain)
A Galician road trip with host Susana Sanromán visiting bronze age petroglyphs, iron age hillforts, eating grellos, appreciating the architectural form of Feísmo , listening to Galego women playing pandareita and learning Galician language, visits to the ceramics and design hub of Sargadelos, poetry from the iconic writer Rosalía de Castro and extracts from literary US youtuber resident in Galicia, 'Jane in Spain'.
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Sat 15 Feb- Sudanese retro jazz (Habibi Funk)
Sudanese retro jazz with tracks from Sharhabil Ahmed the King of Sudaneze Jazz, the William Andre Band, Adawaa Bahir and Saif Abu Bakr's classic 1970s band The Scorpions. Acknowledgements to the work of the 'Habibi Funk' label (Berlin).
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Sat 1 Feb - Gareth E Rees 'Sunken Lands'
Gareth E Rees on his book 'Sunken Lands' and the traumatic impact of rising waters now and in the deep past. Cataclysm both human and natural and folklore as resistance. Rees talks about his inquiries which begin at Pett Level and take him to international sites of flood and disaster including Louisiana and Naples. Soundtrack features music from Rees to complement the narrative, also called 'Sunken Lands'.