Thursday, 15 May 2025

Sat 17 May - Ramta Jogi, A R Rahman and Ilaiyaraaja

 Ramta Jogi is the starting point for a wandering exploration of music in vintage Tamil, Hindi and Sinhalese Cinema. Includes tracks from the prolific composer Ilaiyaraaja.

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Sat 10 May - Pablo Dominguez, flamenco musician

 Pablo Dominguez, the much loved and expert flamenco musician, guitarist and percussionist celebrated with tracks and messages from his many musical collaborators. Including music from Chano Dominguez, Pablo's father, as yet unreleased preview tracks from the flamenco singer and virtuoso Clara Montes, original pop music from Djanan Turan and a track from the American based project 'Spies in Rome'. Eleanor Thorn of TunedIn London compiled the material. There will be a follow up show.

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Sat 12 April - Scandinavian Cinema with Andrei Rogatchevski

A study in Scandinavian Cinema with Andrei Rogatchevski. A selection of lesser known but rewarding artfilms from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland, one film from each country. A conversation with trailers and live guitar compositions from the Terje Rypdal Group from the late 1970s. 

Thursday, 27 March 2025

Sat 29 Mar - Early British Television with John Wyver

Early British Television. Stories and conversation with John Wyver, author of 'MAGIC RAYS OF LIGHT: THE EARLY YEARS OF TELEVISION IN BRITAIN' to be published by Bloomsbury Academic January 1926. With entertainment tracks relating to early British broadcast.

Thursday, 20 March 2025

Sat 22 Mar - A Trip to Edinburgh (James Kerr, Julia Maddison, Ceylan Hay)

 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. 

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/