Sat 17 Dec - Bird Spirits and Music 2

Bird Spirits and music. Second programme looking at songs and lore of bird spirits and the significance of birds in the Baltics and beyond. Raimonds Dale of Dudalnieki provides background and tunes from Latvia. Plus thoughts and sounds responding to the visibility and traditional symbolism of the robin at Wintertime. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-17-dec-2022-bird-spirits-sounds-2/

Sat 10 Dec - Chris Haigh, violinist and author, on his fiddle education books

Chris Haigh from ‘The Fiddle Channel’ on Youtube talks about his history as a violin player and author writing fiddle books including eleven for Schott Music Publishers including ‘Discovering Rock Violin’, ‘French Fiddle Tunes’, ‘Exploring Klezmer Fiddle’ and ‘Exploring Country and Bluegrass Fiddle’.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-10-dec-2022-chris-haigh-fiddle-books/

Sat 3 Dec - Bird Spirits & Music

Bird spirits in Baltic mythology, Bollywood and beyond. Lintukoto is the paradise to which birds migrate in winter in Finnish mythology. Expressions of birdness in movie picturisations such as Lata Mangeshka's vocal performance in Sehra of Pankh Hote To Ud Aati Re.




https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-3-dec-2022-bird-spirits-and-music/

Sat 26 Nov - Snake Worship & Music

Exploring serpents and mythology. Snake divinities have inspired musical worship in different cultural traditions. The focus falls on Baltic myth and Bollywood storytelling in music with tunes written for the grass snakes of Latvia and the great Bollywood snake movies.




https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-26-nov-2022-snake-worship-and-music-1/

Sat 19 Nov - Nepalese Music with Roshan Gurung

A personal take on Nepalese music. Roshan Gurung on his own experiments and experiences plus insights into traditional folk and court musics including influences from India and China.


The News Agents - 19 November 2022 (Nepalese Folk & Experimental Musics with Roshan Gurung) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 12 Nov - Bappi Lahiri & disco innovations (Bollywood composer series)

Bollywood composers – the latest in an occasional series. This study showcases dance hall numbers and focuses on the work of Bappi Lahiri and his disco innovations of the 1980s. Songs sung by Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Usha Uthup.

The News Agents - 12 November 2022 (Bollywood Composers: Bappi Lahiri & R D Burman) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud
 

Sat 5 Nov - Dr Ian Robertson - Religious broadcasing in USA and UK 20th Century

Religious broadcasting in the UK and America with Ian Robertson, author of ‘With God on Our Side’ a new classic book on 20th century mass media, personality and changes in Christianity and comparative religion, looking at similarities and differences between the UK and the USA.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-5-nov-2022-religious-broadcasting-dr-ian-robertson/

Sat 29 Oct - 1920s & 1930s dance band music

Jude’s granddad Sydney Wright was a music pioneer of the BBC. This is a playlist to commemorate him and the dance bands of the 1920s and 1930s, with an emphasis on British dance band music. Jack Hylton Orchestra, Bert Ambrose and his Orchestra, the Savoy Orpheans and Henry Hall’s BBC Dance Orchestra. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com




https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-29-oct-2022-1920s-1930s-dance-band-music/

Sat 22 Oct - Latvian festivals of Abjumidas and Velu Laiks

 Celebrating autumn and connecting with the spirits with Raimonds Dale. The Latvian festivals of Abjumidas and Velu Laiks, the time of the spirits. Togetherness, commemoration and memory with Baltic song traditions. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-22-oct-2022-abjumidas-latvian-autumn-festival-with-raimonds-dale/

Sat 15 Oct - R D Burnam - Bollywood Composition

 The second in a new occasional series on Bollywood composition, this is an enthusiast introduction to the work of  R D Burman, legendary Bollywood composer. Rahul Dev (Pancham) Burnam is known for his lively sixties sounds and experimental and international approach to instrumentation.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-15-oct-2022-r-d-burnam-a-bollywood-study/

Sat 8 Oct - Bollywood Study - Shankar Jakishan

Shankar Jakishan, the composer duo who broke new ground in Hindi film music by mixing western beats and orchestration with Indian classical. Playing music. identifying some taali (rhythmic cycles) and ragas (melodic modes / frameworks) and introducing some of the stories in and around these ‘golden age’ Bollywood songs. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-8-oct-2022-shankar-jakishan-a-bollywood-study/

Sat 1 Oct - Music of Cote d'Ivoire with Anderson Loa (2 of 2)

Anderson Loa on the music of Côte d'Ivoire with artists such as Ernesto Dje-Dje and his own reggae and upbeat African pop including his new single new single Libérez Pulcherie Gbalet. Part 2 of 2 For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-1-oct-2022-anderson-loa-music-of-cote-divoire-2-of-2-b/

Sat 24 Sept - Anderson Loa on the music of Côte d'Ivoire (1 of 2)

Anderson Loa on the music of Côte d'Ivoire with artists such as Ernesto Dje-Dje and his own reggae and upbeat African pop including his new single Libérez Pulcherie Gbalet.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-24-sept-2022-anderson-loa-music-of-cote-divoire-1-of-2-a/

Sat 17 Sept - Jake Thackray - conversation with Paul Thompson

Jake Thackray, influential, unique and maybe somewhat forgotten Yorkshire songwriter with an anarchist attitude is brought to old and new audiences in a biography by Paul Thompson and John Watterson, 'Beware of the Bull'. There are DVDs of Jake’s performances to come from the BBC.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-17-september-2022-jake-thackray-paul-thompson-1/

Sat 30 July - 'On the Fly' - live coding in Barcelona - finale of Creative Europe co-funded project

A trip to Barcelona for the final week of the ‘On the Fly’ creative coding, live coding project co-funded by Creative Europe. Sessions at the Hangar centre for art research and production and audio coding contributions from Patrick Borgeat, Flor de Fuego and Luka Prinčič. Thank you to Iván Paz and Lina Bautista, Ludovica Michelin and all those of On the fly.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-30-july-2022-on-the-fly-creative-coding-1/

Sat 23 July - Songs of War - Ukraine & Russia - Andrei Rogatchevski - part 2 of 2

 Professor of Russian Literature and Culture at UiT - the Arctic University of Norway looks at the war in music by analyzing the popularity current songs via their presence on the Youtube platform, discussing what the music and lyrics show about attitudes and political and national identity. This is a follow up show to a News Agents broadcast on the escalating tension and opposed beliefs before the beginning of the war in 2022.

The News Agents - 23 July 2022 (Andrei Rogatchevski: Ukraine & Russia, Songs of War 2 of 2) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 16 July - Songs of War - Ukraine & Russia - Andrei Rogatchevski - part 1 of 2

Professor of Russian Literature and Culture at UiT - the Arctic University of Norway looks at the war in music by analyzing the popularity current songs via their presence on the Youtube platform, discussing what the music and lyrics show about attitudes and political and national identity. This is a follow up show to a News Agents broadcast on the escalating tension and opposed beliefs before the beginning of the war in 2022.

The News Agents - 16 July 2022 (Andrei Rogatchevski: Ukraine & Russia, Songs of War 1 of 2) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 9 July - 'Mothers Ruin' playlist

‘Mothers Ruin’ playlist – ‘Mothers Ruin’ the exhibition is curated by Julia Maddison and Rebekah Dean at the House Mill in Bromley-by-Bow. Music from Kath Tait, Eileen Gogan, Montague Armstrong as well as folk-country choices and songs in English, Irish, Old Norse and Latvian.

The News Agents - 9 July 2022 (Mothers Ruin Playlist) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 2 July - Ross Clifford & Column 258 - collective music making

Collaborative composition and performance art in sound. Ross Clifford from Column 258 and the Sumerian Kyngs talks about process in both bands discussing performance art and theatrical influences in soundmaking. He is curating a new series of happenings ‘Off the Radar’ at The Beacon venue in Hastings. Plus new tracks from Column 258.

The News Agents - 2 July 2022 (Ross Clifford & Column 258) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 25 June - Baltic Sea & Hastings Sea Creatures

Tales and songs of the Baltic sea and sailing. With folk songs chosen for performance by Dūdalnieki. Plus a report from Hastings / St Leonards on Sea in the squeeze on independent shopkeepers and artists as the latest ‘Mind Your Head’ arts cabaret takes place this weekend in Zusushii Art Laboratory, due to close up operations in their current seafront location.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-25-june-2022-the-baltic-sea-hastings-sea-creatures/

Sat 18 June - Nick Weekes & Speculative Soundscapes

Nick Weekes (Warrior Square/Column 258) talks about his practice and influences. Exploring his life in audio and adventures in natural sonics, resonating feedback and speculative soundscape.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-18-june-2022-nick-weekes-soundscape/

Sat 11 June - Raimonds Dale on Līgosvētki

The Latvian midsummer festival of Jāņi and the evening before, Līgosvētki or Līgovakars. The midsummer festival was a feature of pagan Europe relating to renewal and fertility but Latvia has made the festival very much their own. Singing the Dainas (Lat­vian folk songs) is a part of this. Raimonds Dale from the band Dūdalnieki discusses the traditions, interpretations and practices.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-11-june-2022-raimonds-dale-ligo/

Sat 4 June - Charlie Holt and the Shed Gallery

Charlie Holt discusses collages, collaborations and his own surrealist approach to exhibitions and art projects. In 2022 he set up The Shed Gallery, a humble informal zone using Facebook and a small physical space to show the work of fellow artists with whom he has built up a significant relationship, beginning with John Stephens and Kavitha Balakrishnan.


https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-4-june-2022-charlie-holt-the-shed-gallery/

Sat 28 May - Bobby Clark and the Bluegrass Mandolin

Mandolin strings, plectrums and shapes. Bobby Clark discusses things mandolin. Bobby is from Oklahoma and a fiddle champion and has worked with Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill and contributed to other bluegrass and old time projects. Plus tracks from Bobby and others with a brief introduction to the mandolin, why it comes in different varieties. A general hoe down of a discussion.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-28-may-2022-bobby-clark-bluegrass-mandolini/

Rushes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SveY1smeJOs

Sat 21 May - Ian MacGowan Improviser / DIY instruments

 Improviser Ian Smith aka Ian MacGowan, player of trumpet and flugelhorn who died this week remembered and celebrated. Plus DIY instruments and the tradition of the jug band. Washtub and tea-chest bass, unusual homemade percussion. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-21-may-2022-tribute-to-trumpeter-ian-smith-aka-macgowan-diy-instruments-and-amer/

Sat 14 May - Kate Jessop / Brighton International Animation Festival

Kate Jessop chats about the recent Brighton International Animation Festival which she founded and organized with Latest TV on board as host venue and broadcaster. Plus selections from animation soundtracks from early cartoons onwards.


The News Agents - 14 May 2022 (Kate Jessop - Brighton International Animation Festivali) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud


Rushes: Kate Jessop & Jude Montague - Brighton International Film Festival - 14 May 2022 - YouTube

Sat 7 May - Raimonds Dale / Dūdalnieki / Latvian Song in West Yorkshire

Experiments in news and arts with Jude Montague. Latvian songs in West Yorkshire and further afield with Latvian bandleader Raimonds Dale and tales of his group Dūdalnieki. With seasonal songs for the festivities of Ūsiņš when horses were traditionally put out to pasture in Spring.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-7-may-2022-raimonds-dale-dudalnieki/




Rushes: Raimonds Dale & Jude Montague - The News Agents - 7 May 2022 - Latvian rushes part 1 of 2 - YouTube (Part One)

Raimonds Dale - Dudalnieki & Jude Montague The News Agents on Resonance FM 7 May 2022 Part 2 of 2 - YouTube (Part Two)

Sat 30 April - Latgale / Latgalian Music

Latgalian folk song and stories from the region around Rēzekne in East Latvia. Looking at the survival of the Green Synagogue and the legacy of the Jewish community in Latgale and the history of the Old Believers in the Latgalian region. Latgalian language is spoken by approximately 165,000 people and is now being actively promoted by historians and scholars. Plus, hillforts of Latvia.




https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-30-april-2022-latgale-latgalian-music/

Sat 23 April - Algis Fediajevas - Lithuanian Experimental Folk Music

Lithuanian underground artist Algis Fediajevas plays a unique and exotic variation of psychedelic folk or experimental folk music. He talks about his practice including his own use of Lithuanian language work and some aspects of Baltic culture and nature in music in advance of his upcoming UK mini-tour with Bloga Kate. Plus tracks from the artists. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com

The News Agents - 23 April 2022 (Algis Fediajevas; Lithuanian Experimental Folk Music) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Zoom Rushes: Lithuanian song - Algis Fediajevis with Jude Montague for Resonance FM - YouTube

Sat 9 April - Matthew Lee Knowles & Piano Composition

Matthew Lee Knowles, composer and pianist, discusses his process and thoughts around music making and notation. New tracks from his double-album collaboration with Kate Ledger.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-9-april-2022-matthew-lee-knowles-piano-composition-1/

Sat 2 Apr - Paul Chivers & Community Music

Percussionist and producer Paul Chivers remembering days at Community Music with innovative educator John Stevens who created the 'Search and Reflect' system of exercises in sound making. Plus, reflections on sampling, teaching and his own studio at the WAC (Weekend Arts College) building in Belsize Park. Original tracks included.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-2-april-2022-paul-chivers-sampling-community-music/

Sat 26 Mar - Live Coding with Creative Coding Utrecht

Celebrating ten years of Algorave, Fabian van Sluijs from Creative Coding Utrecht and Felipe Ignacio, composer and developer of CodeKlavier with Anne Veinberg in conversation reflecting some of the diverse work of the international live coding community. Plus, original music created with live coding techniques including the PZ machine developed for Supercollider.




https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-26-march-2022-creative-coding-utrecht-felipe-ignacio-creative-coding-communi/

Sat 19 Mar - Sounds of Kemence / Pontic Lyra

On the trail of the kemence and the Pontian lyra. The name comes from the Persian for 'small bow', and is part of the musical traditions of many different countries in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-19-march-2022-sounds-of-kemence-and-pontian-lyra/

Sat 12 Mar - Paul Kerensa - A century of British Broadcasting

Paul Kerensa discusses his ambitious project to celebrate and investigate a century of British Broadcasting, looking at the deep origins of the BBC and the regional stations. Plus a brief look at the very first shows and the characters behind them as entertainment and information services for the public emerged from test transmissions and one-to-one communication.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-12-march-2022-paul-kerensa-ukrainian-animation-soundtrack/

Sat 5 March - Rafaele Andrade, eerieear, live coding and Zev Robinson on Bread

The volcano goddess(es) and shamanism. White noise, pink noise, synth algorithms in supercollider, live coding and new music using coding from eerieear and Rafaele Andrade. Plus a conversation with Zev Robinson on his new bread documentary.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-5-march-2022-live-coding-eeerieear-rafaele-andrade-bread-documentary/

Sat 25 Feb - Burns of London - Den Haag Volcano Goddess Residency

Jim Burns and Alice Louise Farrell were guitar manufacturers and pioneers. Looking at the story of Burns of London plus initial reflections on a residency organized by Creative Coding Utrecht and iii instrument inventors’ centre in Den Haag.


https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-26-february-2022-burns-of-london-creative-coding-in-den-haag/

Sat 12 Feb - Hammond Organ and Electric Guitar - Amazing Friendly Apple - Live Coding & TOPLAP

 

Hammond organ and guitar. Looking at the influence of Booker T. and the MGs in the Stax sound and a particular travel model of Hammond that travelled all the way from Lincolnshire to Hastings that belonged to the 1960s band ‘Amazing Friendly Apple’ from Leeds that were signed to Decca but which did not have commercial success perhaps due to the reported reluctance of music companies to fully support bands from the North of England and outside London. Also more examples of live coding including tracks from TOPLAP in Barcelona. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-12-february-2022/

Sat 19 Feb - Hammond and Electric Guitar Part 2 - Live Coding and Tidal Cycles

The second part of Hammond organ focus looking at Booker T and the MGs, Stax Records, a short listening journey into Indonesian Pop Nostalgia plus regular live coding explorations continue with contributions from the Tidal Cycle community. Includes a short practical reflection on how samples can be embedded in code, chopped up and reworked. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-19-february-2022/

Sat 5 Feb - Lap Steel, Country Music and Live Coding

History of lap steel and country music plus live coding experiments from the TOPLAP community in Barcelona.


https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-5-february-2022-lap-steel-country-live-coding/

Sat 29 Jan - Nadia al Faghih Hasan & Tidal Cycles

Nadia al Faghih Hasan on drumming circles, African music in London and her band and collaborative projects including Kan Beng. Also more international live coding music created using Tidal Cycles.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-29-january-2022-nadia-al-faghih-hasan-tidal-cycles/

Sat 22 Jan - Indonesian Pop Nostalgia and Tidal Cycles

Nostalgic Indonesian music looking at the 1960s and 1970s, folk country and romantic songs. Plus, in advance of a special residency with Creative Coding Utrecht and iii (Den Haag) exploring coding in Tidal Cycles, unpicking a couple of basic functions and theory and featuring extracts of live coded music. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-22-january-2022-indonesian-pop-nostalgia-and-tidal-cycles/

Sat 15 Jan - Sovietwave and Live Coding

Exploring the retrofuturistic world of synthwave from former Soviet Union countries and looking at live coding including fragments of new compositions created using Tidal Wave and Sonic Pi.

The News Agents - 22 January 2022 (Indonesian Pop Nostalgia and Tidal Cycles) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 8 Jan - Live Coding in Artistic Expression

Live coding in music and arts culture Looking at how software such as Tidal Cycles, Supercollider functions in sound art and visual effects created ‘on the fly’ in a computer browser for example Hydra created by Olivia Jack.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-8-january-2022-live-coding-and-volcanoes-part-one/