Sat 27 Sept - XMTR Festival Live Broadcast

 Live broadcast for the XMTR (Transmitter) Audio Arts Festival, a celebration of sonic storytelling spanning multiple venues in and around St Leonards-on-Sea. In conversation with participants from the festival at the Montague Armstrong shop, 15 Kings Road, St Leonards.

Sat 20 September - Dave Clarkson 'Was Life Sweeter' & 'Granddads' - hauntological muisc

 The News Agents

Sat 20 September

3pm-4pm

Experiments in news and arts with Jude Montague. Dave Clarkson on hauntological music, featuring his album 'Was Life Sweeter?' about the sugar treats of childhood and our collaborative album 'Granddads' on Wormhole World which looks back at the lives of our musical grandfathers in Manchester and Liverpool. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com

Sat 13 Sept - Estonian music and poetry

Estonian music and poetry following a trip to Tartu. Contemporary and popular music with a folk edge in Estonia today. With tracks from Naised Köögis - The Women in the Kitchen. 

The News Agents - 13 September 2025 (Estonian Music and Poetry) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 19 July - Tribute to Pablo Dominguez 2

The second show in tribute to Pablo Dominguez the flamenco guitarist much missed by his community of musicians and music lovers. With contributions from Javier Ruibal, Maria Camahort, Eleanor Thorn and Djanan Turan. 

The first show went  out Sat 10 May 2025.

Sat 12 July - 1960s and 1970s pop music from Peru and Argentina

1960s and 1970s pop music from Peru and Argentina including psychedelic Cumbia. Hispanic songs and extracts in Quechan language. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-12-july-2025-60s-70s-argentina-peru/

Sat 5 July - Brasilian Retro and Bahia Musics

 Music from Bahia and a retro journey in 1960s and 1970s Brasilica. Tropicalia, post-Tropicalia and jazz sounds with diverse influences, featuring soft and upbeat flavours. Flora Purim, Secos Molhados, Banda de 7 Leguas, Paulinho Tapajós e Dorinha Tapajós, Michel Magner, Zimbo Trio and more.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-5-july-2025-bahia-60s-70s-brasilian/

Sat 28 June - Latvian Snake Adventures

A recent trip to Latvia to create a documentary with animated inserts funded by the Arts Council of England with fellow film-maker and artist Wolfgang Dubieniec. Retro music from Latvia plus soundscape files from the trip. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-28-june-2025-latvian-snake-adventure/

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-21-june-2025-baltic-snake-culture/

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.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-7-june-2025-carnatic-music/

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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/

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/

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'. 

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).

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'.

Sat 25 Jan - Stormy T and Bluesman's Lane

 The local blues club in Hastings run by Stormy T and Bluesman's Lane is celebrated with tracks new and old. Contemporary blues artists active in the South East area such as Suzie Simms and Andy Twyman feature in the mix alongside classics from BB King and R L Burnside.

 

The News Agents - 25 January 2025 (Birthday Blues for Stormy T) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud 

Sat 18 Jan - David Zucchi - Mandi

 

Saxophonist and composer David Zucchi discusses his project and CD release Mandi on People Places Records. This, his debut composing album combines sax, looping and arrangement with the recordings of a collection of reel-to-reels recorded by his father’s family in 1959 on a Geloso G. 255 recording device. He describes the tracks as elaborations on and reconstructions of the words, songs, and music of these tapes. His approach is to work with glitches inherent in the recording process and the deterioration of the reels that help form the basis of the musical material. 

 

The News Agents - 18 January 2025 (David Zucchi: Mandi) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud