Sat 17 Feb - Alan Hempsall, Crispy Ambulance, Scissorgun, Manchester

 Alan Hempsall talks about Crispy Ambulance, Manchester and music in in the late 70s and early 80s and about his current electronic project with Dave Clarkson mixing synth, drum programming with treated guitars, vocals and prose, Scissorgun.

Sat 11 Feb - Bollywood composers Kalyanji-Anandji

Annual Resonance FM fundraising show and occasional Bollywood composer series with a study of musical duo Kalyanji-Anandji. Classic tracks include a song featured on The Simpsons episode 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore' and a party take of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' alongside some brilliant thriller theme music from the 1960s and 1970s.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-11-feb-2023-resonance-fundraiser-show-bollywood-composers-kalyanji-anandji/

Sat 4 Feb - Dave Clarkson - Pocket Guides to Faded British Isles

Dave Clarkson on his latest exploration of faded British Isles in the series 'A Pocket Guide to Dream Land: Faded Fairgrounds and Ghostal Ghost Towns'. In this release he processes field recordings from New Brighton amusement park on the Wirral. For 30 years Manchester (UK) based Dave Clarkson has been involved in music, experimental, electronic and beyond.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-4-feb-2023-dave-clarkson-pocket-guides-experimental-musics/

Sat 28 Jan - Americana and Literary Songwriting - Jason McNiff

Fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter Jason McNiff talks about literary and Americana influences including the cantautore Fabrizio Cristiano De André and about his weekly series of singer-songwriter shows, Sundowner, at the well-known music pub the Jenny Lind in Hastings.


The News Agents - 28 January 2023 (Jason McNiff & Fabrizio de Andre) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 21 Jan - Dance Bands of 1920s & 1930s - Al Bowlly

 A study of 1930s dance band music featuring the short but popular career of singer Al Bowlly and his enduring impact on television and film scores. Part of in an occasional series on 1920s & 1930s bands including interviews with some of the new generation of volunteer archivists who are using the internet to catalogue and make accessible the legacy of this period of music online.  

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-21-jan-2023-al-bowlly-1920s-1930s-dance-music/

Sat 14 Jan - Bollywood Composers - O P Nayyar

The occasional series on Bollywood composers continues with a look at the 1950s output of O P Nayyar focusing on his seminal and popular works with Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Geeta Dutt in blockbuster films such as 'Mr and Mrs 55'. His work is known for exploring light romantic themes - thumri and for his use of the tonga beat - but more generally he was a great innovator and a bold, robust songwriter who made a strong mark on the soundscape of this classic era of cinema. Plus, a heartfelt tribute to friend of the arts and of many international artists who visited his hometown of Atina in Lazio, Luciano Caira.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-14-jan-2023-bollywood-composers-o-p-nayyar-2/

Sat 25 Dec - Ziemassvētki - Raimonds Dale (Dūdalnieki)

 Ziemassvētki: experiments in news and arts with Jude Montague. Raimonds Dale from Dūdalnieki talks and shares songs of the pagan festive season in the Baltics and how ancient pastoral and agricultural traditions survive through the dark and cold of Latvian wintertide. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-25-dec-2022-ziemassvetki-latvian-pagan-winter-festival/