Monday, 18 November 2024

Sat 23 Nov - XMTR.FM, Sono-Electro and 'Life Sentence'

Lica Scazzocchio from XMTR.FM and James Wilkie from SONO ELECTRO reflect on their recent combined  festival, followed by the live text composition 'Life Sentence' by Anthony Moore and Ed Baxter performed at the festival at Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards-on-Sea. 

Thursday, 14 November 2024

Sat 16 Nov - Reimagining ancient Roman music

Reimagining ancient Roman music. Chant, war song and reconstructed instruments including the legendary water organ.

Thursday, 7 November 2024

Sat 9 Nov - Northern Portuguese and soft playlist

Soft playlist inspired songs and traditions from Northern Portugal. Playlist also includes tracks from Roshi Nasehi with Graham Dowdall (as Pars Radio), Kelsey Michael, Meghan Leigh Mason, Paulinho Nogueira, Angeline Morrison and Cyrille Aimée. 


The News Agents - 9 November 2024 (Northern Portugal folk; guitar; soft playlist) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud


Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Sat 2 Nov - Katharina Zanon on Hotel City Plaza

Katharina Zanon talks about her experiences at the anarchist refugee support scheme at Hotel City Plaza near Exarcheia, the alternative community area in Athens. Zanon is an Austrian writer interviewed while on residency at the Writers and Translators House in Ventspils, Latvia in October 2024. 


The News Agents - 2 November 2024 (Katerina Zanon: Hotel City Plaza) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Saturday, 26 October 2024

Sat 26 Oct - Dainas and Doinas

Dainas and Doinas. The third and last programme from the Starptautiska Rakstnieki un Tulkotaja Maja, the Writers and Translators House in Ventspiles, Latvia. Notes from the poetry sketchbook plus from Romania exploring the tradition of doinas. Plus tracks from Anna Erhard, Megan Leigh Mason and Robert Kretschmar. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-26-oct-2024-dainas-and-doinas/

Sunday, 20 October 2024

Sat 19 Oct - Livonian Language Creativity

 The second show from the Writers and Translators House in Ventspils. A look at the revival of Livonian, Finno-Ugric language of former and currently minority inhabitants of Lativa,  as a living language through poetry and song. Plus some tracks from Latvian contemporary and rock/pop songmakers.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-19-oct-2024-latvian-coffee-shop/


Friday, 18 October 2024

Sat 12 Oct - Playlist for a Latvian Coffee Shop

Made on writers' residency at the Writers and Translators House in Ventspils, Kurzeme. Thoughts and conversations with poetry from Juris Kronbergs and tracks from Eolika, Ainars Mielavs, Raimonds Paul and Jumprava.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-12-oct-2024-latvian-coffee-shop/