Friday, 16 October 2026

Sat 17 October - Rebajada Cumbia and Serbian Kolo fiddle

Rebajada cumbia with reworkings and originals of Lisandro Meza - inspired by the soundtrack for the film 'Ya No Estoy Aqui' - Serbian Romani fiddle, kolo tunes from Darko Piller, Vasic Zlatomir Boja and Aleksandar Šišić. 

Friday, 9 October 2026

Sat 10 Oct - Campfire songs inspired by sessions at Hastings and St Leonards venues

Campfire music in the British pub. Songs and choices inspired by music sessions in St Leonards and Hastings at the Prince Albert, the Albion, Pissarros and at the Montague Armstrong shop on Kings Road. A new song from folkish mult-iinstrumentalist Jack Hayter (Hefner / Spongefinger). 

Friday, 2 October 2026

Sat 3 October - Audio Highlights from XMTR Festival, St Leonards on Sea

XMTR.FM festival - audio highlights of Festival | Discover Creative Sound — Join Now — (( XMTR )), 25 - 27 September St Leonards-on-Sea curated by Lucia Scazzocchio. Emma-Kate Matthews, Haitian horns parade with Stuart Griffiths, the Warrior Square Rose Garden with Cath Colour Carver (Part Two) and Manhunt by Cristina Marras and Gianfranco Bitti. Plus preview tracks from DIVINE (Wormhole World).


Thursday, 24 September 2026

Sat 26 Sept - Daughters of Donbas, Songs of Stolen Children

Daniel Rosenberg in conversation - Daughters of Donbas 'Songs of Stolen Children'. The record was produced by Daniel Rosenberg and Marichka and recorded in Lviv and Canada. Marichka on vocals and piano. Children are in dancer and have been illegally taken away from their parents and their rights have been violated. These songs fight for those children through music and voice. 

Friday, 11 September 2026

Sat 12 September - Los Twangueros guitarist Andy Neate, John Pengu and Philip Tabane

Andrew Neate, guitarist and leaders of the bands Los Twangueros (Balearic chill) and Just Landed (the Los Twangueros blues department) has died. Tracks from the band. Plus a musical feature on John Pengu/Bendhu guitarist and innovator with Philip Tabane and Malombo. Revisiting these pioneers of twentieth century African guitar song has been occasioned by a forthcoming talk on the writer Rider Haggard for the Burton St Leonards Society. Haggard was writer of imperialist imagination who wrote romances on South Africa, including a novel set in the time of the Zulu king Shaka. 

Friday, 17 July 2026

Sat 18 July - Liz Overs, Hanitra Ranaivo, Anglican chant, English folk

Inspired by a trip by Hanitra Ranaivo to Hastings and an evening with Liz Overs and Kate Waterfield in Eastbourne, a playlist of English and international folk music taking Liz Overs' Nightjar album as a focus point. Music includes Anglican chant, Tony Rice's version of Muleskinner Blues, Fotheringay, The Owl Service and Lara Eidi. 

Friday, 10 July 2026

Sat 11 July - Pham Duy

Songs of the Vietnamese composer Pham Duy. Plus sounds from the k'ni fiddle mouth resonator instrument used by the Jarai people in Vietnam. 'Riddle' from 'Daughters of Donbas' recorded live in Lviv in Western Ukraine, the fiddle and singing family from Estonia Õtekse known for their experimental take on traditional Estonian folk music. Plus tracks from Brazilian pop artists Caetano Veloso and Cida Lobo.