Sat 21 Dec - Philippe Parreno - Voices at the Haus der Kunst

 Philippe Parreno speaks about his generative exhibition 'Voices' which opens this weekend at the Haus de Kunst in Munich, Bavaria. Jude Montague visited the show to report for Artlyst Magazine.

Sat 14 Dec - Wormhole World 2024 Roundup

Wormhole World looks back on what has been a prolific year for the experimental Lancashire-based label. Tracks from artists published in 2024 - Mai, Moray Newlands, Avi C. Engel, Obeah, Floormat Doormat, Wonderful Beasts and Audio Obscura.

Sast 3 December - Kelsey Michael and the Cornish Music Scene

Kelsey Michael presents songs from her new album 'Lethowsow' (Dimple Discs, 2024) and introduces work new artists from the Cornish music scene, Minko and Buhrlap.  

 The News Agents - 3 December 2024 (Kelsey Michael) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

Sat 30 November - Artist Life Playlist

 Playlist reflecting the artist's life in November 2024. Tracks from Shoreline Dreamers, Gardyloo Spew, Crumpsall Riddle, Sonny Boy Williamson, Prāta Vētra, Amy Rigby and a demo of a song from the developing musical about the life of John Logie Baird, inventor of television. 

The News Agents - 30 November 2024 (Variety Show) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

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. 

Sat 16 Nov - Reimagining ancient Roman music

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

The News Agents - 16 November 2024 (Reimagining Ancient Rome) by Resonance FM | Mixcloud

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

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

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/

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/

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/

Sat 5 Oct - Kokle Music

 The kokle, Baltic psaltery, traditional instrument of Latvia. Songs, dances and contemporary uses of the instrument with electronica. Contributions from Xenia Twarz, Karlis Rudra Jirgens and the kokle education initiative, Kokļu Mežs contrasted with selected tracks from the seminal folk-rock album by Iļģi, 'Kaza Kapa Debesis' or 'the goat climbs to heaven'.

Sat 28 Sept - Ethiopian Musics and poetry from Lemn Sissay

Ethiopian music, ethio-jazz and poetry from Ethio-English poet Lemn Sissay.

Sat 21 Sept - Insect music and sounds

Insect music and related sounds. Tracks from crickets, dragonflies, bees and even worms courtesy of experimental Lancashire-based label Wormhole World.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-21-sept-2024-insect-music/

Sat 14 Sept - French female artists

Francophone and French female artists, in a journey triggered by a family visit to the city of Marseille. Tracks by artists both avant-garde and more mainstream including Emily Loizeau, Catherine Ribiero, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Birgitte Fontaine, Sandrine Kiberlain, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Laetitia Sadler, Charlotte Adigery and Bolis Pupul and Jain. F

Sat 27 July - Goat Ledge -international playlist

Goat Ledge, the popular and experimental community cafe on the beach at St Leonards on Sea has a creative international playlist curated by Will, the guiding genius of the operation. Ahead of Haymanot Tesfa's visit to the area, Will visits the Montague Armstrong shop on King's Road to introduce ideas and his approach to listening that stimulate his musical choices. 

Sat 13 July - Zoe Portela in conversation on the BeeGees and their Manchester roots

Singer and performer and fellow Mancunian Zoe Portela discuss The BeeGees and their Stretford and Chorlton connections through their Australian formative years, back to London and then to America. Known for their falsetto and their tight knit family harmonies, Barry Gibb and his two younger twin brothers Maurice and Robin are often considered by the industry to be the most successful pop musical trio of all time. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com

Sat 6 July - First Nations music from Canada

 First Nations music including tracks from Tanya Tagaq and Kelly Fraser. This show has been initially triggered by researching Grey Owl aka Archie Belaney who was an Anglo-Scot from Hastings who lived as a backwoods man in the Lake Témiscouata region, Quebec and Manitoba to be an important lecturer and communicator to people in the UK promoting conservation in the northern wilderness

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-6-july-2024-first-nations-canadian-music/

Sat 29 June - Flamenco 1960s and 1970s

Flamenco throwback to the 1960s and 1970s, the hybrid flamenco-pop sounds of Levanta and Dalida and classic vintage performances from the legendary Camarón de la Isla - forms including tangos and algerias and the popular rumba flamenco which went international with the Catalan Los Reys also known as Gipsy Kings.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-29-june-2024-flamenco-1960s-and-1970s/

Sat 22 June - Graham 'Dids' Dowdall - a tribute and elegy to the composer-musician aka GAGARIN

 Graham 'Dids' Dowdall died this week.  A tribute to the musician, composer, educator, experimentalist. His solo project GAGARIN expressed his retro-futurist consciousness. He worked with famous names Nico and Pere Ubu but was a great egalitarian. As well as being a phenomenal sound-artist with his solo work he was a valued band member, playing excellently on other's projects and appreciated for his generosity. Playing tracks from his duo with Roshi Nasehi and a live session from Scaledown recorded by Mal Robinson and other pieces and featuring extracts from an interview with Joe Mugford.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-22-june-2024-gagarin-graham-dids-dowdall-a-tribute-and-elegy/

Sat 15 June - Manchester new music scene

New music scene in Manchester promoted via Low Four Studios. Live tracks from the Old Granada TV studios and studio releases from Jane Weaver and Nightbus. A new generation inspired by Joy Division, New Order and the Manchester experimental scene of the late 70s and 80s.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-8-june-2024-manchester-music-scene/

25 May - Post-Revolutionary Cuban Music - songo, nueva trova

 More explorations into Latin music, concentrating on musics developed in post-revolutionary Cuba and featuring songo from Juan Formell and Los Van Van plus nueva trova as sponsored by politician and post-revolutionary heroine Haydée Santamaría.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-organ-presents-the-other-rock-show-26-may-2024/

Sat 18 May - Onda Chicana & Melanie Safka

  Mexican psychedelic music, Melanie Safka and sounds from the Onda Chicana or Chicano Wave. Hammond organ, guitars, cumbia and songwriting from the late 1960s and early 1970s.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-18-may-2024-mexican-psychedelia-and-cosmic-latin/

Sat 11 May - Spirit of Invention exhibition - John Logie Baird

 Spirit of Invention is a new festival in Hastings to commemorate one hundred years since television was invented in the town by John Logie Baird. Almost thirty artists are taking part at Electro Studios Project Space in a show co-curated with Chris Simpson. Thinking about some of the artists taking part and their work, and playing tunes and audio suggested by their participation. Includes a plunderphonics piece made specially for the show by Lucia Scazzocchio of Social Broadcasts. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-11-may-2024-spirit-of-invention/

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Sat 4 May - Bossa Nova & Girls from Ipanema

 Studies in bossa nova with tracks from Elis Regina, Tom Jobim, Elza Soares, Ry Cooder, Manuel Galbán, Nouvelle Vague and looking at the soundtrack and concept behind the Netflix series 'Girls from Ipanema' in which a wealthy young woman from São Paulo sets up a music club in Rio de Janeiro. The series reimagines the attitudes of women and the racism surrounding the origins of bossa nova and is a luxurious study of female friendship in urban beach life.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-4-may-2024-bossa-nova-studies/

Sat 27 April - Moon Landing Television on Wormhole World

Moon Landing Television, a collaborative audio live coding album from XQUI and Montague on Wormhole World includes tracks on themes of John Logie Baird, Morris dancing, electric horses and the Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers. XQUI talks about his process, influences and the prolific experimental label Wormhole World. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-27-april-2024-moon-landing-television/

Sat 20 April - Lavinia Blackwall

 Lavinia Blackwall from Trembling Bells joins for chat about songwriting, her life in music and to play some selections from projects she has worked on including Wyndow with Laura J. Martin and of course, Trembling Bells. Also tracks from The Incredible String Band and the anonymous composition Westron Wynde. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-20-april-2024-lavinia-blackwall/

Sat 13 April - Rembetika and laika

Rembetika and laika: studies in popular Greek music in the twentieth century and memories of an au pair in Kifissia, Athens. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-13-april-2024-rembetika-and-laika-studies/

Sat 5 April - Tango Studies

As part of an occasional series digging into aspects of tango and concentrating on early Argentine tango canción . Songs made famous by Carlos Gardel and his 1930s contemporaries plus music from the early tango musical 'Soul of the Accordion' and from the biopic of Rudy Valentino. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-5-april-2024-tango-studies/

Sat 30 Mar - Bring Your Own Hammer

Bring Your Own Hammer brings historians and composers together to create new and original song cycles based on historical sources and to re-interpret song material rooted in the history of nineteenth-century Ireland and of the Irish Diaspora. Interview with Dr. Richard Mc Mahon one of the two historians behind the project in association with Dimple Discs. The album is dedicated to Cathal Coughlan who was the first contributing composer.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-30-march-2024-bring-your-own-hammer/

Sat 23 Mar - Anatolian Rock

 Anatolian rock with tracks from 1960s and 1970s explosion. The Istanbul domestic rock music scene remained popular until the 1970s when political changes led many of its leading figures to leave Turkey and the modern music to become more Arabesque and melancholic. There has been a revival in recent years of Anatolian rock.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-23-march-2024-anatolian-rock/

Sat 16 March - alternative St Patrick's day music

Alternative St Patrick's Day music with tracks from Cathal Coughlan, Bring Your Own Hammer, Sinead O'Connor, Michael O'Shea, Langam, and responding to requests received from members of the UK-Irish artist community. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-16-march-2024-irish-alternative-st-patricks-day/

Sat 9 March - Rachael Ball, Graphic Novelist on narrative in the graphic novel

Rachael Ball, graphic novelist and educator in discussion about narrative, invention and writing with pictures. Her first graphic novel 'The Inflatable Woman' (Bloomsbury) was one the Guardian's Best Graphic Novels of 2015 and was a breakthrough work in changing landscape and possibilities for the British graphic novel. She teaches workshops on creating graphic novels at the House of Illustration and the City Lit and more recently Arvon Online as well as mentoring at the LDComics Residencies and being a London co-ordinator for LDComics. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-9-march-2024-rachael-ball-writing-and-the-graphic-novel/

Sat 24 Feb - Woodcuts, Victorian Illustration and Time

On embarking on a new graphic novel that begins in Victorian times, looking at some woodcuts and Victorian illustration including John Tenniel's 'Alice in Wonderland' studies and the Dalziel archive of wood engraving. With a Victorian inspired soundtrack including songs from Tim Whelan, Sinead O'Connor and Vesta Victoria.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-24-february-2024-woodcuts/

Sat 17 Feb - Fundraising mixtape

  Fundraising mixtape with a 1960s and Brazilian theme. A show of appreciation for all the wonders of radio and music, internationally.

Sat 10 Feb - Fat Tuesday - Sonics Special - from Hastings

 Special Outside Broadcast Resonance Special from Fat Tuesday festival in Hastings. Showcasing the SONICS Sunday event with James Wvr and William Bunch plus tracks from Column 258, Comeback Clit and others. 

Sat 3 Feb - Neil Kulkarni 2 of 3 shows

 Neil Kulkarni the esteemed and loved music writer known for speaking his mind and more, a poet of his time, music-maker and creative force, Melody Maker journalist, specialist and lover of hiphop promoter of black and Asian and Coventry voices on the music scene, funny guy, crisp-afficianado and connoisseur of street culture tragically died this week at 51. Remembering him with words from his own articles and tracks from music he liked, hated and made. Second of two shows.

Sat 27 January - Neil Kulkarni - music writer - obit show 1 of 2

 Neil Kulkarni the esteemed and loved music writer known for speaking his mind and more, a poet of his time, music-maker and creative force, Melody Maker journalist, specialist and lover of hiphop promoter of black and Asian and Coventry voices on the music scene, funny guy, crisp-afficianado and connoisseur of street culture tragically died this week at 51. Remembering him with words from his own articles and tracks from music he liked, hated and made. First of two shows.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-27-january-2024-neil-kulkarni-music-writer/

Sat 20 Feb - Fundraiser for Palestine on Bandcamp by Red Tent

Fundraiser for Palestine is a project put together by an informal collective of artists brought together by Leoncia Flynn. Contributing artists include Pandoras Diary and Carmel Morrissey. Many prayers for peace and poems read about Gaza, particularly thinking about the attacks on the city of Khan Younis which is currently under bombardment by Israeli forces. A focus on journalists who have been killed in the conflict and remembering Fadel Shana'a who died covering military operations and life in Gaza in 2008. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-20-january-2024-music-for-gaza/

Sat 6 Jan - Elizabeth Parker, composer for radio and television from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

 Elizabeth Parker, composer of electronic music for radio and television in conversation. She looks back at her career including her time at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and on creating sound effects for nature documentaries and the classic sci-fi show Blake's 7. Her retrospective album 'Future Perfect' is out on Trunk Records.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-news-agents-13-january-2024-elizabeth-parker-radiophonic-composer/