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'.