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Plums, Shakespeare and Guyana Travels

Loyle Carner and Keith Waithe stop by to chat about their Radio 4 The Sound Odyssey episode. Plus writer and editor Allie Esiri discusses her new Shakespeare inspired book.

South London rapper Loyle Carner and Flautist Keith Waithe stop by to chat about their Radio 4 'The Sound Odyssey' episode, in which the pair collaborate on a track in their shared motherland, Guyana.

With national poetry day just around the corner Cerys is joined by writer and editor Allie Esiri to discuss her new book 'Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year' (Pan Macmillan).

"William Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets and a handful of longer poems. This book is a collection of 366 of Shakespeare鈥檚 poems and passages that gives an insight into the work, time and life of the greatest writer in the English language."

There's also music from Gabi Garbutt, Cosmo Sheldrake and Adam Green. Plus archive from Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry and Ray Charles.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 29 Sep 2019 10:00

Music Played

  • Al Massrieen

    Sah

  • Quantic

    September Blues

  • Shri

    Kite (feat. Hammonds Saltaire Brass Band, Jasdeep Degun & Marc Leyton- Bennett)

  • Wu Mengmeng

    Plum Blossom Melody (edit)

  • Jimmy Smith

    Plum Nellie

  • Etta James

    Plum Nuts

  • Jesca Hoop

    Outside Of Eden ( ) (feat. Kate Stables and Justis)

  • Al Bowlly & Roy Fox

    Yes, Yes My Baby Said Yes

  • Rico & The Rudies

    Doctor Sure Shot

  • Mosses

    Om Ah Hung

  • Florence Welch

    When In Disgrace WIth Fortune And Men's Eyes (Sonnet 29)

  • Lucas Brode

    Knots Where Never Was

  • Satyajit Ray

    Shakespeare Wallah

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Freddie's Dead

  • Steely Dan

    The Fez

  • Fell

    For The Pickling

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Sugar Run Cherry (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)

  • Ashley Henry

    Between The Lines

  • Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77

    Medicine Chest Rub

  • Ebo Taylor

    Palaver

  • Holding Patterns

    Allah Iahs

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Day Tripper (成人快手 Sessions)

  • Chiddy Bang

    Ray Charles

  • Ray Charles

    Mess Around

  • keith waithe

    Calypso Jive (feat. The Macusi Players)

  • Loyle Carner

    You Don't Know

    • Not Waving, But Drowning.
    • AMF Records.
  • Piero Umiliani

    Ricordandoti

  • Vernon Green & The Medallions

    A Lover's Prayer

  • Scott Walker

    Jackie

    • Scott 2.
    • Fontana.
  • Georges Brassens

    La Mauvaise Reputation

  • Adam Green

    Cheating On A Stranger

  • Paddy Mulcahy

    Sunset Connoisseur

  • Songhoy Blues

    Time To Go 成人快手 (David Ferguson Mix)

  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Orby (radio edit)

  • Joseph Locke

    When You Were Sweet Sixteen

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Sep 2019 10:00