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Birds in spring… with Zakia

Late-night springtime selections from Zakia to welcome the start of May, including Shirley Collins, Davy Graham and Ruth Tafebe. With a Dreambience mix from Maria Somerville.

DJ, broadcaster, writer and dreamer Zakia Sewell provides the soundtrack to your dreams - playing music to ease the mind, soothe the soul, and open portals to new dimensions…

Zakia heralds the coming of May with some folky springtime selections from the likes of Shirley Collins, Davy Graham and Nora Cleary, and also marks Dawn Chorus Day with a track dedicated to the endangered Nimba Flycatcher from Ivorian singer Ruth Tafebe, and some recordings from the Knepp Estate, a rewilding site in East Sussex.

Also, Irish singer and songwriter Maria Somerville evokes the hazy spaces between waking and dreaming in her Dreambience mix, with tracks from Ana Roxanne, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Cocteau Twins.

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Produced by Gabriel Francis

A Reduced Listening production for BBC 6 Music

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Last on

Sun 4 May 2025 22:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Shirley Collins

    The Queen of May

    • False True Lovers.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

  • Sounds of Rewilding

    Day

    • A Day in the Life of the Knepp Estate.
    • Republic of Music.

  • Cole Pulice

    In a Hidden Nook Between Worlds III

    • Land's End Eternal.
    • Leaving Records.

  • Sharada Shashidar & Caleb Buchanan

    Ghosts

    • Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires.
    • Leaving Records.

  • Bibi Ahmed

    Tamiditin Aicha

    • Adghah.
    • Sounds of Subterrania.

  • Davey Graham

    Seven Gypsies

    • Folk, Blues & Beyond.
    • Decca.

  • Felbm

    summer iii

    • winterspring/summerfall.
    • Objects & Sounds.

  • Sounds of Rewilding

    Dusk

    • A Day in the Life of the Knepp Estate.
    • Republic of Music.

  • 金延幸子

    Far Away From You

    • Misora.
    • Guerssen.

  • Maria Somerville

    Spring

    • Luster.
    • 4AD.

  • M-Ways

    Fossil Song

    • Body of Archers.
    • Bacchanalian Revel International.

  • Bahía Mansa

    Flores De Agua

    • Memorias de Los Pajaros Niños.
    • GOLDEN RATIO FREQUENCIES.

  • Pierre Akendengué

    Evo

  • Ruth Tafebe

    Nimba Flycatcher

    • A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa.
    • Shika Shika.

  • Ile de Goree

    Jess Sah Bi

    • Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas.
    • Awesome Tapes from Africa.

  • Brown Sugar

    Flowers in May

    • Disco Dancer / Flowers In May.
    • Shal-Tur.

  • Y Diliau 72

    Ffair Ynys Hir

    • '72.
    • Wren Records.

  • Annahstasia Enuke

    All Is. Will Be. As It Was. ) (feat. aja monet)

    • Tender.
    • drink sum wtr..

  • Laura Nyro

    Triple Goddess Twilight

    • Angel In The Dark.
    • New Land.

  • Sounds of Rewilding

    Night

    • A Day in the Life of the Knepp Estate.
    • Republic of Music.

  • Posuposu Otani

    Lazy afternoon in tiny mountain village

    • Posuposu Otani.
    • 33-33.

  • Imame Homsy

    Improvisations dans le mode Rast

    • Seigneur Kanoun = Lord Kanun.
    • Institut Du Monde Arabe.

  • Nora Cleary

    The Green Wedding

    • The Voice of the People, Volume 6: Tonight I'll Make You My Bride.
    • Topic Records.

  • Suny

    Inwound

    • Curl Compilation 2.
    • Curl.

  • Lunch Money Life

    Eagle Eye

    • Eagle Eye.
    • Lunch Money Life.

  • Hinako Omori

    an ode to your heart

    • stillness, softness....
    • Houndstooth.

  • Maria Somerville

    Halo

    • Luster.
    • 4AD.

  • Ana Roxanne

    Venus

    • Because of a Flower.
    • Kranky.

  • Sea Oleena

    Unthethering

    • Untethering.
    • Cascine.

  • Róis

    B

  • Ultan O'Brien

    Secret House in Fintra Beg

    • Dancing the Line.
    • Nyahh Records.

  • Special Guest DJ

    superbath

    • superbath (2024 remaster).
    • 3 X L.

  • Brìghde Chaimbeul

    Pililiù (The Call of The Redshank)

    • Carry Them With Us.
    • Glitterbeat Recordings.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Cherry Coloured Funk (Otherness Version)

    • Otherness.
    • Fontana.

  • The Beach Boys

    Wind Chimes

    • The Smile Sessions.
    • Capitol.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 May 2025 22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music