Springtime blessings… with Zakia
Zakia celebrates Spring Equinox with a load of folky selections. Expect some Pentangle, Donovan and Vashti Bunyan, plus we hear from the Black British Folk Collective.
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 celebrates the Spring Equinox - the first day of spring - as the wheel of the year turns ever on. We welcome in the light with lots of folky selections, leaning heavily into the pagan-adjacent sounds of the late 60s folk revival including Dream Time favourites Pentangle, Davy Graham, Vashti Bunyan and Donovan. There’s some new releases from Tara Clerkin Trio, Enji and Green-House, and an ode to springtime from the legendary Sun Ra.
Plus, we hear from the Black British Folk Collective - a trio of musicians and researchers made up of Angeline Morrison, Bianca Wilson and Marcus MacDonald. They tell us a bit about their work, their Equinox rituals and each pick a song that’s important to them.
We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to dreamtime@bbc.co.uk or text us on 03700 100 600
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Felbm
spring v
- winterspring/summerfall.
- Objects & Sounds.
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Pentangle
Springtime Promises
- Basket of Light.
- Transatlantic.
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Davey Graham
Bruton Town
- Large as Life and Twice as Natural.
- London Recordings.
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Donovan
The Lullaby of Spring
- A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.
- Pye.
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Tara Clerkin Trio
Somewhere Good
- Somewhere Good.
- World of Echo.
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SOYUZ
Spring Has Sprung (feat. Asha Puthli & Sven Wunder)
- Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 7.
- Mr Bongo.
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David Cain
Spring
- The Seasons.
- BBC Radio Enterprises.
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Sun Ra
Springtime Again
- Sleeping Beauty.
- Saturn.
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Angeline Morrison
Bright Blessings
- OPHELIA album.
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Beatrice Mapsey Johnson
Bright Summer Morning
- Zoop! Zoop! Zoop! Traditional Music and Folklore of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St.
- New World Records.
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Sister Irene O’Connor
Springtime (In Australia)
- Fire of God's Love.
- Freedom to Spend.
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Anne Briggs
I Thought I Saw You Again
- Sing a Song for You.
- Bo'Weavil Recordings.
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Collie Ryan
Cricket
- Indian Harvest.
- Rainbow Recording.
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Miyako Otsuki
Miyazu Bushi
- Otsuki Miyako No Nihon Minyo Latin Feeling.
- SOUND FUJI.
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Imane Homsy
Spring
- Seigneur Kanoun = Lord Kanun.
- Institut Du Monde Arabe.
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Enji
Unfolding
- Unfolding.
- Squama.
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Our Native Daughters
Moon meets the sun
- Songs of Our Native Daughters.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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Jean Ritchie
Barbry Allen
- Vantage Music.
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John Renbourn
Lady Goes To Church
- Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte.
- Transatlantic.
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Sachiko Kanenobu
The First Strong Winds of Spring
- Misora.
- Chapter Music.
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Vashti Bunyan
If I Were
- Fragments du Monde Flottant.
- Les Disques Bongo Joe.
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Lal and Norma Waterson
Flowers of the Forest
- A True Hearted Girl.
- Topic Records.
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Beverly Glenn‐Copeland
Ever New
- Keyboard Fantasies.
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Green-House
Misty step
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Pan•American
Taxi to the Terminal Gate
- Kranky.
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Asia Dojnikowska + marine eyes
that the light is everything
- gentle voices, vol. 1.
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Trace Oryn
i don't mind listening
- Moments EP.
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KMRU
canopy
- Forge.
- Seil Records.
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Lonnie Liston Smith
A Garden Of Peace
- Dreams of tomorrow.
- Doctor Jazz.
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Enya
Carribbean Blue
- Shepherd Moons.
- Warner.
Broadcast
- Sun 22 Mar 202622:00BBC Radio 6 Music
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