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Slow Sunday: Tamikrest session and author Simon Barnes

This Slow Sunday, Cerys will help you escape up into the sky and across to the African desert, courtesy of Saharan rock band Tamikrest and author Simon Barnes.

This Slow Sunday, Cerys will help you escape up into the sky and across to the African desert, courtesy of Saharan rock band Tamikrest and author Simon Barnes.

Malian act Tamikrest are joining us live in session with their own unique desert rock sound, evoking the truths, stories and melodies of their North African homeland. We will metaphorically be taken there by author Simon Barnes, whose new book ‘How To Fly’ looks at all aspects of flight in nature, including evolution, technology, mythology, religion, nature and imagination.

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Music Played

  • Ibrahim Maalouf

    Las Trompetas De Nael

    • Mister Ibé.

  • Father John Misty

    I Guess Time Just Makes Fools Of Us All

    • Bella Union.

  • George Jones

    Just One More

    • "Just One More"… with George Jones.
    • MD NFM.
    • 1.

  • Flaer

    Starling Descends

    • Odda Recordings.

  • Pentangle

    Hunting Song

    • Basket Of Light.
    • Transatlantic Records.

  • Big Thief

    Certainty

    • Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You.
    • 4AD.
    • 4.

  • Lou Rawls

    Bring It On Home

    • Anthology.
    • The Right Stuff.
    • 17.

  • Demônios da Garoa & Seu Jorge

    Despejo na Favela - Ao Vivo

    • Demonios da Garoa.

  • aja monet

    Elsewhere (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello & Georgia Anne Muldrow)

    • Drink sum wtr.

  • Miles Davis

    Petit Bac (Take 2 - Bande originale du film \"Ascenseur pour l'échafaud\")

    • Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 25.

  • Clannad

    Rince Philib a Cheoil

    • Crashed Limited.

  • Clannad

    Chuaigh Me na Rosann

    • Crashed Limited.

  • J.J. Cale

    Don't Go To Strangers

    • Naturally.
    • Universal International Music B.V..
    • 3.

  • Van Morrison

    Into The Mystic

    • Warner Bros.

  • John Lee Hooker

    Shake It Baby

    • The Best Of John Lee Hooker 1965 To 1974.
    • Geffen*.
    • 9.

  • Tamikrest

    Adagh Oyanted (6 Music Session, 10 May 2026)

  • Tamikrest

    Imanin (6 Music Session, 10 May 2026)

  • Reparata & The Delrons

    Captain Of Your Ship

    • NOW That's What I Call 60s Soul (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Tamikrest

    Layla (6 Music Session, 10 May 2026)

  • Case Oats

    Bottom of an Afternoon

    • Bottom of an Afternoon.
    • Merge Records.
    • 1.

  • Jacques Loussier Trio

    Boléro

    • Ravel's Boléro.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.

  • Kate Carr

    Under Wires

    • I Had Myself a Nuclear Spring.
    • Rivertones.
    • 1.

  • B.B. King

    Sixteen Tons

    • B.B. King Sings Spirituals.
    • Ace Records.
    • 16.

  • Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

    Flying Home

    • Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra Selected Favorites, Vol. 1.
    • Charly Records.
    • 5.

  • Kate Bush

    Flower Of The Mountain

    • Noble & Brite Limited.

  • John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra

    Main Title (From "Superman")

    • John Williams - Greatest Hits 1969-1999.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • The Incredible String Band

    Cousin Caterpillar

    • Nebulous Nearnesses.
    • Quadrant Records.
    • 2.

  • Parlor Greens

    Eat Your Greens

    • Eat Your Greens.
    • Colemine Records.
    • 1.

  • Samba di Minas

    Isto Aqui, O Que E

    • New Music.

  • Arlindo Cruz

    Meu Lugar

    • DECK PRODUÇÕES ARTÍSTICAS LTDA.

  • Manna Dey & Lata Mangeshkar

    Pyar Hua Iqrar Hua

    • Saregama Limited.

  • Souad Massi & Gaël Faye

    D'ici, De là-bas (feat. Gaël Faye)

    • D'ici, De là-bas.
    • BACKING TRACK PRODUCTION.
    • 1.

  • The Bobby Fuller Four

    I Fought The Law

    • Ace.

Broadcast

  • Sunday10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music