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Code Breaking and Dele Sosimi unearthing African music

Cerys hosts your Sunday sonic and cultural adventure. She talks WWII code breaking with the team from Bletchley Park, and unearthing African recordings with musician Dele Sosimi.

Cerys hosts your Sunday sonic and cultural adventure. She talks WWII code breaking with Dr David Kenyon and Vicki Pipe from Bletchley Park, and on unearthing African recordings with musician Dele Sosimi.
Bletchley Park is a country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, that was the top-secret home of the World War II Codebreakers. Its most famous achievement was breaking German Enigma-encrypted communications, alongside work against other ciphers such as the Lorenz system. It is now a museum and heritage attraction. Dr David Kenyon is the Research Historian, Vicki Pipe is the Head of Audiences & Programmes.

Dele Sosimi is a Nigerian-British singer and keyboard player, perhaps best known for his work with Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80. He's curated a brand new compilation called Unearthed African Recordings Vol. 1. It features 20 rare recordings from the 60s, 70s and 80s from across highlife, soukous, apala, benga and rumba.

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Music Played

  • The Who

    I Am The Sea

    • Quadrophenia.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 1.

  • Asha Puthli

    Right Down Here

    • Asha Puthli.
    • Mr Bongo.

  • Asha Puthli & Say She She

    Pawa!

    • PAWA!.
    • Naya Beat Records.
    • 1.

  • Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn

    As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone

    • Country Partners.
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Seu Jorge

    Les voleurs d'eau

    • Universal Music Division Barclay.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    If You Want Me To Stay

    • The Best Of Sly & The Family Stone.
    • Epic.

  • Fitnete Reja

    Me gezim po shkoi ne pune (I Am Going to Work with Joy)

    • MUSICAL ARK.

  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Take Five

    • Time Out.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 3.

  • Way Dynamic

    People Settle Down

    • Massive Shoe.
    • Jagjaguwar.
    • 1.

  • Louis Baker

    All We Need

    • none given.

  • Ebenseer Paschergruppe

    Pascher

    • Crazy Music.

  • Buraka Som Sistema

    Puro Mambo

    • Puro Mambo.
    • Enchufada.
    • 1.

  • Pee Wee Crayton

    Blues After Hours

    • The Pee Wee Crayton Collection 1947-62.
    • Acrobat.
    • 5.

  • Céline Dessberg

    Chintamani

    • That's Love Records.

  • Yosi Horikawa

    Letter

    • Wandering.
    • First Word Records.
    • 3.

  • Anne Shelton

    I'll Be Seeing You

    • Kiss The Boys Goodbye.
    • Pegasus Entertainment.
    • 19.

  • Queens of the Stone Age

    The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret

    • Interscope.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Secret Messages

    • NOW Yearbook - THE VAULT: 1983.
    • Now! Music.
    • 5.

  • Enigma

    Sadeness (Part I)

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Anton Karas

    Zither Rhythm Of Anton Karas

    • Decca.

  • Asha Puthli & The Surfers

    Fever

    • Mr Bongo.

  • Karman Line Collective

    Melittology

    • Solitary Bee.

  • Davey Alfred Jones

    title unknown

    • self release.

  • Asher Dust & Dubwiser

    Ranglin Roots

    • maverick trick.

  • Ernest Ranglin

    54-46 (Was My Number)

    • Below The Bassline.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Dele Sosimi

    E Go Betta

    • E Go Betta.
    • Wah Wah 45s.
    • 1.

  • Nuta Jazz Band

    Sulemani

    • Unearthed African Recordings volume 1.
    • Unearthed African Recordings Ltd.

  • Mukaramani Brothers

    Humbira Nda

    • Unearthed African Recordings volume 1.
    • Unearthed African Recordings Ltd.

  • Alhaja Hassanah Waziri And Her Velvet Voice

    Imhoukhumi Oghena Iruduna

    • Unearthed African Recordings volume 1.
    • Unearthed African Recordings Ltd.

  • Dr. Pa Bobo And His 3 Axes Band of Ghana

    Anya Adwo

    • Unearthed African Recordings volume 1.
    • Unearthed African Recordings Ltd.

  • Mayaoula Mayoni

    Bon Anniversaire

    • Unearthed African Recordings volume 1.
    • Unearthed African Recordings Ltd.

  • Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21

    Orí Mi

    • The Confluence LP.
    • Wah Wah 45s.
    • 4.

  • Winifred Atwell

    Tickle the Ivories Rag

    • Bar Honky Tonk.
    • Vintage Music.
    • 5.

  • Winifred Atwell

    Let's Have Another Party, Pt. 1

    • Let's Have A Street Party.
    • Wideline City Records.
    • 13.

  • Theodore Koumartzis & Lina Palera

    Epitaph of Seikilos

    • Not on label.

  • Irini Qirjako

    Leskovik o gur i thate (Traditional Albanian Folk - Original Arrangement)

    • Irini Qirjako.

Broadcast

  • Sunday10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music