 
                
                        A New Me!
Verity Sharp celebrates moments of artistic reinvention and musical New Year’s resolutions with a selection of experimental tracks that herald beginning anew.
Verity Sharp celebrates moments of artistic reinvention and musical New Year’s resolutions with a selection of experimental tracks that herald beginning anew. Among the musicians to feature are British improviser Keith Rowe, whose straight-ahead sound got significantly freakier after he made a New Year's resolution not to tune his guitar again. And in a song from Keeley Forsyth we meet an established actress who only relatively recently began releasing records of raw and lyrical intensity as a singer and composer.
Virtuoso bassist Melvin Gibbs, meanwhile, reveals another side to his creative personality with the release of an album of crafted sound-pieces; and turning to the archives for a landmark jazz album, we hear what happened when another bass player, the legendary Charles Mingus, decided to lay down his instrument and eschew bandmates in favour of time spent alone at the piano for a series of “spontaneous compositions and improvisations.”
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    ![]()  PhewExpression - Our Likeness.
- Mute Records.
 
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    ![]()  Joni VoidItsss Cutsss - Bruitsss.
- tsss tapes.
 
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    ![]()  Keeley ForsythBlindfolded - Limbs.
- The Leaf Label.
 
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    ![]()  LolinaMusic Is The Drug - Face The Music.
- Relaxin Records.
 
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    ![]()  Sabaithong PhaophuriRuk Mai Somwong (Broken Heart - So Let's Dance) - Sublime Frequencies.
 
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    ![]()  SialSia-Sia - Sangkar.
- La Vida Es Un Mus Discos.
 
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    ![]()  EYOT TAPESPath of Snakes - Paradise Lost.
- Muscut.
 
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    ![]()  Melvin GibbsLight Absorption - Anamibia Sessions 1: The Wave.
- Editions Mego.
 
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    ![]()  Maxime DenucFunction Music - Nachthorn.
- Vlek.
 
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    ![]()  Anne BriggsSovay - Sing a Song for You.
- Fledg'ling Records.
 
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    ![]()  Robert WyattTo The Old World (Thank You For The Use Of Your Body, Goodbye) - The End Of An Ear.
 
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    ![]()  Alcides NevesAbutre-Abate-Amorfo - Des (Trambelhar) Ou Não.
- Amusp.
 
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    ![]()  Glenn GouldMaßige Viertel (3 Klavierstücke Op. 11) - Glenn Gould plays Schoenberg.
- Sony.
 
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    ![]()  Shirley CollinsCrowlink - Heart's Ease.
- Domino Recording Co.
 
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    ![]()  J.D. EmmanuelMarch Of The Colossus - Black Sweat Records.
 
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    ![]()  The Walker BrothersThe Electrician - Nite Flight.
- GTO.
 
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    ![]()  Cindy LeeThe Limit - What’s Tonight To Eternity.
- W.25th.
 
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    ![]()  Andy Heck BoydThe Sisters - blondie - thanks for sharing.
- Krim Kram.
 
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    ![]()  Devon RussellMove On Up - Darker Than Blue.
- St. Clair Entertainment Group, Inc..
 
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    ![]()  Илья БелоруковHigh Shrubs Underfoot - Scattered Underfoot.
- Cronica.
 
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    ![]()  KakuhanMT ZUK - Metal Zone.
- NAKID.
 
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    ![]()  Unknown ArtistPangkur (Gender Solo) - Java: The Jasmine Isle.
- Nonesuch.
 
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    ![]()  Musicians of the Gamelan Si Betty & Berkeley Chamber SingersIn Honor of Mr Mark Twain (Homage to Pacifica) - Lou Harrison: Gamelan Music.
- Musicmasters.
 
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    ![]()  Tullio De PiscopoOnda Nueva 3/4 (6/8) - Suonando La Batteria Moderna.
- Archeo Recordings.
 
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    ![]()  Hallelujah Chicken Run BandChaminuka Mukuru - Take One.
- Analog Africa.
 
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    ![]()  Charles MingusRoland Kirk's Message - Mingus Plays Piano: Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations.
- Impulse!.
 
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    ![]()  Keith RoweOde Machine No. 2 - A Dimension Of Perfectly Ordinary Reality.
- Matchless Recordings.
 
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    ![]()  Brady CohanBegin Again - Studies, Vol. 2.
- PHANTOM LIMB.
 
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    ![]()  Johnny CashThe Beast In Me - American Recordings.
- American Recordings.
 
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- Fri 6 Jan 2023 23:00ѿý Radio 3
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