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Slow Sunday: Jeff Towns and Adrian Younge

Cerys dials down the tempo for Slow Sunday with a soothing selection of music and welcomes Dylan Thomas expert, Jeff Towns and musician and Jazz is Dead label owner Adrian Younge.

Cerys dials down the tempo for Slow Sunday with a soothing selection of music and welcomes Dylan Thomas expert, Jeff Towns and Jazz is Dead label head Adrian Younge.

Bookseller and author, Jeff Towns celebrates the work of writer and poet Dylan Thomas, with his new book, The Wild Shores of Dylan Thomas and shares stories about the world famous wordsmith.

Then, Cerys learns about the intricacies between analogue and digital sounds and via Jazz is Dead label owner, Adrian Younge and explores two new projects released by the musician.

All this alongside a slowed down selection of music from Cerys' vintage and classic collection alongside her favourite new finds this week.

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Sun 11 May 2025 10:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Black Sabbath

    Laguna Sunrise

    • Vol. 4 (2009 Remastered Version).
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 8.

  • Tucker Zimmerman

    Burial At Sea (feat. Big Thief, iji & Twain)

    • Dance Of Love.
    • 4AD.
    • 5.

  • Tiny Ruins

    Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergardens

    • Brightly Painted One.
    • Bella Union.
    • 1.

  • Andr茅 3000

    hotel lobby pianos

    • Epic Records.

  • Rokia Traor茅

    Tu Voles

    • N茅 So.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • Jimmy Smith

    Back at the Chicken Shack

    • INTEGRAL JIMMY SMITH 1957 - 1962.
    • Diggers Factory.
    • 6.

  • Kevin Olusola

    I Feel Misunderstood

    • I Feel Misunderstood / Crazy.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Kevin Olusola

    Crazy

    • I Feel Misunderstood / Crazy.
    • Masterworks.
    • 2.

  • Orbital Ensemble

    Daydreams

    • Daydreams.
    • We Are Busy Bodies.
    • 1.

  • CMAT

    Running/Planning

    • CMATBABY.

  • Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri

    Black Orchid

    • Breeze From The East.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 7.

  • Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill

    Need To Run

    • Need To Run.
    • Strut.
    • 1.

  • Nina Simone & Horace Ott

    Take Care Of Business

    • Legendary Recordings - Nina Simone.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 8.

  • The Stan Tracey Quartet

    Under Milk Wood

    • ReSteamed.

  • Piers Faccini & Ballak茅 Sissoko

    Special Rider Blues (Radio 2 Session, 5 May 2025)

  • Marx Brothers

    Lydia, the Tattooed Lady

    • Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.
    • Blue Lagoon.
    • 1.

  • Dylan Thomas

    Laugharne

    • Poems On the Radio.
    • W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom.
    • 30.

  • Johnnie Ray

    Cry

    • Girls Night in, Vol. 2.
    • Midget Music.
    • 5.

  • Dylan Thomas

    In My Craft and Sullen Art

    • An Evening With Dylan Thomas.
    • W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom.
    • 18.

  • Van Morrison

    For Mr. Thomas

    • The Philosopher's Stone.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 12.

  • Bob Dylan

    Subterranean 蜜芽传媒sick Blues

    • Dylan.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 3.

  • Gabriel da Rosa

    No Fundo

    • Stones Throw Records.

  • Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black

    Wrong Foot Forward / Drams in the Field

    • Goatskin Records.

  • Hank Jacobs

    East Side

    • Introducing Call Me Records.
    • Ace Records.
    • 2.

  • Harare Mambos

    Shanga Yangu

    • Shanga Yangu.
    • Analog Africa.
    • 1.

  • Gonzalo Schafer Canobra & Wendy Carlos

    Funeral Of Queen Mary March from A Clockwork Orange

    • not on label.

  • Lijadu Sisters

    Amebo

    • Danger.
    • Numero Group.
    • 2.

  • Martyn Stewart

    Bluebell Woods

    • not on label.

  • Dorothy Ashby

    Soul Vibrations

    • Rhythm & Soul.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 12.

  • Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

    African Sounds

    • Roy Ayers JID002.
    • Jazz Is Dead.
    • 8.

  • Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge

    Spiritual Ideation

    • Gary Bartz JID006.
    • Jazz Is Dead.

  • Hyldon

    Na Rua Na Chuva Na Fazenda (Casinha De Sape)

    • MPB Por Eles.
    • Universal Music Ltda..
    • 6.

  • Adrian Younge

    N贸s Somos As Estrelas

    • Linear Labs.

  • Vashti Bunyan

    Winter Is Blue

    • Some Things Just Stick In My Mind.
    • Inertia Music.
    • 6.

  • J.J. Cale

    Hey Baby

    • Classic J.J. Cale - The Universal Masters Collection.
    • EMI.
    • 9.

  • Marc Ribot

    Daddy's Trip to Brazil

    • New West Records.

  • Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason

    I Say A Little Prayer (Arr. For Solo Cello)

    • not on label.

  • Allysha Joy, Finn Rees & Somewhere Soul

    Murmuring

    • RE:WARM.

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From The Men

    • The Spirit Of Memphis (1962-1976).
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 15.

  • Sami Galbi

    Transit

    • Bongo Joe.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 May 2025 10:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music