Music from the mists of time… with Zakia
Zakia pulls out medieval-inspired selections and renaissance bangers, with reflections on music and the Middle Ages from modern-day bard Muco.
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…
Dive deep into the mists of time with Zakia and a big stack of medieval sounds, renaissance selections and plenty of choral music. There’ll be chants from monks in Senegal, a jazzy take on Greensleeves, and a bit of everyone’s favourite 12th-century mystic Hildegard von Bingen. There’s also plenty of medieval-inspired folk and prog rock from the 60s and 70s, including King Crimson, John Renbourn, Donovan and The Yardbirds, as well as a load of new releases with an ancient twist, from the likes of Tarta Relena, Maurice Louca, Laura Cannell and Susannah Stark.
Plus, we hear from the British-Burundian modern-day bard Muco, whose latest release reimagines Middle English folk songs accompanied by the Inanga, a zither from Burundi. Muco reflects on his dreams, his medieval inspirations, and introduces a song inspired by a 7th-century poem that supposedly came to its author in a dream…
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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King Crimson
Moonchild
- In the Court of the Crimson King.
- Island/Atlantic.
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Laura Cannell
A Piece of Ravaged Gold
- THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS.
- Brawl Records.
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Ψααντώνης
Sose me giatre mou
- Σώσε με γιατρέ μου from Σαϊτέματα / Saïtemata.
- EMI.
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Tarta Relena
Mano Decima
- És pregunta.
- Latency.
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Donovan
Peregrine
- The Hurdy Gurdy Man.
- Epic.
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Maurice Louca
Lawendi
- Barĩy (Fera) برٌِي,.
- Simsara Records.
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John Coltrane
Greensleeves (Take 4)
- Ballads (2002 Deluxe Edition).
- Impulse!.
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Forest
Graveyard
- Full Circle.
- Harvest.
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Muco
Mirie It Is
- Summer Crossing.
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Fatima Al Qadiri
Zandaq
- Medieval Femme.
- Hyperdub.
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Choeur des Moines de l'abbaye de Keur Moussa au Sénégal
Psaume 91 - Chant d'action de grâce
- Quand Renaît Le Matin.
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The Yardbirds
Still I'm Sad
- Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds.
- Epic.
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Jerry & The Catalinas
The Arabian Knight
- Technicolor Paradise - Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights].
- Numero Group.
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John Renbourn
Sarabande
- The Lady and the Unicorn.
- Transatlantic Records.
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Jean‐Luc Ponty
Renaissance
- Aurora.
- Atlantic.
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Muco
Caedmon's Hymn
- Book of Voices.
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Mermaid Chunky
Medieval
- slif slaf slof.
- DFA Records.
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Meredith Monk
Mieke's Melody no.5
- Impermanence.
- ECM.
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Alfred Deller & Deller Consort
Ah, Robin
- Tavern Songs (Catches, Glees And Other Diverse Entertainments Of Merrie England).
- The Bach Guild.
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Jeremy Summerly & Oxford Camerata
O ignis spiritus
- Hildegard Von Bingen: Heavenly Revelations.
- Naxos.
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Susannah Stark & Band
Caochan
- Minor Gestures.
- STROOM.
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Cemetery Knight
Echoes
- The Portal.
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Wojciech Rusin
Origins of Pleasure
- Syphon.
- AD 93.
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Biophony
Waldhorn Choir
- IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES.
- 99CHANTS.
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Arianne Churchman
Floral Horse Pyramid Visioning
- Floral Horse Pyramid Visioning (Dream Horse Cult Recordings Vol.1).
- Thanet Tape Centre.
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Daisy Press
Frondens Virga
- You Are The Flower Music From Hildegard Von Bingen Vol. 1.
- Daisy Press.
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Park Jiha
First Buds
- All Living Things.
- Glitterbeat Records.
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Orbury Common
Golden Time
- Sylvan Chute.
- PRAH Recordings.
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Annelies Monseré
Dark Ages (Organ)
- I sigh, I resign.
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Dean Blunt
Flaxen
- The Redeemer.
- Hippos in Tanks/World Music].
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- Sun 7 Sep 2025 22:00鶹 Radio 6 Music