The first stirrings of spring⦠with Zakia
Sounds to welcome the light in - Zakia pulls out some hopeful selections for Imbolc, as well as a Dreambience mix from Liverpool-based composer Dialect.
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 dimensionsβ¦
Celebrate the first stirrings of spring with Zakia and some sounds to welcome in the light for Imbolc, the ancient festival that marks the return of the sun and new life. Halfway between the winter solstice and spring equinox, Imbolc is a Gaelic tradition associated with Saint Brigid of Ireland. Zakia marks the occasion with some Pagan post-punk, Celtic harp, psychedelic folk, medieval drones and more. Thereβs plenty of musical icons, including Dolly Parton, Peggy Seeger and T. Rex, as well as new releases from ZENA, Gregory Uhlmann and Green-House.
Also, we travel to the realms of Liverpool-based composer and musician Dialect, who takes us on a Dreambience journey through a hall of mirrors in sound.
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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Dolly Parton
Early Morning Breeze
- Coat of Many Colors.
- RCA Victor.
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Gregory Uhlmann
Lucia (feat. Alabaster dePlume)
- Extra Stars.
- International Anthem.
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Peggy Seeger
So Early, Early In the Spring
- Folksongs and Ballads.
- Riverside Records.
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Robert Lester Folsom
I Don't Know
- If You Wanna Laugh, You Gotta Cry Sometimes: Archives Vol. 3.
- Anthology Recordings.
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Ashra
Oasis
- Correlations.
- Virgin.
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T. Rex
She Was Born to be my Unicorn
- Unicorn.
- Regal Zonophone.
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ZENA
My Love Your Love
- Brownswood Recordings.
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Lowell βSlyβ Dunbar
A Who Say
- Sly, Wicked and Slick.
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Elijah Minnelli
Watercraft Apologist
- Clams As A Main Meal.
- Breadminster County Council.
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Annie & The Caldwells
Don't You Hear me Calling
- Canβt Lose My (Soul).
- Luaka Bop.
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Green-House
Farewell, Little Island
- Hinterlands.
- Ghostly International.
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Sharada Shashidar & Caleb Buchanan
Ghostly
- Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires.
- Leaving Records.
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Thundercat
Seasons
- The Golden Age of the Apocolypse.
- Brainfeeder.
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Michael Giles & Ian McDonald
Tomorrow's People
- The Children Of Today McDonald And Giles.
- Island Records.
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Sarah Louise
Earth Wakes Up
- Earth Bow.
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Dialect
Earth Angels of the Bone Age
- Full Serpent.
- RVNG Intl.
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Jesse Hackett
Nocturnes 9: Larks
- Nocturnes.
- Hive Mind Records.
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Alasdair Roberts
My Bonny Moorhen
- Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall.
- Drag City.
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The Fates
Bridget of Ireland
- Furia.
- Taboo Records.
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Alan Stivell
Ys
- Renaissance de la Harpe Celtique.
- Philips.
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The Beatles
Mother Nature's Son
- The Beatles.
- EMI Catalogue.
- 3.
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Laura Cannell
Memories Are Waking
- The Medieval Drone Society.
- Brawl Records.
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Jonathan Scherk
A1
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Alvin Curran
Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri
- Black Truffle.
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Ernest Hood
August Haze
- Neighborhoods.
- Thistlefield.
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Susumu Yokata
Kirakiraboshi
- Sakura.
- Leaf.
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James Hoff
A...Cha...A.. I feel like a ghost Uh
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Nano, GeeNerve & Tarzan
Walz in the fog
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Graham Lambkin
Jungle Blending
- Salmon Run LP.
- Blank Forms Editions.
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People Like Us
I've Got You
- People Like Us / self-released.
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Mary Margaret OβHara
Body's In Trouble
- Virgin Records.
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Roger Doyle
Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry in the Mouth
- Treble Fine.
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