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All Queens: word and music with GENA and Sparklmami

Gilles chats with Liv.e and Karriem Riggins, aka GENA and pulls out a few exclusive session tracks from the archives. Plus, words from Sparklmami and Nightmares On Wax.

To mark International Women’s Day, Gilles digs the archives for some exclusive sessions from the vaults, including tracks from Bjork, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Laura Mvula, and more. He also meets up with GENA, the duo of drummer Karriem Riggins and singer and producer Liv.e, who have just released their debut album, The Pleasure Is Yours. Plus, Gilles shares a recent interview with singer and producer Sparklmami, whom he met in Chicago at the start of the year. Last but not least, we also hear from Leeds producer Nightmares On Wax, who picks two tracks from his albums In A Space Outta Sound (20th anniversary) and Smokers Delight (30th anniversary).

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Music Played

  • Delphine Dora

    L'ineluctable Pulsation du Temps

    • L'ineluctable Pulsation du Temps.
    • Recital.

  • Nia Andrews

    You Can't Not Be Who You Are

    • You Can't Not Be Who You Are.

  • Tomeka Reid

    Oo Long!

    • Dance!Skip!Hop!.
    • Out Of Your Head Records.

  • Jill Scott & JID

    To B Honest

    • To Whom This May Concern.
    • Blues Babe Records.

  • Bel Cobain

    F***ing City

    • KIZZY.
    • Brownswood.

  • Lena C

    Clap de Fin

    • Stimuli.

  • SHE Spells Doom & Sun Ra Arkestra

    Somebody Else's Idea

    • Living Sky.
    • Omni Sound.

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater

    Lonely Disco Dancer

    • One In A Million (Guy) / Lonely Disco Dancer.
    • Elektra.

  • Jean Carne

    You Are All I Need (Reflex Edit)

    • If You Wanna Go Back / You Are All I Need.
    • Philadelphia International Records.

  • Naïssam Jalal

    Landscapes of Eternity

    • Landscapes of Eternity.

  • Flora Purim

    Corre Nina

    • Nothing Will Be As It Was...Tomorrow.
    • Milestone.

  • Nilza Costa

    Ramunha

    • Cantigas.

  • aja monet

    Hollyweird

    • When Poems Do What They Do.
    • drink sum wtr.

  • Betty Lou Landreth

    Emmanuel's Way

    • Emmanuel's Way.
    • Backatcha Records.

  • Blaque Dynamite & Mike Mitchell

    What's Wrong

    • Wifi.
    • Legendary Way Ent.

  • GENA

    Theybetterbegladihavetherapy

    • The Pleasure Is Yours.
    • LEX.

  • Grant Green

    Ain't It Funky Now

    • Green Is Beautiful.
    • Blue Note.

  • Ornette Coleman

    All My Life

    • Science Fiction.
    • Columbia.

  • Naimi Akimoto

    Tenessee Waltz

    • Tennessee Waltz / Speak Low.
    • Jet Set.

  • GENA

    TDG

    • The Pleasure Is Yours.
    • LEX.

  • GENA

    Thatsmyluvr (Instrumental)

    • The Pleasure Is Yours.
    • LEX.

  • GENA

    Doobie Doo Wew

    • The Pleasure Is Yours.
    • LEX.

  • GENA

    Douwannabewithastar (Instrumental)

    • The Pleasure Is Yours.
    • LEX.

  • Mulgrew Miller

    The Eleventh Hour (Early Take)

    • Wingspan.
    • Landmark Records.

  • GENA

    Omo Iya Ati Baba (Instrumental)

    Performer: GENA.
    • Omo Iya Ati Baba (Instrumental).

  • µþÂáö°ù°ì

    Pleasure Is All Mine (Live at Maida Vale)

    Performer: µþÂáö°ù°ì.
    • Pleasure Is All Mine (Live at Maida Vale).

  • Alicia Keys

    Falling (Live at Maida Vale)

    Performer: Alicia Keys.
    • Falling (Live at Maida Vale).

  • Amy Winehouse

    I Heard Love Is Blind (Live in Brighton)

    Performer: Amy Winehouse.
    • I Heard Love Is Blind (Live in Brighton).

  • Laura Mvula

    Green Garden (Live at Maida Vale)

    Performer: Laura Mvula.
    • Green Garden (Live at Maida Vale).

  • Meshell Ndegeocello

    Virgo (Live at Maida Vale)

    Performer: Meshell Ndegeocello.
    • Virgo (Live at Maida Vale).

  • Lily Allen

    LDN (Live at Maida Vale)

    Performer: Lily Allen.
    • LDN (Live at Maida Vale).

  • Luiza Maura

    Rasteira

    • Rasteira / Onde Está Meu Samba?.
    • Copacabana.

  • Nightmares on Wax

    Nights Interlude

    • Smoker's Delight.
    • Warp Records.

  • Nightmares on Wax

    Gambia via Vagator Beach

    • Smokers Delight.
    • Warp Records.

  • Nightmares on Wax

    I Am You

    • In a Space Outta Sound.

  • sparklmami

    Fajas

    • Fajas.

  • Le Sons Du Cosmos

    TOUCH (feat. Sparklmami)

    • TOUCH (feat. Sparklmami).

  • Marcos Valle

    Brazil x Mexico

    • Marcos Valle.
    • EMI.

  • Flora Purim

    Flora's Song

    • Flora's Song.
    • Narada Jazz.

  • John Giorno

    Eating The Sky

    • The Nova Convention.
    • Giorno Poetry Systems.

  • sparklmami

    Elevator Music (Live Performance)

    • Elevator Music (Live Performance).

  • sparklmami

    Running (Mndsgn)

    • Running (Mndsgn).

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Excusions (Instrumental)

    • The Low End Theory.
    • Jive Records.

  • Baaska & Scavelli

    You Don't Know What Love Is

    • Get Off The Ground.

  • Erykah Badu

    On & On

    • Baduizm.
    • Kedar Entertainment.

  • Greg Osby

    Homor The Example

    • 3-D Lifestyles.
    • Blue Note.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Jazz (We’ve Got)

    • The Low End Theory.
    • Jive.

  • De La Soul & Maceo Parker

    I Be Blowin'

    • Buhloone Mindstate.
    • Tommy Boy Records.

  • ¶Ù’A²Ô²µ±ð±ô´Ç

    Brown Sugar

    • Brown Sugar.
    • Cooltempo.

  • Meshell Ndegeocello

    Mu-Min

    • The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance Of The Infidel.
    • Universal France.

  • The Roots

    Do You Want More?!!!??!

    • Do You Want More?!!!??!.
    • Geffen Records.

  • Stetsasonic

    Talkin' All That Jazz

    • In Full Gear.
    • BCM Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Mar 2026 15:00
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