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Wild Horses

Verity Sharp is hot out of the gate with a selection of tracks inspired by, made from, and related to horses. Expect horse-hair harps and musical equine pilgrimages.

They鈥檝e carried goods, pulled carts and ploughs, been cast into world wars and feature films, comforted hearts and ridden into sunsets鈥� Since the ice ages and beyond, few animals have been as noble a companion and as bright an inspiration to the human soul as the horse. On the eve of the UN-declared World Horse Day, Late Junction turns hippophile as Verity Sharp presents a selection of tracks inspired by, made from, and related to horses. Expect the sound of a 13th-century Welsh horsehair harp and that of the morin khuur, a type of horsehair fiddle native to Mongolia. Plus, rollicking cowboy anthems and musical odes to mythological steeds.

Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for 麻豆社 Radio 3

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Jul 2026 22:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • The Avalanches

    Frontier Psychiatrist

    • Frontier Psychiatrist.
    • Modular Recordings.

  • Matthew Herbert

    The Horse is Submerged

    Composer: Matthew Herbert. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Featured Artist: Evan Parker. Featured Artist: Evan Parker.
    • The Horse (Special Edition).
    • Modern Recordings.

  • Yuki Nakagawa

    Upper and Under the Bridge

    • Stills and Remains.
    • TAR / MM / UOH.

  • Nergui Ganzorig

    Khonin Joroo

    • Mongolie: Chants et morin khuur.
    • Ocora.

  • Space Afrika

    If this is Hell (feat. 顿别耻茅苍)

    • Quiet Storm.
    • Dais Records.

  • OTHER:M:OTHER

    Reduktion

    • Material.

  • Alwin Nikolais

    Mechanical Organ: Dance IV

    • Electronic Dance Music 1966 鈥� 1989.
    • Composers Recordings, Inc..

  • Vashti Bunyan

    Jog Along Bess

    • Just Another Diamond Day.
    • Philips.

  • Joe Acheson

    Serpentine

    Performer: Joe Acheson.
    • Late Junction : Max Reinhardt with music from the Serpentine Pavilion 2016.

  • Rhodri Davies

    Lwc i'r Ceffyl Melyn (Luck for the Yellow Horse)

    • Telyn Rawn.
    • Amgen.

  • King Ayisoba

    Leeda Mampanga

    • Pure Confusion.

  • Sunn O)))

    Between Sleipnir's Breaths

    • Life Metal.
    • Southern Lord.

  • Quinie

    Link and Scone

    • Betwixt & Between 4.
    • Betwixt & Between Tapes.

  • Al Khair

    The Boy Has Just arrived from East Africa and doesn't know how to speak Arabic

    • Oman Bagpipe Singers: Songs of returning and leaving.
    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • MrUnderwood

    Frogs - Morocco - March 2026

    • Bimbling By Bike 鈥� Year one in Field Recordings.

  • Jim Nollman

    The 47 Whale Raga

    • Orcas' Greatest Hits.
    • Interspecies Communication.

  • Abdul Malik de Coteau

    More Weight

    • Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in Trinidad 1970-1980.
    • Soundway Records.

  • Kate Carr

    Under the Thames with cyclists, joggers and echoes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel

    • Vertical London (New Year鈥檚 Day).
    • Persistence of Sound.

  • Kate Carr

    Popping up at Island Gardens

    • Vertical London (New Year鈥檚 Day).
    • Persistence of Sound.

  • Draamakuu

    Pitti

    • Toinen Vaihe.
    • Fonal Records.

  • Jun Arasaki and Nine Sheep & Visible Cloaks

    Kajyadhi-fu bushi

    • Kajyadhi-fu bushi.
    • EM Records.

  • Half-handed Cloud

    Turn the light off

    • Toothpaste Horse.
    • Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Jul 2026 22:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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