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A joyous exploration via music, guests and poetry: New Beginnings

Cerys looks ahead to this new year with Almanac writer Lia Leendertz. Plus Cerys curates 3 hours of fresh start and hopeful music from her extensive and eclectic record collection.

Cerys looks ahead to the new year with Almanac writer Lia Leendertz, whose latest edition is a guide to seasonal skies, dressing up, recipes and folklore tales. Plus British-born Cypriot poet, writer and educator Anthony Anaxagorou tells us about his poetry competition.

As ever the soundtrack to your Sunday is complied by Cerys as she curates 3 hours of fresh start and hopeful music from her extensive and eclectic record collection. With tracks from Carwyn Ellis And The Rio 18, Herb Alpert And the Tijuana Brass, A Certain Ratio, SBTRKT, Asha Bhosle and Dizzy Gillespie, Cerys has the perfect Sunday accompaniment to start your 2022.

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Sun 2 Jan 202210:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 & BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Olá!

    • Yn Rio.
    • Légère Records.

  • Johnny Otis

    Happy New Year Baby

    • Excelsior Records.

  • Tweedy

    New Moon

    • Sukierae.
    • Anti.
    • 5.

  • Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

    So What's New?

    • Classics Volume 1.
    • A&M Records Ltd.
    • 13.

  • Silent Majority

    Something New About You

    • Invictus - Soul Box Set.

  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk

    Serenade to a Cuckoo

    • Simmer, Reduce, Garnish & Serve.
    • 6.

  • Kathryn Tickell & The Side

    New Minuet/Confluence

    • Kathryn Tickell & The Side.
    • Resilient Records.

  • Denise Chaila

    061

    • It's A Mixtape.
    • Narolane Records.

  • Kinetika Bloco, Kaidi Akinnibi, Shelia Maurice-Grey & Reuben James

    Caravan

    • Legacy.
    • Banger Factory Records.

  • Guts

    Brand New Revolution

    • French Touch Volume 2: Electronic Music Made In France (House, Deep House, Techn.
    • Wagram Music.
    • 3.

  • Los Bravos

    Brand New Baby

    • All The Best.
    • 20.

  • Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks & Jacques Orchestra

    The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, here we come a wassailing"

    • Songs of Praise - Christmas Carols Album.
    • BBC.

  • Santrofi-Ansa

    Shakabula

    • Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 // Ghana Music Power House.
    • Analog Africa.

  • Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson

    What's New

    • Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson.
    • Verve Record/.
    • 7.

  • Geri van Essen

    A New Hiding Place

    • A New Hiding Place.
    • Self-released/ Not On Label.
    • 8.

  • The Qualities

    Happy New Year to You

    • Norton Records.

  • Artie Shaw

    Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

    • Big Bands In Hi-Fi Volume 1 CD1.
    • 20.

  • Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns

    Happy New Year

    • Twas The Night Before Christmas.
    • 3.

  • A Certain Ratio

    Keep It Together

    • ACR:EPA.
    • Mute Records.
    • 2.

  • SBTRKT

    New Dorp. New York (feat. Ezra Koenig) (feat. Ezra Koenig)

    • Wonder Where We Land.
    • Young Turks.
    • 001.

  • Jimmy Smith

    What's New?

    • The Incredible Jimmy Smith: Crazy! Baby.
    • Blue Note.

  • Johnny Adams

    You Made A New Man Out Of Me

    • Reconsider Me.
    • 4.

  • James Brown

    New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo), Pt. 1

    • James Brown: The Singles, Vol. 4: 1966-1967.
    • Hip-O Select/Polydor.

  • Bert Jansch

    Bright New Year

    • Nicola / Birthday Blues.
    • Sanctuary Records Group.
    • 14.

  • The Fontanas

    Capoeira Mata Um

    • Capoeira Mata Um EP.
    • Mais Um Disco.

  • Lucien Johnson

    Magnificent Moon

    • Wax//Wane.
    • Deluge Records.

  • Asha Bhosle

    Karle Pyar Karle

    • The Train / Sachaa Jhutha.
    • Universal.

  • Count Basie

    Brand New Wagon

    • The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music CD2.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 11.

  • Skull Snaps

    It's A New Day

    • Skull Snaps.
    • Mr Bongo.
    • 5.

  • Bart Van Der Schelling And The Exiles Chorus

    Au Devant De La Vie (Toward The New Life)

    • Songs Of The Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
    • 24.

  • Albert Ayler

    New Generation

    • New Grass.
    • Stateside.

  • Luis Morais

    Boas Festas

    • Boas Festas.
    • Morabeza Records.

  • Elias Rahbani

    Dance of Maria

    • Mosaic of the Orient.
    • Arabesque.
    • 8.

  • Della Reese

    Brand New Day

    • Bob Stanley And Pete Wiggs Present State Of The Union: The American Dream In Cri.
    • Ace Records.
    • 2.

  • Osayomore Joseph And The Creative Seven

    Africa Is My Root

    • Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1.
    • Analog Africa.

  • The Karminsky Experience Inc.

    Secrets

    • Snapshot.
    • Patterns of Behaviour.

  • Red Foley

    New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)

    • The Complete US Country Hits 1944-59, Vol. 1.
    • Decca.

  • Gabriels

    Love And Hate In A Different Time

    • GABRIEL.

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Unicorn (Original 12 Mix)

    • Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 1.
    • 12.

  • O’Donel Levy

    Bad, Bad, Simba

    • Simba.
    • Groove Merchant.
    • 1.

  • The Allergies

    Love Somebody

    • Jalapeno.

  • Marijata

    No Condition Is Permanent

    • This is Marijata.
    • Mr Bongo/Gapophone Records.
    • 3.

  • Asta Hiroki

    Fold

    • Folded Music.

  • J.P. Bimeni And The Black Belts

    Give Me Hope

    • Give Me Hope.
    • Lovemonk Records.

  • Chico Hamilton

    Conquistadores

    • El Chico.
    • Impulse!/ABC-Paramount Records, Inc..

  • Satellites

    Seni Sen Oldugun Icin Sevdim

    • Batov Records.

  • Love Unlimited Orchestra

    Always Thinking of You

    • White Gold.
    • 20th Century Records.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Jan 202210:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music