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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 [email protected] or text us on 03700 100 600

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Sun 7 Sep 202522:00
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Music Played

  • King Crimson

    Moonchild

    • In the Court of the Crimson King.
    • Island/Atlantic.

  • Laura Cannell

    A Piece of Ravaged Gold

    • THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS.
    • Brawl Records.

  • Ψαραντώνης

    Sose me giatre mou

    • Σώσε με γιατρέ μου from Σαϊτέματα / Saïtemata.
    • EMI.

  • Tarta Relena

    Mano Decima

    • És pregunta.
    • Latency.

  • Donovan

    Peregrine

    • The Hurdy Gurdy Man.
    • Epic.

  • Maurice Louca

    Lawendi

    • Barĩy (Fera) برٌِي,.
    • Simsara Records.

  • John Coltrane

    Greensleeves (Take 4)

    • Ballads (2002 Deluxe Edition).
    • Impulse!.

  • Forest

    Graveyard

    • Full Circle.
    • Harvest.

  • Muco

    Mirie It Is

    • Summer Crossing.

  • Fatima Al Qadiri

    Zandaq

    • Medieval Femme.
    • Hyperdub.

  • Choeur des Moines de l'abbaye de Keur Moussa au Sénégal

    Psaume 91 - Chant d'action de grâce

    • Quand Renaît Le Matin.

  • The Yardbirds

    Still I'm Sad

    • Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds.
    • Epic.

  • Jerry & The Catalinas

    The Arabian Knight

    • Technicolor Paradise - Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights].
    • Numero Group.

  • John Renbourn

    Sarabande

    • The Lady and the Unicorn.
    • Transatlantic Records.

  • Jean‐Luc Ponty

    Renaissance

    • Aurora.
    • Atlantic.

  • Muco

    Caedmon's Hymn

    • Book of Voices.

  • Mermaid Chunky

    Medieval

    • slif slaf slof.
    • DFA Records.

  • Meredith Monk

    Mieke's Melody no.5

    • Impermanence.
    • ECM.

  • Alfred Deller & Deller Consort

    Ah, Robin

    • Tavern Songs (Catches, Glees And Other Diverse Entertainments Of Merrie England).
    • The Bach Guild.

  • Jeremy Summerly & Oxford Camerata

    O ignis spiritus

    • Hildegard Von Bingen: Heavenly Revelations.
    • Naxos.

  • Susannah Stark & Band

    Caochan

    • Minor Gestures.
    • STROOM.

  • Cemetery Knight

    Echoes

    • The Portal.

  • Wojciech Rusin

    Origins of Pleasure

    • Syphon.
    • AD 93.

  • Biophony

    Waldhorn Choir

    • IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES.
    • 99CHANTS.

  • Arianne Churchman

    Floral Horse Pyramid Visioning

    • Floral Horse Pyramid Visioning (Dream Horse Cult Recordings Vol.1).
    • Thanet Tape Centre.

  • Daisy Press

    Frondens Virga

    • You Are The Flower Music From Hildegard Von Bingen Vol. 1.
    • Daisy Press.

  • Park Jiha

    First Buds

    • All Living Things.
    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • Orbury Common

    Golden Time

    • Sylvan Chute.
    • PRAH Recordings.

  • Annelies Monseré

    Dark Ages (Organ)

    • I sigh, I resign.

  • Dean Blunt

    Flaxen

    • The Redeemer.
    • Hippos in Tanks/World Music].

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Sep 202522:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music