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Slow Sunday: Margaretha Van Dam & Catherine Clarke – Curds, Culture & Verse

Cerys dials down the tempo for Slow Sunday with a soothing mix and welcomes cheesemaker Margaretha Van Dam and historian-poet Catherine Clarke for music and reflection.

Cerys Matthews dials down the tempo for 6 Music’s Slow Sunday, with a soothing and eclectic mix of music to restore and reflect.

She’s joined by Dutch master cheesemaker Margaretha Van Dam, who shares the slow, sensory rhythms of artisanal cheese-making at The Newt in Somerset - from stirring the vat to flipping curds - and brings the sounds of her craft to the show.

Historian and writer Catherine Clarke also joins to discuss her new book A History of England in 25 Poems, offering a lyrical journey through England’s past. Cerys reads selected poems from the book, pairing them with slow-themed tracks to explore how poetry and music can help us pause, connect, and feel.

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Sun 26 Oct 202510:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Almost Cut My Hair

    • Deja Vu.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Georgia Ruth

    Good Milk

    • Navigator Records Ltd.

  • Annette Peacock

    Pony

    • I'm the One.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Lee Dorsey

    Holy Cow

    • (CD Single).
    • Charly.

  • Tony Joe White

    Good-bye L.A

    • Swamp Records.

  • Candi Staton

    He Called Me Baby

    • Stand By Your Man.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 6.

  • Merlyn Driver

    The Morning Is Wiser Than The Evening

    • It Was Also Sometimes Daylight.
    • white.

  • Amadou & Mariam

    L'amour à la folie

    • Sonfo.
    • Because Music.
    • 2.

  • Baden Powell & Quarteto em Cy

    Canto de Ossanha

    • Os Afro-Sambas.
    • Biscoito Fino.
    • 2.

  • Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe

    Ringing Ocean

    • The Last To Know / Ringing Ocean.
    • Verve.
    • 2.

  • Chronixx

    Exile

    • exile.
    • Forever Living Originals.

  • Sam Cooke

    Little Red Rooster

    • Night Beat.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 7.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Savoy Truffle

    • Ella.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 8.

  • Hania Rani & Manchester Collective

    la. Sonore

    • Non Fiction - Piano Concerto In Four Movements.
    • Decca Records US.

  • Fairport Convention

    Come All Ye

    • Liege And Lief.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 1.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No.1

    • Jazz and Classical Piano for Your Valentine's Day Mood.
    • Sharp Edge Records.
    • 15.

  • Henri Texier

    Les "Là-bas"

    • varech.
    • Eurodisc.

  • Miles Davis

    Blue in Green (feat. John Coltrane & Bill Evans)

    • Kind Of Blue.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Lee “Scratch” Perry

    The Upsetter

    • Explosive Rock Steady (Expanded Version).
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 27.

  • Big Mama Thornton

    Sweet Little Angel

    • In Europe.
    • Arhoolie Records.
    • 1.

  • Billy Cobham

    The Moon Ain't Made of Green Cheese

    • Total Eclipse.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 6.

  • James Yorkston & Nina Persson

    I Can Change

    • Domino.

  • The Rolling Stones

    It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) (Remastered)

    • It's Only Rock 'N' Roll.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 3.

  • The Beatles

    Come Together

    • Apple.

  • Sugar Pie DeSanto & Etta James

    Do I Make Myself Clear

    • In The Basement: The Chess Recordings.
    • Geffen.
    • 27.

  • Half Man Half Biscuit

    Fix it So She Dreams of Me

    • R M Qualtrough.

  • Bert Jansch

    Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning

    • L.A. Turnaround (Digitally Remastered + Bonus Tracks).
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 1.

  • The Damned

    Neat, Neat, Neat

    • Big Beat.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Young Parisians

    • Columbia.

  • Ray Charles

    Chattanooga Choo Choo

    • The Genius Hits the Road.
    • Supreme Media.
    • 12.

  • Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

    Home Sweet Home

    • Foggy Mountain Banjo.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 2.

  • Arturo “Zambo” Cavero & Oscar Avilé

    Y se Llama Perú

    • unicos.
    • Odeon Del Peru.

  • Afrosound

    Banana de Queso

    • Carruseles.
    • Vampisoul.
    • 7.

  • Muddy Waters Blues Band & Big Mama Thornton

    Guide Me Home

    • Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966.
    • Arhoolie Records.
    • 10.

  • Gwenno

    Eus Keus?

    • Heavenly Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Oct 202510:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music