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Sierra Ferrell in session

Cerys presents your Sunday sonic and cultural adventure, with multi Grammy award winning American singer Sierra Ferrell in session and Edward Brooke-Hitching on music curiosities.

Cerys presents your Sunday sonic and cultural adventure, with multi Grammy award winning American singer Sierra Ferrell in session and Edward Brooke-Hitching on music curiosities.
Sierra Ferrell is an American singer-songwriter and musician from West Virginia. Her musical journey began in childhood, playing clarinet and singing choir in school, eventually learning to play guitar. In her early twenties, she adopted a nomadic lifestyle, hitch-hiking, freighthopping, and living in her van, with the majority of her time spent busking between Seattle and New Orleans. By this point, she'd turned her attention towards playing folk music and its various offshoots. She self-released two albums, before signing to Rounder Records in 2019. At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, her album 'Trail of Flowers' was awarded Best Americana Album, with 'American Dreaming' winning Best Americana Performance and Best American Roots Song, and 'Lighthouse' winning Best American Roots Performance.
Edward Brooke-Hitching is a bestselling author and former BBC QI Elf, known for his well researched books exploring the quirks of history and culture. His latest work, The Madman’s Orchestra, was published in October and offers a collection of the greatest curiosities from the history of music.
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Music Played

  • Ramsey Lewis

    Wade In The Water

    • The Greatest Hits Of Ramsey Lewis.
    • Chess.

  • Chris Barber

    Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Master Classics Records.
    • 14.

  • Washington Phillips

    Mothers Last Word to Her Son

    • Washington Phillips.
    • Death Is Not The End.
    • 9.

  • Cristina Clara

    Flor Amorosa

    • Flor Amorosa.
    • Cristina Clara.
    • 1.

  • Low

    Just Like Christmas

    • JEEPSTER RECORDINGS.

  • Fleet Foxes

    White Winter Hymnal

    • Bella Union.

  • Sea Boy

    Africa

    • Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 // Ghana Music Power House [Analog Africa No. 33].
    • Analog Africa.
    • 8.

  • Allison Russell

    Nightflyer

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
    • 2.

  • Mikis Theodorakis

    Zorba the Greek: Zorba's Dance

    • Zorba the Greek (Remastered).
    • FM Records.
    • 1.

  • Sam Evian

    Right Down the Line

    • Right Down the Line.
    • Saddle Creek.
    • 1.

  • Omar Khorshid

    Johnny Guitar

    • Parlophone.

  • Camarón de la Isla

    Volando Voy

    • Éxitos Estrella de los 70's Vol. 1.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 39.

  • Melissa Carper

    Ramblin' Soul

    • Ramblin' Soul.
    • Mae Music.
    • 1.

  • Hadda Brooks

    Romance in the Dark

    • Romance in the Dark.
    • Ace Records.
    • 3.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • POLYDOR.

  • Jimmy Smith

    8 Counts For Rita

    • Dot Com Blues.
    • Blue Thumb.
    • 2.

  • T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou - Rep Pop Du Benin

    Segla

    • Acid Jazz: Best of 2020.
    • Acid Jazz UK.
    • 13.

  • Makgona Tsohle Band

    Soweto Bump

    • Mathaka V1 / Mathaka V2.
    • Gallo.

  • Sierra Ferrell

    I Do (6 Music Session, 10th Dec 2025)

  • Sierra Ferrell

    Jeremiah (6 Music Session, 10th Dec 2025)

  • Helio Matheus

    Mais Kriola

    • Helio Matheus.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 2.

  • Sierra Ferrell

    Bells Of Every Chapel (feat. Billy Strings)

    • Long Time Coming.
    • Rounder.
    • 3.

  • Sierra Ferrell

    You Say (6 Music Session, 10th Dec 2025)

  • Dele Sosimi & M.Caporale

    Na lie (M Caporale remix)

    • Moblack Records.

  • Dr. Lonnie Smith

    Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf?

    • Drives.
    • Blue Note Records.
    • 5.

  • An Dro & James Spalink

    Hieronymus Bosch Butt Music

    • Loose Change.
    • self release.

  • Maynard Ferguson

    Superbone Meets The Bad Man (Album Version)

    • Chameleon.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 8.

  • Jamie Lenman

    Song of Seikilos

    • Shuffle - Listening Party (Track by Track Commentary).
    • Big Scary Monsters.
    • 12.

  • Nasa Voyager Golden Record

    Greeting from the Secretary General of the Un

    • Net Film Music.

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

    • Johnny B. Goode: Remembering Chuck Berry.
    • MD NFM.
    • 1.

  • Robyn

    Dopamine

    • Young.

  • Say She She

    Cut and Rewind (6Music Session, 18th November, 2025)

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Electric Relaxation

    • The Anthology.
    • Jive.
    • 8.

  • Lautten Compagney

    My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard

    • Lute Music (16Th-17Th Centuries) - Dowland, J. / Marchant, J. / Robinson, T. / H.
    • Capriccio.
    • 2.

  • Walter Murphy

    A Fifth of Beethoven

    • A Fifth of Beethoven.
    • Private Stock Records.
    • 4.

  • Hadda Brooks

    Swingin' The Boogie

    • I've Got News For You.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 1.

  • Dóris Monteiro

    É Isso Ai

    • Doris - 1971.
    • EMI Brazil.
    • 1.

  • Caitlin Rose

    Nobody's Sweetheart

    • Pearl Tower Records.

  • Lianne La Havas

    Starry Starry Night

    • Loving Vincent (Original Soundtrack Album).
    • Masterworks.
    • 14.

  • Jamie Cullum & Kansas Smitty’s

    Frosty The Snowman

    • The Pianoman at Christmas (The Complete Edition).
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Tito Puente

    Take Five

    • Mambo Diablo.
    • Concord Picante.
    • 2.

  • The Orioles

    What Are You Doing New Years Eve

    • The Orioles 1947-1955.
    • Acrobat Music.
    • 9.

  • Erasmo Carlos

    De Noite Na Cama

    • Carlos, Erasmo (Versão Com Bônus (1971)).
    • Universal Music Ltda..
    • 1.

  • Los Ranger’s de Tingo María

    La Trochita

    • La Trochita.
    • Analog Africa.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Dec 202510:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music