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Radio 3,26 Dec 2025,89 mins

Sounds of 2025

Late Junction

Available for 15 days

It’s that time of year again, and to round out the Late Junction calendar for 2025 Verity Sharp digs back through some of our sonic highlights from the past 12 months of adventurous listening, with a little help along the way from Late Junction family and friends. En route we encounter surreal vocal improvisations and dizzying basslines courtesy of Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie, an intimate performance from the “golden voice of Africa” aka Mali’s Salif Keita, and future ancestral rhythms from sibling duo Los Thuthanaka. Produced by Gabriel Francis A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 To listen on most smart speakers just say 'ask BBC Sounds to play Late Junction'.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Champa Flower
    Champa Flower
    Zoh Amba
  3. 2.
    Out Of
    Out Of
    Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie
  4. 3.
    Dirty Wolkenstein
    Dirty Wolkenstein
    Jude Rees