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Zakia sits in

Broadcaster, writer and DJ Zakia Sewell curates a rich selection of global roots-based music, exploring connections between identity, folk culture and myth.

Broadcaster, writer and DJ Zakia Sewell curates a rich selection of global roots-based music. Her forthcoming book Finding Albion explores British national identity, folk culture and myth, themes that also inform her work as a seasoned documentarian and longtime music aficionado. With formative years spent working behind the counter at Honest Jon’s Records in London, Zakia pulls from a multitude of threads to construct a sonic tapestry especially for Music Planet.

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Sat 14 Mar 2026 21:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Peggy Seeger

    So Early, Early in the Spring

    • Folksongs And Ballads.
    • Riverside Records.

  • Pentangle

    Hunting Song

    • Basket Of Light.
    • Reprise Records.

  • Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

    Four Hundred Years

    • Grounation.
    • Ashanti.

  • Damily

    Roro Soa

    • Fanjiry.

  • Minito Rivera con Los Cialeños

    Sacudete Zapato Viejo

    • El Jibarito de Ponce.

  • Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical

    Inka

    • Galaxia Tropical (Analog Africa No.43).
    • Analog Africa.

  • Pygmies

    Yeli (No.3)

    • Congo: Pygmy Polyphonies from North Congo.
    • VDE-Gallo.

  • Canute Caliste

    Quadrille (Figure 2)

    • Music for Work and Play: Carriacou 1962.
    • Global Jukebox.

  • Lassana Diabaté

    Cape Breton

    • Bala.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.

  • Llaquiclla

    Agua Larga

    • Juyungo: Afro​-​Indigenous Music From The North​-​Western Andes.
    • Honest Jon's.

  • 三橋美智也 & Tokyo Cuban Boys

    Tsugaru Jongarabushi (Aomoriken Minyo)

    • Shamisen Recital.

  • The Son of P.M.

    Taloong Jun Loum

    • Shadow Music of Thailand.
    • Sublime Frequencies.

  • Koma Wetan

    Hasan

    • Digging Central Asia: Musical Archaeology Along the Silk Road.
    • Death Is Not The End.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Mar 2026 21:30
    BBC Radio 3

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