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With Songhoy Blues

Mary Anne Hobbs is joined by Aliou Toure of Songhoy Blues, who talks about the empowering nature of music.

Mary Anne is joined by Aliou Tour茅 of Malian four piece Songhoy Blues, for an epiphany on the 'empowering nature of music'.

When Islamist militants captured Timbuktu and made music-making a crime, the members of Songhoy Blues felt they had no choice but to leave their homes and head south to the Malian capital, Bamako.

This morning, they reflect on the idea of a world without music, and how the band has helped them through difficult periods in their lives...

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Sun 4 Sep 2016 07:00
主播大秀 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Virgin.

  • De La Soul

    Royalty Capes

    • A.O.I. Records.

  • Dedekind Cut

    46 50

  • King Creosote

    Wake Up To This

    • domino.

  • Desmond Dekker & the Aces

    It Mek

    • Trojan.

  • The xx

    VCR

    • CD SINGLE.
    • YOUNG TURKS.
    • 1.

  • Sunriser

    • David Holmes & Jon Hopkins

      Elsewhere Anchises (feat. Stephen Rea)

      • LateNightTales.
      • Late Night Tales.

  • !!!

    Myth Takes

  • Mott the Hoople

    All The Young Dudes

    • CBS.

  • Teleman

    Tangerine

    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Everything but the Girl

    Each And Every One

    • Blanco Y Negro.

  • Mala

    Shadows

  • Bob Dylan

    The Times They Are A-Changin'

    • Columbia.

  • Wilco

    If I Ever Was A Child

    • dBpm Records.

  • Ye

    Stronger

    • (CD Single).
    • Roc-A-Fella.

  • Them

    Gloria

  • O.D.B.

    Shimmy Shimmy Ya

    • The Dirty Story: The Best Of ODB.
    • Elektra.

  • Glass Animals

    Youth

    • Wolf Tone/Caroline International.

  • The Beatles

    And Your Bird Can Sing

    • Parlophone.

  • Jamie T

    Power Over Men

    • Virgin EMI.

  • Syd Barrett

    Two Of A Kind

  • Roots Manuva

    Don't Breathe Out (Pinch Remix)

  • XamVolo

    Down

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Dance To The Music

    • Dino.

  • Arcade Fire

    Rebellion (Lies)

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Daughter

    No Care

    • 4AD.

  • The Maccabees

    Something Like Happiness

    • FICTION.

  • The Who

    The Seeker

    • Reaction Records.

  • Parquet Courts

    Outside

    • Human Performance.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 3.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha

    • Polygram TV.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Maps

    • Polydor.

  • DJ Shadow

    The Sideshow

    • Mass Appeal Records.

  • Songhoy Blues:The Empowering Nature of Music

    • Songhoy Blues

      Irganda (主播大秀 6Music Session)

  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

  • Minor Victories

    Cogs

    • PIAS.

  • The Charlatans

    Then

    • THEN.
    • Situation Two.

  • Sonic Youth

    Dirty Boots

    • Geffen.

  • Billy Bragg

    Levi Stubb's Tears

    • GO! DISCS.

  • Wild Beasts

    Big Cat

    • Domino.

  • Regina Spektor

    Fidelity

    • CD SINGLE.
    • SIRE.

  • Frank Ocean

    Ivy

    • Blonde.
    • Boys Don't Cry.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Chain Of Fools

    • Atlantic.

  • Lambchop

    The Hustle

    • For Love Often Turns Us Still.
    • City Slang.

  • Nick Cave & Bad Seeds

    Jesus Alone

    • Kobalt Music.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Sep 2016 07:00
    主播大秀 Radio 6 Music