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Ex-Easter Island Head's mallet'd guitars - live in the Philharmonic's Music Room this Autumn
All Write Now - Spoken Word Special 10.9.21

Highlights from the many feature spoken word artists and piano interludes from Anni Hogan. Featuring:

Day Mattar - Roy - Matt Cook - Ciaran Hodgers - Tom George - Eleanor Rees - Felix Mufti - Brendan Curtis - Curtis Watt - Mary Olive - Lyndsay Price

Make sure to check out Liverpool Writes Live at Liverpool Central Library on Saturday 18th September

​Upload your work to BBC Upload here

Programme Hyperlinks 17/9/21

St Helen's Sinfonietta for some Astor Piazzolla
Go to QUARRY for Eyesore & The Jinx and pals
Find our more about Blackfest 
The Manchester Collective's Voice of The Whale comes to Futureyard in Birkenhead
Tokky Horror will also be at Futureyard 

See what's on at The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (we'll give you a clue - loads of amazing acts - Blick Bassy, Lindsay Buckingham, Nick Cave and Billy Bragg!!!!!)
Programme HyperLinks 3.9.21
Sonic Boom + Lo Five + Jacques Malchance (Synthworks) - Friday 4 September - Future Yard: ​futureyard.org/listings/sonic-boom/
Blick Bassy - Sunday 19 September 8pm - Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room: liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/contemporary-music/blick-bassy/4097
 + Quick side-mentions - at same venue -
 • Ex-Easter Island Head in the Music Room, Friday 17 September 8pm
 • Songs from Palestine with Saled Silbak & co in the Music Room, Sunday 26 September 7pm
 • Nick Cave & Warren Ellis in the Philharmonic Hall, Monday 27 September 8pm
 • Martha Wainwright in the Philharmonic Hall, Friday 1 October 8pm
Qlowski + Rongorongo + Dream English Kid - Friday 17 September - Quarry, Love Lane, L3: ​​facebook.com/events/326090535665512
 + ‘Disco Not Disco’ coming up on 24 September: ​facebook.com/events/978569106324806/
Film: Almost Liverpool 8 - Wednesday 8 September, 6pm - FACT: fact.co.uk/film/almost-liverpool-8-q-a​
La Feria - Festival of Latin American Arts & Culture - 23-26 September - multiple venues:  ​lumacreations.org/events/la-feria-2021/
Programme Hyperlinks 20.8.21
Paul Rooney info
Theatrical happenings:
Liverpool Theatre festival at The Bombed Out Church 
​Online offerings by The Unity Theatre
Almost Liverpool 8 film at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Positive Vibrations Reggae Festival
August bank holiday fest at Futureyard in Birkenhead
Find out more about local cellist, composer and artistic director of Operation Lightfoot Luke Moore
Visit the Lucian Freud exhibition at Tate Liverpool


Programme Hyperlinks 6.8.21
THINGS TO DO THROUGH AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
Sunday 15 August - Chamajama - Africa Oyé Family Day
at District & Yard, 61 New Bird Street, L1
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  • Tickets are freely available on africaoye.com and there are 2 party slots: 12-3pm, and 4-7pm
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End of August - Mandy Vere  - News from Nowhere retirement
  • You can leave a goodbye message or happy retirement memory by either popping into the shop at 96 Bold Street and writing on one of the freely available postcards, or by emailing nfn@newsfromnowhere.org.uk 
 
Sonic Boom at Future Yard 4 September 2021
https://futureyard.org/listings/sonic-boom/
 
 Almost Liverpool 8 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall - Wednesday 1 September
https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/film/almost-liverpool-8/3988
 
 
Ex-Easter Island Head - Liverpool Phil Music Room - Friday 17 September
·         https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/contemporary-music/ex-easter-island-head/3967
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Soccer96 at 24 Kitchen Street - Friday 15 October
·         https://www.ents24.com/liverpool-events/24-kitchen-street/soccer-96/6264710
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Alabaster Deplume at Leaf - 24 November 2021 

https://www.list.co.uk/event/1652100-alabaster-deplume/

BOOKS recommended by Maria Ng of News From Nowhere 
https://septemberpublishing.org/product/50-things-about-us/
 
https://www.monstrous-regiment.com/shop/so-hormonal-essays-about-our-hormones
 
https://tramppress.com/product/thesevennecessarysinsforwomenandgirls/
 
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2615-the-fountain-at-the-centre-of-the-world 

Programme Hyperlinks 21.7.21

Suddenly there’s a burst of things to do across the region.
We don’t know how long all this may be possible so we should enjoy what we can, taking all due measures to safeguard our health. This is a quick run-down of some highlights.
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✈︎ If you’re in the mood for wandering the city, Sonic Yootha have their latest event at 24 Kitchen Street – it’s called “I Could Be Anything” – afternoon through to evening.
✈︎ If you can travel across the region, there’s a nice selection of special musical events organized by our friends in the South Lakes, Full Of Noises. On the bandstand at Barrow Park they had Terry Riley’s “IN C” and on Saturday 24th July from 12.00 to 5.00 there will be Musical Machines with music on
specially built DIY instruments including “The Chaos Machine”. On Wednesday it’s the turn of Sound Art.
✈︎ On Friday 30 th July at District the Queer cabaret Eat Me! Is offering its “Fetish Edition” – 7.30 to midnight.
✈︎ Then 31st July, there’s the Pride Quarter Indoor Festival across 13 venues in the City Centre.
✈︎ Spend a Day In The Sun thanks to Emotion Wave who have programmed a whole day of electronic sounds at the Carnival Brewing Company on the Dock Road – the sounds include Podge and Isocore.
✈︎ Stay at home and catch the premiere of Milap’s on-line concert with Rimpa Siva, one of the few female professional players of the table and a bit of a Superstar (July 31st).
✈︎ Milap are also involved with So Many Beauties Collective who have organized a free showcase of South Asian music from the region. It will premiere on 5th August at 6.00 p.m. Tabla will again feature prominently.
✈︎ Finally for now the FestEvol All Dayer (Part One) is at the Invisible Wind Factory on August 8th. Stealing Sheep are in the top billing for that. Also Festevol will be at Future Yard in Birkenhead (Part Two) but it says it’s Sold Out.
✈︎ Not forgetting that you can enjoy outdoor Cinema on the Roof of the Cotton Exchange from 13th to 22nd August.
Programme HyperLinks 9.7.21

Programme HyperLinks 25.6.21
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• Birkenhead digital hardcore - from Tokky Horror on Alcopop Records - the very latest project from Zee and co.
• Tony Phillips: 12 Decades exhibition at the Bluecoat, running until 29 August
• Stock Footage includes episodes that feature Podge, Claire Welles, Beija Flo, and Dialect - all captured live in the Stockroom
• Not Your Babe Collective have a call-out for submissions on Facebook - and will run their female-forward festival 10-12 September
​• Write to Work returns in July - Culture Liverpool reports on what that means, come 13 July, when the tenth 40-hour course starts
+ details and directions on how to apply for Write to Work courtesy of Writing on the Wall
• Ste Cole & What Studio:
– housekeep - Pick Ups  - Semi-improvised set, spring 2021. Captured by Ste Cole at What Studio
– Rachel Nicholas - hammered dulcimer, voice, processing 
+ video of housekeep recording session, filmed by Ste Cole
Programme HyperLinks 11.6.21
Mary Olive
https://www.instagram.com/mary.olive.writing/
Black Obsidian Sound System
https://www.fact.co.uk/artist/black-obsidian-sound-system-b-o-s-s
PhysicalFest
https://www.tmesistheatre.com/physical-fest/
Blue Violet River
https://www.andfestival.org.uk/events/the-blue-violet-river/
A Lovely Word
https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/whats-on/a-lovely-word-at-the-henge-with-joy-france
The Legend Of The Mernix
https://collective-encounters.org.uk/coming-soon-the-legend-of-the-mernix/
Angel Field Festival
https://www.ticketquarter.co.uk/visitliverpool/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=angel-field-festival-21&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=
Futureyard
https://futureyard.org/listings/lake-turner-sam-wiehl/
Bidston Observatory
preview.mailerlite.com/h7p3h9/1705230422369113153/s6t4/
Programme HyperLinks 28.5.21
For more info on the poet Lyndsay Price social media links are: lyndsaywritespoems (on pretty much everything- Facebook/Instagram/Twitter) and saltwaterpoetry.com
Go to ​www.facebook.com/kazimierstockroom for more information on the Stock Footage performance broadcasts
For the Labyrinthe at the Invisible Wind Factory Substation, find out more at https://ra.co/events/1442841
FACT is offering some rooftop cinema events https://www.fact.co.uk/season/cinema-in-the-city
The Angel Field Festival at Hope University on the edge of Everton​ https://www.hope.ac.uk/news/allnews/angel-field-festival-2021-line-up-revealed.html
Abandon Normal Devices Festival ​www.andfestival.org.uk/
Come Together Festival all -dayer - https://www.facebook.com/events/1718978398305955 ​
Programme HyperLinks 14.5.21
Locally released and generally available is The Sandoz Tapes on bandcamp
Everyman Theatre will broadcast the play Crave by Sarah Cane, streaming live on 18th May then playing back for 10 days after
Spoken Word in the Secret Garden: Thursday 20th May, 6pm of courtesy The Reader, at Calderstones Park
Dutch Harp Festival plucks up this weekend with Popular Music Show favourites LEYA
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Tectonics festival of new and experimental music remains online for virtual viewing
videogame_mixtape_: Liverpool Biennial's Liquid Club host artist Larry Achiampong in conversation with illustrator & animator Wumi Olaosebikan
Dockers - The 1995-1998 Liverpool Lockout - a film available to watch for free online until the end of the year
Programme Hyperlinks 7.5.21
Performance poet Curtis Watt - our 'PMS Short' spoken word segment this week, with a piece for his daughter's naming ceremony.
Writing on the Wall's WoW Fest - featuring Roy, Tracey Thorn (of Everything But The Girl), Joelle Taylor, Lady Phyll, Paul Mason and Gary Younge.
​The Wirral's Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre is back open from 17th May (all being well) with a Solstice event planned for June 21st.
Everyman Theatre are offering their digital programme of events from tonight - dubbed 'Everyman Underground' - with each show available for 7 days.
Regular in-our-orbit Joe Mckechnie with DJ mixes, productions, original music, remixes, and such.
And please do join us for our very special LightNight programme LIVE on Friday 21st May
Programme Hyperlinks 16.4.21
Music Links
MAASAI FOOTSTEPS - Anuang’a Fernando & Maasai Vocals - https://www.arcmusic.co.uk/blog/maasai-footsteps-anuang’a-fernando-and-maasai-vocals.html
Ann Margaret Hogan - new album Funeral Cargo will be released at the end of April - https://annihogan.co.uk
Dithering Tandog's at THIS LINK
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MEEMO COMMA - a.k.a. Lara Rix-Martin does anime-inspired Kabballah-infused voice-glitch: out 16 March 2021 - Planet Mu
- https://meemocomma.bandcamp.com/album/neon-genesis-soul-into-matter 
Carlos Niño & Friends - More Energy Fields, Current - released 7 May -  https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/more-energy-fields-current
Greg Belson’s Divine Funk compilation - https://culturesofsoul.com/products/copy-of-greg-belsons-divine-funk-box

SAKILI - Creole Sounds from the Indian Ocean - The island of Rodrigues’ most loved séga representatives. ​Séga is known as the “blues” of the Indian Ocean.  - https://www.arcmusic.co.uk/blog/sakili-creole-sounds-from-the-indian-ocean.html

Event Links
Liverpool Biennial, The Stomach and The Port: Online Offer - The Next Biennial Should Be Curated By A Machine  As reviewed by Alex Germains
Saturday - Meraki: Willow 3hr Set
Willow will be spinning 3 hours of left-field, electro and dubby techno at Meraki in the North Docks area. If you’re looking for somewhere to socialise that’s outside of the city centre, this could be for you.

Sunday Stream - Moses Boyd @ Barbican 8pm jazz drummer, composer, producer, bandleader and radio host performs tracks from his blistering debut solo record, alongside his creative collaborators.  A Tomorrow’s Warriors alumnus, he’s noted for his creative collaborations, working alongside Sampha, Kelsey Lu, Zara McFarlane and Sons Of Kemet, and forms half of the duo Moses & Binker, alongside Binker Golding. Join the Stream Here
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Wednesday 28th April Lecture - Vocabulary of Music and Boxing
Presented by University of Liverpool School of the Arts
Music features prominently in the training and practice of sport, enhancing athletic performances and in media representations of competitive events. Adding an original perspective, Dr Simran Singh – Leverhulme Early Career Fellow with the Department of Music – presents ethnographic research conducted amongst elite professional and amateur boxers and kick-boxers in London. She compares how sporting and musical vocabularies, such as rhythm, groove and flow, are used and fused to identify, articulate and enjoy the sweet science of boxing practice.
The lecture begins at 17.30 and is followed by a live Q&A session

LABYRINTHE: A hyper immersive A/V maze
Jacques Malchance & Kromavision present: LABYRINTHE
Get lost into an interactive multimedia experience set in a subterranean substation at the Invisible Wind Factory. It’s a completely modular and contactless sensory labyrinth where each of your decisions and movements control sound and light. It will be open every day from Wednesday 26th to Sunday 30th of May 2021 from 4pm till 9pm, bookings available in half-hour slots for groups of up to 6 people. Anyone under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Investigate Here
Programme Hyperlinks 2.4.21
Read Bido Lito!'s write-up on us! The Popular Music Show
Episode 11 of the Mix series 'Seventeen Songs' is on Mixcloud now
Unconventional festival Abandon Normal Devices has playful canal-side and Mersey-based plans
Lunchtime concerts at the University of Liverpool are back
Ever-handy what's-happening guide Uncover Liverpool has '9 Pieces of Street Art To Find on Your Next Walk in Liverpool'
& tonight's episode - for listening again, and anything you might've missed
Programme Hyperlinks 19.3.21
​Rhythm Passport is a fab source of music -  here is the website
www.rhythmpassport.com/
Learn more about Amina Atiq on Instagram
Get tickets and info about the Aïcha El Beloui illustration workshop at Metal here
Plus find out more about Metal's online "literary salon" called Writing Queer Lives -- Wednesday 24 March 
Liverpool Biennial begins this week, featuring the KeKeÇa Body Ensemble - see their video again!
The River Of Light Trail starts on Tuesday 23rd March more here 
​Learn more about the Meraki venue here
Threshold Festival is still planning to go ahead on 9/10 April - see the website for more details
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall website can be found here
A Lovely Word event link
A little reminder of our Mixcloud page for all the additional mixes
More about Salt Union
https://soundcloud.com/neil-b-37
https://magneticnortherners.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/the-cut-a-manchester-ship-canal-odyssey/
https://syntaxcollective.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/a-confluence-mersey-estuary/
FInd out more about Excavated Shellac
https://excavatedshellac.com/
https://dust-digital.com/shop/excavated-shellac
Programme Hyperlinks 5.3.21

Alostmen's record Kologo out now on Strut
Always-happy Bristol all-female queercore trio Grandmas House
Mark Greenwood's Prison Behaviour EP: 'Snake Fever'
Astryd are on Instagram and Dialogue is the name their events series & record label
Ty Citerman with Bop Kabbalah+voices
​Our friends in Berlin Psycho & Plastic sent us their recent studio track Asche
Meril Wubslin with a new acoustic-ish, non-electric release here​
Programme Hyperlinks 19.2.21

La Chica - https://www.lachica-belleville.com/
Klezmer-ish have shared information about their Lockdown Songbook 
Find out more about  the Outlands Festival
New venue alert, Future Yard in Birkenhead's Black Country New Road event ​
China Crisis at The Brindley 
LGBT+ Month in Liverpool info can be found here 
Learn about The Unsound Festival
ACT Grey Matter
More about Sonic Yootha
Programme Hyperlinks 5.2.21

Watch the full Murga Contrafarsa Carnival Performance from Uruguay, 2002
Kalbell's release Max Heart becomes available on NNA Tapes in March
Everything you need for Mondo Trasho online
Joel C Murray's The Moon Is A Fake Moon performance video on Tommy Husband's site
Liverpool Independents Biennial 2021 opens on 20th March
Dialect's new album Under ~ Between on label RVNG Intl.
Veteran jazz composer Michael Wimberley's forthcoming record Afrofuturism features Joss Stone (who knew?!)
More sessions like Sing For Your Supper's Don't Drain Me
Bill Callahan, Bonnie Billy, Six Organs of Admittance Arise, Therefore
For that lost Afro-Latin reissue on Vampisoul records - Al Valdez by Gozalo

& listen again to this episode of the programme on BBC Sounds

Programme Hyperlinks 22.1.21

Listen again to the show on BBC Sounds

Machuca Cumbia and The Afrosound of Columbia Vol 2 Compilation 
Straight Arrows have a Bandcamp page
Find out more about PMS's 'Spoken Word Short' artist Felix Mufti
The event details for Milapfest  are here
Lookout Zoomout  - event details 
Chemtrail Third Birthday Party Event  and Projective Vomit TV
CTM Festival website

Some recommendations from Andy Hunt's Trawl:
Tone Glow
Wendy Eisenberg
Bunny Hoova
Slow Dance Records website and Bandcamp
Christos Chondropoulos
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Walk tall with Queen Esther Marrow
Find out more about Cabit at Felmay Records

Don't forget our Local and Global supplements among "In Exile" mixes

Programme Hyperlinks 8.1.21

Hear the programme again on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p093b1vv
Madalitso Band on bandcamp & facebook
J Mascis comp on Cherry Red Records
Light Night Liverpool 2021 theme is 'Play'
Futurama festival later in the year
Africa Oyé festival online for now at africaoye.com
The 'North Will Rise Again' Liverpool & Manchester bands live streamed gigs
Positive Vibration festival scheduled for June in the Baltic Triangle
Bido Lito! continuing publication through lockdown: www.bidolito.co.uk
a.P.A.t.T. offering full catalogue for a limited time
Our Local and Global supplements among "In Exile" mixes
Strange Motorways: The Aleph's EP Cheshire Cat
The Sessions section of our website for more like Ólöf Arnalds
Links for the time of COVID-19:

PMS archived here, alongside contemporary "PMS in Exile" shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/pmsradio
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List of Mutual Aid groups: freedomnews.org.uk/covid-19-uk-mutual-aid-groups-a-list/
Liverpool COVID-19 Mutual Aid: www.facebook.com/groups/258198425178188/
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Stream live and listen back to the programme here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7mc
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And click here for "PMS Extra" – our sixty-minute monthly podcast: melodicdistraction.com/shows/pms-extra/

Online and on 95.8FM / DAB / 1485AM across Merseyside, and on the BBC Sounds app.