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Sweet folky sounds… with Zakia

Zakia shares sweet nostalgic selections, with a nod to Father’s Day and some big musical birthdays. Plus a soft and foggy Dreambience mix from Yorkshire composer Kirk Barley.

DJ, broadcaster, writer and dreamer Zakia Sewell provides the soundtrack to your dreams - playing music to ease the mind, soothe the soul, and open portals to new dimensions…

Zakia shares sweet nostalgic selections, with a heavy sprinkling of folky sounds, fingerpicked guitars and dreamy percussion. There’s new music from Cameron Knowler, Qwalia and Elisabeth Klinck, and a load of old gems including Talk Talk, Bobbie Gentry and Utopia. We mark some big musical birthdays from two Dream Time favourites - Arthur Verocai and Peggy Seeger - and of course there’s something for all the paternal figures celebrating Father’s Day, including a track that features Zakia’s dad..!

Plus, we are transported to the soft, foggy landscapes of a Dreambience mix from Yorkshire composer and sound artist Kirk Barley. His mix sweeps across time, quietly inviting us into the gentle warmth of his dreams.

We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to dreamtime@bbc.co.uk or text them to 03700 100 600

Produced by Kit Callin

A Reduced Listening production for BBC 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Lal Waterson & Mike Waterson

    To Make You Stay

    • Bright Phoebus.
    • Trailer.

  • Josephine Foster

    Sanctuary

    • Domestic Sphere.
    • Fire Records.

  • Annarella and Django

    Sarajalela

    • Jouer.
    • Fire Records.

  • Wau Wau Collectif

    Xale (Toubab Dialaw Kids Rhyme)

    • Mariage.
    • Sahel Sounds.

  • Gianni Gebbia

    Osso di Seppia

    • Gianni Gebbia.
    • Utopia Records Inc.

  • Arthur Verocai

    Sylvia

    • Arthur Verocai.
    • Continental.

  • Cameron Knowler

    Felicity

    • CRK.
    • Worried Songs.

  • Qwalia & Miryam Solomon

    Elevator Company (Live)

    • Albert's Favourites.

  • Aisha Mars

    Song For My Father

    • Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires.
    • Leaving Records.

  • Talk Talk

    The Rainbow

    • Spirit of Eden.
    • EMI.

  • Keanu Nelson

    Warumpinya

    • Wilurarrakutu.
    • Mississippi Records.

  • Carlos Ferreira

    A Boat Full of Dreams

    • Flux.
    • Avantroots.

  • Peggy Seeger

    The First Time I Saw Your Face

    • Teleology.
    • Red Grape.

  • Bobbie Gentry

    Hushabye Mountain

    • 1968.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Matthew Young

    Inflexion

    • Drag City.

  • Utopia

    Lejos De Mi

    • Vacation From My Mind.
    • Forager Records.

  • Dorris Henderson & John Renbourn

    Strange Lullaby

    • There You Go!.
    • Columbia.

  • Annelies Monseré

    One I Love

    • I sigh, I resign.
    • Horn Of Plenty.

  • Zeit

    Kalimba

    • Il Cerchio Degli Antichi Colori.
    • Black Sweat Records.

  • Cults Percussion Ensemble

    Baia

    • Cults Percussion Ensemble.
    • Trunk Records.

  • Elisabeth Klinck

    Chronotopia

    • Chronotopia.
    • Hallow Ground.

  • Kirk Barley

    Knead

  • Kirk Barley

    Lux

    • Lux.
    • Odda Recordings.

  • Ivor Cutler

    Squeeze Bees

    • Jammy Smears.
    • EMI Catalogue.

  • Jerry Hunt

    Transform (Stream)

    • Cantegral Segment(s).
    • Blank Forms Editions.

  • Photay & Carlos Niño

    C H A N G E

    • An Offering.
    • International Anthem.

  • Tony Schwartz

    Music in Speech (Grocer, elderly woman, Plumber)

    • Folkways Records.

  • Kirk Barley

    Blues Wash

  • Ana Roxanne

    Slowness

    • ~~~.
    • Self-released.

  • Moondog

    Two Quotations in Dialogue

    • More Moondog.
    • Fantasy, Inc..

  • Jeff Parker

    Four Folks

    • Forfolks.
    • International Anthem.

  • Dorothy Ashby

    Moonlight In Vermont

    • Prestige.

  • Moondog

    Snaketime Rhythms

    • Snaketime Rhythms.
    • Absolute Tunes.

  • Elsa Hewitt

    Anahata

    • Tompkins Square.

  • Tony Schwartz

    Sound Snapshots

    • The Sound of Children.
    • Folkways Records.

  • Pavel Milyakov & Yana Pavlova

    Possibility

    • PSY X Records.

  • Roméo Poirier & Lars Haga Raavand

    Kjøl og kilde

    • Kystwerk.
    • Kit Records.

  • Colleen

    The stars vs. creatures

    • A flame my love, a frequency.
    • Thrill Jockey.

  • Tony Schwartz

    Stories about Your Child

    • Folkways Records.

  • Michael Harrison

    Magic Rain

    • New Albion Records.

  • Kirk Barley

    Beach

  • Grand Union

    Fall Into My Arms

    • Through The Green Fuse.
    • People Tree.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music