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Smooth sounds for Sunday night… with Zakia

Join Zakia for some smooth Sunday selections, with devotional sounds, desert blues, and plenty of tracks from Ethiopia, inspired by her guests - the duo ZENA.

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.

Slide into the Sunday night mood with Zakia’s selection of smooth sounds… With a heavy dose of tracks from Ethiopia, inspired by her guests - the duo ZENA - a contemporary ethio-jazz duo from London made up of producer, keyboardist and synth player Yohan Kebede and bassist and producer Menelik. They join Zakia to share a bit about how they began as a covers band reimagining Ethiopian music for a new generation, their debut EP, some of their biggest inspirations, and a bit about their dreams.

Elsewhere Zakia plays a few of her own favourite artists from Ethiopia including Mahmoud Ahmed, Mulatu Astatke and Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, plus lots of new releases including SALAMANDA, Andrew Wasylyk and Tinariwen. There’s also some devotional songs including gospel from The Jordan Singers, some medieval prayer-inspired jazz from Mary Lou Williams, and Christian rock from Love Song.

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Music Played

  • Mahmoud Ahmed

    Tezeta

    • Ere Mela Mela.
    • Kaifa Records.

  • East of the Valley Blues

    Sitting in the Poem

    • Blood Blood Song.
    • Death is Not the End.

  • Tinariwen

    Dounia Tau Ray

    • Hoggar.
    • Wedge.

  • Mark William Lewis

    Petals

    • mark william lewis.
    • A24 Music.

  • Love Song

    Love Song

    • Good News Records.

  • ZENA

    IT'S YOU (ANTE NEH) (feat. Meron T)

    • TEMESGEN.
    • Brownswood.

  • Salamanda

    allez, pousse!

    • Music To Watch Seeds Grow By.

  • Yako 440 & Irfan Rainy

    Ceremonial Coffee

    • Ethiobeat.
    • Highest Frequency Records.

  • Mulatu Astatke

    Gubelye

    • Ethio Jazz.
    • Amha Records.

  • ZENA

    ZENA!

    • TEMESGEN.
    • Brownswood.

  • Hailu Mergia

    Yene Nesh Wey

    • Wede Harer Guzo.
    • Awesome Tapes From Africa.

  • ZENA

    TEMESGEN

    • TEMESGEN.
    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • አለማየሁ እሸቴ

    Qotchegn messassate

    • Amha Records.

  • ZENA

    MY LOVE YOUR LOVE

    • TEMESGEN.
    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • Mekuanent Melese

    Lewey Lewey

  • Meridian Brothers

    Vertigo

    • Los Suicidas.
    • Soundway.

  • Mary Lou Williams

    Anima Christi

    • Black Christ of the Andes.
    • Folkways.

  • Andrew Wasylyk

    First Moonbeams of Adulthood

    • Irreparable Parables.
    • Clay Pipe Music.

  • Shabaka Hutchings

    Step Lightly

    • Of The Earth.
    • Shabaka Records.

  • Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon

    Dream

    • Seeing Is Forgetting.
    • True Panther.

  • Eirlys Parry

    Ystafell Cynddylan

    • Ti Yw Fy Nghân.
    • Sain.

  • Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru played by Maya Dunietz & String Ensemble

    Ballad of the Spirits

    • Latency.

  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

    Hand Movements (for Clara Rockmore)

    • Pioneers.

  • aus + the humble bee

    blushing copper light

    • Chalybeate.
    • Flau.

  • Tom Leclerc

    paisible jardin

    • a brief story of slowness.

  • Félicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou

    With - You - Movement - Creatures

    • Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • Actress & Suzanne Ciani

    Concrète Waves London A1

    • Concrete Waves.
    • Werkdiscs.

  • Kwes.

    blue white cyan

    • Kinds.
    • Warp Records.

  • Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice

    The Sunken Cabin (Night)

    • To Live & Die In Space & Time.
    • Moon Glyph.

  • The Jordan Singers

    Will You Save Me

    • Christians Catch Hell (Gospel Roots).
    • Honest Jon’s.

Broadcast

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    BBC Radio 6 Music