The Blue Nile are the most enigmatic band in pop. Releasing just four albums in twenty years. Yet fans of their melancholic perfection include everyone from Peter Gabriel to 2016's hottest act, The 1975. Ken Sweeney's In Search of The Blue Nile airs the 28th of December at 10pm on RTÉ Radio 1

In Search Of The Blue Nile

Part one of my return to Tuscaloosa Alabama one year on.

In the first of three special reports from Tuscaloosa in Alabama, mezzo soprano Andrea Baker finds out how the city's plans to be included in the State's Civil Rights Trail and have a Truth and Reconciliation process are going.
Producer: Pauline Moore
BBC Radio Scotland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bh353n

BBC Radio Scotland Truth And Reconciliation Tuscaloosa 26th August 2018

In part three of my return trip to Alabama I meet the extraordinary lawyer and civil rights activist Bryan Stevenson at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery Alabama. He is the founder of the EJI (Equal Justice Initiative). 
Produced by:
Pauline Moore

In the third and final report from Alabama, Andrea Baker takes a walk around a new museum examining America’s history of slavery and lynching.

BBC Radio Scotland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bj6dkh

EJI
https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/

Part Three of my trip to Alabama  National Lynching Memorial 9th Sept 2018

Described   as  possessing   a  “luscious   and   full-bodied tone” (Das Opernglas),  British-American mezzo-soprano  Andrea  Baker is renowned  for her distinctive  voice,  intense  artistry,  and passion.  Her much heralded interpretations range from Amneris in Aida, Fricka in Die Walküre and the title role in Carmen to Mescalina in Le Grand Macabre and Nen -Nen in Dominique Legendre’s world premier of The Bird of Night. 

Part Three of my trip to Alabama National Lynching Memorial 9th Sept 2018

Andrea Baker Mezzo

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