TRANSCRIPT: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/transcripts/A_Mother_Tongue_Transcript.pdf

What is the etymology of your being? 

Axel Kacoutié offers a vivid personal essay reflecting on language, bilingualism and the curated gaps they have to navigate in order to access their culture and sense of self.

“Your language is a spell, an invocation speaking you into existence, rediscovering the contours of your morality, the fabric of your race and gender and how you relate to others and the world…”

Featuring the voices of the poet Raymond Antrobus and performance artist Rachel Cheung, Axel weaves together the thoughts of a number of multilingual people - including Derick Armah, Irina Niculescu, Mauricio Loseto, Olivia Melkonian, Radhika Viswanathan and Rosel Jackson Stern - into a reflection on living between languages and finding yourself in the gaps.

Read the transcript with sound captions here: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/transcripts/A_Mother_Tongue_Transcript.pdf

Illustration: Erin Tse

First broadcast 15th November 2021, BBC Radio 4
Produced by Axel Kacoutié

A Mother Tongue

Raevennan Husbandes shares her favourite spooky Classical faves. Hear works from Berlioz, Pärt, Zoë Keating, Carl Orff and more.


October Headphones Moment: Stay On It by Julius Eastman
Artist of the Month: Glenn Gould


This show is fuelled by coffee! Show your support here: https://ko-fi.com/raevennan


First broadcast on Sunday 31st October 2021, on RTM.fm


Tracklist: 

Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
Flutter - The Unthanks
Canticles of the Sky: I. Sky with Four Suns - John Luther Adams, Northwestern University Cello Ensemble, Hans Jørgen Jensen
Fratres - Arvo Pärt, Tasmin Little, Martin Roscoe
Nothing Really Blue - Penguin Café Orchestra
Stay On It - Julius Eastman, So Ensemble, MEDIAQUEER
Holiday Dairy, Op. 5: II. Sailing - Benjamin Britten, Stephen Hough
It’s A Secret pt 1: Electronica - Moulettes ft No Compliments
Sing to the Moon - Laura Mvula, The Choir of Pembroke College Cambridge
Symphonie Fantastique: Songe d’une nuit de sabbat - Hector Berlioz, Sir Colin Davis, LSO
Under Ice - Kate Bush
Waking the Witch - Kate Bush
Escape Artist - Zoë Keating
The Revenant (Main Theme) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, alva noto
Grandmother Moon - Eleanor Daley, The Choir of Pembroke College Cambridge
Beethoven: Instrumental - Glenn Gould
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna - Carl Orff, Brighton Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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S2 | Ep 9 Sonic Bloom: October 2021

This is a rough preview mix I put together of a new album I'm releasing on September 5th called Things Will Change on Steal My Oil records, featuring Raevennan Husbandes. Available on Juno, itunes and Beatport

Macka ft. Raevennan Husbandes - Things Will Change [Album Preview] Out Now

Out the Window

Out the Window (Full)

The Catweazle Club is a listening community with an ethos that's the antithesis of TV's X-Factor - an 'open mic-less' space where art and relationships blossom.

Open mic nights attract people of all ages, from all walks of life - united in their desire to stand up and be heard. This feature explores one such performance space, The Catweazle Club, the open mic without the mic and open to all without judgement. The first-timer performing their never previously heard poem, the regularly appearing seasoned musician and the transient bedroom minstrel are amongst those who come together to form this thriving community. We hear stories of friendship, love, artistic development, and even personal survival born from this twice weekly listening space. 

In 1994 musician and songwriter Matt Sage moved onto a boat on the Oxford canal.   Finding no welcoming place to perform his songs, he decided to start a performance space of his own, The Catweazle Club.  Sixteen years later it's still going strong, with a younger off-shoot in London.

Resolutely a community, we hear from some of the people who pass through its doors: including 21 year old singer-songwriter Raevennan Husbandes, who's about to graduate and launch herself into the world as a professional musician; folk band 'Telling the Bees' whose members met at the Catweazle Club and forged connections both musically and romantically, and poet Sam Willetts who starting performing his poems at the club 10 years ago and has gone on to survive heroin-addiction and have his first collection of poems published to great critical-acclaim. These stories are interwoven with performances recorded over several nights at the club, composed into a virtual night.

"This was a beautifully produced feature, all rich textures - voices, music, audience noise - composed into poetic layers." - The Guardian, 16.06.10

First broadcast on 15th June 2010 BBC Radio 4
Produced by Nina Perry

Open Mic Night: No Electrickery Required

Things Will Change album released September 5th 2011 on Steal My Oil Records

Don't Hide Away

Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin, alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, Read by Rob Inglis

Ralegh Long - Elizabeth

This SoundCloud profile is evolving ! into experiments in stories and sound from multi-instrumentalist Raevennan Husbandes. 

See https://linktr.ee/sonicbloompod for more details and information on how to get involved.


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For sounds by Moulettes see: www.moulettes.co.uk

S2 | Ep 9 Sonic Bloom: October 2021

Sonic Bloom

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