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Elijah & Gemma Cairney

Artist, provocateur and mentor Elijah in conversation and Gemma Cairney selects a piece for the music library we're building on the release of her new book The Immortal Sisterhood.

Artist, provocateur and mentor Elijah is in conversation in support of The Music is Black presented by the BBC in collaboration with the V&A East Museum. And Gemma Cairney selects a piece for the music library we're building for future generations on the release of her new book The Immortal Sisterhood.

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Music Played

  • Sade

    The Sweetest Taboo

    • Promise.
    • Epic.

  • Paul St. Hilaire

    ICE

    • Kuboraum Editions.

  • SHERELLE

    FREAKY (JUST MY TYPE) (feat. George Riley)

    • Method 808.

  • Hortense Ellis

    Can I Change My Mind

    • Heartbeat Records.

  • J Hus

    Must Be

    • Must Be.
    • Black Butter.
    • 1.

  • Gladstone Anderson & Mudie’s All Stars

    Black Beat

    • Moodisc Records.

  • Shy One

    Live Dis Ting Belt Drives

    • Touching Bass.

  • Rage Against the Machine

    Renegades of Funk

    • Renegades.
    • Epic.

  • SALIMATA

    Jackpot

    • 10k Genre.

  • Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

    Grounation

    • Grounation.
    • Dub Store Records.
    • 5.

  • John Lee Hooker

    Tupelo

    • Riverside Records.

  • THE NARRATOR

    MARCO! POLO!

  • Kelela

    linknb

    • new avatar.
    • Warp Records.
    • 8.

  • LINTD

    Metal

  • Slikback

    Anvil

    • Maloca Records.

  • Skepta

    That's Not Me (feat. Jme)

    • Boy Better Know.

  • Royal-T & Millennium Dubs

    Over & Over

    • Butterz.

  • UK Apachi & Shy FX

    Original Nuttah

    • SOUR ‎.

  • Kano

    T-Shirt Weather In The Manor

    • Parlophone.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    ZURE (Yves Tumor Obsession Edit)

  • Sticky

    Booo! (feat. Ms. Dynamite)

    • Booo!.
    • Ffrr.

  • Doechii

    Alter Ego

    • Top Dawg Entertainment.

  • Mia Koden & Cousin

    B Alo

    • subglow.

  • feeo

    The Hammer Strikes the Bell

    • AD 93.

  • Space Afrika

    MLN (feat. Tony Njoku)

    • Quiet Storm.
    • DAIS Records.
    • 9.

  • Oumou Sangaré

    Kamelemba (Acoustic)

    • Nø Førmat!.

  • Abdullah Ibrahim

    Nisa

    • African Violets.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 18:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music