The Opera Show 8th June 2021

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IN FOCUS: ROY MONTGOMERY

New Zealand guitarist Roy Montgomery's music was once described by NPR journalist Lars Gotrich as "swimming through phantoms" – it may sound like an overwrought analogy at first, but simply spend half an hour enveloped in Montgomery's tones, and you'll understand. Originally a part of Pin Group in the 1980s, releasing Joy Division-indebted post-punk on the revered Wellington label Flying Nun records, Montgomery eventually unmoored himself from the strictures of verse-chorus-verse songwriting, and other musicians entirely, composing drifting, gauzy guitar instrumentals that channeled his own personal grief and loneliness into a seductively baleful magic.

Ectotherm w/ Ida & Asmus Odsat

An ectotherm is an organism reliant on environmental sources of heat to regulate body temperature. Ectotherm is also a Copenhagen-based record label founded by Courtesy and Mama Snake, home to releases from Schacke, Rune Bagge and Ibon.

Gospel RNB Classical

Hannah Catherine Jones splits things open for the Opera Show: an exploration of the best in opera old and new, as well as an unearthing of the operatic in other records from soul, jazz or further afield.

Tracklist

Monteverdi, Monteverdi, Bostridge, Bostridge, Ciofi, Ciofi, Coote, Coote, Dessay, Dessay, Gens, Gens, Prina, Prina, Sampson, Sampson, Agnew, Agnew, Bertin, Bertin, Luperi, Luperi, Maltman, Maltman, Regazzo, Regazzo, Le Concert D'Astrée, Le Concert D'Astrée, European Voices, European Voices, Emmanuelle HaïmEmmanuelle Haïm
Prologue
Barrington LevyBarrington Levy
Vibes Is Right
Eddie GaleEddie Gale
The Rain

Riz Ortolani, Riz Ortolani, Nino OlivieroNino Oliviero
Cargo Cult-Finale Del Film
Olivier MessiaenOlivier Messiaen
Le Merle Noir
Sun RaSun Ra
I’m Not To Blame
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The Bulgarian State Female ChoirThe Bulgarian State Female Choir
Pilentze Pee Pilentze Sings
Ulali ProjectUlali Project
Idle No More
Goodie MobGoodie Mob
Free
LiquindiLiquindi
Baka Women Water Drumming
OdessyOdessy
Going Back To My Roots
SolangeSolange (Jaymie SilkJaymie Silk mix)
Don't Touch My Hair - Something About Us (Jaymie Silk Edition)
Nwando EbizieNwando Ebizie
I Seduce
Gwen GuthrieGwen Guthrie feat. Darryl Thompson, Darryl Thompson, Gwen Guthrie, Gwen Guthrie, Robbie Shakespeare, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Sly Dunbar, Wally BadarouWally Badarou
Peanut Butter (Long Vocal)