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The Arts Hour: Marian Keyes, The Songhoy Blues, Sarah Jane Morris

Marian Keyes, Songhoy Blues, Sarah Jane Morris

31/01/2015

Marian Keyes, The Songhoy Blues, Sarah Jane Morris

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Marian Keyes, The Songhoy Blues, Sarah Jane Morris

On writing to cope with depression and the Malian musicians defying militants

On writing to cope with depression and the Malian musicians defying militants.

We hear from the internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes about how she started writing and copes with depression.   Legendary actor Al Pacino shares some performance nightmares.  We discover how Mozart tore opera down from its pedestal.   Was author Ben Okri right to say a mental tyranny is keeping black writers from greatness?  Nigerian author Chikodili Emelumadu gives her opinion.   We hear the extraordinary story of Abner Jay who claimed to be the last working Southern black minstrel.   Singer Sarah Jane Morris performs a chilling track about Honour Killings from her new album.  Dance hall star Chi Ching Ching explains why music comes second to dance in Jamaican culture.   And we visit the Celtic Connections Festival to hear from The Songhoy Blues – the Malian musicians who formed a band in defiance of the Islamist militants.

(Photo: Marian Keyes (c) Ian Philpott, Aliou Toure from Songhoy Blues (c) Damien Meyer, Sarah Jane Morris (c) Nicholas Gionotti)

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