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Corey Mwamba presents the best new jazz and improvised music with an adventurous spirit.

Freeness: to be exempt or released from something that controls, restrains or burdens. Corey Mwamba presents the best new jazz and improvised music with an adventurous spirit.

Freeness: Middle Eastern Poetry

Middle Eastern Poetry

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Corey Mwamba presents a poetic exploration of womanhood from Alya Al-Sultani.

Corey Mwamba presents a poetic exploration of womanhood from Alya Al-Sultani. Plus an elusive lo-fi groove from Steve Beresford.

Interweaving words and harmonies come together in a poetic exploration of womanhood, as Corey Mwamba presents an exclusive piece from London-based vocalist and composer Alya Al-Sultani. Putting the words of Iraqi feminist poet Nazik Al-Malaika to music, Al-Sultani draws on her formative experiences of immigration and Iraqi folk songs to create a multi-layered vocal soundscape.

Elsewhere in the show, a lo-fi groove from Steve Beresford, newly re-released after a very limited original run in 2003, and electroacoustic improvisation from Lynn Cassiers and Alexandra Grimal.

Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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