Africa Express Special

 

...And we're back!  Hooray hooray!  O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! 
Jarvis returns to the airwaves after his hiatus.

Jarvis reproaches us for dallying with other DJs, but he soon forgives us and reminisces about his summer. On This Day in 1752, Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar; and a 1970 news report explains why NASA cancelled the last Apollo missions. This morning, the Africa Express train set off from London Euston. It's taking African and western musicians across the UK — this vibrant cross-cultural project aims to bring African music to a wider audience. Jarvis interviews organizer Stephen Budd and musicians Martina Topley-Bird, Baaba Maal and Damon Albarn. New feature The A-Z of Peel is inspired by the John Peel archive at The Space. Today in 1960 was the first Tibetan Democracy Day. Jarvis reads a racy short story by Joyce Carol Oates, 'August Evening'. Historians describe the Great Fire of London. Birthdays: Bill Shankly (chuckling about retirement), Michael Rother, Hal Ashby. Valete: Neil Armstrong, Hal David.

Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again
Chilly Gonzales - White Keys
Chromatics - Into the Black
Jack Lesser Lewis - Library Ghosts
Richard Hawley - Cry a Tear for the Man On the Moon
The Smiths - Frankly, Mr Shankly
Trinidad Steel Band, Michelle Huggins-Watts & Jeremy Deller - Pacific State
Afrika Express feat. Baaba Maal - Baayo Djarabi
Rocket Juice and The Moon - Extinguished (feat. Cheick Tidiane Seck)
Land Observations - Appian Way
Harmonia - Dino
Burt Bacharach - A House Is Not a Home
Al Kooper - Love Theme from The Landlord
Mike Absalom - Confusion
Ariel Pink - Flashback
Tibetan Monks Chanting
Arctic Monkeys - Come Together (Live)
Leonard Cohen - A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes
Jarvis reads 'August Evening' by Joyce Carol Oates
Donnie and Joe Emerson - Baby
Low - Don't Carry It All
Dirty Projectors - Dance for You