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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #59 The Through Mountains & Valleys aka The Epilepsy edition by Raquel Pinheiro, Monday 12th Rádio Yé Yé.

Neil Young © Far Out/Tidal

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #59 The Through Mountains & Valleys aka The Epilepsy edition airs Monday, 12th , 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).Monday February 12th is International Epilepsy Day. I have two types of epilepsy, photosensitive – in my case affected both by light, and certain types of sounds – and atonic (my muscles suddenly lose contraction and I fall or things slip from my hands). For many people with epilepsy the condition is like traversing mountains and Valleys. In my case that happens mostly with photosensitive epilepsy. Through mountains and valleys is also, literally, what me and my friend Matt do. Me when walking up and down the more, or less, urbanized areas of Porto – Porto is at the end of a mountain range. Matt in Los Angeles and its sorrpunding areas. Like Laurel Canyon where many musicians lived in the 60s and 70s. Among them, Neil Young who has epilepsy. The songs selected for the programme comprise those from musicians with epilepsy as well as those from bands and artists that lived at Laurel Canyon. To me, Nirvana’s Heart Shaped Box gives the idea of the sudden, stop, motion, electrical discharges of photosensitive epilepsy which is why it is on the tracklist. The colour of epilepsy is purple-lavender, hence Prince’s Purple Rain. Prince had epilepsy until he was seven years old, a fwct he mentions in The Sacrifice of Victor.

Trackist:
01 –  Antony & The Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing
02 – Joni Mitchell – Michael From Mountains
03 – Chris Knox – Grand Mal
04 – The Byrds – Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season)
05 – Spandau Ballet – Gold (HD remastered)
06 – The Mothers of Invention – Anywhere The Wind Blows
07 – The Streets – Dry Your Eyes
08 – Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
09 – Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
10 – Joy Division – Transmission
11 – Prince – Purple Rain
12 –  Elton John – Bennie And The Jets
13 – The Olympic Symphonium – Thanks a Lot
14 – Jimmy Reed – Too Much
15 – Black Light White Light – Epilepsy 

Prince © Warner Bros
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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #58 – Your Surprise, is My Surprise edition by Raquel Pinheiro, Monday 29th @ Yé Yé Radio.

Joan Baez, Montreux, 1975

My next Amazing Songs & Other Delights is #58 – Your Surprise, is My Surprise and airs Monday, 29th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).

This edition is wide choices range from a a excerpt of Waṯu, a song that is, at least, 60 thousand years old voiced by brothers David  and Daniel Wilfred, singing in  Wagiläk language (an Australian Indigenous language. David and Daniel are  keepers from Arnhem Land) to just released songs thorough some that would horrify my teenage and younger self.

The programme title comes from four things. My surrprise finding a fabulous Joan Baez song – just marvel at the lyrics, the voice, the, guitar -, dad rock aka The Dire Straights mega hit Sultans of Swing being able to pass for a groovy indie song (it all depends, of context),Mantra, the gentle instrumental by Dave Ghrol Josh Homme and Trent Reznor, and the absolute beauty of a song that is Blunt Knives, by Basalto.

Elaborating a little. I’ve could never could stand Joan Baez. She was always a pet peeve for me. When, by chance, I recently happened upon Diamonds and Rust I was, amazed. The song may ecen gain a place among my all time favourite songs.

The Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing? It played all the time, everywhere. Dad and his, friends, loved the Dire Straits. Indie kids would get anywhere, near Mark Knopfler’s band. Yet, the song, and probably always was, upbeat and danceable. Besides, Mark Knopfler plays mostly with his fingers rather than with a plectrum and for many years his guitar of choice was a, Strat the guitar he plays on Sultans of Swing. Since I start replaying guitar I have a Strat model and I have always mostly play guitar plectrum less.

Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor’s Mantra came from my brother Renato. I wasn’t convinced it would be that interesting, he insisted it was, but I didn’t listen to it for a, while. Turned out to be a great instrumental.

Basalto was a fabulous surprise too. I don’t know how I hadn’t noticed Basalto before, but I’m very happy to have it sent to me. Portuguese singer-songwriter Guilherme de Sousa newest single is a delicate, intense, marvelous song.

Trackist: 01 – Basalto – Blunt Knives; 02 – Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing; 03 – Corridor – Mourir Demain; 04 – Aziza Brahim – Bubisher; 05 – Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor – Mantra; 06 – Dragged Up – Missing Person; 07 – Hand to Earth – Waṯu (excerpt); 08 – Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust; 09 – Michael Platter – The Alchemist; 10 – Mitski – I’m Your Man (live @ blogotheque); 11 – Paul Weller – You Do Something To Me; 12 – Pete Astor – Model Village; 13 – Vitória & The Kalashnicoles – New World; 14 – Zenxith – She is Lying

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 57 – The I’m Back edition @ Yé Yé Radio, Monday 15th by Raquel Pinheiro

My Amazing Songs & Other Delights,returns Monday 15th with programme #57 – The I’m Back edition 3-4pm (gmt) @  Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app)..After the festive season and the repetition of The Poetry edition on New Year’s Day. the show is back with seventeen new or quite new songs showcasing some of what musical 2024 has in store and some things released late last year.

Tracklist:01 – Frances Chang – Eye Land; 02 – Naoise Roo – Falling Stars; 03 – Gruff Rhys – Bad Friend; 04 – Future Islands – Say Goodbye; 05 – Young Lagoon – Football; 06 – Ty Segall – My Best Friend; 07 – A. Savage – David’s Dead; 08 – The Children’s Hour – Bright Lights; 09 – Kula Shaker – Indian Record Player; 10 – MGMT – Nothing To Declare; 11 – Omni – Plastic Pyramid (feat. Izzy Glaudini); 12 – P. S. Lucas – Villian; 13 – The Smile – Friend of a Friend; 14 – Duffhues – Hunting; 15 – Rain To Rust – Tonight I Will Meet My Friends Who Died Untimely; 16 – Laetitia Sadier – Une Autre Attente; 17 – True Green – My Lost Decade

[photo: MGMT]

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #5 – The Poetry edition by Raquel Pinheiro – repeat @ Yé Yé Radio, Monday, January 1st

For tomorrow, Monday, January 1st,, Amazing Songs & Other Delighs is a repeat. Issue #5 The Poetry edition, 9ne of my favourite editions that fits beautifully on New Year’s Day. You can hear it on Yé Yé Radio: /yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app), 3-4pm (gmt).

The poetry edition starts with Marianne Faithfull reading Ode to a Nightingale by Keats with music by Warren Ellis and ends with The Smiths’ Cemetry Gates. Between those there are other 15 songs ranging from Suede’s Heroine to Amália Rodrigues singing Barco Negro, a fado with a David Mourão Ferreira poem, through The Cranberries, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Carla Bruni or Rufus Wainwright.

Tracklist:
01 – Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis – Ode to a Nightingale (Keats poem)
02 – Suede – Heroine (Byron She Walks in beauty 1st lines)
03 – The Cranberries – Yeats Grave
04 – Amália Rodrigues – Barco Negro (David Mourão-Ferreira poem)
05 – Secos & Molhados – Não não digas nada (Fernando Pessoa poem)
06 – Annie Lennox – Live With Me And Be My Love (Christopher Marlowe poem)
07 – The Waterboys – Stolen Child (Yeats poem)
08 – Bob Dylan – On the Road Again (Bob Dylan poem)
09 – Radio Bukowski – The Genius of The Crowd (Charles Bukowski poem)
10 – Carla Bruni – If You Were Coming In The Fall (Emily Dickinson poem)
11 – Rufus Wainwright – When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes (William Shakespeare, Sonnet 29th)
12 – Fagner – Fanatismo (Florbela Espanca poem)
13 – Ralph Schuckett and Richard Butler – Alabama song (Bertolt Brecht poem, Kurt Weill music)
14 – Patti Smith – Changing of the Guards (Bob Dylan cover and poem)
15 – Phil Ochs – The Bell (Edgar Allan Poe poem)
16 – Quilapayun – Complainte de Pablo Neruda
17 – The Smiths – Cemetry Gates (Keats, Yeats, Wilde came to play)

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #56 – The Winter is Here edition by Raquel Pinheiro @ Yé Yé Radio, Monday 18th

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #56 – The Winter is Here edition is tomorrow, Monday 18th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).I’m a literal Winter Solstice baby a ND this time of the year always feels like home. The 16  songs and instrumentals chosen include the traditional California Dreamin’ and Here Comes the Sun that are usually played on my Winter programmes (and not just) here respectively by Diana Krall and Yusuf (Cat Stevens).

Tracklist:
01 – Ariel Nina’s, Catarina Moura, César Prata – Bento Airoso
02 – Bill Rivers – If I Knew Real Magic  5, 2019 early audio recording song idea)
03 – Canto Nono – É Hora do Sol Pôr
04 – Diana Krall – California Dreamin’
05 – Felt – The Stagnant Pool (Raquel’s instrumental edit)
06 – Frederico BC – Sol de Inverno (Live)
07 – Led Zeppelin – Winter Sun
08 – Lewis Barfoot – The Snows They Melt The Soonest
09 – Luxury – The Wilderness/The Color of Gold
10 – Madredeus – Solstício
11 – Mão Morta – Sinto Tanto Frio
12 – Monique Danielle – Carol of the Bells
13 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
14 – The Stone Roses – I Am the Resurrection
15 – Yo La Tengo – Winter A-Go-Go.
16 – Yusuf (Cat Stevens) – Here Comes the Sun (Acoustic)

(painting: Wassily Kandinsky – Winter Landscape, 1909)

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #55 -The Such Lovely Songs edition by Raquel Pinheiro @ Yé Yé Radio, Monday 4th

The Stone Roses by Kevin Cummings

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #55 -The Such Lovely Songs edition airs tomorrow, Monday 4th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).

The Such Lovely Songs edition os a collection of bestiful songs I’ve happen upon in different ways, or have been listening to more attentively. In a way, it goes back to the joy of listening to songs on the radio. Be it on John Peel’s show (o de here listened to is am) or António Sérgio’s shows.

Some songs,Iike the Stone Roses one I had totally forgot about. Although the spirit of this edition arrises from those radio shows of the past, and the songs cross several decades, the feel is very now. A if all songs as just been released.

Tracklist: 01 De Jolie Laide (Nina Nastasia & Jeff MacLeod) – Blue as Blue; 02 – Teenage Waitress – Grey Sky; 03 – Sam Lee – Bushes and Briars; 04 – Jackson Harden – Doris Day; 05 – Genghis Cohn – She Who Calls; 06 – Wurld Series – Illustrious Plates; 07 – Jonathan Richman – I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar; 08 – Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes; 09 – PJ Harvey – Seem An I; 10 Television – Venus; 11 Lloyd Cole And The Commotion – Rattlesnakes; 12 – The Stone Roses – Love Spreads;13 – Hot Apple Band – The Hill; 14 – Laura Veirs – July Flame; 15 – Frost Children – Bernardette;16 – MGMT- Bubblegum Dog

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 54 The Ascend-Descend edition by Raquel Pinheiro

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #54 – The Ascend-Descend edition is tomorrow, Monday 20th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio:https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).

The title refers to the flow of the very eclectic musical selection, comprasse of recent or just out instrumentals and songs, of this edition of the programme.

Tracklist: 01 – Rafael Toral – Intro + Changes (except); 02 – Cabrita – Todo Torto; 03 – Helado Negro – I Just Want To Wake Up With You; 04 – J. Masis – Can’t Believe We’re Here;05 – King John – The Water; 06 – Mary Timony – Dominoes; 07 – MOORIS – 04; 08 – O Gajo – Corrosão; 09 – Swansea Sound – Paradise; 10 – The Lemonheads – Fear of Living; 11 – The Smile – Wall Of Eyes; 12 – Ty Segall – My Room; 13 – Vince Clarke – The Lamentations of Jeremiah; 14 – youbet – Carsick; 15 – Francisco Sassetti – Sara Is Happy

(image: M. C. Escher, Relativity)

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #53 – The Fórum Sons edition by Pedro Rios & Raquel Pinheiro @ Yé Yé Radio, Monday 6th

Xiu Xiu

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #53 The Fórum Sons edition airs tomorrow,  Monday 6th, 314pm (London time) on Yé Yé Radio:https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app)

The Fórum Sons edition is mine and Pedro Rios’ (one of print Mondo’s writers and current Ipsilon, Público’s culture suplement,editor) homage to the thrilling, crazy days of Fórum Sons music and much else online forum that saw Portuguese music writes, musicians and music lovers endlessly debate the virtues, or flaws, of a given artist or band. And boy, could we debate. And argument.

Those were the times of no one, but us, have heard of Antony and The Johnsons The White Stripes and Queens of the Stone Age. Of Wolf Eyes, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Lightning Bolt. As well as of loving Low, Daniel Johnston or Mark Eitzel.

On Fórum Sons life long friendships were forged, marriages came to be a and ended there, writers were enlisted – I lost count of how many people ended up on print Mondo through Fórum Sons. We lost people too, namely Fernando Magalhães, a beloved veteran Portuguese music critics. Even a five aside Fórum Sons team was born.

My first Fórum Sons display name, Monsters in the Parasol, for years shared with my by then husband, is from Rated R, the second album of The song is part of my choices. My second Fórum Sons name Miss Library became the dj name I used when I lived in Lisboa and my dj sets were called Amazing Songs & Other Delights. Pedro Rios display name on Fórum Sons was AKA Idiot. For real! No one ever said Fórum Sons was the most sane,logical, serious place on earth, but it was an extraordinary place. We miss Fórum Sons dearly. Fasten your seat belts, you’re in for quite the sonic ride.

Tracklist:01 – Antony & The Johnsons – Be My Husband (Raquel); 02 – Aphex Twin – Xtal (Rios); 03 – Boxhead Ensemble – Still Burning (Rios); 04 – Daniel Johnson – Mountain Top (Raquel); 05 – Deerhoof – This Magnificent Bird Will Rise (Rios); 06 – Giant Sand – 1972 (Raquel); 07 – Mark Eitzel – Move Myself Ahead (Raquel); 08 – Lightning Bolt – Ride the Sky (Rios); 09 – Low – (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace) Rios) ;10 – Mogwai – Punk Rock (Rios); 11 – Mr. David Viner – This Boy Don’t Care (Rios); 12 – Queens Of The Stone Age – Monster In The Parasol (Raquel); 13 – The White Stripes –  Hotel Yorba (Raquel); 14 – Sonic Youth – Mote (Rios); 15 – Turbonegro – Prince of the Rodeo (Raquel); 16 – Wolf Eyes – Stabbed in the Face (Rios); 17- Xiu Xiu – I Luv the Valley OH (Rios)

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #52 – The Home edition by David Afonso & Raquel Pinheiro @ Yé Yé Radio, Monday 23rd

@ Raquel Pinheiro

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #52 – The Home edition by David Afonso & Raquel Pinheiro airs tomorrow Monday 23rd, 3-4 (London time) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).

My friend David Afonso has a section on his facebook called Canções de Trazer Por Casa (Home Wearing Songs). I really it as well as his selection of songs. Therefore, I asked him to let me stole a few for my radio programme. He sent me a wide assortment from which I picked nine. He wanted to know if I would pick his favourite. I don’t know. I didn’t ask him what is favourite is. Nothing like a challenge!

Nor does he knows which songs I picked from his batch or what my choices are. Hence, why no tracklist. It is a surprise for everyone. Other than myself, of course. David Afonso is one of the editors of Norte.pt: https://norte.pt// Norte.pt is a blog about Porto and Northern Portugal to which I also contribute to.

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #51 – The It Is Autumn Isn’t It? edition @ Yé Yé Radio, Monday 9th

My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #51 is the The It Is Autumn Isn’t It? edition. It airs tomorrow, Monday 9th on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).

We are having an unusual, very hot Autumn. The programme tracklist reflects that. Along with songs with Autumn vibes, there are songs with a Summer feel.

Tracklist: 01: Ella Fitzgerald – It’s Too Darn Hot (RAC mix); 02: Paul Oak – October; 03: The Mountain Goats – Clean Slate; 04: Bob Cummings – Could You Be My Magical Arm?; 05:  Mr. Gallini – Sunny Days; 06 – Guns N’ Roses – November Rain; 07: The National –  Dead End (Paul’s In Pieces); O8: The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations; 09: The Learning Station – It Is Fall Again; 10: Eric Clapton – Autumn Leaves; 11: Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater; 12: Mike Donovan – Sad Finger Meets The Miighty Flashlight; 13: Simon & Garfunkel – Leaves That Are Green; 14: Um Zero Amarelo – Santanz; 15: Calexico – Harness The Wind

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