Mixtape

MIXTAPE is a new series in the time-honoured tradition of those cds and cassettes exchanged between friends, weaving together spoken word, music and field recordings - and presenting thoughts from the radio archive.

Tuesdays 10pm - December 30 - January 20

Producer: Kevin Brew - kevin.brew@rte.ie

Programme 3 - Words - January 13th 2009 - Click here to listen.

This week's theme: "Words" - with voices ranging from Naom Chomsky to Sonia Sanchez, Laurie Anderson and Brendan Kennelly - celebrating the creative use of words, from speech-making to love letters, poetry and the novel.

Music by Jon Brion : Phonecall
Music by Helios : For Years and Years
Eamon de Valera's speech on St Patrick's Day 1943
Sonia Sanchez performs her poem A New Day
An excerpt from Martin Luther King's speech, "I Have a Dream".
Music by Colleen : Floating in the Clearest Sea
Eamon Keane reads from the letters of Byron, introduced by John McGahern
Music by Roots Manova : No Strings
Noam Chomsky on his theories of language.
Laura Hochadel (aged 2) picks up a new phrase.
Field Recording by Chris Watson : Sleppet
Music by Amiina : Glamour
Fintan O'Toole on reading and the library.
Field Recording by Tom Lawrence : Donadea Forest.
Hope Brown reads from Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley.
Field Recording by Chris Watson made at Omay Island.
Robert Frost reads from his poem The Road Less Taken.
Richard Burton narrates from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas.
Music by Max Richter: Song
Leonard Nimoy reads from Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Artist Laurie Anderson on reading Moby Dick
Laurie Anderson sings "One White Whale"
Field Recording by Chris Watson : Siren
Music by Matthew Herbert : Café de Flore
Brendan Kennelly on writing and feelings.
Music by Goldmund : My Neighbourhood
Sonia Sanchez performs her poem "City Songs".
An excerpt from Martin Luther King's speech, "I Have a Dream".
Eamon de Valera's speech on St Patrick's Day 1943
Brendan Kennelly reads an excerpt from his poem, "The Man Made of Rain".

Special Thanks to Jack Smith and RTE Sound Archives Team, to Seamus Hosey and John Quinn and the production teams of RTE Lyric fm's Artszone, The Thomas Davis Lectures, Music Dialogue, Speaking Personally, Rhymes and Reasons, and The Open Mind.

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