The Expansions Show w/ Son of Melvyn 28th April 2025

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Desire Paths w/ Laura Groves

Desire paths are formed by repeated deviation from official routes. Artist/producer Laura Groves explores private roads and dreamscapes with a series of mixtapes featuring demos, synth sketches, collaborations, pop classics, field recordings and soundtracks.

PHAMBINHO W/ MIIA LAINE - SOUTH-KOREAN PROTEST MUSIC

The 1970s and '80s were a turbulent time in South Korea under authoritarian military rule. The government routinely censored music, while the student movements distributed illegal cassette tapes of songs that became central to the pro-democracy movement. In today's show, Miia plays you mostly banned folk, rock and protest songs of this era, as well as interview snippets with Prof. Kim Chang Nam, a student activist at the time and founding member of the protest student song group Nochasa 노찾사 Photo credit: Lena Laine

Spiritual Jazz Highlife

Based on the theme of Joy, all of these tunes elevate my soul in some way. It as if they are a conduit for some higher force which seems to say "It is a wonderful and beautiful thing to be alive". What a gift music is!

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Tracklist

0:00:20
Pharoah SandersPharoah Sanders
Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah
0:09:30
Pharoah SandersPharoah Sanders
Greeting To Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)
0:13:26
Charles MingusCharles Mingus
Hog Callin' Blues

Pharoah SandersPharoah Sanders
You've Got To Have Freedom
Johnny PateJohnny Pate
You're Starting Too Fast
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic EchoesLonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Expansions
KumasiKumasi
Dali Wam
Monnette SudlerMonnette Sudler (BlackjoyBlackjoy mix)
Baby Erik (Blackjoy Remix)
Ivor Cutler, Ivor Cutler, Linda HirstLinda Hirst
Old Black Dog
Solomon Ilori And His Afro-Drum Ensemble
Ise Oluwa (God's Work Is Indestructible)
David Darling, David Darling, Wulu Bunun TribeWulu Bunun Tribe
Ku-Isa Tama Laug
Abdullah IbrahimAbdullah Ibrahim
Zkir