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26/04/2026

Zakia selects music to pull at the heartstrings and Portuguese musician Pedro Ricardo shares two tracks: one that inspired his latest EP, and another that transports him home.

DJ, broadcaster, writer and dreamer Zakia Sewell provides the soundtrack to your dreams - playing music to ease the mind, soothe the soul, and open portals to new dimensions.

This week, Zakia draws for nostalgic, yearning sounds from the likes of fado icon Amália Rodrigues, tender introspection from São Paulo-born musician Lau Ro, and hazy melancholy from memotone. Plus, new releases from Cuban DIY experimenter Daku and Welsh multi-instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett, and a tribute to Prince, 10 years since his passing.

We also hear from Portuguese musician Pedro Ricardo to mark the release of his new EP, Oxalá Cante com Tempo. Having spent time in Brazil, Ricardo’s music is infused with the sound of MPB and jazz, as well as traditional Portuguese folk music and poetry. He joins Zakia to share two tracks: one that inspired his latest EP, and another that transports him home.

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Music Played

  • Miyako Otsuki

    Itsuki No Komoriuta

    • Otsuki Miyako No Nihon Minyo Latin Feeling.
    • SOUND FUJI.

  • Dāku

    Alameda

    • Transmisiones: Cuba.
    • Buh Records.

  • José Afonso

    Senhor Arcanjo

    • Cantigas Do Maio.
    • Orfeu.

  • Pedro Ricardo

    Cantar das Kandakinhas

    • Soprem Bons Ventos.
    • Soundway Records.

  • From 2

    Indie Stock

    • Indie Stock.
    • South of North.

  • Huw Marc Bennett

    Can Y Saer Maen

    • Heol Las.
    • Albert's Favourites.

  • Ego Ella May

    Good Intentions

    • Good Intentions.

  • Prince

    17 Days (1983 version)

    • Piano and Microphone.
    • NPG Records.

  • Bonnie Guitar

    My Portuguese

    • My Portuguese.
    • Numero Group.

  • Peggy Seeger

    Whistle, Daughter, Whistle

    • Folk Songs Of Courting And Complaint, 1955.
    • Folkways Records.

  • Lau Ro

    Conclusao

    • Lau.
    • Mexican Summer.

  • Amália Rodrigues

    So Á Noitinha (Saudades De Ti)

    • Saudades de Ti.
    • Continental.

  • Pedro Ricardo & Ana Margarida Prado

    Larga-me os Cabelos

    • Oxalá Cante com Tempo (Parte 2).
    • Hear, Sense and Feel Records.

  • Pedro Ricardo

    Até Provar

    • Oxalá Cante com Tempo.
    • Hear, Sense and Feel Records.

  • Francis Hime

    Atras Da Porta

    • Francis Hime.
    • Odeon.

  • Carlos do Carmo & Bernardo Sassetti

    Porto Sentido

    • Carlos do Carmo Bernardo Sassetti.
    • Mercury.

  • Memotone

    Round The Bend

    • Warm Shadows.
    • Accidental Meetings.

  • Owiny Sigoma Band

    Nabed Nade Ei Piny Ka (Rework)

    • Owiny Sigoma Band.
    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • Kiko Dinucci

    Marquito

    • Rastilho.
    • Mais Um.

  • Tony Soprano Band

    Brainstorming

    • Downtempo 1.
    • Dune Castle Records.

  • SOLAR

    Your Secret

    • Aftermath and Transitions (Traces Of The Ukrainian Underground in Cologne (1994-.
    • Stroom.

  • Luca Longobardi

    Lights

    • Tempo Fugit.
    • Just Music.

  • Gregorio +1

    Florecer

    • Fantologia I.
    • También.

  • Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo

    Birds of Borneo

    • Gaiaphilia.
    • Métron Records.

  • Yoga Nugraha Usmad

    Fluid and Solid

    • PSALM022: Gurnida.
    • Phantom Limb.

  • Space Ghost

    Forest Dub

    • Time To Dance.
    • Tartelet Records.

  • Faten Kanaan

    إكليل ikleel

    • Land 03 (أرض ٠٣): A compilation for the displaced in Lebanon.
    • Tunefork Studios.

  • Almøst Silent

    Quiet Perseverance

    • Kaizen.
    • Past Inside the Present.

  • En Mor

    Ar Muir

    • Hand on Head.
    • Slow Tapes.

  • Kit Grill

    White Fields

    • Andoya.
    • Primary Colours.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    How Long Has This Been Going On?

    • Ella Sings Gershwin.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Apr 202622:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music