The Sound Odyssey: Loyle Carner in Guyana
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Gemma Cairney brings together artists from two different countries to combine their talents to make a new piece of music.
In this episode Gemma invites 24-year-old London rapper Loyle Carner to Guyana, South America to join flautist and composer Keith Waithe, a leading figurehead and champion of Guyanese culture. Loyle aka Benjamin Coyle-Larner was raised in Croydon South London by his Scottish mother and stepfather. His biological father is of Guyanese descent, but he has never visited the country.
Loyle earned a Mercury Prize nomination for his debut album Yesterday’s Gone in 2017. His second album Not Waving, But Drowning was released earlier this year exploring everything from his ADHD and the pains of moving away from home, to his mixed race heritage. His other passion is food and he launched the Chilli Con Carner cookery school for kids growing up, as he had, with ADHD.
Loyle will be immersed in the culture, food and music of Georgetown, working with Keith and other traditional Guyanese musicians to learn about the roots of Guyanese music and explore his black identity and create a brand new track together .
Presented by Gemma Cairney Produced by Jax Coombes A BBC 6 Music Production for BBC Radio 4
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| 1:00.0 | Welcome to Seriously. This time we're featuring an episode of the Sound Odyssey, |
| 1:05.0 | a series where Jemmakirney brings together artists from two different countries |
| 1:10.0 | to combine their talents to make a new piece of music. To find more |
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