The Collection: Peel Acres - 13. Zakia Sewell

THE COLLECTION: PEEL ACRES - 13. ZAKIA SEWELL (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th January 2023

DJ, broadcaster and writer, Zakia Sewell joins Tom Ravenscroft to explore the legendary record collection of his dad, former BBC DJ John Peel.

Each episode, Tom's guests lend a hand (and two ears) in making sense of this vast music archive, which is comprised of more than 120,000 albums, 12 inches and seven inches, collected over a lifetime and meticulously catalogued.

In this episode, Zakia goes in search of British folk band Pentangle - who she became a fan of as a teenager, after an introduction from her dad. Her eclectic listening selection also includes records by reggae artists The Abyssinians and Dennis Brown, and 80s avant-prog band Camberwell Now.

Also, Zakia shares stories from her time working in a London record shop, and the pair discuss the pros and cons of DJing with vinyl.

Presenter: Tom Ravenscroft
Producers: Paul Sheehan, Becca Bryers and Richard Haugh

Pentangle - Jack Orion (Instrumental Edit)
Pentangle - The Trees They Do Grow High
Pentangle - Bells
Don Rendell / Ian Carr 5tet - Dusk Fire [Columbia]
Esso Trinidad Steel Band - Apeman
The Albion Band - Afro Blue [Harvest]
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana [Alligator]
Comus - In The Lost Queen's Eyes [Dawn]
Dennis Brown - Africa
Camberwell Now - Speculative Fiction [Ink]
Don Rendell / Ian Carr 5tet - Dusk Fire [Columbia]