BBC Radio 6 Music - Dream Time, Spooky Samhain sounds… with Zakia

2/11/2025

Spooky Samhain sounds… with Zakia

Zakia leans into the darker side of Dream Time with some spookier Samhain selections. Plus, we hear from the Welsh harpist Cerys Hafana.

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…

'Tis the season… Zakia leans into the spookier side of things, taking inspiration from Samhain - the Celtic festival that marks the transition from the light to the dark. There’s haunting blues, spectral dub, eerie folk and tales of ghosts, beasts, witches, black cats, black swans and more. Zakia picks out some Lead Belly, Shirley Collins, Broadcast and Popol Vuh, as well as new releases from Faten Kanaan, Sirom, Om Unit and Lankum.

Plus, we hear from Welsh composer, pianist and triple harpist Cerys Hafana. They share the story behind their new album and its sleepy origins in folklore, as well as some reflections on dreams, harps and stories.

Music Played

### Lead Belly

Moanin'

- The Smithsonian Folkways Collection.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

### Robert Pete Williams & Tom Dutson

Dig My Grave with a Silver Spade

- Angola Prison Spirituals.
- Arhoolie Records.

### Gwenifer Raymond

Llef

- Stafell Sbâr Sain: Tŷ Gwerin.
- Sain.

### Cerys Hafana

O'r Coed

- Angel.
- Glitterbeat Records.

### Martin Dupont

I Met the Beast

- Sleep Is A Luxury.
- Lice Records.

### Om Unit

The Chase (Alter Echo & E3 Remix)

- Acid Dub Versions III.

### Yabass Yaba Radics

The End Is Nigh

- Year Zero Dubb.
- Hornin' Sounds.

### Lankum

Ghost Town

- Ghost Town.
- Rough Trade Records.

### Clarissa Connelly

Ghostrides

- Come In Roses.
- Brystet.

### D. West

The Path to the Black Lodge

- Cathedrals Beneath the Black Mountain.
- Hollow Gesture Records.

### Maitreya Kali

Black Swan

- Apache / Inca.
- United Kingdom Of America Records.

### Shirley Collins

One Night As I Lay On My Bed

- Adieu to Old England.
- Topic Records.

### Cerys Hafana

Ffarwel i f'Ieuenctid

- Angel.
- Glitterbeat.

### Cerys Hafana

Angel

- Angel.
- Glitterbeat Records.

### Cerys Hafana

Drexelius

- Angel.
- Glitterbeat Records.

### Osgled gyda Buddug Llpyd Roberts

Paid â deud

- Paid â deud.

### Faten Kanaan

Soseol

- Diary of a Candle.
- Fire Records.

### Elaine Kibaro

Sorciere

- Miroirs.
- Pascal Bertrand Music.

### Broadcast

Black Cat

- Black Cat.
- Warp Records.

### Strawbs

Witchwood

- From the Witchwood.
- A&M.

### Popol Vuh

In Der Halle Des Lernens

- Die Nacht Der Seele (Tantric Songs).
- Brain.

### Valentina Magaletti

A Ghost Again

- Soon I'll Run Out of Air: A Colourful Storm 2024.
- A Colourful Storm.

### Sibylle Baier

Tonight

- Colour Green.
- Orange Twin Records.

### Širom

Hope in an All-Sufficient Space of Calm

- In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper.
- Glitterbeat.

### Wilburn Burchette

Birth of a Witch

- Guitar Grimoire.
- Burchette Brothers Productions.

### Pume Orenge

Headed

- Pume Orenge.

### Joy Guidry

Here We Are

- Here We Are.

### Abdur Razzaq & Rafiyq

Reflections From The Grave

- Reflections From The Grave.

### Walter de la Mare

The Ghost

- The Ghost.
- Smithson Folkways Recordings.

### Recur

Ode to Void

- a strange loop.
- Aumeta Records.

### Hilary Woods

Endgames

- Endgames.

### M. Sage

Witch Grass

- Tender / Wading.

### Fleetwood Mac

Sisters of the Moon

- Tusk.
- Warner Bros.