Inside No. 9, Season 3, Episode #36: Without Visible Means

Inside No. 9, Season 3, Episode #36: Without Visible Means

I’m struggling to find the right words for this mix. I’ve had this one cooking for a few months and it’s gone through various iterations but I settled on these nine tracks as they struck a chord with me. I didn’t want this mix to hit as hard as it does in the wake of the US elections, but alas it does. 

What a bleak time to be alive. As the month unfolds the world wakes up to another dictator eroding the very foundations of logic, human rights, climate awareness, women’s health, equality, truth, justice and hope. 

I could go on but I won’t as much wiser voices have issued forth than mine. I will harbour little hope and cease to be amazed at the power of rich harmful men across the globe. I hope this music connects with you as much as it has with me making it.

Fat Lena
Wanda Coleman
High Priestess Of Word
1990

Four Women
Nina Simone
Wild is the Wind
1966

Stage Black
Yvette Janine Jackson
Invisible People (music) from the radio operas of Yvette
2021

Mamma, Nobody’s Here but the Baby
Elizabeth Cotten
Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree
1967

Her Mighty Waters Run
Matana Roberts
Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis
2019

Painted Seats (for domo)
Niecy Blues
CRY
2020

Death by Longitude
Moor Mother
The Great Bailout
2024

Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday Sings Strange Fruit
1956

Black Woman
Linda & Sonny Sharrock
Black Woman
1969

Inside No. 9 is an attempt to share unique narratives through the mixing of 9 songs. Every episode will showcase a new theme, opening up new tributaries of discovery. Inside No. 9 is presented by Peter Taylor, a former features writer for Foxy Digitalis from back in the late 2000s. Peter is a visual artist and musician and has been creating music as MAbH since 2008. 

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