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Happy Mother’s Day… with Zakia and Amey

Zakia is joined in the studio by the most special guest of all - her mum, Amey, who shares some of her favourite late-night tracks as well as some motherly advice.

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…

For Mother’s Day, Zakia is joined in the studio by the most special guest of all, one of her biggest musical influences and sources of inspiration - her mum, Amey. Amey brings in some of her favourite late-night tracks to play out from the likes of Peven Everett and Loose Ends, as well as giving us an update on what she’s been up to and dishing out some sage motherly advice. We also get to hear a bit of Balearic from 1991 that features the vocals of a very young Amey!

Elsewhere, Zakia plays songs for every kind of mother out there, including tracks from Roberta Flack, Cleo Sol, Dennis Brown and Doc Hopkins. And of course, as always, there’s some brand new releases with music from waterbaby, Resavoir and Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness.

We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to dreamtime@bbc.co.uk or text us on 03700 100 600.

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Music Played

  • Resavoir

    Leaves (feat. Irvin Pierce & Andrew Toombs)

    • Themes for Dreams.
    • L'UNIVERS.

  • Roberta Flack

    Compared to What

    • First Take.
    • Atlantic.

  • Cleo Sol

    Sunshine

    • Mother.
    • Forever Living Originals.

  • Carol Maia & Jeremy Gustin

    as horas

    • it's nice to see a lake in your eyes.
    • Hive Mind Records.

  • Billy Bang Quartet

    Tanko-Bushi

    • Spirits Gathering.
    • CIMP.

  • BCUC

    Higher Vibes

    • The road is never easy.
    • Outhere Records.

  • Dennis Brown

    The Song My Mother Used to Sing

    • The Song My Mother Used to Sing.
    • Scorpio.

  • Dub Syndicate

    Forever More

    • Tunes From The Missing Channel.
    • On-U Sound.

  • Waterbaby

    amiss

    • Memory Be A Blade.
    • Sub Pop Records.

  • Gëstu de Dakar

    Ngoulok

    • Diabar.
    • Syllart Records.

  • Sunlightsquare

    Into My Life

    • King Yoruba.
    • Sunlightsquare Records.

  • Peven Everett

    Surely Shorty

    • Power Soul.
    • Soul Heaven Records.

  • Nala Sinephro

    Continuum 1

    • Endlessness.
    • Warp.

  • Audiodeluxe

    60 Seconds

    • 60 Seconds.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Phi‐Psonics

    Love Theme from Your Life

    • Expanding to One.
    • Gondwana Records.

  • Loose Ends

    A Little Spice

    • A Little Spice.
    • Virgin.

  • The Blue Nile

    Heatwave

    • A Walk Across the Rooftops.
    • Linn Records.

  • Raül Refree & Maria Mazzotta

    ninia, ninia, ninia

    • San Paolo di Galatina.
    • Galileo MC.

  • Mark III

    Cherry Pie

    • Cherry Pie.
    • Numero Group.

  • BlankFor.ms, Jason Moran, and Marcus Gilmore

    Shard II

    • Shards.
    • Red Hook Records.

  • Harlan Silverman

    Ancient Memories

    • Music for Stillness.
    • Mississippi Records.

  • Masahiro Takahashi

    Useless Tree

  • Stella Z

    Reverie Log 12242050

    • Sleep Cycles.

  • Margaret Hermant

    Timeless - Pt.2

    • Freedom.

  • Ouvala

    elsewhere without leaving

    • margins / shapes continue to exist.
    • Handstitched*.

  • Sofie Birch

    Hills Bells Mother

    • Planetes.
    • Sell Records.

  • Doc Hopkins

    The Pal That's Always True

    • The Pal That Is Always True / Mother Queen Of My Heart.
    • Conquerer.

Broadcast

  • Sunday22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music