RFI The Sound Kitchen

There’s Music in the Kitchen, no 24

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear a replay of a show aired on 20 August 2020, featuring musical favourites from RFI English journalists Rosslyn Hyams and Laura Angela Bagnetto. Just click on the “Audio” button above and enjoy!

Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you’ve grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.

Send me your music requests! I’ll make programs of your favorite music when I can’t be in the kitchen to cook up something new for you … write to me at thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr

This week’s quiz: The quiz will be back next week, 27 August.

Here’s the music you heard on this week’s program: “Life on Mars” by David Bowie; “Weeping Willow” by Alton Ellis, and “Hang on Little Tomato” by Patrick Abbey, China Forbes, and Thomas Lauderdale, performed by Pink Martini.
21 Aug 2022 English South Africa TV & Film

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