Soundtracks from Bedlam’s Bottom
From Raspberry Hill to Ramsar
An interview with Carol Donaldson’s as she walks with you through the landscape at Bedlam’s Bottom Recording, editing and music by Anna Braithwaite.
The Cemetery of Sailboats
Written and read by Alice Backhurst, with Jeremy Scott and Anna Braithwaite. Mix and sound by Jeremy Scott.
Sailing by
‘Sailing By’, written by Ronald Binge, performaed by Anna Braithwaite and Jeremy Scott, edited by Anna Braithwaite.
Intangible and mysterious, familar yet obscure, the Shipping Forecast is broadcast four times a day on BBC Radio 4. For those at or about to put to sea, the Forecast may mean the diffference between live and death. For milllions of landlubbbing radio listeners it is the engimatic language of the Forecast that creates a landscape for the imagination; confirming romantic notions of Britain’s island status.
The Bargeman’s Year (Goodby Old Man)
Written and performed by Jack Forbes
This song is taken from the album ‘Working River, songs and music of the Thames’ release on Folktree Recordings supported by the GFTU Educational Trust. Available on bandcamp.
Squeak
Read by Caroline Vella, Andie Oliver, Anna Braithwaite and Jeremy Scott. Written and mixed by Jeremy Scott.