Desi Sounds and Stories

Presenters: Anabel Provansal and Max Reinhardt Featuring the music and the voices of the borough’s Asian Diaspora Communities; their music and their stories about living in Wandsworth over the last 50 years; about the changes, developments and their evolving music scenes. Contributors include Natasha Kathi-Chandra (Tara Theatre); 80’s Punk band Alien Kulture; violinist Manoharan Ratheeshkumar; community singer Mudabbir Hussain Qureshi Azeemi; and Hafiz Wakass Rehman Saqibi, Imam of Taj Daar e Madina Masjid & Education Centre Tooting . Podcast Music Playlist Sarathy Korwar - A Day Is A Cycle Of Drum Beats (2025) Zakir Hussain & Rakesh Chaurasia Duo - Zakir Hussain & Rakesh Chaurasia (Live in Krakow (2015) Alien Kulture -Siege and Turmoil (1980) Tara Theatre - Eena Meena Deeka (2013) Tara Arts and zerOclassikal present Hamsadhwani (2018) Fautist Aravindhan Baheerathan & Ensemble Sonia Noor ft. Asmaa Hamzaoui - River - La Ilaha Ila Lah Mashup Cover - Ibeyi (2025) Good Ol' Vilayati - Sarathy Korwar (2019) Asha Bhosle - Yeh Mera Dil Yaar Ka Diwana (from Don (1978 )) Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar - Holi Ke Din Dil Khil Jate Hain (from Sholay (1975)) Alien Kulture - Asian Youth (1979) Alien Kulture - Roots, Rock, Ratskank (1978) Manoharan Ratheeshkumar - Sinnakannan Azhaikkiran (2024) Manoharan Ratheeshkumar - Panivizhum Malarvanam (2024) Anirudh Ravichander (vocs.) & Vinay Sridhar (whistle) - Jawan Title Track Movie: Jawan (2023) Mudabbir Hussain Qureshi Azeemi - Kaash Ye Duaa Meri Live (2016/2025) Sabri Brothers - Tajdar-e-Haram (1976) Sabri Brothers - Ya Sahib-UL-Jamal (1977) The New Pardesi Music Machine - Pump Up the Bhangra (1988) Alaap - Bhabiye Ni Bhabiye (1982) Mohinder Kaur Bhamra - Disco Wich Aa (Remastered version 2025/original version 1982) Lyrics: Mohinder Kaur Bhamra; Music Kuljit Bhamra Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan remixed by Bally Sagoo - Kinna Sohna (1991) Nitin Sawhney - Streets (1996) Nitin Sawhney - Movement - Variation II ft. Ayanna Witter-Johnson (2021) Anoushka Shankar - Boat To Nowhere (Live on KEXP) (2023)