Donkey stone
An episode of the Cities and Memory - remixing the world podcast, hosted by Cities and Memory, titled "Donkey stone" was published on December 12, 2025 and runs 4 minutes.
December 12, 2025 ·4m · Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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Episode Description
"I was drawn to the call of the Rag and Bone man, and I thought of the man himself, beyond the call - and imagined my own best beloved Great Grandmother and the stories she told me of getting a Donkey Stone from the Rag and Bone man, and scrubbing her step clean.
"It must have been important to her, because she told me about it as though it were a ritual. So I wrote her song, as she might sing to him.
Maybe she called him Donkey Stone.
"Maybe she dreamed of running away and living a life on the road, returning to the ways of her ancestors before her, who were travellers.
"So this song is for Catherine Lightfoot - or Granny Dean as she was to me."
Bream rag and bone man reimagined by Subphotic.
"It must have been important to her, because she told me about it as though it were a ritual. So I wrote her song, as she might sing to him.
Maybe she called him Donkey Stone.
"Maybe she dreamed of running away and living a life on the road, returning to the ways of her ancestors before her, who were travellers.
"So this song is for Catherine Lightfoot - or Granny Dean as she was to me."
Bream rag and bone man reimagined by Subphotic.
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