Race Matters / Letters to the Sun

15.06.25
Aired on 15.06.25, 10:00am

As language has disintegrated entirely, song and poetry is what continually resounds. Today's show is inspired by recently released album Letters to the Sun, a sound sanctuary built from words, sounds, breaths, instruments, and pauses - confronting the chasm of silence forced upon the rubble of Gaza. 

Music woven together in solidarity with First Nations resistance here as well as the interconnected struggle for liberation in Palestine.

Radio as Alchemy ~ https://events.humanitix.com/radio-as-alchemy?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafBckHEqiRQVHfu6UJX-qdCws6YYB9Nwe5hzkgg-YyidbTQmZVTM7Df04JYSA_aem_bl6UJDyJ2Q5DP06z8dbizg

A gathering rooted in the magic, transformation and power of community radio. Join fbi.radio’s Race Matters and The Red Rattler for a fundraiser to keep these vital Sydney spaces thriving. 

An afternoon featuring a political teach-in, and workshops with political organisers and creatives part of the extended Race Matters community. We’ll be explore the politics of field recordings, sound and listening, surveillance; and the role of radio in liberation work. 

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Black Christ of the Andes (St. Martin de Porres)
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