Radio Peacock
This reminds me of being awoken at 4am every morning in Bhuj by the local temples having music wars. I would often scuttle out to the balcony with my phone aloft, trying to Shazam it all. Lovely x
Please enjoy this 60 minute mix of devotional music from Gujarati cassettes. Unfortunately I don't have a tracklist as I have not yet been able to translate the text on the cassettes, but I hope this won't detract from your enjoyment of the music.
The line "Dream the dreams so far denied" comes from a piece of popular Hindu devotional poetry in honour of the goddess Durga.
As always, our cassette mixes are pay what you like, you can download it for free if you like, but if you want to give a little something then I will donate any money we receive to Phil and Lailla's Best Foot Music COVID appeal for India. You can learn more about their efforts to raise funds here:
And you can learn more about Brighton's excellent Best Foot Music organisation, who have been working tirelessly with local refugee and migrant communities for over ten years: