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Independent, The (London), Apr 22, 2001 by JENNY GILBERT
LAMACQ LIVE
Monday 8pm Radio 1
Live from Maida Vale, a set from Orbital, whose electronic music veers from full-on dance to eerie soundscape. Brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll will be playing new material from The Altogether, their sixth album. Also on the programme: an inquiry into rock as a corrupting force. The parents of a murder victim claim the act was inspired by thrash metal band Slayer, while the group believes that neither they, nor their music, can be held responsible.
IN A GREEN SHADE
Wednesday 7.30pm Radio 3
As concern for the future of rural Britain grows by the day, Patrick Wright presents a full evening of features and debate on the changing role of the countryside. Today's policy-makers, he points out, are torn between the demands of economics and a commitment to an aesthetic shaped largely by writers and artists of the past. And once foot and mouth comes under control, are we prepared for a radical rethink of rural land use?
SEX, DRUGS AND FOUR MINUTES OF SILENCE
Thursday 11.30am Radio 4
Almost 40 years have passed since John Cage's infamous 4'33" - a musical composition in which the performer sits in silence. For one brief, groundbreaking spell in the Sixties, "classical music" was as radical as any of the arts, forcing people to re-examine their idea of what music is - an arrangement of notes, or a state of mind? Alyn Shipton explores the work of other experimenters and their legacy for rock musicians such as Frank Zappa and Mike Oldfield.
ANDY KERSHAW
Friday 10.15pm Radio 3
A showcase for Senegalese singer Baaba Maal launches this new slot celebrating world music, folk, blues, gospel and country. While he's equally at home with electric guitar as with the West African kora, Senegalese balafon and desert lute, Maal - who is currently touring the UK - has not abandoned African village values. His songs laud tradition, and accuse world leaders of disrupting ancient harmony through greed.
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