Best Foot Music

Sound recording of the conversation chaired by Associate Professor Dr Laila Kadiwal, with Jeremy Corbyn MP, Rhona Michie, Carmen Wilson. Palestinian author and activist Ahmed Alnaouq was also meant to be in attendance, but further members of his family had been murdered earlier in the day of the event, in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. Andrew Feinstein had also been originally booked, but was unabl...

Recorded at the London Palestine march, on 5th October 2024. Talk by Professor Haim Bresheeth, discussing the origins of Zionism, the decline of the British Empire, Antisemitism and Islamophobia. As he says at the start, this is an overview, please see Haim's website for further reading. "Professor Haim Bresheeth is a filmmaker, photographer and a film studies scholar, retired from the  University...

00 Sighisoara 23.16 Cluj to Budapest Train 24.20 Budapest to Munich Train 27.00 Munich

00 Munich pigeons 0.12 Munich train to Salzburg 0.50 Romanian cafe opposite Salzburg station 1.47 Train to Ljublijana 2.02 Ljubljana 6.26 Ljubljana to Budapest Train 9.00 Budapest 16.08 Budapest to Cluj Train 16.44 Cluj Napoca 25.26 Cluj to Sighișoara Train

A soundscape of chants, music and some street speakers (as in those not on the stage) and incidental sounds from the National March for Palestine on 18th May 2024, to commemorate the Nakba. The demonstration finished in Whitehall, although many sat in Trafalgar Square, where there was an event by the Sri Lankan Tamil community, commemorating 15 years since the end of the civil war and also the gen...

A week after the Gideon Falter 'openly Jewish' incident, which gained wide press coverage and further attempts by him, some in the UK Gov and media to demonise the demonstrations, we attended the National March for Palestine from Parliament Square to Hyde Park. On this occasion we were near the front of the march, for a while with the Jewish Bloc. Following the previous weeks events, numer...

We visited Istanbul for a holiday from 3rd to 11th April 2024. These recordings were made whilst walking around the city, predominantly in the Fatih district, which includes the historic peninsula . We also visited Kadıköy & Büyükada. Recordings are made with a Zoom H6 recorder with the XYH-6 X/Y MIC. All recordings made in public spaces. Istanbul has an estimated population of 15.46 million a...

A conversation and poetry reading between Vladyslava Bondar and Naomi Foyle , recorded at Razom ~ Together on the 17th March 2024, at the Rose Hill Brighton Razom ~ Together is a series of collaborative social events organised by the Ukrainian community and their friends in Brighton, focusing on sharing food, music and a safe space to form friendships. Naomi worked for Waterloo Press and has a his...

Saturday the 9th of March. A short episode, capturing some of the protest for Palestine. Set against the backdrop of the UK Gov and some of the media calling the marches 'Hate marches'. Also includes the thoughts of some Jewish activists and academics we met on the march.

Saturday, January 13th. National March For Palestine, London, UK. As always it was incredibly diverse. In relation to some of the negative reactions to the marches, I thought it would be interesting to capture some of the voices of people there, so took a recorder and asked people one question; what made you come today. 10 people spoke, from a wide variety of backgrounds and life experiences. I di...

Conversations with local Ukrainian people and soundscape of incidental music, and ambience at the Made For Ukraine fundraiser event in All Saints Church, Hove, 21st October 2023. Music in this podcast is not from live music performances on the day but instead includes clips from song and dance workshops and someone improvising on the piano while the gig was being set up. More pics, info & dona...

A fabulous afternoon event, organised by by members of the local Ukranian community. Held in Preston Park on Sunday 9th July. The Kupala Brighton website has been set up by Vladyslava Bondar and Marek Kohn. Please support their work by visiting the site and following their social media. https://kupalabrighton.org/ https://www.standforukrainebnh.org/

Sounds recorded approaching, in and around the Qutub Shahi Tombs, Hyderabad. The 7 tombs were built between 1550 and 1667. The large domed structures create a natural reverb and are stunningly beautiful to walk around.

Soundscape from Nagpur, including a musician outside Deekshabhoomi, where B. R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism as an action against the caste system and street sounds from the Itwari market district.

Soundscape made on the train journey from Hyderabad to Balharshah.

Our last few days in Gadchiroli include; a candy floss vendor arriving outside the house, monsoon rains, a school choir, distant drums from a funeral on the far side of the river Kathani, morning sounds and insects on our final evening before making the journey to Hyderabad for our flight home (Hyderabad will be in the next episode)

Soundscape recording made in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, whilst visiting family. Includes street and nature sounds, Sunday market and Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin parade.

We were invited along with our friend and collaborator Polina Shepherd to discuss music as a form of activism, at the Amnesty International annual UK Student conference, at the Amnesty UK headquarters in London. Thanks to Poppy Sheward Skelton for arranging this, conducting the interview and all her hard work and interest in what we do, also thanks to Amnesty for giving us a platform at their even...

Conversation with Jacinta Kerketta, Felix Padel & Laila Kadiwal, on Adivasi & minority rights, democracy, protest, environmentalism, & colonialism in India.  The title of this episode is from the poem by Jacinta.  With support from: https://www.indiaandme.com/ https://www.sussex.ac.uk/cweh/ https://twitter.com/JacintaKerkett2 https://www.bestfootmusic.net/

The 4th and final part of this series. Intersectionality, the 5 'R's & concluding thoughts.

Kamla & Laila discuss their own experiences with arts-related projects.   Topics include; Unlearning,  decision-making processes,  the 'right' voice, micro and macro biases and thinking from the margin. The 4th and final part of this conversation will be published Friday 31st July 9.00 am UK time.

Trailer for Episode 3 (of 4) of Decolonising The Creative Space, with Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal.

Brighton based musician, composer and cultural activist Polina Shepherd on her exciting collaborative project with Lorin Sklamberg and choirs based in the UK and USA.  150 Voices CD/Download Polina Shepherd Website More about the 150 Voices Project YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Part 2: Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal from Trinidad and Tobago and India, discussing their own experiences of working in creative spaces. Chapter 2 includes; Problematic terminologies 'the other', who can tell a story? Black Lives Matter and the creative spaces in Trinidad and Tobago.

Part 1: Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal from Trinidad and Tobago and India, discussing their own experiences of working in creative spaces. Chapter 1 includes, Setting the context; what do we mean by decolonising the creative space and why do we need it? How did we get here? Links to some of the discussions in this chapter: Jane Austen & Edward Said https://www.jstor.org/stable/134...