Carousel Radio

This is the second in a series of Takeover Shows, where we invite learning disabled artists from diverse communities to takeover an episode of Carousel Radio. In this show, we welcome Parable Dance, who provide dance opportunities for people with learning disabilities and training for people wanting to teach inclusive dance. If you are interested in finding out more about Parable Dance you can che...

This is the first in a series of Takeover Shows, where we invite learning disabled artists from diverse communities to takeover an episode of  Carousel Radio. In this episode, we welcome artists from 'The Gate', an arts project for adults with learning disabilities in Shepherds Bush, London who produce theatre, film, art, poetry and music. Labake, Duane, Richie and 2Decks introduce their music and...

Welcome again to Foley woods. This place is an imaginary woodland. Featuring walks and songs with the Carousel Chorus, poems and stories from Yassin Zelestine, Sam Castell-Ward, Jason Ede, Charlie Hatton, Berhana Wells, and Stuart at the Grace Eyre allotment. Spend some time outside, in nature, relaxing, feeling free as you come with us on a ramble through the trees in Foley Woods.  This episode a...

Welcome again to Foley woods. This place is an imaginary woodland. Featuring walks and songs with the Carousel Chorus, poems and stories from Yassin Zelestine, Jonny Schachter, Charlie Hatton, and Stuart at the Grace Eyre allotment. Spend some time outside, in nature, relaxing, feeling free as you come with us on a ramble through the trees in Foley Woods. Theme music by the Carousel House Band. Ho...

Welcome again to Foley woods. This place is an imaginary woodland. As we walk about the forest we might find the Carousel Chorus, and storytellers and poets: Eleana Re, Yassin Zelestine, Jonny Schachter and Charlie Hatton. We might visit the Grace Eyre allotment. After so many months indoors, we thought we should spend some time outside, in nature, relaxing, feeling free. So, come with us on a ram...

Over the next eight months, Carousel Radio is presenting three exciting seasons of spoken word and sound. In this month’s show we have the third drama from our ‘Tales from Unreality’ season, a series of three radio plays exploring sci-fi and magical realism themes, written and acted by learning disabled artists. This month’s drama, ‘The Masquerade’ was written, Directed and co-produced by Eleana R...

Welcome to Foley woods. This place is an imaginary woodland. As we walk about the forest we might find the Carousel Chorus, and storytellers and poets, Eleana Re and Yassin Zelestine. After so many months indoors, we thought we should spend some time outside, in nature, relaxing, feeling free. So, come with us on a ramble through the trees... This episode also includes a story by Dominic J MacMaho...

Over the next nine months, Carousel Radio is presenting three exciting seasons of spoken word and sound. In this month’s show we have the second drama from our ‘Tales from Unreality’ season, a series of three radio plays exploring sci-fi and magical realism themes, written and acted by learning disabled artists. This month’s drama, ‘Destroyed From Within’ was written, Directed and co-Produced by S...

Over the next ten months, Carousel Radio is presenting three exciting seasons of spoken word and sound. In this month’s show we start off our first season, which we’re calling ‘Tales from Unreality’- three radio plays exploring sci-fi and magical realism themes, written and acted by learning disabled artists. We hope you enjoy Yassin Zelestine’s play about isolation and bravery, ‘Take Cover’, prod...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This edition includes musicians from The Gate in Shepherd's Bush introducing songs from their compilation album, 'Gate Custard'. You can also hear a new poem from Sam Castell-Ward, and receive some dubious health advice from Jonny Schachter. Fran and Jason will tell you about Carousel'...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This edition includes an interview and music from Jamaica!!, who are an improvsational musical collective based at The Gate in Sheperd's Bush. You can also hear a new story from Charlie Hatton's 'Land of Stories', and poem from Sam Castell-Ward called 'Anger (this emotion inside)'. Jam...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This edition features music from Matthew Nealis, poems and stories from Sam Castell-Ward, MC Silvercat and Jonny Schachter. The John Dewey Specialist College present a new piece of music. Davot has a new jingle. Fran has the latest Carousel news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This edition features an interview and music from Dima Zouchinski, talking about his new album on Carousel’s Fairground records, 'Aye! Ain't Mellow'. Jonny Schachter tells a tall tale in which his life was saved by former Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson. The John Dewey Specialist C...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show includes stories and poems from Charlie Hatton, Sam Castell-Ward, Jonny Schachter. Fran has the latest Carousel news, and song from the new album from Dima Zouchinski. There is another song and feature from the John Dewey Specialist college in London. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show includes music and interview with the Carbonators about their new album, 'Conversation'; poetry and sounds from Yassin Zelestine and Amphecat, Ryan O'Donovan and Sam Castell-Ward. Fran has the latest Carousel news, and Berhana has a Christmas song. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show includes music an interview with the Carbonators about their new album, 'Conversation'; poetry and sounds from Yassin Zelestine and Amphecat, Ryan O'Donovan and Sam Castell-Ward. Fran has the latest Carousel news, and Berhana has a Christmas song. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show includes sounds from Sam Castell-Ward, Yassin Zelestine and her band, Amphetcat, Jonny Schachter views on the US Election, and a Lockdown down song from the Carousel House Band. Fran has the latest Carousel news We also also have features from Charlie Hatton about his interes...

Resident Carousel Radio poet MC Silvercat recalls her teenage years as a consumer of fashion magazines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show includes sounds from Sam Castell-Ward, Yassin Zelestine and her band, Amphetcat, Jonny Schachter, Fran and Jason have the latest Carousel news and a song from the new album by f.witch. We also also have poems from Charlie Hatton, a new voice on Carousel Radio. We are looking...

Poet Ruby Dine tells us about her love for her dog Ralph. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Resident Carousel Radio poet Sam Castell-Ward's poem explaining his view of lockdown. Is it really so different from his day-to-day life? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast includes songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show features Kollektiv Barner 16 - a musical groups of artists with learning disabilities from Hamburg, Germany - who we interviewed when they visited Carousel's Rockhouse live music night in the summer of 2019. We hear what they've been up to in the lockdown of 2020. This show a...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show includes songs, a poem and a science fiction story by Sam Castell-Ward. Yassin Zelestine Aka Mc Silvercat reads new poems and presents electronic music and soundscapes from her band Amphetcat. Fran has the latest Carousel news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

In this show we’ll be hearing from the Carousel House Band: an integrated band that consists of learning disabled musicians and music facilitators. The Carousel House Band look at new ways of making and sharing music, and talk us through their projects, Synthesize Me!, their collaboration with Resonaari Music School in Finland, and a performance using their own homemade Sound Scupltures. http://ww...

The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This show includes new pieces by Eleana Re and Sam Castell-Ward, music from Dima Zouchinski and Louis Walkden and a new episode of Tales from Black Bridge. Filmmaker Matthew Hellett discusses his alter-ego, Mrs Sparkle. Davot and Fran give you the latest Carousel news. Hosted on Acast....