Nights for Monday 11 May 2009

Nights for Monday 11 May 2009

7 pm News & Weather

7:20 Whose Culture?

James Cuno - director and author, The Art Institute of Chicago exploring the themes of cultural heritage and in particular 'who' owns antiquities

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World:

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 The Final Whistle

Penny Miles - sports journalist, Dominion Post.

Analysis of the state of play from recent recreational activities.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 1

9 pm News & Weather

9:06Insight:

A current affairs programme direct from RNZ news.

9:40 Feature interview

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 2

10 pm News & Weather

10:17 Late Edition:

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News & Weather

11:06 The Birth of the Blues

Willie Dixon, one of America's greatest songwriters, put it this way, "The blues is the roots and the rest are the fruits."

Today the roots have born fruits all over the world.

Jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul music, even rap all have blues as a foundation. On the surface blues is simple, sometimes just three chords, sometimes just one chord with lyrics that repeat themselves. But below the surface there is an emotional sophistication that makes the blues one of the most intense music forms you'll ever hear.

Part 1: Goin' Up Country

Goin' Up the Country documents the birth of recorded blues with the music of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Charley Patton, Son House, and Blind Willie McTell.

Produced by EMP Radio/Ben Manilla Production