The Weirding Module ...Is For The Children 13.01.2024

The Weirding Module listens in to spoken word and the voice in contemporary art and experimental music.

This edition of The Weirding Module focusses once again on children's voices in a variety of genres including experimental compostions by children as well as soul, reggae, punk andhip hop. Following on from last episode "Acquisition" where I examined the stages of children learning to speak, here we listen to the gimmicky, naive and charming songs of young singers from a cross section of cultures and eras, hits and obscurities alike.

Even when written by kids like Nancy Dupree or Venus (of Unit 3 and Venus) children's voices evoke feelings of nostalgia and notions of innocence in adults and with the recurring themes of underrage romance, kids growing up too fast ...

This show originally aired on Cashmere Radio.
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