UKNY for May 31

As May slips to June (even though we've all lost our concept of time in quarantine), tonight's "UKNY" at 11 has songs suited for late night escapes. An absolutely joyful track from Hackney's Albert Gold leads off the hour (with a big nod to Prince in its execution). There's a bittersweet collaboration from two late legends too, iconic Afrobeat master Tony Allen (who passed on April 30) and trumpeter Hugh Maselkela, gone since 2018, pulled from sessions the pair did at London's Livington Studios in 2010.

Jehnny Beth, Four Tet, Yazmin Lacey, Sports Team and Little Simz all have new albums or EPs, either released or forthcoming, plus the spirit of shoegaze rumbles through bdrmm's latest single. And Florence-born, presently New Jersey-based Birthh, the Italian singer, songwriter and producer Alice Bisi, has released a beguiling new album, her second, called WHOA.

All that and much more on "UKNY," Sundays from 11pm-midnight ET on 90.7, streaming online, in the Weekend Archives, and also easy to find on your smart speaker if you ask for WFUV.

Songs played:

1. Albert Gold, “Satellite,” single
2. Bombay Bicycle Club, “Do You Feel Loved?,” Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
3. (Lagos, NG/Paris, FR and Johannesburg, ZA) Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela, “Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same),” Rejoice
4. Sports Team, “Going Soft,” Deep Down Happy
5. (Bogotá, CO) Ela Minus, “They Told Us It Was Hard, but They Were Wrong (radio edit)“ single
6. (Poitiers, FR) Jehnny Beth, “Heroine,” To Love is To Live
7. Four Tet, “School,” Sixteen Oceans
8. bdrmm, “A Reason to Celebrate,” Bedroom
9. (New York, US) Becca Mancari, “Hunter,” The Greatest Part
10. Little Simz, “might bang, might not,” Drop 6 EP
11. New Luna, “Prunus,” single
12. (Florence, IT), Birthh, “Parakeet,” WHOA
13. Yazmin Lacey, “Morning Matters,” Morning Matters EP
14. Sade, “Cherish the Day,” Love Deluxe