6 Mar 2026

New music with Grant Smithies

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 6 March 2026
Gorillaz, Willie Colón, and Nubiyan Twist.

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Gorillaz' new 15-track double album is a surprisingly celebratory affair, given that it was inspired in part by the recent deaths of the fathers of bandmembers, Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn.

We’ll hear two key tracks from that today, followed by an early classic from the late salsa pioneer Willie Colón and new music from London Afrobeat collective Nubiyan Twist.