WorldBeat
Rick/Garry
Sunday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday 20th April 2025
Vale Amadou Bagayogo of Amadou and Mariam, Newbies DJ Click – The Ultimate Trip to Tzigane, Salif Keita – Sa Kono, Youssou N’Dour – Eclairer le Monde (Light the World) and much more.
13 April, 2025
Garry hosting this week, which happens to be 'Songkran', Thai New Year. Featuring the latest album by Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band called Araya Lam, as well as the compilation album that comes with the just released Songlines magazine, issue number 207. This album not only contains new music from Youssou N'Dour, Trio De Kali and Anoushka Shankar, but an exclusive preview track for the forthcoming 50th anniversary album by Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. Plus some discoveries from Colombia (Pambele), Greece (Xanthoula Dakovanou) and the Congo (Kin Gongolo Kiniata).
Polish group with Belarussian singer. From Songlines #207 covermount CD
From Songlines #207 covermount CD
From Songlines #207 covermount CD
Colombian musician. His name translates as the Brown Lion, and the album title refers to interstellar travel
Amadou Bagayoko of the Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70. This track is from their 2004 album Dimanche a Bamako
Third volume in the Disques Debs International series, diving deeper into the archives of one of the greatest French Caribbean labels, Disques Debs, based in Guadeloupe
6 member group representing Latvia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest
German group from the Turkish Alevi community
The Bonny Abraham Ensemble is a genre-blending collective led by multi-instrumentalist Bonny Abraham, fusing Middle Eastern, jazz, and electronic influences into a rich instrumental sound. Based in Kerala, India, the ensemble features a 10-member lineup playing global instruments like the Middle Eastern oud, Turkish saz, Azerbaijani kamancheh, Moroccan guembri, Chinese pipa, Indian mridangam, clarinet, handpan and more
Brazilian singer
Moroccan-Swiss artist and electronic producer
New group from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Preview of the fortncoming CGS album Il Mito (The Legend) to mark their 50th anniversary. Included on the Songlines covermount CD for their latest issue #207
Iranian singer based in Canada fusing flamenco with Persian influences. From the latest Songlines covermount CD for issue #207
A movie about the life of this Greek singer is coming to cinemas in May, in time for Paniyiri
Cretan singer and musician, Xanthoula Dakovanou is also a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and music therapist who holds a PhD thesis in the subject of 'Music and Psychoanalysis'.
South Korean 'trot' singer - Trot is a traditional genre of Korean pop music characterized by a distinctive "ppongjjak" rhythm (a two-beat pattern) and emotive vocal performances. It originated in the early 20th century, influenced by Korean, Japanese, American, and European music.
New York producer