World Music
On location
Listen to a series of World Routes features highlighting the incredible diversity of music from more than 40 countries around the world, including unique audio recordings, interviews and photographs.
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World Music Recommendations
Womad 2009 at Charlton Park 24-26 July 2009
Set in Charlton Park’s picturesque Arboretum, the BBC Radio 3 Stage presents a diverse selection of artists celebrating music from around the globe.
World on 3
Mary Ann Kennedy introduces Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, an Australian singer-songwriter, blind from birth, whose songs in the Yolngu language present Aboriginal culture in a contemporary context.
Fri 10th July 23:15 or listen with iPlayer
World Routes
In the year of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution, World Routes features a specially recorded studio session by Cuban five-piece Changui de Guantanamo.
Sat 11th July 15:00 or listen with iPlayer
Late Junction
Verity Sharp presents music from Tibet and Mexico, alongside a track from Fife singer James Yorkston's new album of British folk songs.
Thu 14 July at 11.15pm Tue - Thu at 11.15pm or listen with iPlayer
Songlines Magazine Awards 2009
Listen to samples and check information on the best group, cross-cultural collaboration, newcomer and best artist from this year's awards.
World Music Audio Archive
The audio archive is the one stop shop for all the world music features and concerts currently available on the site.
World Routes on Location
- Azerbaijan
On the shores of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan is a country that borders with Iran, Armenia, Russia and Georgia and its musical traditions have influenced the area for centuries.
World Routes on Location
- Georgia
Lucy Duran travels to this little-visited country to find out how its ancient musical traditions have fared after decades of occupation and instability.
World Routes on Location
- China 2008
Lucy Duran covers thousands of miles to hear the extraordinary, and in some cases endangered, traditional music of China's countryside.
Awards for World Music 2008
Find out all about the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, including Introduction and Highlights videos and profiles of all the winners and nominees.
Womad 2008
Live broadcast from the Radio 3 stage in the Arboretum and highlights on World on 3, World Routes and Late Junction in the following weeks.
Womad 2007 - Listen Again Online
Listen online to nearly all the complete gigs from this year's Womad. Many of these performances have not yet been broadcast.
Africa Beyond
Celebrating African Arts in the UK - reviews, features, interviews, gig listings, Africa on Your Street
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