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
World on 3
Charlie Gillett presents a session with Angolan musician Bonga.
Fri 3rd July 23:15 or listen with iPlayer
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Rita Ray introduces one of East Africa's biggest stars, Samba Mapangala, with Orchestra Virunga in concert at the 2009 Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar.
Sat 4th July 15:00 or listen with iPlayer
Late Junction
Fiona Talkington looks back over the career of Chicago's post-rock pioneers Tortoise.
Thu 2 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.
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.
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 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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