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World Music on Radio 3 - Current Programmes and Archive

Womad
Womad on Radio 3

Listen to Radio 3's coverage of the Womad festival on BBC iPlayer.

Find a programme by country

Explore ten years of Radio 3 on-location recordings from 2000 to the present in our World Music archive, recording the life and musical traditions of countries ranging from Brazil to North Korea and Cuba to Turkmenistan.

Use the links below or the map of the world to see the full range of available programmes. Interactive map

World Music Archive: On Location Map

Find programmes by continent:

Use the continent links above to focus in on a specific area. to zoom in and out use the '+' and '-' buttons. Pan around using the directional buttons. All links from the map will take you to the episode page for that programme. When you have finished, you can use the 'esc' button on your keyboard or the 'x' in the top corner.

This Week Across the BBC

  1. 6 days left to listen
    Max Reinhardt presents music from the films Black Cat, White Cat and The Hours.
  2. 5 days left to listen
    Max Reinhardt with music from Miles Davis, Massive Attack, John Adams and K'Naan.
  3. 1 day left to listen
    Mary Ann Kennedy takes her pick from the latest world music releases on CD.
  4. 9 hours left to listen
    Max Reinhardt with music from the Mississippi String Band, Rhodri Davies and Nina Simone.
  1. 7 days left to listen
    Devotional music for Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs with Jas Rao sitting in for Waqas Saeed.
  2. 6 days left to listen
    Max Reinhardt presents music from the films Black Cat, White Cat and The Hours.
  3. 6 days left to listen
    News, current affairs and music in Gujarati with Dev Parmar.
  4. 6 days left to listen
    Indian playback singer Tulsi Kumar joins Gagan live from the Mumbai studios.

Human Planet & Music Planet

Find out about Human Planet the new landmark natural history series coming to BBC One soon, and the accompanying Radio 3 series Music Planet.

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