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 Andy Kershaw in Iraq Andy's Sony Award-winning two-part documentary on music in Iraq. He meets Qassim al-Sultan, one of Iraq's leading pop stars whose songs praise Saddam as a national hero. He also explores the wilder sounds of Iraq's little-known gypsy community, and searches the pirate record shops for CDs by Kenny Rogers. In the second show he hears Sufi trance music in Baghdad's most famous mosque, visits Baghdad's Voice of Youth FM station, and meets one of Iraq's top performers, Ilham Al-Madfai, who now lives in Jordan's capital Ammany. |
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On Radio 3 NowOn Location Archive Related Links on radio 3 on bbc.co.uk Charlie Gillett on the World Service bbc.co.uk/music - world music DJ Ritu on BBC London Africa Beyond on the BBC Radio 2 - Folk Awards on the web The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. |
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Listen: Part 1
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