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| Close Up [world Service] | ...DJ and producer RITA RAY explores slavery's musical heritage for the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade.... |
| In Search Of Fela Kuti | ...A portrait of Nigeria's most important and influential musician, the late Fela Kuti, counter-cultural hero and inventor of the "Afro-Beat" style. DJs Max Reinhardt and RITA RAY travel to Lagos and talk to family members and fellow musicians about this celebrated but controversial figure in Nigerian culture. They visit the original Shrine nightclub, the house and commune which he named the Kalakuta Republic, and his birthplace in nearby Abeokuta.... |
| One Equal Music? | ...World music on the dancefloor with Clotaire K, Doudou Sarr, Max Reinhardt and RITA RAY, klezmer in the new world order, and Western composers' attitutes.... |
| Twenty Minutes | ...Lucy Duran presents an edited tribute, recorded at this evening's Proms Plus event at the Britten Theatre, to Radio 3 World Music Americas Award winner Andy Palacio, a singer and guitarist from Belize who died earlier this year. She is joined by Palacio's producer Ivan Duran and Chair of the Awards Jury RITA RAY... |
| World Routes | ...RITA RAY introduces highlights from Sauti za Busara 2009, a festival held in Zanzibar's historic Stone Town which celebrates music from East Africa and beyond.... |