World Routes 
World Routes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
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| 01 | African Artists |  | ||
| 01 | African Artists | | ||
| 01 | African Artists, Amadou And Mariam | 20091219 | Lucy Duran presents concert recordings by African artists who have broken through to the mainstream. Following successful appearances this year at Hyde Park and the main stage at Glastonbury, the highly-rated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam play an end-of-year gig at the HMV Forum in London's Kentish Town. Lucy Duran presents Malian duo Amadou and Mariam in concert in London's Kentish Town. | |
| 01 | An Appalachian Road Trip |  | ||
| 1 | An Appalachian Road Trip | 20091017 | In a programme recorded on location in the USA, broadcaster, writer and musician Banning Eyre discovers and records the uniquely American folk music that was born in the southern Appalachian mountains through the 18th and 19th centuries. He visits the small town of Mount Airy, in Surry County, North Carolina, home to the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention, where he meets the extraordinary players and singers that are keeping this music alive, and finds out how old-time music is the direct precursor of what we now call country and bluegrass. In an interview with musician and field recordist Mike Seeger, recorded just a few months before he died, Banning discovers the roots of the music in the parallel histories of the European settlers and African slaves, and how post-Emancipation, a distinctly American music was forged from the interplay of the African banjo and the European fiddle. Banning also visits local radio station WPAQ and tries the festival delicacy that is deep-fried oreos. World Routes: An Appalachian Roadtrip Presenter: Banning Eyre Producer: Peter Meanwell Sound Engineer: Martin Appleby Saturday 17th October 2009 Cumberland Gap Banjo player C.B. Wohlford (Maric, VA) Recorded by Maud Karpeles in 1950 Soldier's Joy played on the mountain dulcimer BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 5th June 2009 The Boatsman Haywire Family (Nashville, TN) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 5th June 2009 Interview with musician and folklorist Mike Seeger Woah Mule Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (Mt Airy, NC) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 5th June 2009 June Apple The Midriffs (Durham, NC) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 5th June 2009 Interview with, Kelly Epperson, General Manager WPAQ 740AM, featuring music from the WPAQ archive. www.wpaq740.com/ Hop Old Rabbit Singer Elizabeth LaPrelle (Rural Retreat, VA) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 6th June 2009 Kiss me sweet Fiddle player Mark Campbell (Richmond, VA) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 6th June 2009 Interview with musician and broadcaster Paul Brown Undone in sorrow Singer Karly Dawn Higgins (Morehead, KY) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 6th June 2009 Sugar Hill Slate Mountain Ramblers (Ararat, VA) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 5th June 2009 Chilly Winds Banjo player John Hermann (Asheville, NC) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 6th June 2009 Interview with dance caller, musician, and flatfoot dancer Phil Jamison Cotton Eye Joe Snow Creek Old Time Band (Sandy Ridge, NC) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 5th June 2009 Cluck Old Hen Cool Springs Ramblers (Statesville, NC) BBC recording from the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 5th June 2009 . Banning Eyre visits Mount Airy, North Carolina, and talks to folk musician Mike Seeger. | |
| 01 | An Appalachian Road Trip, Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention | 20100619 | In the first of two programmes recorded on-location for World Routes, broadcaster, writer and musician Banning Eyre embarks on his own Appalachian roadtrip to discover and record the uniquely American folk music that was born in the southern Appalachian mountains through the 18th and 19th Centuries. He visits the small town of Mount Airy, in Surry County, North Carolina, home to the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention, where he meets the extraordinary players and singers that are keeping this music alive, and finds out how Old Time music is the direct precursor of what we now call Country and Bluegrass. In an interview with musician and field recordist Mike Seeger, recorded just a few months before he died, Banning discovers the roots of the music in the parallel histories of the European settlers and African slaves, and how post-Emancipation a distinctly American music was forged from the interplay of the African banjo and the European fiddle. Surry County musician Paul Brown explains the record companies' part in defining Old Time music as a predominantly white occupation, and what's so speacial about this part of the country. He visits local radio station WPAQ to hear how they are keeping this traditional rural music alive, and tries the festival delicacy that is deep-fried Oreos. Producer: Peter Meanwell Repeat. Banning Eyre visits Mount Airy, North Carolina, and talks to folk musician Mike Seeger. | |
| 01 | Brazilian Performers |  | ||
| 01 | Brazilian Performers, Gilberto Gil | 20090926 | Singer Monica Vasconcelos introduces a solo, guitar-only performance given at London's Barbican by Gilberto Gil. One of the great singer-songwriters of the past five decades, Gil sings about everything from love and politics to God and mobile phones. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Monica Vasconcelos Produced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 26 September 2009, 3:00pm Recorded Monday 31 March 2008 at the Barbican Centre in London Gilberto Gil (vocals/guitar) Ben Gil (guitar/percussion) on some songs Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei (original version on the 1984 album Raça Humana) Esotérico (original version on the 1982 album Um Banda Um) Maquina de Ritmo Metafora Chiclete Com Banana (original version on the 1972 album Espresso 2222) Interview: Monica Vasconcelos and Gilberto Gil Gueixa no Tatami (this is a new song) A Faca e o Queijo La Renaissance Africaine Não Chores Mais (No Woman No Cry) Aquele Abraço (original version on the 1969 album Gilberto Gil) The great Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil in concert at the Barbican in London. | |
| 01 | Darbar Festival 2009 | 20090523 | Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi introduce highlights from the Darbar International South Asian Music Festival 2009, held at the South Bank Centre in London. Featuring morning ragas from santoor virtuoso Rahul Sharma and one of the great voices of Hindustani classical music, Ashwini Bhide Deshpande. Presented by Lopa Kothari and Jameela SiddiqiProduced by Roger Short Saturday 23rd May 2009 Interview between Lopa Kothari and Rahul Sharma Sharma: Raag Bhopal Todi Rahul Sharma (santoor); Subhankar Banerjee (tabla) Highlights from the Darbar South Asian Music Festival 2009, including Rahul Sharma. | |
| 01 | Darbar Festival 2010 | 20100417 | Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi present highlights from the Darbar Festival of Indian classical music, held earlier this month at Kings Place in London. In a focus on South Indian music, veena player Hari Sivanesen is joined by T Pirashanna on mridangam, and Jyotsna Srikanth plays the carnatic-style violin. Producer: Roger Short This is the first of three programmes from this year's Darbar Festival - the second is next week, and the third, featuring santoor virtuoso Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, will be broadcast in the autumn. The Darbar Festival is the biggest event of its kind in Europe: artists from both North and South Indian musical traditions were presented in fourteen concerts over the Easter weekend - a special feature of Darbar is that the concerts are held across the day from morning until night, allowing for the different raags to be heard in their true time context. Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi will be bringing their own expertise and insights to these programmes, as well as talking to the performers themselves. Highlights from the 2010 Darbar Indian classical music festival: Hari Sivanesen. | |
| 01 | Darbar Festival 2010 |  | ||
| 01 | Darbar Festival 2010 | | ||
| 01 | Music From The Festival On The Niger 2008 | 20100522 | 20100501 | Ten thousand people from all parts of Mali, from neighbouring West African countries, and from Europe, Asia and the Americas, gathered in Segou in central Mali earlier this year for the annual Festival on the Niger. Lucy Duran introduces performances by Abdoullaye Diabate and Yoro Diallo, who are both hugely popular in Mali but little known outside, and she goes in search of the rarely-heard hunters music of the region. The Festival is literally on the Niger, as the performers play from a barge that floats on this great African river. It was started three years ago to promote culture and tourism in that region, to try and tempt travellers on their way to Timbuktu to stop in Segou for a while. The artist line-up is a mix of internationally known Malian artists such as Afel Bocoum from Niafunke, and artists who are popular in Mali but less well known outside. Abdoullaye Diabate is a singer who comes from Segou. He sees himself as a modern-day griot, giving social and political messages to people while entertaining them with great songs for dancing. Yoro Diallo comes from Wassulu in the west, and is a leading player of the hunters music of that region. Music from the 2008 Festival on the Niger, including Abdoullaye Diabate and Yoro Diallo. |
| 01 | Music From The Festival On The Niger 2008 |  | ||
| 01 | Timitar Festival 2009 | 20091128 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from the 2009 Timitar Festival, held in the Moroccan coastal town of Agadir. This celebration of Berber culture attracts audiences of more than 100,000 to the city's vast central square, drawn by the chance to see Berber artists whose music is rarely heard outside Morocco. With performances by Rays Aarab Atigui from the Tiznit region as well as local stars Iguida. Highlights from the 2009 Timitar Festival. With music from Rays Aarab Atigui and Iguida. | |
| 01 | Womex 2009 |  | ||
| 01 | Womex 2009, Womex 2009 | 20091107 | Lucy Duran presents highlights from WOMEX, the annual gathering of the world music industry. The 2009 event takes place in Copenhagen in Denmark and showcases the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music. With performances by Chinagrass band Hanggai from the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, and Quebec folk band Yves Lambert and the Bebert Orchestra. Highlights from 2009's WOMEX in Copenhagen. With Yves Lambert and the Bebert Orchestra. | |
| 01 | World Cup 2010 |  | ||
| 01 | World Cup 2010, When The Whites Go Marching In | 20100703 | When the Whites go Marching in: Lopa Kothari joins the England supporters' brass band at the World Cup in South Africa, and introduces highlights of the live music at the Fan Parks, including a set from the kwaito queen of the townships, Thandiswa Mazwai. Yes, more of that great music we've been hearing on TV World Cup broadcasts. South Africa has one of the world's richest musical cultures, and artists like Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Hugh Masekela are major international stars. Local music is playing an essential role in the World Cup, with performances of live music at the official Fan Parks. In the first of two programmes, we hear music from the Rustenburg Fan Park - and there's that special session with the England Band, the brass ensemble that follows the England team everywhere, and who will be swapping football anthems with Johannesburg choir Memeza. Lopa Kothari presents highlights of live music at the World Cup Fan Parks in South Africa. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Azerbaijan | 20090328 | Lucy Duran examines the music of Azerbaijan, focusing on the old songs of the Ashig troubadours and the art music of the virtuosic Mugham performers. Focusing on the music of Azerbaijan, including old songs of the Ashig troubadours. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Brazil | 20081227 | Lucy Duran travels to rural North East Brazil, going in search of traditional Forro music. Lucy Duran travels to rural North East Brazil, going in search of traditional Forro, a style of country music much-loved there but little-known outside. And, travelling deeper inland towards the Sertao - Brazil's wild semi-desert area - she has a chance encounter with some singing cowboys. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Brazil, - North East Brazil | 20100130 | YOU CAN WATCH SOME VIDEO CLIPS IN THE SPECIAL PLAYERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. In the first of two programmes, Lucy Duran travels to rural North East Brazil. This week she goes in search of traditional Forro, a style of country music much-loved in Brazil but little-known outside. Plus, travelling deeper inland towards the Sertao - Brazil's wild semi-desert area - she has a chance encounter with some singing cowboys. World Routes Presented by Lucy Duran Produced by James Parkin Recorded and mixed by Martin Appleby Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 30th January, 3pm Gonzaga: Danado de Bom Luiz Gonzaga Brazilian Classics 3 Luaka Bop 7599-26323-2 Gonzaga: A Feira de Caruaru Herbert Lucena: Balanca Boeiro Azulao with his musicians Recorded by the BBC in Caruaru, Pernambuco on 8th September 2008 Azulao: Dona Teresa Azulao: Dor de Cotovelo Silva: Nesse coco eu mao brinco mais Walmir Silva Silva: Improvisation for Paulo Andre Silva: Casa de Maroca Melo: Brasil Pernambuco Maciel Melo Volume 1 of Musica de Pernambuco: Forro, Trad: Balanco da canoa Coco Raizes Recorded by the BBC in Arcoverde on 7th September 2008 Trad: Abelha Improvisation about the World Routes team Unknown cowboys Recorded by the BBC in the Sertao of Pernambuco on 7th September 2008 Lucy Duran on location, with music recorded for the programme in North East Brazil. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Brazil: Carnival | 20090207 | As part of series of programmes celebrating the Brazilian carnival and its music, Lucy Duran travels to two places famous for their Carnivals - Recife in the Northeast and Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast. She discovers some of the rhythms unique to Recife including maracatu, frevo and ciranda, recorded on a beach, in a cow-shed and in the old colonial city of Olinda. She also finds out about the mangue bit movement and its frontman, the late Chico Science. Lucy Duran discovers Brazilian Carnival music, including maracatu, frevo and ciranda. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Cape Verde | 20090912 | Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde, the windswept and dramatic archipelago off the west coast of Africa. She explores the arrival of slaves in the 15th century and the subsequent departure of generations of Cape Verdeans searching for a better life in America and Europe. With rare and specially-made music recordings, including the morna style made famous by Cesaria Evora, which longs for life back on the islands. Lucy Duran presents Cape Verdean music exploring slavery, emigration and longing for home. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Cape Verde |  | ||
| 01 | World Routes In China | 20090613 | 20090620 | In a programme recorded on location in China, Lucy Duran explores the music of three of the country's 56 different ethnic groups. Featuring the songs of the Hani and Yi people in Yunnan Province. Living high up in the mountains near the borders with Vietnam, Laos and Burma, they make instruments from grass to accompany songs that were born in the world's most spectacular paddy fields. Lucy Duran explores the music of the Hani and Yi people in Yunnan Province, China. |
| 01 | World Routes In China, World Routes In China -part 1 | 20090620 | In a programme recorded on location in China, Lucy Duran explores the music of three of the country's 56 different ethnic groups. Featuring the songs of the Hani and Yi people in Yunnan Province. Living high up in the mountains near the borders with Vietnam, Laos and Burma, they make instruments from grass to accompany songs that were born in the world's most spectacular paddy fields. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy DuranProduced by James Parkin Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 20th June 2009, 3:00pm Yi Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province: Cha War Hge Recorded Wednesday 26 March 2008 in a quarry near Ar Zha he Lucy talks with her guide Jiang Anxi, musician and researcher Yi Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province: Indoor Love Song (Evening Music) Lucy and Anxi on the dirt road to Ar Zha he, high up in the mountains Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province: Sung Loudly In the rock quarry near the village of Ar Zha he, Lucy and Anxi discuss the look of the Yi people. Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province: Wu Chu a ci Lucy wanders amongst the musicians as they construct their instruments from leaves. Lucy and Anxi talk with the leader of the musicians Voice over: Haoyu Zhang Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province: Wedding Lament Anxi explains the song: it's about a daughter leaving home. Her mother tells her she doesn't want her to leave, then her friends join in the lament and start to weep. Yi Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province: Song and Dance - we're about to dance and have fun, why don't you join us? Lucy talks about Yunnan Province and its rice terraces Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province: Hani Festival Song Interview with Professor Zhang, who organised the session in Ar Zha he Voice over: David YipOn the new road to Shi Ping, Lucy reflects on changes in Yunnan. Meanwhile, Anxi tells her more about tofu. Yi Musicians of the Flower Waist branch: Untitled Dance Recorded Thursday 27 March at the Tobacco Hotel in Shi Ping, Yunnan Province Interview with Zhang Feng Xian of the Flower Waist branch musicians Voice over: Angel Shi Yi Musicians of the Flower Waist branch: Circle Dance of Joy Closing thoughts from Lucy Hani Musicians: Wu chu a ci album: Alili - Multi-part folksongs of Yunnan's ethnic minorities Pan Records PAN7012/13 Recorded by Professor Zhang in 1995 Unless otherwise stated, all recordings were made on location, specially for the BBC by sound engineer James Birtwistle Lucy Duran explores the music of the Hani and Yi people in Yunnan Province, China. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Georgia | 20090117 | Music recorded on location for the programme includes lively polyphonic drinking songs and the beautiful choral music of the Georgian Church. Music includes the beautiful choral music of the Georgian Church. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Istanbul | 20100213 | Istanbul is a European Capital of Culture for 2010 and in the first of two programmes Moshe Morad goes in search of traditional music in this melting-pot of peoples and cultures. Including a live session at Badehane's bar with gypsy clarinettist Selim Sesler, troubadour songs recorded in one of the city's oldest hamams, and a rare recording of an Alevi ceremony. A minority branch of Shia Islam, the Alevis controversially believe in equality between men and women, and meet once a week for music and mass-wailing. Producer James Parkin. 1/2 Istanbul is a rich and diverse meeting point for musicians in Turkey, and it's a city where you can find every type of Turkish traditional music represented. It's also a cross-roads between Europe and Asia, East and West. In World Routes in Istanbul, Moshe Morad explores this rich mix and records sessions with many of Turkey's top musicians - from one of the best clarinettists in the world (Selim Sesler), to the country's most famous Kurdish voice (Aynur), and the sublime guitar playing of Erkan Ogur. The music and the city are brought to life in a number of atmospheric settings such as the 15th Century bath-house Cemberlitas, Istanbul's most iconic music venue Babylon, and the tiny bar called Badehane - in a quiet street away from the hustle and bustle of Taksim, it's where Selim Sesler has played every Wednesday night for nearly a decade. Moshe learns about some of Turkey's best-loved traditional instruments such as the kamanche and the saz, hears the stories behind the music, and finds out from the people who live there what Istanbul means to them. Is this vibrant city an island in Turkey, is it in Europe or Asia, and is it secular or religious? Next week Moshe meets Aynur, Erkan Ogur, finds the one genre of music that hasn't emmigrated to Istanbul, and meets the record executive who was sent to jail for his love of minority musics. Moshe Morad visits Istanbul and presents music from gypsy clarinettist Selim Sesler. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Istanbul |  | ||
| 01 | World Routes In Jordan |  | ||
| 01 | World Routes In Madagascar |  | ||
| 01 | World Routes In Madagascar, Justin Vali | 20100102 | Lucy Duran visits the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar to discover its remarkable music. She profiles musician Justin Vali and records his Malagasy Orkestra, an all-star collection of the island's best musical talent. Lucy Duran profiles Madagascan musician Justin Vali and records his Malagasy Orkestra. | |
| 01 | World Routes In Zanzibar | 20090418 | 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. With 'muziki wa dansi' from the veterans of Msondo Ngoma, East Africa's oldest surviving band, the soulful songs of Nawal from the Comoros Islands and the hard-driving Berber music of Moroccan band Oudaden. Rita Ray introduces highlights from Sauti za Busara 2009, a festival held in Zanzibar. | |
| 02 | An Appalachian Road Trip |  | ||
| 02 | An Appalachian Road Trip | | ||
| 02 | An Appalachian Road Trip, North Carolina | 20100626 | Following his experiences at the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention writer and musician Banning Eyre embarks on a journey across the state of North Carolina to hear the music and stories of some of the older players and singers who can trace a direct line back to before the age of the radio and the gramophone, to when Old Time music was a strictly oral tradition. Banning meets 90 year old fiddler Jo Thomson, who is perhaps the only known surviving Old Time African-American string band player. His playing and stories capture a period of time before this music was delineated on race grounds, of a time when both black and white string bands flourished. Sat out on her porch on top of a mountain near Mars Hill, eighth generation ballad singer Sheila Kay Adams, tells stories and sings songs as her grandmother taught her, out in the open, singing to the fireflies and crickets. Her ballads, that tell of Knights and Ladies and boats at sea, hail from the 'Old Country': England, Ireland and Scotland. Passed down through singing generations in the little settlement of Sodom where she grew up, she preserves the haunting and often macabre song of her ancestors, and is today passing it on to her children and grandchildren. 89 year-old Benton Flippen and his Smokey Valley boys, are remnants of a past age and of the heyday of Old Time stringband music, having learnt their tunes at the knee of their parents and grandparents. It won't be long before the last of this generation has passed, and those guardians of the flame, who knew this music as a vital pre-modern part of everyday life in the rural south are with us no longer. Produced by Peter Meanwell Repeat. Banning Eyre meets traditional US musicians and singers from around North Carolina. | |
| 02 | Brazilian Performers |  | ||
| 02 | Darbar Festival 2010 | 20100424 | Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi with more highlights from the Darbar Festival of Indian classical music, held earlier this month at Kings Place in London. With a performance from some of the leading exponents of the ancient dhrupad vocal style, Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha, and music on the saranghi from Murad Ali. This is the second of three programmes from this year's Darbar Festival, which claims to be the biggest event of its kind in Europe: artists from both North and South Indian musical traditions were presented in fourteen concerts over the Easter weekend. A special feature of Darbar is that the concerts are held across the day from morning until night, allowing for the different raags to be heard in their true time context. Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi will be bringing their own expertise and insights to these programmes, as well as talking to the performers themselves. Highlights from 2010's Darbar Indian music festival: Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha. | |
| 02 | Darbar Festival 2010 |  | ||
| 02 | Music From The Festival On The Niger 2008 |  | ||
| 02 | Timitar Festival 2009 |  | ||
| 02 | Womex 2009 |  | ||
| 02 | World Routes At Womad 2009 |  | ||
| 02 | World Routes In Brazil: Carnival | 20090214 | As part of series of programmes celebrating the Brazilian carnival and its music, Lucy Duran travels to two places famous for their Carnivals - Recife in the Northeast and Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast. She records music from the Afro-Brazilian Candomble cult as well as singer Renato Rosa. In Rio, she visits Brazil's biggest slum to attend its first carnival rehearsal of the year, and meets one of the city's most decorated samba groups, Velha Guarda - the old guard - of Portela. Lucy Duran discovers Brazilian Carnival music, including the Candomble cult. | |
| 02 | World Routes In Cape Verde |  | ||
| 02 | World Routes In Istanbul |  | ||
| 02 | World Routes In Madagascar | 20100109 | Lucy Duran visits the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar to discover its remarkable music. She is joined by guides Justin Vali and Paddy Bush and hears the ancient music of Madagascar's royal court as well as the extraordinary and rarely-recorded Hira Gasy. Hundreds of villagers gather to hear a variety performance which spreads news, entertains and teaches people a lesson. Lucy Duran presents music from the 18th-century Malagasy royal court in Madagascar. | |
| 02 | World Routes In Madagascar |  | ||
| 02 LAST | An Appalachian Road Trip | 20091024 | Broadcaster, writer and musician Banning Eyre embarks on a journey across the state of North Carolina to hear the stories of some of the older players and singers of traditional US music. Some can trace a direct line back to before the age of the radio and the gramophone, when old-time music - North American folk music - was a strictly oral tradition. Banning meets 90-year-old fiddler Jo Thomson, who is perhaps the only known surviving Old Time African-American string band player. His playing and stories capture a period of time before this music was delineated on race grounds, of a time when both black and white string bands flourished. Sat out on her porch on top of a mountain near Mars Hill, eighth-generation ballad singer Sheila Kay Adams tells stories and sings songs as her grandmother taught her, out in the open, singing to the fireflies and crickets. Her ballads, which tell of knights and ladies and boats at sea, hail from the 'old country' - England, Ireland and Scotland. Passed down through singing generations in the little settlement of Sodom where she grew up, she preserves the haunting and often macabre song of her ancestors, and is today passing it on to her children and grandchildren. And Banning talks to 89-year-old Benton Flippen and his Smokey Valley boys, remnants of a past age and of the heyday of old-time string band music, having learnt their tunes at the knee of their parents and grandparents. World Routes: An Appalachian Roadtrip (part 2) Presenter: Banning Eyre Producer: Peter Meanwell Sound Engineer: Martin Appleby Saturday 24th October 2009 Opening sequence recorded at Olympia Restaurant, Mt Airy, NC Music: Cornbread & Butterbeans (Carolina Sunshine Trio) Cotton Eyed Joe Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys Benton Flippen (fiddle), Frank Bode (guitar and vocals), Verlen Clifton (mandolin and vocals), Chester MacMillan (guitar), Andy Edmonds (banjo) BBC recording at the home of Benton Flippen, Mt Airy, North Carolina, USA: 7th June 2009 Fortune Interview with Benton Flippen and Andy Edmonds Cackling Hen June Apple A Soldier and a Lady Rick Ward (fretless banjo) BBC recording at the workshop of Rick Ward, Beech Mountain, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA: 8th June 2009 Interview with musician and instrument maker Rick Ward The Bald Headed End of the Broom (from the singing of Lee Monroe Presnell) Rick Ward (voice) The Daemon Lover (from the singing of Dellie Chandler Norton) Sheila Kay Adams (voice) BBC recording at the home of Sheila Kay Adams, Mars Hill, North Carolina, USA: 8th June 2009 Interview with ballad singer Sheila Kay Adams The Farmer's Cursed Wife (from the singing of Inez Chandler) Pretty Saro (from the singing of Mary Sands) Georgie Buck Joe Thompson (fiddle and voice) Bob Carlin (banjo) BBC recording at the home of Joe Thompson, Mebane, North Carolina, USA: 10th June 2009 Interview with fiddler Joe Thompson and banjo picker Bob Carlin Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Pumpkin Pie Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone Joe Thompson (voice) Banning Eyre meets traditional US musicians and singers from around North Carolina. | |
| 02 LAST | Brazilian Performers, Caetano Veloso | 20091003 | Lucy Duran introduces a performance given at the Barbican in London by Caetano Veloso, one of the great figures of Brazilian music. Recorded in 2007, this classic concert includes songs Veloso wrote while in exile in Britain in the 1960s, including his psychedelic London, London. Veloso also chats to Lucy. The great Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso in concert at the Barbican in London. | |
| 02 LAST | Darbar Festival 2009 | 20090530 | Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi introduce highlights from the 2009 Darbar International South Asian Music Festival, held at the South Bank Centre in London. Featuring performances by an artist who is a star in South India but little-known in Europe - singer Aruna Sairam. Highlights from the Darbar South Asian Music Festival 2009, including singer Aruna Sairam. | |
| 02 LAST | Timitar Festival 2009 | 20091205 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from the 2009 Timitar Festival, held in the Moroccan coastal town of Agadir. This celebration of Berber culture attracts audiences of over 100,000 in the city's vast central square. With Berber songs from local diva Raissa Aicha Tachinouit, Saharawi music from Rachida Talal and a rare live apperarance by Morocco's biggest star in the Arab world, Samira Said. Timitar Festival 2009 highlights. With music from Raissa Aicha Tachinouit and Samira Said. | |
| 02 LAST | Womex 2009, Womex 2009 | 20091114 | Lucy Duran presents more highlights from WOMEX, the annual gathering of the world music industry, which in 2009 takes place in Copenhagen. It showcases the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music, such as Carlou D from Senegal. Lucy also catches up with the Iranian kamancheh master Kayhan Kalhor. Music from WOMEX 2009 in Copenhagen. With Carlou D, plus conversation with Kayhan Kalhor. | |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In Azerbaijan | 20090425 | 20090404 | Lucy Duran ends her exploration of the music of Azerbaijan as she meets the country's most successful musician, the Mugham singer Alim Qasimov. She also visits the extraordinary natural gas fires of Yanar Dag, and listens to traditional music in the contemporary context of a noisy wedding party. Focusing on the music of Azerbaijan, with Mugham and traditional wedding music. |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In Brazil | 20090103 | Lucy Duran on location, with music recorded for the programme in North East Brazil. In the second of two programmes, Lucy Duran travels deep into rural North East Brazil. This week she reaches the Sertao: Brazil's vast, hot, and in parts, lawless semi-desert. She meets a community of run-away slaves who settled in this remote part of the country to escape their Portuguese Masters. Plus, there's music for the indigenous Pifano flute and a session by local politician-cum-protest singer Sebastian Dias. Producer James Parkin. Including: Trad: Marchinha Cultural saturday 3rd january, 3pm tel. 020 7765 4661 arr. dias: senarios do pajeu trad: vesa vaqueiro falta world routes presented by Lucy Duran pedro sobrin: xote - promessa a padro cicero | |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In Brazil, - North East Brazil - The Sertao | 20100220 | 20100206 | YOU CAN WATCH SOME VIDEO CLIPS IN THE SPECIAL PLAYERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. In the second of two programmes, Lucy Duran travels deep into rural North East Brazil. This week she reaches the Sertao: Brazil's vast, hot, and in parts, lawless semi-desert. She meets a community descended from run-away slaves who settled in this remote part of the country to escape their Portuguese Masters. Plus, there's music for the indigenous Pifano flute and a session by local politician-cum-protest singer Sebastiao Dias. World Routes Presented by Lucy DuranProduced by James Parkin Recorded and mixed by Martin Appleby Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 3rd January, 3pm Including: Trad: Marchinha Cultural Performed by the Banda de Pifanos led by Pedro Sobrino Recorded by the BBC in Santa Antonio di Carnaiba, Pernambuco, Brazil on 6th September 2008 Trad: Vesa Vaqueiro Falta Trad: Vaqueiro Novo Na Serra Trad: Embolada All performed by the Comunidade Quilombola do Leitao da Carapuca Recorded by the BBC on 6th September 2008 Pedro Sobrin: Xote - Promessa a Padro Cicero Trad: Cultura Nordestina All performed by Banda de Pifanos led by Pedro Sobrino Arr. Dias: Senarios do Pajeu Dias: Short Improvisation Dias: Suplica dos ecologos/Cancao da Floresta Dias: Cancao da Paz All performed and composed by Sebastiao Dias Recorded by the BBC in Sao Joaquin near Tabiram, Pernambuco, Brazil on 7th September 2008 Lucy Duran on location, with music recorded for the programme in North East Brazil. |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In Cape Verde | 20090919 | Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde, the windswept and dramatic archipelago off the west coast of Africa, and travels to one of the most beautiful islands, San Antao. She hears songs for making grogue, Cape Verde's national drink, which is said to make bulls weep as they operate an ancient sugar press. The programme ends in the unofficial musical capital, Mindelo, on the island of Sao Vicente, where Cesaria Evora was born and where many other Cape Verdean greats began their careers. Including sessions by two such musicians - virtuosic guitarist Bau and singer-songwriter Tito Paris. Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde's musical centre in Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente. | |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In China | 20090627 | In the second of two special programmes recorded on location in China, Lucy Duran explores the music of three of the country's 56 different ethnic groups. She visits Xinjiang, China's largest province that makes up one-sixth of the country's land-mass. On the ancient Silk Route, it is also home to the Muslim Uyghur people who perform muqam, a type of music that can be found all over the region from Azerbaijan in the west to China in the east. Lucy Duran explores the music of the Uyghur people in China's Xinjian Province. | |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In Georgia | 20090124 | Lucy Duran continues her musical journey through Georgia. She travels to the highest and remotest part of Europe, Svaneti. An area of extraordinary natural beauty, it's also infamous for its banditry and war-lording, as well as being home to some of the world's oldest music. With the help of the Georgian military, the programme makes rare location recordings of these wild songs. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy Duran saturday 24 january 2009, 3:00pm teatralebi ensemble: tsin tsqaro interview: Lucy Duran and rob parsons discuss the current situation in georgia interview: Lucy Duran and rob parsons discuss the svaneti region and the choir riho riho ensemble: lazhgvashi interview: Lucy Duran and rob parsons in a georgian graveyard riho ensemble: vitsbil/matsbil interview: Lucy Duran and rob parsons near the black sea and the border with turkey matchakhela: macthakhluri tagunia (matchakhluri mouse) interview: lucy with vartan pilpani of riho ensemble interview: Lucy Duran and matchakhela matchakhela: atcharuli shairebi interview: Lucy Duran and rob parsons on the black sea coast in batumi the teatralebi ensemble: odoia interview: Lucy Duran and rob parsons discuss stalin eldar shoshitashvili and his ensemble: shushtari interview: Lucy Duran with tristan of shalva chemo, discussing the georgian yodelling style know as krimanchuli shalva chemo: shalva chemo shalva chemo: hasanbegura all music recordings were made on location, specially for the bbc by sound engineer james birtwistle. music includes rare location recordings of the wild songs of svaneti interview: Lucy Duran and rob parsons in a helicopter riho ensemble: lile riho ensemble: kvria shalva chemo: shvidkatsa (seven men) tel. 020 7765 4661 | |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In Istanbul | 20100220 | Istanbul is a European Capital of Culture for 2010 and Moshe Morad continues his search for traditional music in this melting-pot of peoples and cultures. Including a session recorded at Istanbul's most iconic music venue, Babylon, with one of Turkey's most important Kurdish voices, Aynur. Plus a session with the virtuosic multi-instrumentalist Erkan Ogur, and a visit to the Aegean city of Izmir, the birth-place of Rembetiko. Producer James Parkin. 2/2 Istanbul is a rich and diverse meeting point for musicians in Turkey, and it's a city where you can find every type of Turkish traditional music represented. It's also a cross-roads between Europe and Asia, East and West. In World Routes in Istanbul, Moshe Morad explores this rich mix and records sessions with many of Turkey's top musicians - from the country's most famous Kurdish voice (Aynur), and the sublime guitar playing of Erkan Ogur, to the wonderful sound of oud and kamanche with Yurdal Tokcan and Derya Turkan. Moshe learns about some of Turkey's best-loved traditional instruments such as the kamanche and the saz, hears the stories behind the music, and finds out from the people who live there what Istanbul means to them. Amongst them, he meets record executive Hasan Saltik, who set-up and runs the Kalan label, and who was sent to jail on more than one occasion for his love of minority musics. Moshe also travels the short distance to the Aegean coast where he records one type of music that has stayed in its original home rather than emigrate to Istanbul: Rembetiko. Moshe Morad visits Istanbul and presents music from Aynur and Erkan Ogur. | |
| 02 LAST | World Routes In Zanzibar | 20090425 | 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. With Rachel Magoola, who has had one of Uganda's all-time greatest hits, Comrade Fatso, a white Zimbabwean rap artist who speaks out boldly against the Mugabe regime, Kenyan singer Iddi Achien'g, whose songs carry powerful social messages, and Katapila Sangula Ngoma from Tanzania, who just wants to have a good time. Music from the Sauti za Busara Festival 2009 from Rachel Magoola and Comrade Fatso. | |
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| 03 LAST | An Appalachian Road Trip, Music From Georgia | 20100227 | Banning Eyre presents traditional music recorded on location in the state of Georgia, USA. | |
| 03 LAST | World Routes In Brazil: Carnival | 20090221 | As part of series of programmes celebrating the Brazilian carnival and its music, Lucy Duran travels to Rio, visiting Rocinha, which is Brazil's largest slum, or favela. Controlled by drug dealers, its 200,000 residents live in constant fear of violence. However, among all this, Lucy discovers a small music school where the children are taught to sing and play samba. She also goes in search of the African roots of samba, and meets a star of modern-day samba, Mart'nalia. World Routes trad: jongo de serrinha caetano veloso: pe do meu samba saturday 21st february, 3pm joao do vale/luiz vieira: a voz do povo calado: flor amorosa gil: pela internet tom jobim/vinicius de moraes: so danca samba Lucy Duran is in rio, at a music school where children are taught to sing and play samba nossa bandeira thiago mocoto: nao encontro quem me queira ary barroso: aquarela do brasil jaco do bandolim: noites cariocas anon: song 1 jobim/vinicius de moraes: ela e carioca | |
| 03 LAST | World Routes In Madagascar | 20100116 | Lucy Duran continues her journey through Madagascar recording the ancient music of this mysterious island. This week she hears songs that accompany the important exhumation and reburial ceremonies and visits the village of her guide, Justin Vali. Whilst there she hears the delicate sound of the ancestral zither, visits a Spirit House, finds out why you can't whistle after 6pm. 3/3. Producer James Parkin In September 2009, World Routes travelled to Madagascar, the giant Indian Ocean island off the coast of Mozambique - East of the African continent. This mysterious island is full of extraordinary animal and plant life - home to more unique species than just about anywhere on the planet. It's in the grip of political turmoil and its people are some of the poorest in the world. But for us, what makes this island of strange dreams, ancestral worship and sorcery so special is its music. And, like the natural life, its unique evolution - neither African nor Asian - makes it a wonderful melting pot of instruments and styles. Throughout 2010, we'll be broadcasting the recordings we made for World Routes. Two weeks ago on the programme, Lucy was introduced to the music of Madagascar by Justin Vali and his Malagasy Orkestra. This week she continues a journey of her own to discover some of that music in its true context. She's joined by Justin and a great friend of his; someone he calls his brother. An instrument-maker, musician, producer and - it's fair to say - a Malagasy music fanatic: Paddy Bush (who also happens to be Kate's brother). Lucy learns about the ceremony of reburial - the bones of ancestors are removed from their tombs every 7 years and danced around, re-dressed and introduced to new members of the family. This joyous occasion is accompanied by uplifting music for flute. Lucy and the World Routes team then travel deep into the high interior. They visit a zebu (the holy cattle of Madagascar) market and record music in the remote and magical village that Justin was born in. Lucy Duran presents Madagascan songs accompanying exhumation and reburial ceremonies. | |
| Gamelan Journeys 1 Java | 20030712 | Lucy Duran begins a two-week exploration of the Indonesian gamelan. This week she travels east through Java from Jakarta to Solo, discovering the lively indigenous music of the south coast, the island's cultural centre that is Bandung, and the seat of Java's royal court at the Mankunagaran Palace. She hears the sweet sound of the suling flute, a child bamboo orchestra hooked on Elvis, and the ethereal sound of the royal gamelan complete with wild swallows. | ||
| Gamelan Journeys 2 Bali | 20030719 | Lucy Duran concludes her two-week exploration of the Indonesian gamelan. This week she travels to Bali, arriving on the feast day of the Goddess Saraswati. The music on this beautiful island is dominated by Hindu ritual, from the extraordinary monkey chanting of the Kecak dance, to the hilarious drama of the shadow puppet theatre. She also discovers the latest gamelan craze for which you have to be young, beautiful and male to take part!. | ||
| 20030816 | Cairo Nights In the second of his two features on the Arabic music world, Samir Farah meets Mohammed Munir, one of Egypt's biggest stars. Munir's latest album, a response to the current political climate, is devoted to Islamic songs. He also talks to Hakim, a top singer in the popular style called 'shaabi'. | |||
| 20030920 | Oumou Sangare: The Songbird of Wasulu Lucy Duran visits the West African Republic of Mali, home to one of Africa's best-loved divas: Oumou Sangare. Duran travels to the remote region of Wasulu in search of Oumou's roots, and talks to this iconic African about her music, her background and the controversial subject of women's rights. | |||
| 20031025 | Lucy Duran introduces music from around the globe: Janet Topp Fargion talks about the British Library Sound ArcHIVe's World and Traditional Music recordings, there's a report from Simon Broughton in Siberia, and Verity Sharp meets Sheila Stewart, one of the greatest singers of traditional Scottish music, who is the last in the line of a rich oral tradition of song, story and traveller culture. | |||
| 20040320 | Lucy Duran begins a two-week exploration of the Indonesian gamelan. This week she travels east through Java from Jakarta to Solo, discovering the lively indigenous music of the south coast, the island's cultural centre that is Bandung, and the seat of Java's royal court at the Mankunagaran Palace. She hears the sweet sound of the suling flute, a child bamboo orchestra hooked on Elvis, and the ethereal sound of the royal gamelan complete with wild swallows. | |||
| 20040327 | Lucy Duran concludes her two-week exploration of the Indonesian gamelan. This week she travels to Bali, arriving on the feast day of the Goddess Saraswati. The music on this beautiful island is dominated by Hindu ritual, from the extraordinary monkey chanting of the Kecak dance, to the hilarious drama of the shadow puppet theatre. She also discovers the latest gamelan craze for which you have to be young, beautiful and male to take part!. | |||
| 20040508 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from World on the Waterfront, Radio 3's world music festival held last weekend in Belfast. Featuring Tuvan throat-singers Huun-Huur-Tu. | |||
| Klezmatics | 20040529 | Lucy Duran introduces the 'rhythm and Jews' of the Klezmatics, one of the world's leading bands playing klezmer, a party music that emerged in the Jewish communities of eastern Europe. From a concert recorded earlier this month in Belfast as part of BBC Music Live. | ||
| 20040605 | Music in the studio by the group From Pontus to Persia who combine the traditional sounds of Greece and Iran. Plus new releases from the Middle East with the Israeli broadcaster Moshe Morad. | |||
| 20040612 | Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour talks about his new album, Egypt, a testament to his Islamic faith in which all the songs are dedicated to Sufi saints. There's also music in the studio from Munadjat Yulchieva, a singer from Uzbekistan who was a nominee in this year's Radio 3 Awards for World Music. | |||
| The Hidden Music Of Venezuela - 1 | 20040710 | The first of two programmes from Venezuela, a country frequently in the news for political unrest, but little-known for its immensely rich music and culture. This week Lucy Duran explores the Afro-Venezuelan traditions of the Caribbean coast with rare field recordings made especially for the programme. | ||
| 20040716 | The Hidden Music of Venezuela The second of two programmes from Venezuela, exploring the country's rich and rarely heard music. This week Lucy Duran seeks out the harp-playing cowboys of the vast central plains: a hot, lonely and unwelcoming landscape with one of Latin America's most exquisite musical traditions. | |||
| 20040717 | The Hidden Music of Venezuela The second of two programmes from Venezuela, exploring the country's rich and rarely heard music. This week Lucy Duran seeks out the harp-playing cowboys of the vast central plains: a hot, lonely and unwelcoming landscape with one of Latin America's most exquisite musical traditions. | |||
| 20040724 | As part of Radio 3's WOMAD Weekend from Rivermead in Reading, Lucy Duran presents a live set by Malouma from Mauritania. Her unique sound is inspired by the songs of the desert and the rhythms of the Senegal River, and sits at the crossroads of West Africa and the Arab world. | |||
| 20040731 | Highlights from last weekend's WOMAD Festival in Reading, including the performance from the Siam Tent by Culture Musical Club, a fifteen-piece traditional taarab orchestra from the island of Zanzibar. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20040807 | Lucy Duran reviews new world music releases and Verity Sharp visits the Sidmouth International Festival. Studio guests are the Arabic Orchestra of the Royal Air Force of Oman. | |||
| 20040814 | Lucy Duran visits Epirus, a remote part of Greece near the Albanian border. She meets local clarinettist Petroloukas Chalkias, who performs an exclusive set for the programme. | |||
| 20040821 | In the second of two programmes, Lucy Duran continues her search for some of the rarest and most exciting traditional music in Greece. Lucy travels south to the island of Crete. | |||
| 20040828 | Khaled, superstar of Algerian rai music, talks about his new album. DJ Ritu reviews new world music CDs and Simon Broughton reports from the Fez Festival of Sacred Music in Morocco. | |||
| 20040904 | Lucy Duran is joined by Charlie Gillett for a round up of new world releases, and live music from one of the great vocalists of INDIA, Ajoy Chakrabarty. Plus Andy Kershaw meets the Rai-Rock star Rachid Taha whose new album is out this month. | |||
| 20040911 | Hugh Masekela and the Jazz Jamaica All Stars A concert recorded at Symphony Hall, BIRMINGHAM. The legendary South African jazzman teams up with one of the UK's leading big bands in a blend of Masekela classics with a little Bob Marley. Introduced by Ghanaian musician Serena Dankwa. | |||
| 20040918 | Lucy Duran visits the village of Clejani in Romania to meet some local gypsy musicians. She also talks to flute player Grigore Lese, who is keeping alive the traditions of Transylvania. | |||
| 20040925 | Samir Farah reviews new CDs from the Arab world, and there's a report from the Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo, and a studio session from Portuguese fado singer Cristina Branco. | |||
| 20041002 | Lucy Duran meets African record producer Ibrahim Sylla, famous for having launched the international career of Salif Keita and for having worked with everyone from Orchestra Baobab to Youssou N'Dour. His latest project, Mandekalou, brings together some of West Africa's most brilliant praise singers. Plus, Michael Church travels to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to meet some of the musicians taking part in ENGLISH National Opera's Voices of Central Asia event. | |||
| 20041009 | Lucy Duran catches up on some of the latest world music releases with the journalist John L Walters. Plus a studio session from the brilliant young INDIAn violinist Kala Ramnath. | |||
| 20041016 | Lucy Duran is joined by Jameela Siddiqi for a review of new CDs of INDIAn classical music, Eka Morgan reports from the Cameroon on a music project with the Baka people, and there is a studio session with Gambian kora player Jali Sherrifo Konteh. | |||
| 20041023 | A concert featuring Ljiljana Buttler and the Mostar Sevdah Reunion from this summer's Glatt und Verkehrt (Shaken not Stirred) festival in Austria. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20041030 | Lucy Duran and Paul Fisher review new CDs. Japan's young tsugaru shamisen player Shinichi Kinoshita performs in the studio. Plus an interview with Nigerian Afrobeat star Femi Kuti. | |||
| 20041106 | Lucy Duran and Francis Gay profile the nominees for the Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2005. The nominations were announced on Sunday at WOMEX, the annual gathering of the world music industry. The final Poll Winners' Concert is set for next March at The Sage Gateshead. | |||
| 20041113 | Lucy Duran with the best live music from this year's WOMEX world music fair in Essen, Germany. | |||
| 20041120 | In the first of three programmes this afternoon from the LONDON Jazz Festival Lucy Duran introduces a concert by legendary West African singer and kora player Mory Kanté and his band. | |||
| 20041127 | 1/2. Moshe Morad visits Israel to find out how the country's diverse ethnic makeup influences its music. He records the coffee-grinding music of Bedouins on Mount Tabor, and attends a Peace Festival by the Sea of Galilee where he meets world music diva Noa and Palestinian rap group Dam. Plus an introduction to central bus station music, and a session from chart-topping Ethiopians in Tel Aviv. | |||
| 20041204 | Moshe Morad explores the diverse mix of music in Israel where he meets the queen mother of central bus station music, a singer who's just had her vocal chords removed after suffering cancer. Plus, a disappearing Iraqi tradition in Tel Aviv, RUSSIAn and Algerian roots at the Dead Sea Festival, and a trip to Jerusalem to celebrate Simhat Torah at the Wailing Wall and to hear songs from an ancient Sephardic neighbourhood. | |||
| 20041211 | In the first of two world music celebrity concerts, Youssou N'Dour performs music from Egypt, his new project dedicated to the Islamic Sufi saints of West Africa. Lucy Duran introduces the performance, which was specially recorded for the programme at the Philharmonic Hall in LIVERPOOL. | |||
| 20041218 | Lucy Duran introduces the second of two world music celebrity concerts. This week it's the turn of the Algerian-born King of Rai, Khaled in a performance especially recorded for the programme earlier this month at LONDON's Shepherds Bush Empire. | |||
| 20050108 | Lucy Duran introduces a session from Argentine virtuoso accordionist Chango Spasiuk, a nominee in the Radio 3 Awards for World Music, and there is a report from East Timor on musical life following the years of occupation and war. | |||
| 20050115 | Oumou Sangare: The Songbird of Wasulu Lucy Duran visits the West African Republic of Mali, home to one of Africa's best-loved divas: Oumou Sangare. Duran travels to the remote region of Wasulu in search of Oumou's roots, and talks to this iconic African about her music, her background and the controversial subject of women's rights. | |||
| 20050122 | BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music Thirty-one artists from around the world have so far been nominated in the 2005 Awards, and the winners of all but one of the categories are announced today live from the Pizza Express Jazz Club in LONDON. As a prelude to the Poll Winners' Concert in March, Lucy Duran and Moshe Morad introduce CD tracks and special performances from winning artists past and present. | |||
| 20050129 | Lucy Duran enjoys Korean folk music live in the studio, and Joe Boyd introduces some of the latest sounds from Italy. Plus an interview with Dan Storper, founder of Putumayo. | |||
| 20050205 | First of two programmes in which Samir Farah of the BBC Arabic Service visits Syria's capital Damascus to explore the character of the country and its people through its music. | |||
| 20050212 | Sam Farah of the BBC Arabic Service visits an Islamic Sufi gathering in Aleppo, in northern Syria. With Israel on one border and Iraq on another, religion in Syria is often politically charged; at the gathering of Sheikh Habboush, music is seen as a potent force for Islam. | |||
| 20050219 | The Hidden Music of Venezuela The first of two programmes from Venezuela, a country frequently in the news for political unrest, but little known for its immensely rich music and culture. This week Lucy Duran explores the Afro-Venezuelan traditions of the Caribbean coast with rare field recordings made especially for the programme. | |||
| The Hidden Music Of Venezuela 2 Last | 20050226 | This week Lucy Duran seeks out the harp-playing cowboys of the vast central plains - a hot, lonely and unwelcoming landscape with one of Latin America's most exquisite musical traditions. | ||
| 20050305 | Africa Season In the first of two special programmes Lucy Duran travels to the rarely visited Southern African country of Mozambique. After decades of civil war, it's home to many diverse musical traditions which have rarely been recorded or heard by outsiders. | |||
| 20050312 | Lucy Duran continues her journey through the little-visited country of Mozambique. She visits the beautiful Ilha do Mocambique to hear traditional Tufo songs of the women. Plus there's panpipe music from the very hot north, and in Maputo, the first gig in four years by the country's best-loved veteran band Ghorwane. | |||
| 20050319 | Lucy Duran is joined by Nigel Williamson for a look at what's new in world music, and Simon Broughton travels to Tamanrasset in southern Algeria for a music festival with the desert Touaregs. | |||
| 20050326 | Lucy Duran is joined by the broadcaster Charlie Gillett for a round-up of new World Music releases. Plus Andy Kershaw reviews the new box set I Am the Upsetter, by Jamaican reggae legend Lee Perry. | |||
| 20050402 | Jameela Siddiqi introduces highlights from a tribute concert for one of INDIA?s greatest musicians Vilayat Khan, who died last year. There are performances from some of INDIA?s finest classical performers today, including santoor player SHIVkumar Sharma, flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia, singer Kishori Amonkar and Vilayat?s son, sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan. | |||
| 20050409 | Lucy Duran visits the village of Clejani in Romania for an impromptu session by some local gypsy musicians. She also meets flute player Grigore Lese, who is keeping alive the rural traditions of Transylvania. | |||
| 20050416 | Lucy Duran introduces a concert by Congolese singer Koffi Olomide. He is one of Africa's best-selling artists, but his music is largely unknown beyond African audiences. After completing a maths degree in PARIS, he moved back home to become one of the continent's most controversial musical figures, clashing with the ruling regime in Zaire and finding his music banned for obscenity in Mali. | |||
| 20050423 | Lucy Duran reviews some of the latest world music releases with record producer Joe Boyd. Navid Akhtar attends a musical celebration for the Birthday of the Prophet. And Moshe Morad meets the young Argentinean tango singer, Cristobal Repetto. | |||
| A Night Out In Aleppo | 20050430 | Samir Farah introduces a concert from a former palace in the old city of Aleppo in Syria, given by the Al Kindi Ensemble, directed by Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss. | ||
| 20050507 | Lucy Duran reviews new world music releases, Fiona Talkington presents a rough guide to the music of Northern Europe, and Swedish nyckelharpa player Johan Hedin plays in the studio. | |||
| Womad New Zealand | 20050514 | Charlie Gillett introduces highlights from one of WOMAD's international offshoots, held in Taranaki on New Zealand's North Island. Featured artists include Maori singer Mahinarangi Tocker, Australian Aboriginal rocker George Rrurrambu with his band Birdwave, and Kari Kari from the world's most isolated island, Rapanui (Easter Island). | ||
| 20050521 | Lucy Duran meets leading Congolese musician Papa Wemba, who is now returning to the international stage following three months in a French prison on immigration-related charges, an experience which he says profoundly changed him. Plus music in the studio from INDIAn slide-guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. | |||
| 20050528 | Africa Lives Roadshow Live from Cardiff Bay, Lucy Duran hosts a concert organised with the city's Somali community. Artists include the Congolese group Konono No 1, who play traditional trance music on electrified thumb-pianos, plus one of Somalia's leading groups, the Shego Band. | |||
| 20050604 | Lucy Duran introduces new world music releases and a live acoustic session by the legendary Iraqi singer Ilham Al Madfai. Plus, Philip Sweeney reports from the Egrem Awards in Havana on the latest developments in Cuba's music and its world exports. | |||
| 20050611 | Lucy Duran is joined by the broadcaster Paul Fisher who reviews some of the latest releases from the Far East, and Andrew McGregor meets the Siberian folk singer Chyskyyrai. Plus live Chinese gypsy music with The Hua Family Shawm Band. | |||
| 20050618 | Introduced by Jameela Siddiqi, two of INDIA's top musicians, bamboo flute player Hariprasad Chaurasia and santoor player SHIV Kumar Sharma, perform together in this concert recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in LONDON. | |||
| 20050625 | In the first of five programmes as part of Africa Lives on the BBC, Serena Dankwa visits the Fez Festival of Sacred Music, a gathering of religious music-makers from across the globe, held every year in this ancient Moroccan city. The Festival includes international artists representing all the world's major religions. This edition features highlights from the performances of Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka Shankar. Also featured is Said Hafid, the soulful performer of Egyptian song. The programme also has highlights of the Tengir Too Ensemble, performing the little known traditional music of Kyrgyzstan. | |||
| 20050709 | Africa Lives on the BBC Lucy Duran introduces a concert by Gigi, Ethiopia's leading young singer. She grew up influenced by the church and folk music of northern Ethiopia, and although she moved to the USA during the oppressive Derg regime, she is still immensely popular back home. | |||
| 20050716 | A concert by the blind Malian duo Amadou and Mariam, recorded especially for the programme at the Marquee Club in London's Leicester Square. Their new album Dimanche à Bamako was produced by Manu Chao, and has already sold over 100,000 copies in France. Introduced by Lucy Duran. Part of the BBC's Africa Lives season. | |||
| 20050723 | Africa Lives on the BBC Lucy Duran introduces a variety of specially-recorded African sessions. Musicians include the greatest living kora player Toumani Diabate, and also from Mali the kamelengoni-playing newcomer Kokanko Sata. Plus, as part of Radio 3s Africa on Your Street, there's music from Zimbabwe recorded on the London Eye. | |||
| 20050806 | Womad Festival 2005 Recorded at last weekend's WOMAD world music festival in Reading, a performance by Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. Iraq has one of the richest of Arab classical music traditions, and Farida, a graduate of the Baghdad Music Institute, is acclaimed as one of its leading exponents. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20050813 | Lucy Duran reviews some of the latest albums from Pakistan with the writer and film-maker Navid Akhtar, and Michael Church goes in search of traditional vocal styles in the ex-Soviet state of Georgia. Plus a session by jugalbandi singers Rajan and Sajan Misra who are visiting the UK from the ancient city of Varanasi in Northern India. | |||
| 20050820 | 1/2. Moshe Morad visits Israel to find out how the country's diverse ethnic make-up influences its music. He records the coffee-grinding music of Bedouins on Mount Tabor, and attends a Peace Festival by the Sea of Galilee where he meets world music diva Noa and Palestinian rap group Dam. Plus an introduction to central bus station music, and a session from chart-topping Ethiopians in Tel Aviv. | |||
| 20050827 | Moshe Morad explores the diverse mix of music in Israel where he meets the queen mother of central bus station music, a singer who's just had her vocal chords removed after suffering cancer. Plus, a disappearing Iraqi tradition in Tel Aviv, Russian and Algerian roots at the Dead Sea Festival, and a trip to Jerusalem to celebrate Simhat Torah at the Wailing Wall and to hear songs from an ancient Sephardic neighbourhood. | |||
| 20050903 | Lucy Duran is joined by Ade Adeyemo for a review of new CDs of music from Africa, and Verity Sharp visits the Saint Chartier Folk Festival near the French city of Orléans. | |||
| 20050910 | Lucy Duran and the musician Viram Jasani travel to Northern India in search of music for the Lord Krishna. They start their journey in the state of Gujarat where they find singing shepherds directly descended from the milk-maids and boys of Krishna's time. They are joined by Gujarat's most famous folk musician Praful Dave who performs an exclusive session for the programme in Ahmedabad. | |||
| 20050917 | In search of music performed for Krishna, Lucy Duran and the musician Viram Jasani find themselves in a brothel in Kolkata, India. Squeezed into a small bed-sit, two courtesan sisters perform songs for the Hindu Deity, rarely recorded and normally reserved for their paying clients. Plus, the mad world of the Bauls - music by the tantric philosophers of rural Bengal. | |||
| 20050924 | Lucy Duran is joined by John L Walters for a review of new world music releases. Joe Boyd reports from the Koprivshtitsa festival in Bulgaria, and there's live music in the studio from the South Indian Veena virtuoso Manjari Chandran. | |||
| 20051001 | Tengir Too Serena Dankwa introduces a concert from the Fez Festival of Sacred Music given by an ensemble from the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The musical traditions of its mountains that border China were almost lost in Soviet times, but are now being nurtured by the Aga Khan Music Initiative. | |||
| 20051008 | A session from Seth Lakeman, whose folk album Kitty Jay was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. Plus a visit to Brixton Prison, which now boasts its own Javanese gamelan. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20051015 | A profile of the biggest name in Bollywood playback singing, Asha Bhosle, who for her latest album has teamed up with the Kronos Quartet. Plus a review of new releases with Charlie Gillett, and a live studio session by the South African protest singer Vusi Mahlasela. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20051022 | Lucy Duran introduces a concert given by one of the leading stars of Angola, Bonga Kwenda. This rare UK appearance was recorded at Momo's in London. Surprisingly, Bonga made his name as a footballer playing for Portuguese team Benfica, before turning to singing - initially as a way of protesting against Portugal's treatment of his homeland. | |||
| 20051029 | Live from the WOMEX world music expo at The Sage in Gateshead, Lucy Duran introduces concert highlights and acoustic sessions from the WOMEX showcases which feature emerging new talent in world music. Artists include South African kwaito singer Thandiswa Mazwai, and singer-songwriter Pedro Luis Ferrer from Cuba. | |||
| 20051105 | Lucy Duran and Paris based DJ Daniel Brown are joined by musicians, promoters and critics from around the world in a profile of the nominees for the 2006 Radio 3 Awards for World Music. | |||
| 20051112 | Lucy Duran is joined by musicians from Kazakhstan, who throat-sing and play a wide range of instruments; including the dombra two stringed lute and the qyl-qobuz horse hair fiddle. | |||
| 20051119 | As their elections approach, Philip Sweeney reports from Gabon - one of the more stable and prosperous African countries. The family of the long-serving president happens to include several musicians. Also, Lucy Duran meets one of the great singers of West Africa, Cheikh Lo from Senegal. | |||
| 20051126 | 1/2. Lucy Duran heads to Zanzibar, and gets to know the Swahili Arab-influenced musical style Taarab, and visits Ikwan Safaa, Africa's oldest music club, which celebrates its centenary. Part of Africa Lives on the BBC. | |||
| 20051203 | Africa Lives on the BBC Lucy Duran presents the second of two programmes from Zanzibar. She visits the world-famous Culture Musical Club, and meets the singer and 2005 WOMEX award-winner Bi Kidude, who at the age of 94 is still teaching young women and girls the art of good sexual practice through her songs. | |||
| 20051210 | Lucy Duran reviews new world music releases with Navid Akhtar. Young Algerian activist Souad Massi talks about her latest album Honeysuckle, plus a session by refugee band Watmon Cultural Group from Northern Uganda, recorded especially for the programme in Kampala. | |||
| 20051231 | Lucy Duran brings to an end Radio 3's year-long Africa season with two programmes recorded in Uganda. After decades of civil war and strife, the south of the country at least, is now becoming more stable. Lucy goes in search of the breathtakingly complicated music of the Bugandan Royal Court and tries to get an audience with King Ronald Mutebi. | |||
| 20060107 | Lucy Duran presents the second of two programmes recorded on location in Uganda. She travels east from the source of the Nile into the Busoga Kingdom, an area famed for its music. Amongst other things she hears the giant pit xylophone, so named because of the large hole dug in the ground over which it resonates. Another group turn out to be fans of the World Service and compose a special song about the BBC. | |||
| 20060114 | Simon Broughton visits the World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and Lucy Duran meets Chris Wood, the renaissance man of English folk, who performs songs from his album The Lark Descending. | |||
| 20060121 | A concert to mark the reopening of the Fruitmarket, one of the three venues in Glasgow's refurbished City Halls. Mary Ann Kennedy introduces the Scottish debut of Quebec folk band Genticorum; and songs from a new and critically-acclaimed Scottish voice, Julie Fowlis. | |||
| 20060128 | 1/2. Samir Farah, of the BBC Arabic Service, visits Syria's capital Damascus to explore the character of the country and the people through its music. | |||
| 20060204 | Sam Farah of the BBC Arabic Service visits an Islamic Sufi gathering in Aleppo in northern Syria. With Israel on one border, and Iraq on another, religion in Syria is often politically charged, and at the gathering of Sheikh Habboush, music is seen as a potent force for Islam. | |||
| 20060211 | Lucy Duran introduces concert performances by two of the nominees in the 2006 Radio 3 Awards for World Music; Israeli Sephardic singer Yasmin Levy and Cape Verdean singer Lura. | |||
| 20060218 | A rare UK performance at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire by Algerian-born King of Rai, Khaled, recorded especially for the programme. The concert includes songs from his latest album Ya-Rayi, as well as the hits that have made him an international phenomenon, such as Aicha. | |||
| 20060225 | Lucy Duran is joined by Daniel Brown of Radio France International to announce the winners of the 2006 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. The event from Darbucka in London also features past winners. | |||
| 20060304 | Lucy Duran reviews world music releases with Joe Boyd, and Fiona Talkington travels to the town of Geilo in Norway for its first ever Ice Festival. All instruments used are made from Norwegian ice. | |||
| 20060311 | Following the death this week of the mighty Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure, Lucy Duran and Andy Kershaw present a special tribute to their friend. The programme includes some of the desert bluesman's essential tracks, as well as material from the BBC's own archive, and contributions from Ali's friend and producer Nick Gold. | |||
| 20060318 | A concert from the Darbar Festival in Leicester given by Pandit Jasraj, one of the foremost voices in Indian classical music. Introduced by Jameela Siddiqi | |||
| 20060401 | The first of two programmes profiling the winners of the 2006 Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Lucy Duran meets Romanian gipsy band Fanfare Ciocarlia, Musadiq Sanwal of the BBC Pashto Service talks about Pakistani Sufi singer Sain Zahoor, and there is music from British Asian artist Nitin Sawhney and best Newcomers Konono No 1 from Congo. | |||
| 20060408 | Second of two programmes profiling the winners of the 2006 Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Lucy Duran meets the Malian husband and wife duo Amadou and Mariam; guitarist Ry Cooder talks about the inspiration for his album Chavez Ravine, which won him the Americas category award; Andy Morgan chats to the Middle East and North Africa winner Souad Massi. | |||
| A Night Out In Bamako | 20060415 | Kora maestro Toumani Diabate leads his Symmetric Orchestra in a performance recorded at the Hogon Club in Mali's capital. The concert also features the great voice of Kasse Mady Diabate. Introduced by Lucy Duran | ||
| 20060422 | Lucy Duran introduces new world music releases, with the editor of Unknown Public, John L Walters. Plus an acoustic studio session by alaskan-born, Argentinean-based singer-songwriter Kevin Johansen. At the forefront of the self-proclaimed Subtropicalista movement, Johansen's latest album, City Zen, was nominated for a Latin Grammy. | |||
| 20060429 | Ten years on from the release of the phenomenally successful Buena Vista Social Club album, four of the original band members - trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, bass player Orlando Cachaito Lopez, trombone player Jesus Aguaje Ramos and guitarist Manual Galban - are joined by other star performers from Havana in this concert from Sadlers Wells in London. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20060506 | Lucy Duran reviews new releases from the Middle East with Moshe Morad, and Fiona Talkington meets drummer Bill Bruford, who's just released a new album with his group the World Drummers Ensemble. Plus a live studio session by the Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil, who is in the UK collaborating with the BBC Concert Orchestra. | |||
| 20060513 | Highlights from the Nile Festival, an annual event at the Hammersmith Palais in London. The headliner is Mahmoud Ahmed, who has been Ethiopia's leading singer for decades. The event also marks the London debut of El Tanbura, a collective of veteran musicians from the Egyptian city of Port Said. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20060520 | Acclaimed as the greatest West African voice of his generation, Salif Keita gives a rare UK concert in Leeds, recorded as part of Radio 3's coverage of fuseleeds06. He performs songs from his recent album MBemba, literally Ancestors, a homage to his family line which stretches back to the 13th century founder of the Mali Empire, Sunjata Keita. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20060527 | Lucy Duran and the musician Viram Jasani travel to Northern India in search of music for the Lord Krishna. 1/2. They start their journey in the state of Gujarat where they find singing shepherds directly descended from the milk-maids and boys of Krishna's time. Plus, they are joined by Gujarat's most famous folk musician, Praful Dave, who performs an exclusive session for the programme in Ahmedabad. | |||
| 20060603 | Lucy Duran and the musician Viram Jasani travel to India in search of music for the Lord Krishna. 2/2. They find themselves in a brothel in Kolkata. Squeezed into a sleazy little bedsit, two courtesan sisters perform songs for the Hindu Deity, rarely recorded and normally reserved for their paying clients. Plus the mad world of the Bauls - music by the tantric philosophers of rural Bengal. | |||
| 20060610 | Lucy Duran meets Aynur, a Kurdish singer from south-east Turkey whose songs were once banned, but who is now part of the changing face of Turkish music. Plus, from Algeria, Andy Kershaw pays tribute to Cheikha Rimitti, the first lady of rai, who died last month. | |||
| 20060617 | Lucy Duran introduces the Gipsy Kings from a recent concert at Hammersmith Apollo. Their roots are in the gipsy camps of southern France, and their infectious music is known as rumba flamenco. | |||
| 20060624 | Featuring an interview with Miriam Makeba, one of the great voices of Africa, who has just completed her worldwide farewell concert tour. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20060701 | Samir Farah introduces a concert from a former palace in the old city of Aleppo in Syria, given by the Al Kindi Ensemble, directed by Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss. | |||
| 20060701 | Samir Farah introduces a concert from a former palace in the old city of Aleppo in Syria, given by the Al Kindi Ensemble, directed by Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss. | |||
| 20060708 | Giorgos Markakis introduces a concert recorded in Greece featuring the English virtuoso of the Cretan lyra, Ross Daly. | |||
| 20060722 | Lucy Duran meets Tiken Jah Fakoly, a singer who fills stadiums in West Africa but is little known in Europe, and Eugene Skeef reviews Hugh Tracey recordings of traditional African music. | |||
| 20060729 | at WOMAD Radio 3's live coverage of the 2006 WOMAD festival continues with a special edition of World Routes. Lucy Duran introduces live sets by the desert blues group Etran Finatawa from Niger, and Roberto Pla's Colombian salsa band. Plus recorded highlights of a performance by the sitarist Anouska Shankar. | |||
| 20060812 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from two WOMAD festival performances. Dona Rosa began as a busker on the streets of Lisbon. Blind since childhood, she sings Portuguese fado on the Siam Tent with a special intensity. Bulgarian clarinet virtuoso Ivo Papasov brings his Wedding Band to the Open Air Stage. | |||
| The Festival On The Niger | 20060826 | A gathering of some of Mali's most popular musicians in the town of Segou on the banks of the Niger River. Lucy Duran introduces music from balafon virtuoso Neba Solo, singer Abdoulaye Diabate and star singer-songwriter Habib Koite. | ||
| 20060909 | The Festival on the Niger Some of Mali's top musicians perform on a floating stage in a new festival in Segou, central Mali. The husband and wife duo, Amadou and Mariam, perform for their home audience, in a more raw and rootsy style than their European concert audiences hear. | |||
| 20060916 | Lucy Duran spotlights new releases from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. Plus, live music in the studio from the virtuosic Venezuelan string band, Trabuco. | |||
| 20060923 | Paul Fisher hosts a World Routes special recorded on location in Japan. 1/2. Paul is in Tokyo where he meets some of the country's top folk musicians - including the Minyo singers Shigeri Kitsu and Takio Ito. He also hears Cicala Muta's take on Klezmer, meets the most famous exponent of the ubiquitous Taiko drum, and hires a Karaoke booth. | |||
| 20060930 | Paul Fisher hosts a World Routes special recorded on location in Japan. 2/2. Paul is in Okinawa, the group of islands to the south of the mainland. Home to a huge US military force, it has variously belonged to China, America and Japan, and is renowned for its rich musical heritage. Includes sessions and interviews with some of Okinawa's top musicians - including Sadao China, Yoreko Ganeko and The Rinken Band. | |||
| 20061007 | Lucy Duran introduces a round-up of the latest World Music releases. | |||
| 20061014 | Youssou N'Dour performs music from Egypt, his 2004 project dedicated to the Islamic Sufi saints of West Africa. Lucy Duran introduces the concert, which was specially recorded for the programme at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. | |||
| 20061021 | Devotional singer Pandit Jasraj performs a raga for Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, in a concert recorded at the Darbar Festival in Leicester. Introduced by Jameela Siddiqi | |||
| 20061028 | Lucy Duran meets the Payvar Ensemble, a group of traditional classical musicians from Iran. Maria Bakkalapulo attends spirit ceremonies on Bali to hear the little-known folk gamelan music of the island. | |||
| 20061104 | Lucy Duran and Paris-based DJ Daniel Brown are joined by musicians, promoters and critics in a profile of the nominees for the 2007 Radio 3 Awards for World Music. | |||
| 20061111 | Lucy Duran visits WOMEX in Seville, the annual gathering of the world music industry, and hears the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music. | |||
| 20061118 | Lucy Duran introduces a London Jazz Festival performance from the Union Chapel by Gamelan Shokbreker, a collaboration between the SambaSunda gamelan ensemble from Indonesia and four musicians from Norway. | |||
| 20061125 | Presented by Lucy Duran, including a live session by the Buena Vista Cuban diva Omara Portuondo. Lucy reviews the nominations for the World Music Album of the Year category in the 2007 Awards organised by Roots magazine. | |||
| Rivermead Revisited - 1 | 20061223 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from this summer's WOMAD Festival in Reading. Featured performers include headliner Salif Keita on the Open Air stage, fellow Malian Djelimady Tounkara in the Siam Tent and French band Moussou T et les Jovents on the Radio 3 stage. | ||
| Rivermead Revisited - 2 | 20061230 | Lucy Duran introduces more highlights from last year's WOMAD festival. Including the flamenco singing of Enrique Morente from Spain, the electric thumb-pianos of Congolese band Konono No 1 and a rare acoustic performance by Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate. | ||
| 20070106 | Northumbrian pipes player Kathryn Tickell and her band perform a studio session, and Lucy Duran reviews new CDs of world music with John L Walters and Laudan Nooshin. | |||
| 20070113 | 1/2. Rivermead Revisited Lucy Duran introduces highlights from this summer's WOMAD Festival in Reading. Featured performers include headliner Salif Keita on the Open Air stage, fellow Malian Djelimady Tounkara in the Siam Tent and French band Moussou T et les Jovents on the Radio 3 stage. | |||
| 20070120 | Lucy Duran introduces a concert recorded at last year's London Jazz Festival, featuring the young Cape Verdean singer Sara Tavares. She is accompanied by Boy Ge Mendes (guitar), Fernando Embalo (bass) and N'du (percussion). | |||
| 20070127 | Lucy Duran presents the first of two programmes recorded in Uganda. She goes in search of the breathtakingly complicated music of the Bugandan Royal Court and tries to get an audience with King Ronald Mutebi. | |||
| 20070203 | Lucy Duran presents the second of two programmes recorded in Uganda. She travels east from the source of the Nile into the Busoga Kingdom, an area famed for its music. She hears the giant pit xylophone, so named because of the large hole dug in the ground over which it resonates. Another group turn out to be fans of the World Service and compose a special song about the BBC. | |||
| 20070217 | Lucy Duran reviews new releases from Latin America with Sue Steward and Juan Carlos Jaramillo. Live music in the studio comes from the group Ghadim Sharq from Azerbaijan. | |||
| 20070224 | Ten years on from the release of the phenomenally successful Buena Vista Social Club album, four of the original band members - trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, bass player Orlando Lopez, trombone player Jesus Ramos and guitarist Manual Galban - are joined by other star performers from Havana in this concert from Sadler's Wells in London. Introduced by Lucy Duran | |||
| 20070303 | Lucy Duran is joined by Nigel Williamson to review the latest new releases. Simon Broughton reports from the recent World Conference on Music and Censorship in Istanbul. | |||
| 20070310 | Lucy Duran presents highlights from Half the World, a series of concerts held at London's Pizza on the Park. Featuring performances by Chinese gucheng and pipa player Liu Fang and the Swedish-Senegalese duo of Ellika and Solo. | |||
| 20070317 | Lucy Duran introduces a session by the Bedouin Jerry Can Band from Cairo whose coffee-grinding music tells of the exploits of ancient Arabian tribes. The line-up includes instruments scavenged from the Sinai Desert, including jerry cans and ammunition boxes. | |||
| Bambara Blues | 20070324 | On the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in Britain, Lucy Duran introduces a programme of music recorded on location in Mali. It tells the story of pre-colonial slavery in Africa and uncovers a previously unknown link between the music around the Niger River and the blues of the southern states of America. | ||
| 20070331 | Lucy Duran is joined by Daniel Brown from Radio France International to announce the winners of the 2007 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. The event from the Pigalle Club in London includes a live performance from one of this year's winners, plus a guest appearance by the winner of last year's Audience Award, Arto Tuncboyaciyan of the Armenian Navy Band. | |||
| 20070407 | Lucy Duran introduces an acoustic session by the Belgian-born singer Natacha Atlas, whose music mixes traditional Middle Eastern and Western pop influences. Plus, a round up of new releases with guest reviewers Charlie Gillett and John L Walters. | |||
| 20070414 | Ghana's Golden Jubilee Serena Owusua Dankwa joins in the celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of Ghanaian independence with specially recorded performances from some of the country's star musicians. Including palm-wine songs from veteran guitarist Koo Nimo, and a beach-party performance from electric griot King Ayisoba. | |||
| 20070421 | Ghana's Golden Jubilee Serena Owusua Dankwa celebrates the 50th anniversary of Ghanaian independence. With specially-recorded performances from Ghana's oldest gospel group, founded in the 1880s, and Batman Samini, who was voted Best African Act at last year's MOBO awards. | |||
| 20070428 | Lucy Duran chats to Andy Palacio, a Belizean musician who champions the language and cultural heritage of the Garifuna peoples of Central America. He performs music from his album Watina, a collaboration by musicians from the Garifuna communities of Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. Plus a review of new releases from Latin America. | |||
| Fiddles On Fire | 20070505 | Lucy Duran introduces the opening concert of a weekend of folk fiddling at The Sage, Gateshead, which features two of Scotland's finest bands. Blazin' Fiddles showcase fiddle styles from across the country and Fiddlers' Bid champion the musical heritage of Shetland. | ||
| 20070512 | Lucy Duran introduces a live studio session by virtuosic clarinettist and the king of Bulgarian wedding music Ivo Papasov. A cultural icon for Bulgarian intellectuals during the Cold War, Papsov suffered years of persecution and a period of imprisonment, but is now again able to live in his homeland. Plus a review of new world music releases by Joe Boyd and Nigel Williamson | |||
| 20070519 | Lucy Duran introduces a concert by the Gipsy Kings given at Hammersmith Apollo. With roots in the gipsy camps of southern France and an infectious style known as rumba flamenco, the Gipsy Kings have topped the world music charts worldwide for 20 years, selling more than 14 million albums. | |||
| 20070526 | Live from the Freestage at London's Barbican Centre, Lucy Duran introduces a special programme as part of this weekend's Awards for World Music celebrations. Algerian pianist Maurice El Medioni with British percussionist Paul Clarvis and Lebanese singer Ghada Shbeir perform songs from the Arabo-Andalusian muwashah tradition. | |||
| 20070623 | Lucy Duran introduces a studio session by a group of Sufi musicians from the Rajasthan desert in Western India. Rajasthan is one of the sub-continent's most beautiful states and home to some of its most interesting music. Plus Michael Church discusses his new album of music from Georgia and Chechnya. | |||
| 20070630 | Lucy Duran presents Congolese music with a Cuban spin, courtesy of Papa Noel and Bana Congo, recorded in Colchester during their UK tour. | |||
| 20070707 | A series of programmes marking the 60th anniversary of independence for India and Pakistan. 1/4. Jameela Siddiqi introduces music from the Darbar Festival in Leicester, which features musicians from both Hindu and Muslim traditions. Pandit Premkumar Mallick sings the ancient chants of dhrupad, and Ustad Shahid Parvez performs a raag on the sitar. | |||
| 20070721 | Jameela Siddiqi introduces performances from the Darbar Festival in Leicester, including music from South India with an ensemble led by flute player Mysore Chandan and raags played on the Indian slide guitar by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Part of the India & Pakistan 07 season. | |||
| Music From The Golden Temple Of Amritsar | 20070811 | Every day, from four in the morning until ten at night, music drifts across the waters surrounding the most sacred shrine for Sikhs. As part of the India & Pakistan '07 season, Jameela Siddiqi profiles the temple and its music, and talks to some of the raagis who perform in it. | ||
| Music From The Sufi Shrines Of Pakistan | 20070825 | As part of the India and Pakistan '07 season, Jameela Siddiqi visits the shrine of Pakpattan to hear music from Sufi fakir Sain Zahoor, and joins Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali at their family shrine in a tribute to their uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died ten years ago this month. | ||
| 20070908 | Lucy Duran celebrates the Ethiopian millennium with a specially recorded studio performance by singer and harpist Alemu Aga, and an interview with music historian and producer Francis Falceto. Plus a report from Elizabeth Kinder from last year's Festival of 1000 Stars, which brings together some of the country's wide ranging musical traditions. | |||
| 20070929 | On the weekend of Radio 3's 40th anniversary, Lucy Duran introduces highlights from the station's landmark 1987 concert series Music of the Royal Courts, including Uighur music from China and a rare retelling of the Malian epic Sunjata by veteran griot Djely Madi Sissoko. | |||
| 20071006 | Lucy Duran introduces a concert by one of India's finest flute players, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, with tabla player Yogesh Samsi. They perform at the launch of London's newest music venue, the Music Room of the Asian Music Centre in Acton. | |||
| 20071103 | Lucy Duran and Athens-based DJ Giorgos Markakis are joined by musicians, promoters and critics to announce the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. | |||
| 20071110 | Lucy Duran visits WOMEX in Seville, the annual gathering of the world music industry, and hears the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music. | |||
| 20071117 | Lucy Duran introduces a studio session by the Palestinian oud group Trio Joubran with percussionist Yousef Hbeish, and a round-up of recent African releases with guests Robin Denselow and Mark Hudson. | |||
| 20071124 | Lucy Duran introduces a performance by Orchestra Baobab, the Senegalese veterans of Afro, Cuban, and Congolese fusion. Recorded especially for the programme at London's Jazz Cafe as part of the 2007 London Jazz Festival. | |||
| 20071201 | Lucy Duran presents a studio session by the Vietnamese singer Huong Thanh, and a round-up of nominations for the Album of the Year category of the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, with guests Mary Ann Kennedy and Charlie Gillett. | |||
| 20071208 | Caetano Veloso in Concert: Lucy Duran introduces a performance by Brazil's celebrated singer-songwriter, recorded at the Barbican in London. | |||
| 20080105 | Presented by Lucy Duran and featuring a specially recorded studio session by the South Indian violin duo of Nandini and Lalitha Muthuswamy, and a round-up of recent world music releases with guests Reda El Mawy and Sue Steward. | |||
| 20080112 | World Routes recalls the mud and the music at last summer's WOMAD Festival. 1/2. Lucy Duran introduces Jamaican reggae from Toots and the Maytals, Chinese classical music from the Silk String Quartet, Palestinian songs from Reem Kelani and the sounds of the desert blues from Vieux Farka Toure. | |||
| 20080126 | World Routes recalls the mud and the music at last summer's WOMAD Festival. 2/2. Lucy Duran introduces fado singer Mariza playing on the Open Air stage, bluesman Taj Mahal and a solo performance by vocal artist Sheila Chandra from the Siam Tent, plus Finnish folk fiddlers Frigg from the Radio 3 stage. | |||
| 20080202 | As Salif Keita prepares to return to the UK for his African Soul Rebels tour, Lucy Duran introduces a repeat of his concert in Leeds from 2006. Keita also talks about his remarkable upbringing in a royal family line that stretches back to the 13th century founder of the Mali Empire, Sunjata Keita. | |||
| 20080223 | Lucy Duran presents a studio session by the American mandolin player Chris Thile with his new group Punch Brothers. Plus a round-up of recent world music releases with guests Andy Morgan and Laudan Nooshin. | |||
| 20080301 | Lucy Duran introduces Taraf de Haidouks, acclaimed as the world's greatest gypsy band, in concert at Birmingham's Town Hall performing their own versions of gypsy-inspired classics by Bartok and Manuel de Falla. | |||
| 20080308 | Lucy Duran is joined by Doudou Sarr and Nigel Williamson to review new CDs of world music. Plus a performance from the Soweto Gospel Choir, winners last month of the Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album. | |||
| 20080315 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from the London Flamenco Festival at Sadler's Wells. Musicians featured include Cuatro Esquinas, a group combining two generations of the most accomplished flamenco artists, Miguel Poveda, who sings traditional flamenco with a modern twist, and Carmen Linares, described as 'a fundamental pillar of all current flamenco singing'. | |||
| 20080412 | Lucy Duran introduces a concert from the Barbican in London given by two of the nominees in this year's Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Son de la Frontera have brought their own new sound to Spanish flamenco, and Mayra Andrade is a new young voice from Cape Verde. | |||
| 20080419 | Lucy Duran presents a specially-recorded studio set by Malian kora player Toumani Diabate and a review of recent Latin American releases with guests Kevin Le Gendre and Sue Steward. | |||
| 20080426 | Vocalist and BBC presenter Monica Vasconcelos introduces a solo performance given at the Barbican in London by fellow Brazilian Gilberto Gil, one of the iconic Latin American singer-songwriters of the past five decades. | |||
| 20080503 | Jameela Siddiqi introduces highlights from the Darbar Festival, featuring leading Indian classical musicians performing at Leicester's Phoenix Theatre. The programme includes performances from South Indian vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan and Irshad Khan, who plays a solo on the rarely-heard surbahar. | |||
| 20080510 | Jameela Siddiqi introduces more music from the Darbar Fesitval in Leicester, including Dhrupad chant from Uday Bhawalkar, rarely-heard Tappa songs from Shashwati Mandal Paul and a recital from young sitar virtuoso Purbayan Chatterjee. | |||
| 20080524 | Lucy Duran introduces a session by Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir, plus reviews and new releases from Eastern Europe with guests Joe Boyd and Max Reinhardt | |||
| 20080531 | Lucy Duran introduces a profile of Malian musician Bassekou Kouyate, a double winner in the 2008 Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Including concert highlights with his band Ngoni Ba recorded at the Festival on the Niger in Segou, as well as a riverside session with Bassekou's mother Yakare Damba, one of Mali's iconic singers. | |||
| 20080607 | Lucy Duran introduces a one-off UK performance by South Africa's biggest world music star, Miriam Makeba. In a performance given specially for the programme at the Brighton Festival, Makeba celebrates her 75th birthday with a mix of jazz, gospel and African roots. | |||
| 20080628 | Lucy Duran presents an all-Brazilian programme, with a session and interview with singer/guitarist Vinicius Cantuaria, plus recent CD releases with Sue Steward and Robin Denselow | |||
| 20080705 | Fiddles on Fire Lucy Duran introduces a concert from weekend of folk fiddling in 2007 at The Sage, Gateshead, which features two of Scotland's finest bands. Blazin' Fiddles showcase fiddle styles from across the country and Fiddlers' Bid champion the musical heritage of Shetland. | |||
| 20080712 | Kevin LeGendre introduces highlights from the recent Ethiopiques concert at London's Barbican. Backed by the American Either/Orchestra and appearing together for the first time outside of Ethiopia, the artists include Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete (vocals), Mulatu Astatqe (keyboard and percussion) and Getachew Mekurya (tenor saxophone). | |||
| 20080719 | On the eve of the Proms Folk Day, Lucy Duran introduces a review of new CDs of English folk. She visits the village of Edale in Derbyshire and meets one of the performers, Bella Hardy, considered to be a bright new voice of English folk. | |||
| 20080816 | Lucy Duran introduces performances from the 2008 Festival on the Niger in Segou, central Mali, which drew around 10,000 people, from all parts of the country as well as neighbouring west African countries, Europe, Asia and the Americas. With music by Abdoullaye Diabate and Yoro Diallo, who are both hugely popular in Mali but little known outside, as well as the rarely heard hunters' music of the region. | |||
| 20080823 | Lucy Duran introduces more highlights from the Festival on the Niger, which takes place on a floating stage on the River Niger in Segou in central Mali. With performances by desert blues artist Afel Bocoum, balafon virtuoso Neba Solo, and one of Mali's most popular singers Mangala Camara. | |||
| 20080830 | Lucy Duran introduces two studio sessions, by Malian star Rokia Traore and by young Iraqi oud player Kyam Allami. Producer and writer Andy Morgan reviews two African releases, and journalist Reda El Mawy has a look at what's new in Egypt. | |||
| 20080906 | Jameela Siddiqi introduces a performance of Raag Abhogi featuring singer Kaushiki Charkrabarty, given earlier this year at the Darbar Festival in Leicester. Charkrabarty is accompanied by Ajay Joglekar on harmonium and Sanju Sahai on tabla. Charkrabarty won a BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in 2005 and has become one of the most revered singers in Indian classical music, even though she's still in her twenties. Jameela talks to Kaushiki about her voice, the festival and the raag she performed. | |||
| 20080927 | Lucy Duran reviews new world music CDs with Dudu Sarr and Nigel Williamson, and is also joined in the studio by the Lani Singers. The duo fled imprisonment by the Indonesian authorities in West Papua and their songs reflect the ancient rituals of the Lani people. | |||
| 20081004 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from a concert by The Kamkars, a family ensemble of Kurdish musicians from Iran, given last week at the Barbican Centre, London, as part of its Ramadan Nights season. The ensemble, a family of seven brothers and a sister, performs arrangements of ancient Kurdish folk songs and works from the Persian classical tradition. | |||
| 20081011 | The West African Balafon Lucy Duran travels to Mali to hear traditional and modern players of the African xylophone, an instrument that has been used for centuries to announce news or simply to play for partying. Following the rarely heard music of the small balani xylophone at a village celebration in central Mali, there is a performance by Neba Solo, who thrills a festival audience of 10,000 with the resonant tones of the Senufo bass balafon. | |||
| 20081018 | Lucy Duran presents music from last month's Ramadan Nights concert series at London's Barbican, featuring the inspiring virtuosity of the Kronos Quartet mixed with the fiery passion of Azerbaijan's most famous voice, Alim Qasimov. | |||
| 20081025 | Presented by Lucy Duran. Featuring a session and interview with Abidjan-born Kouame Sereba, master of the dodo - an ancient West African mouth-bow, plus a round-up of recent world music releases with John L Walters and Rita Ray | |||
| 20081101 | Max Reinhardt presents highlights from sets by Bulgarian clarinet virtuoso Ivo Papasov and American slide guitarist Bob Brozman, recorded at last month's Musicport World Music Festival in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. | |||
| 20081108 | 1/2. Lucy Duran presents another programme from the WOMEX festival in Seville, the annual gathering of the world music industry, and hears the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music. Artists showcased include the all-woman police band from West Africa Les Amazones de Guinee, the tango band Astillero from Argentina and Honduran singer-songwriter Aurelio Martinez. | |||
| 20081115 | 2/2. Lucy Duran presents another programme from the WOMEX festival in Seville, the annual gathering of the world music industry, with the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music. Artists showcased include the all-woman police band from West Africa Les Amazones de Guinee, the tango band Astillero from Argentina and Honduran singer-songwriter Aurelio Martinez. | |||
| 20081122 | Lucy Duran presents Femi Kuti and The Positive Force at the London Jazz Festival 2008. Lucy Duran introduces a concert given by Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force at the Royal Festival Hall earlier this month as part of the London Jazz Festival. His new album Day by Day is a tribute to his father, the famous Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti | |||
| 20081129 | Lucy Duran with highlights of a concert marking the centenary of folk musician AL Lloyd. Lucy Duran presents highlights from a concert given at Cecil Sharp House in London to mark the centenary of English folk musician and song collector AL 'Bert' Lloyd. The line-up includes performances by Maddy Prior and Martin Carthy. | |||
| Amadou Bagayoko And Singer Mariam Doumbia | 20081206 | Lucy Duran presents a specially recorded session with Malian duo Amadou and Mariam. Lucy Duran presents world music CD releases as well as an interview and session with Amadou and Mariam, the husband and wife duo of guitarist Amadou Bagayoko and singer Mariam Doumbia, featuring material from their album Welcome to Mali. They formed as a group in Bamako in 1980 and became well known throughout Mali, Burkino Faso and Ivory Coast for their distinctive blend of Malian music, blues and rock with Bambara language lyrics. They have since established themselves on the international circuit, been championed by Manu Chao and Damon Albarn, and were winners at the Radio 3 Awards for World Music for their 2006 album Dimanche a Bamako. | ||
| 20081213 | Lucy Duran presents a tribute to the late, celebrated South African singer Miriam Makeba, who died in November 2008. With contributions from musicians who knew her, excerpts from interviews she gave over the years and highlights from her final UK concert, recorded for World Routes at the Brighton Festival in May 2008. | |||
| 20081220 | Moshe Morad visits the childhood home of Jesus and visits a long-established oud factory. Moshe Morad visits the childhood home of Jesus, Nazareth, meeting members of the Joubran musical dynasty, visiting their oud factory and meeting the Nazareth Arabic orchestra. Plus a recording from the 2008 Jerusalem Oud Festival of Nazareth-born Dalal Abu Amana, who performs her songs in a special Palestinian dialect unique to Galilee. | |||
| 20090110 | Max Reinhardt presents the Warsaw Village Band at Bridlington's 2008 Musicport Festival. Max Reinhardt presents a set by the Warsaw Village Band recorded at the 2008 Musicport Festival in Bridlington. | |||
| Adriano Adewale | 20090131 | Lucy Duran introduces a specially-recorded interview and studio session with Sao Paolo-born percussionist and composer Adriano Adewale, whose work combines jazz, classical and traditional music from Brazil and Nigeria. Now based in London, his band includes Senegalese kora player Kadialy Kouyate, Australian bassist Nathan Riki Thomson and fellow Brazilian Marcelo Andrade on saxophone and flute. WORLD ROUTES choice 4 (nigel) saturday 31st january, 3pm adriano adewale group adewale: assim choice 2 (john) choice 3 (lucy) in session: adewale/kouyate/andrade/thomson: together adewale: family album adewale: passa por mim cd roundup with Nigel Williamson and john l. walters choice 1 (nigel) together, assim, family album passa por mim also appear on adriano's album sementes (segue records segcd0801) Lucy Duran with a special session by brazilian percussionist adriano adewale choice 5 (john) | ||
| Taraf De Haidouks | 20090228 | Lucy Duran introduces Taraf de Haidouks, feted as the world's greatest gypsy band, in concert at Birmingham's Town Hall, performing their own versions of gypsy-inspired classics by Bartok and Manuel de Falla. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy Duran lezghica danza rituel del fuego improvised balada saturday 28th february 2009, 3:00pm taraf de haidouks recorded for world routes in november 2007 at birmingham's town hall. the return of the magical horses tot taraful romanian folk dance (the missing dance) briu and ciocarlia hora si briu in a persian market romanian band taraf de haidouks perform gypsy-inspired classics by bartok and falla tel. 020 7765 4661 | ||
| Eliades Ochoa | 20090307 | Lucy Duran introduces a review of new CDs of world music, plus a session with veteran Cuban singer and guitarist Eliades Ochoa, a key member of the Buena Vista Social Club and a specialist in Cuba's raunchy song style called guaracha. Lucy Duran presents a review of new CDs and a session with Cuban singer Eliades Ochoa. | ||
| Oliver Mtukudzi And Baaba Maal | 20090314 | Rita Ray presents music by two of Africa's leading stars, as the programme joins the African Soul Rebels tour at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Featuring music from the best-selling Zimbabwean singer Oliver Mtukudzi, and in a new acoustic line-up, the great Senegalese singer/guitarist Baaba Maal. Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi is one of the most respected singers and songwriters in southern Africa, as well as a successful artist in his home country of Zimbabwe. Since his first single in 1975 his music has chronicled years of struggle and civil war, urging tolerance and restraint. Baaba Maal, most recently a key member of Damon Albarn's Africa Express project, is one of Senegal's leading musicians. Following the release of 2008's On the Road album, he joins the tour with a new acoustic line-up. As well as making music, he has been working as a Youth Emissary for the United Nations Development Programme, raising awareness of the disadvantages faced by people whose countries are ravaged by poverty, a lack of education and the threat of disease. Rita Ray presents Oliver Mtukudzi and Baaba Maal recorded in concert in Manchester. | ||
| Jerusalem International Oud Festival 2008 | 20090321 | Moshe Morad presents music recorded specially for the programme at the 2008 Jerusalem International Oud Festival. He introduces the ancient songs of two exiled communities - the Paytanim of ancient Aleppo and the Persian Jews of Iran. Moshe Morad presents music from Syria and ancient Jewish songs from Persia. | ||
| Cimarron And Carlou D | 20090411 | Lucy Duran presents two specially recorded sessions from Latin America and Africa. Cimarron perform the joyful and energetic 'musica llanero' from the vast central plains of Colombia, with virtuosic harp-playing and songs to milk cows by. While Carlou D brings his big-range, soulful voice to a mixture of songs that celebrate Muslim mysticism and warn of the dangers facing his homeland Senegal. Specially recorded sessions by musicians visiting the UK from Colombia and Senegal. | ||
| Oumou Sangare | 20090502 | Presented by Lucy DuranProduced by James Parkin Saturday 2nd May 2009 Line-up: Oumou Sangare (vocals) Souleymane Sidibe (calabash) Sekou Bah (bass guitar) Hamane Toure (guitar) Brehima ‘Benego' Diakite (kamel ngoni) Aliou Dante (drums) Cheick Oumar Diabate (djembe) Amadou Traore (flute) Dandio Sidibe (backing vocals) Fatoumata Diawara (backing vocals) 1. Sounsoumba (Sangare, Arr. Cheick Tidiane Seck) 2. Iyo djeli (Sangare, Arr. Massambou Wele Diallo) 3. Seya (Arr. Sangare/Cheick Tidiane Seck) Interview with Oumou Sangare 4. Donso (Trad, Arr. Sangare) 5. Kounandya (Sangare, Arr. Cheick Tidiane Seck) 6. Mogo Kele (Sangare, Arr. Massambou Wele Diallo) 7. Yalla (Sangare) All recordings made by engineers James Birtwistle and Simon Tindall Lucy Duran, who has studied the music of Oumou Sangare for many years, writes the following notes about the songs we hear in this concert programme from the Barbican Hall. Oumou's song texts are deeply metaphorical and philosophical, reflecting the common beliefs and discourses of Malians, as a way of provoking them to think more critically about their values - especially regarding women. SOUNSOUMBA is the name of a large tree of the savannah. The song compares a young woman to this proud tree, until she is forced to marry, when she shrinks to a small stunted tree. When women marry in the villages of Wasulu, they have to leave their parental home and move in with their husband's family, often far away. The song reflects on the isolation and grief this causes. IYO DJELI (celebrating of the art of the griot). In this song, Oumou pays tribute to Djekani Djeli, a griot woman singer who lived in Wasulu in the 1960s. The song talks of one of the great problems that female artists in Mali face, even to this day: the belief that women who pursue a profession will be unable to have children. To be childless in Mali is to be stigmatised, which is what people said would happen to Djekani Djeli, only because she was a singer. Until one day, God gave her a child! Oumou draws parallels with her own decision to become a singer, thanking her mother for her support, and she avows that she too will always sing for those who are “true men”. SEYA (joy). In this song, the title track of her most recent album, her first in six years, Oumou celebrates her joyful return to the Malian public. She talks of her pleasure in ordering her clothes when she visits the tailors, and the coquettish way of wearing a skirt low on the hips. In Mali, all women have their clothes specially tailored, to individual designs; this is one way in which they can express their own identity. She describes how young girls go to the market wearing their waist beads, being flirtatious; in short, this is a song celebrating female sensuality and the right of women to enjoy themselves in public. DONSO (hunter). This song reaches deep into one of Mali's oldest and most revered cultural traditions, that of the hunters' associations. Hunters are regarded as healers and protectors, upholding the true values of Mande society across the centuries. Oumou uses the special musical style of Wasulu hunters' songs, usually only performed by men, featuring the loping rhythms of the 6-string hunters' harp and scraper. She laments the early death of several great artists from Wasulu, including Allata Brulaye, whom many credit with the invention of the kamalengoni, the youth harp that has become the trademark of her own music. She also laments the death of her own father, Bari Sangare. Death is hard, but it teaches us wisdom and forgiveness. KOUNADYA (good fortune). Many Malian songs reflect on the nature of destiny. This one says, if you are lucky enough to be blessed with good fortune, either in your marriage, your health, or your profession, don't take it for granted - use it wisely, be grateful, and don't be selfish. Oh, good fortune! MOGO KELE (one person). This song is about the brevity of life and the need to do something of importance in the short moment we have in the world. Oumou sings: There have been many great leaders and warriors in Mali's pre-colonial past, but their time is over. Banzoumana Sissoko, Mali's “old lion”, a great musician, was a brave and uncompromising critic of Mali's rulers, but his time has gone. You cannot dwell on what others have done - you must do some things yourself. Malians, what are you thinking of? Get on with it! YALA (roaming). This is the only song featured in this programme that is not from her recent album SEYA. It was first released in 2002 on a local cassette in Mali and became a huge hit. It warns young people of the dangers they face when tempted by city nightlife: drugs, alcohol, even prostitution. Oumou criticises men who are out womanising, bringing nothing but problems, but women don't get off lightly either: she compares those who go out roaming the streets at night to a dog looking for a bone to chew. Lucy Duran presents highlights of a concert given by Malian singer Oumou Sangare. Presented by Lucy Duran Lucy Duran presents highlights of a concert given by malian singer oumou sangare | ||
| Ahmad Sham Sufi Qawali Group | 20090516 | Lucy Duran is joined by Andy Morgan and Reda El Mawy for a review of new CDs from Africa and the Arab world, plus the Ahmad Sham Sufi Qawali group from Afghanistan in their UK debut session. Lucy Duran is joined by Andy Morgan to review new CDs from Africa and the Arab world. | ||
| Vieux Farka Toure | 20090606 | Lucy Duran presents highlights from a concert by Malian guitarist and songwriter Vieux Farka Toure, recorded at London's Jazz Cafe. Lucy Duran with highlights from a concert by Malian guitarist/songwriter Vieux Farka Toure | ||
| Malick Pathe Sow And Kronos Quartet | 20090613 | Lucy Duran introduces a specially recorded session by Senegalese singer and hoddu player Malick Pathe Sow. Plus an interview with David Harrington about the making of Floodplain, Kronos Quartet's new album of rare music from Central Asia, East Africa and beyond. Presented by Lucy DuranProduced by Felix Carey Saturday 13th June 2009 Malick Pathe Sow plus David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet Malick Pathé Sow (hoddu/guitar/vocals) Komlan Octave (calabash) Bao Sissoko (kora) Mady Kouyate (guitar) Sow: Jeeri Bona Malick Pathe Sow & Ensemble Interview with David Harrington of Kronos Quartet Midhat Assem, Arr Osvaldo Golijov & Kronos: Ya Habibi Ta'ala Kronos Quartet Album: Floodplain Nonesuch 518349 Trad. Iran, Arr Jacob Garchik & Kronos: Lullaby Alemu Aga: Tew semagn hagere (Listen to me, my fellow countrymen) Said Rustamov, arr Alim Qasimov, string arr. Jacob Garchik: Getme, Getme Interview with Malick Pathe Sow Sow: Maayo Men Sow: Sama Sow: Fantang Recorded by BBC sound engineer James Birtwistle at Broadcasting House 2009 Presented by Lucy Duran. Featuring Malick Pathe Sow and Kronos Quartet. | ||
| Samba Mapangala | 20090704 | 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. Mapangala took the sounds of soukous and rumba from Congo-Zaire, making his own blend with traditions from Uganda and Kenya. In Zanzibar he sings to a Swahili-speaking audience in an event that also features celebrated guitarist Syran Mbenza. Rita Ray introduces Samba Mapangala at the 2009 Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar. | ||
| Changui De Guantanamo | 20090711 | 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. Presenter Lucy Duran first encountered this group on the road as part of her World Routes report from Cuba in June 2007. Changui is an old style from the Eastern Guantanamo province dating back to the 19th century and combining elements of Spanish guitar and African traditions. The songs are played on instruments such as the marimbula thumb piano, the tres (a kind of three-stringed guitar), and an array of percussion including the guiro, maracas and bongos. Lucy is also joined in the studio by Sue Steward and Crispin Robinson for a look at some recent Cuban and Latin-American releases on CD. A specially recorded studio session by Cuban five-piece Changui de Guantanamo. | ||
| 20090718 | Moshe Morad introduces more specially recorded performances from the 2008 Jerusalem International Oud Festival. Including old Turkish folk songs interpreted by Erkan Ogur and Ismail Demirioglu, recorded in the Jerusalem Theatre. Plus a session by the Cretan lyra virtuoso Ross Daly, who is joined by Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco and Yurdal Tokcan from Turkey on oud. Moshe Morad introduces performances from the 2008 Jerusalem International Oud Festival. | |||
| World Routes At Womad 2009, Gochaq Askerove And Cimarron | 20090725 | From Radio 3's stage in Charlton Park's arboretum, Lucy Duran presents the WOMAD debut of one of the great voices of Central Asia, Azerbaijani singer Gochaq Askerov, as well as highlights from a set by Cimarron, a Colombian seven-piece band who play the fiercely virtuosic Joropo folk style. Lucy Duran presents highlights from WOMAD 2009, including Gochaq Askerove and Cimarron. | ||
| World Routes At Womad 2009, Rokoa Traore | 20090801 | Lucy Duran presents highlights from a set by Malian singer and guitarist Rokia Traore, recorded at the 2009 WOMAD Festival at Charlton Park in Wiltshire. Traore performs material from her most recent album Tchamanchte - songs inspired by the sound of old Gretsch guitar. Highlights from a set by Malian singer and guitarist Rokia Traore, from WOMAD 2009. | ||
| Album Releases/kasai Allstars Session | 20090808 | Lucy Duran is joined by writer Nigel Williamson, and DJ and broadcaster Rita Ray for a round-up of the latest world music albums. Plus a specially-recorded session with Congolese trance music supergroup the Kasai Allstars. A round-up of the latest world music albums plus a studio session with the Kasai All Stars | ||
| Lopa Kothari | 20090815 | explores some of the different vocal traditions in India, from Bollywood soundtracks to the virtuoso Varanasi style of the Misra Brothers. Her guests include director of the Asian Music Network Viram Jasani, writer and broadcaster Jameela Siddiqi, and singer Jayasree Sengupta. Lopa Kothari presents a special programme devoted to Indian vocal music. | ||
| Gnawa And World Music Festival 2009 | 20090822 | Lucy Duran visits the 2009 Gnawa and World Music Festival in Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coast. An annual free event attended by some 400,000 people, it celebrates the ancient tradition of trance music and is thought to have the power of spiritual healing. With music by Berber singer Brahim Assli and an improvised collaborative concert by New Orleans jazz band Congo Nation and local musicians Agadir Gnawa. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy DuranProduced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 22nd August 2009 Raouf Bekkari: Baniya Agadir Gnawa BBC Recording by Marvin Ware, at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009 Interview with Neila Tazi, Director of Essaouira World Music Festival Assli: Yan gir Isagsan Assli: Awdi Ayahbibawa Assli: Ghar sigl Maghtssat Rais Braim Assli & Ensemble Interview with Braim Assli Assli: Irbi Ayasyakh Assli: Wim nga Wink Interview with Donald Harrison Improvised piece Congo Nation & Agadir Gnawa Lucy Duran with highlights from the 2009 Gnawa and World Music Festival in Morocco. | ||
| 20090905 | Lucy Duran presents highlights from the 2009 Gnawa and World Music Festival in Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coast, an annual free festival which celebrates the ancient tradition of trance music. With performances by Braim El Belkani, a gnawa master who once played with Led Zeppelin, and Morocco's most celebrated band, the veterans Nass El Ghiwane. Essaouira is an old stone town that is home to an even older style of music which arrived in Morocco centuries ago with the slaves who came from across the Sahara. It is a sacred music which is traditionally heard at all-night 'lilas', where animal sacrifices are made and people are healed from spiritual and physical ailments. The sound of the music is characterised by the bass thump of the three-stringed gimbri and the strident clatter of metal castanets. The Gnawa and World Music Festival was established 12 years ago to celebrate the gnawa tradition, with concerts featuring gnawa masters from all over Morocco, together with events where gnawa musicians collaborate with artists from across the globe. Lucy Duran presents highlights from the 2009 Gnawa and World Music Festival in Morocco. | |||
| Rango | 20091010 | Presented by Lucy Duran Produced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 4378 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 10th October 2009, 3:00pm In Session: Rango Sudani Voodoo Hassan Bergamon El Nagger (Rango Balafon, Kazaan Balafon, vocals, Ritual Tanbura and 5-string electric Simsimiyya) Essam TuTu Farag (Vocals, shaker sheikh* & percussion El Sayed Jackamo Abd Alla,Ritual Tanbura, vocals, percussion) | ||
| Aurelio Martinez | 20091212 | Presented by Lucy DuranProduced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 12th December, 3:00pm Aurelio Martinez in session Aurelio Martinez (guitar/percussion/vocals) Rolando Sosa (maracas/turtle shells/vocals) Angel Bernardez (bass Garifuna drum/vocals) Onan Castillo (lead Garifuna drum) Eduardo Cedeno (lead guitar) Ivan Duran (electric guitar) Carlos Castillo (bass guitar) Martinez: Yange Aurelio Martinez & Ensemble BBC Recording by Martin Appleby and Andy Rushton, December 2009 CD Round up with Sue Steward and Arwa Haider Choice 1 (Sue) Jet Buiguine Les Loups Noirs D'Haïti Album: Tumbélé! Biguine, afro & latin sounds from the French Caribbean 1963–74 Soundway SNDWCD/LP017 Choice 2 (Arwa) Kidjo: Dil Main Chuppa ke pyar Ka Angelique Kidjo Album: Õÿö Proper Records Promo CD Choice 3 (Sue) Tala: Bend Skin Andre Marie Tala Album: Bend Skin Beats Sterns Records/Retroafric RETRO23CD Choice 4 (Arwa) Hassan: Abeina U Manna Mariem Hassan Album: Shouka Nubenegra Promo CD Studio session with Aurelio Martinez Martinez: Lumalali Lumaniga Martinez: Bisienu Martinez: Mayahuaba Lucy Duran presents a review of new CDs of world music and Aurelio Martinez in session. | ||
| Ladysmith Black Mambazo | 20091226 | Africa's biggest band, Ladysmith Black Mambazo in concert, recorded specially for the programme at the Brighton Dome. Lucy Duran introduces an uninterrupted hour of music from the South African superstars, who won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music CD. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy Duran Produced by James Parkin Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 26th December, 3:00pm Ladysmith Black Mambazo Joseph Shabalala Msizi Shabalala Thulani Shabalala Sibongiseni Shabalala Thamsanqa Shabalala Albert Mazibuko Abednego Mazibuko Russel Mthembu Ngane Dlamini Ngqongqotha Nomathemba The way we do Thalaza Inkanyezi Hello my baby Yinhle Homeless Wentomb'unecala Amazing Grace Performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo BBC Recording by James Birtwistle, Andy Rushton and Mike Page, December 2009, at the Brighton Dome Ladysmith Black Mambazo in concert, introduced by Lucy Duran. | ||
| The Unthanks | 20100123 | A review of new CDs of world music, and an exploration of the folk traditions of Northumberland in a session with The Unthanks. Led by sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank, the band's new album 'Here's the tender coming' is inspired by a song about a boat arriving to press the men of the North East into war. Presented by Lucy Duran. Rachel and Becky Unthank grew up in a family of folk musicians, and began singing themselves from an early age as an acapella duet. They were influenced as much by the sea shanties of the area as the women's songs, and their music is a fresh look at the music of an area of England which is still rich in folk traditions. Their three albums have been well received - their last was nominated for the Mercury Prize - and they are now firm fixtures in festivals throughout the UK. Their appeal is now reaching far beyond folk circles: their new album was recently given 4.5 stars by The Sun. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy Duran Produced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 23rd January, 3:00pm Studio Session –The Unthanks Rachel Unthank - vocals Becky Unthank - vocals, feet Adrian McNally - piano, autoharp Chris Price - electic bass, drums, ukelelle, chord organ Dean Ravera - drums, double bass Lizzie Jones - vocal, trumpet Hannah Peel - first violin, trombone Niopha Keegan - vocal, second violin Becca Spencer - viola Jo Silverston - cello, accordion The Testimony of Patience Kershaw The Unthanks BBC Recording by engineers Martin Appleby and Steve Bittlestone, Maida Vale, January 2010 CD Round up with Nigel Williamson and John L Walters Choice 1 (Nigel) Keita: Seydou Salif Keita Album: La Difference Universal White Label Choice 2 (John) Toure/Toumani: 56 Ali Farka Toure; Toumani Diabate Album: Ali and Toumani World Circuit WLWCD086 Choice 3 (Nigel) Ousmane Ag Mossa: Adagh Tamikrest Album: Adagh Glitterhouse Records GRCD703 Choice 4 (John) Gilberto: Sun is shining Bebel Gilberto Album: All in one Verve Records Nobody knew she was there Sad February Felton Lonnin Lucy Duran presents new CDs of world music and a session with The Unthanks. Choice 3 (John) Choice 4 (Nigel) | ||
| 20100306 | Rita Ray visits the Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar to hear some of the island's leading big-band 'taraab' ensembles. Including specially-recorded performances from Zanzibar's premier band Culture Musical Club, also the latest sensation Mohamed Ilyas and his Nyota Zameremeta Orchestra. Taraab dates from the centuries when Zanzibar was a centre for trade in the Arab world - the main instruments in the bands are the Arabic lute and zither, and the scales are Arabic. When the Arab Sultans left, the taraab orchestras formed themselves into collectives, and in the programme the founder members of Culture Musical Club recall the years leading up to independence in 1963, when their band was formed. Taraab is now starting to reach international audiences through the albums and tours of musicians like Mohamed Ilyas. The programme also features songs from Bi Kidude, Zanzibar's 'Little Granny', who despite her great age, can still thrill an audience of both old and young. Rita Ray visits the Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar to hear some 'taraab' ensembles. | |||
| 20100313 | Lucy Duran is joined by Max Reinhardt and Sue Steward to discuss the recent Grammy award winning albums by Bela Fleck and Mamadou Diabate, as well as other world music new releases. Keepers of the flame of Cuban son, prize winning 9-piece Sierra Maestra, perform in the studio especially for World Routes, ahead of their UK tour. Lucy Duran presents world music CD reviews and nine-piece Cuban son outfit Sierra Maestra. | |||
| World Routes In Poland | 20100320 | In a special edition of the programme, Lucy Duran travels to Poland to explore the folk music of Chopin's homeland, meeting suka player Maria Pomianowska, the folk group Kapela Brodow and the Warsaw Village Band. All music recorded on location in Warsaw, 9/10 May 2008, by Andrew Smillie Music details: Josef Rosinski: An old style oberek (0.57) album: Sources of Polish Folk Music: Mazowsze Polish Radio PRCD 170 Warsaw Village Band: Polka (0.34) Recorded at Pracovnia Arts Club, Warsaw, 10 May 2008 BBC recording - not commercially available More details below Kapela Brodow: Mazurka (2.20) Anna Broda (vocal/percussion); Witek Broda (fiddle) Polonaise (3.41) Anna Broda (vocal/percussion); Witek Broda (fiddle); Jacek Mielcarek (clarinet) Harvest Song (1.56) Anna Broda (vocal/percussion); Witek Broda (hurdy gurdy) Recorded at St Dominic's Monastery, Warsaw, 9 May 2008 Maria Pomianowska Ensemble: Oberek od Kajokow (2.55) Maria Pomianowska (fiddle from Plock); Iwona Rapacz (bass suka); Robert Sziwak (drum) Suwany na suke (2.18) Maria Pomianowska (suka); Marta Maslanka (dulcimer) Chopin's Mazurka Op.68 No.2 (2.21) Maria Pomianowska (fiddle from Plock); Iwona Rapacz (bass suka); Robert Sziwak (drum); Marta Maslanka (dulcimer); Malgorzata Szarlik (hollow violin) Recorded at Royal Castle, Warsaw, 9 May 2008 Warsaw Village Band: When Johnny Went to Fight in the War (5.29) Fishie (3.03) Four Wild Horses (3.42) Sylvia Swiatkowska (violin/suka/vocal); Wojtek Krzak (violin/vocal); Maja Kleszcz (cello/vocal/percussion); Maciej Szajkowski (percussion); Piotr Glinski (percussion) Lucy Duran travels to Poland to explore the folk music of Chopin's homeland. | ||
| World Routes Academy | 20100327 | Lucy Duran is joined in the studio by Radio 3's World Routes Academy mentee, the young oud player Khyam Allami. Lucy talks to Khyam about his roots and is given a personal introduction to the Iraqi maqam tradition of music. Featuring live oud performances and exclusive recordings of Iraqi musicians from the BBC archives. Producer Helene Frisby. Khyam is a London based musician of Iraqi descent and the first beneficiary of Radio 3's World Routes Academy which aims to support and inspire young world-music artists by bringing them together with an internationally renowed mentor belonging to the same tradition. Khyam's mentor is the celebrated Iraqi guitarist, singer and composer Ilham al Madfai, who lives in Jordan and who Khyam will be working with in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan later this year. BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy is about celebrating world music talent by both supporting existing performers through exploring new collaborations and enabling younger musicians to develop and hone their skills. The scheme offers both participants the opportunity to share their musical experiences with particular emphasis on the importance of the mentor passing on his extensive musical experience and cultural heritage to the younger musician. Performance is key to the project and the musicians will feature in BBC studio sessions, workshops, performance and concerts. The forthcoming collaboration between Khyam Allami and Ilham al-Madfai reflects the development of traditions amongst musical refugees in their new homes and how their desire to fit in with their new environment is both challenged and inspired by their yearning for the land that made them the musicians they are. Ilham left Iraq for Jordan and his musical influences reflect western influences and genres. Khyam's family left Iraq for Syria and then London and it seems that as he travels further from his homeland the closer he is drawn to his roots and the hard-core musical traditions of his native Iraq. Playlist: LIVE OUD SOLO Longa Furaq by Jamil Bashir, performed by Khyam Allami DUR: 1.30 Farida Medri Ana Album: Ishraqaat 33433 Snail Records DUR: 6.48 BBC ARCHIVAL RECORDING Abu dhiyya poem sung by Zuhoor Hussein accompanied by an Iraqi Ensemble (violin, oud, qanun) Recorded in 1940 approx. DUR: 3.49 Yusuf Omar with Tchalghi Baghdadi (santur zither, djozé bowed lute and percussions) Maqam Nawa Album: Maqam Iraqien W 260063 NT103 Maison des Cultures du Monde DUR. 3.00 Maqam Al-Khanabaat, performed by Khyam Allami 5.00 ‘Music from Iraq' Jamil Bashir oud solo Recorded in 1975 approx. DUR: 01.31 Ashgar Be Shama Performers unknown Recorded in 1980 approx. 02.05 Iham Al Madfai Album: Ilham Al Madfai EMI music (Virgin Records) 04:48 A turkish composition, performed by Khyam Allami DUR: 3.00 Performances from the World Routes Academy: British-Iraqi oud player Khyam Allami. | ||
| Ravi Shankar Birthday | 20100403 | Mark Tully surveys the career of Ravi Shankar, who celebrates his 90th birthday on 7th April. He looks back on an interview recorded with Ravi Shankar ten years ago, and introduces some of his classic recordings. The interview was recorded in 2000 for a World Routes programme to mark Ravi Shankar's 80th birthday, and Ravi Shankar recalls his early life performing in Paris, his collaborations with Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison, and talks about his eventful love-life. We also drop in on a lesson with Ravi's daughter Anoushka. Mark Tully is a writer and broadcaster, who for many years was the BBC's Delhi correspondent. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Mark TullyProduced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk Saturday 3rd April, 3:00pm Raga Devgiri Bilawal Ravi Shankar; accompanied by Alla Rakha (tabla) Album: Ravi Shankar Rare and Glorious Saregama Records CDNFC 150918-9 Ravi Shankar: Sare Jahan Se Achchha Bismillah Khan Album: Bismillah Khan Regal Classics D/ELRZ 13 Raga Piloo Ravi ShankarAlbum: The Ravi Shankar Collection –West meets East Angel 567180-2 Shankar: Homage to Mahatma GandhiAlbum: Ravi Shankar – The Master DG 4778798 Shanti Mantra Album: Ravi in Celebration - Highlights Angel Records 55617-2 Raga Shudh Kalyan Mark Tully surveys the career of Ravi Shankar, who celebrates his 90th birthday in 2010. | ||
| Timitar Festival 2009 | 20100410 | Carlinhos Brown in concert: the iconic Brazilian singer recorded live in the Moroccan city of Agadir, also a set from veteran Jamaican reggae singer Max Romeo - both artists were making their debut appearance in Africa. Introduced by Lucy Duran. The Timitar Festival in Agadir gave these two artists a chance to fulfil a dream - to go and perform in the continent that both consider their spiritual home. When Max Romeo released his song 'Wet Dream' in 1969, the BBC never quite believed his claim that it was about a leaky roof, and the record was famously banned. In the 1970s he moved away from what he called his 'saucy' songs and became a Rastafarian, writing songs such as 'War in-a Babylon'. Carlinhos Brown's music has its roots in religious music of the African Yoruba deities, but his style ranges far and wide. He is seen as hugely influential in Brazil, not only because of his music, but also because of his work in the favelas of northern Brazil, where he runs a music school. Lucy Duran presents Carlinhos Brown and Max Romeo performing in Agadir, Morocco. | ||
| Charlie Gillett Tribute | 20100515 | Lucy Duran and Max Reinhardt look back on the career of Charlie Gillett, a key figure in world music and former Radio 3 presenter who died earlier this year. His work is celebrated through interviews, archive, and specially recorded music. With contributions from Sue Steward, Mark Lamarr, Roger Armstrong and Ben Mandelson, as well as tributes from some of the musicians he championed including Youssou N'Dour, Mariza, Chango Spasiuk, Yasmin Levy and Bassekou Kouyate. Lucy Duran and Max Reinhardt look back on the career of Charlie Gillett. | ||
| 20100522 | Fifty years after sixteen countries in Africa became independent, Lucy Duran and the French journalist Florent Mazzoleni play rare tracks from that period. Music was to play a central role in the search for new identity, and in the 60s and 70s some of the continent's greatest dance music was created. Today's programme celebrates countries that became independent in the first half of 1960 including Congo, Senegal, Guinea and Cameroon. Producer James Parkin. Based in Bordeaux, the French writer and photographer Florent Mazzoleni has travelled all over Africa collecting music, and in particular, documentating the soundtrack of the golden era of Atlantic African music. He's written fifteen books, most notably Epic of African music: Rhythms of Atlantic Africa" and "Salif Keita, Voice of the Mandingo". His latest book, "Motown: Soul and glamour" will be translated into English this autumn. The programme includes tracks from Florent's collection many of which have not been re-released since their limited pressing in the 60s and 70s - let alone played on British radio. And these are tracks that reflect a unique period in African history: a period of liberation and short-lived optimism. Another programme with Florent will be broadcast in September 2010, and will celebrate some of the African countries that became independent in the second half of 1960, such as Mali, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Gabon. Lucy Duran with rare vintage music from African countries that became independent in 1960." | |||
| Toumani Diabate | 20100605 | Lucy Duran presents Toumani Diabate in concert, performing his Ali Farka Touré Variations, recorded on stage at the Barbican in London. Toumani and his band perform their interpretations of the music of the late great Malian guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, including tracks from their recently released final recording together, 'Ali and Toumani'. Lucy Duran presents Toumani Diabate and his band in concert at the Barbican, London. | ||
| New Music In The Middle East | 20100612 | Iraqi oud player Khyam Allami, the first recipient of the World Routes Academy scholarship, travels with Lucy Duran to explore new music in Beirut, Damascus and Amman. In this programme, Khyam Allami presents a broad picture of contemporary Middle Eastern music by focusing on the current independent music activities in three of its centres - the capital cities of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. BBC Radio 3's World Routes Academy scholarship is a new scheme which aims to support and inspire young world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally-renowned figure in the same field. This year, Khyam Allami will be collaborating with, and learning from, one of the biggest stars of Middle Eastern music, the Iraqi singer and guitarist Ilham Al Madfai. The project culminates in a BBC Proms concert in August. New music in the Middle East: Lucy Duran and Khyam Allami in Beirut, Damascus and Amman. | ||
| Ladysmith Black Mambazo | 20100710 | in South Africa: in a rare World Cup vuvuzela-free zone, Africa's most famous group go back to their roots in this special concert in a Zulu workers' hostel in Clermont Township. Lopa Kothari introduces the perfect antidote, as well as the perfect preparation, for tomorrow's World Cup Final. The distinctive musical style of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, called 'isicathamiya', originated in the Zulu workers' hostels in the townships around Durban, where migrant workers entertained each other with traditional music toned-down so it wouldn't disturb the neighbours. Ladysmith Black Mambazo were so good at it, they were banned from taking part in local music competitions, and after their participation in Paul Simon's album 'Graceland' in 1986, their success became worldwide. This concert was recorded on the evening of one of South Africa's World Cup matches - the workers came together to watch the game on a big screen, then settled down to enjoy a group who has had somewhat better success internationally than the Bafana. But don't expect the polite, restrained listening and warm applause of a European concert hall audience: feelings were high, the atmosphere was hot. Ladysmith Black Mambazo was founded by Joseph Shabalala, and the programme also includes a session with the band of one of his sons, Shabalala Rhythm, a huge local success in their own right. As for the vuvuzelas, well there are inevitably one or too - but for the most part, be assured indeed of a vuvuzela-free zone. Lopa Kothari presents a special World Cup concert from Ladysmith Black Mambazo. | ||
| Lobi Traore, Cheikh Lo, Brighton Kora Festival | 20100717 | Lucy Duran and Blur's Damon Albarn remember the life of the Malian guitarist Lobi Traore who died last month. Albarn's a big Malian music fan and actually produced Traore's self-titled 2005 album. Plus there's a session with Senegalese singer, songwriter and percussionist Cheikh Lo, and a preview of the UK's first kora festival in Brighton. Producer James Parkin. Lobi Traore was born in 1961 on the left bank of the River Niger near Segou in Mali. He died of a heart attack on 1st June 2010. Both his parents were singers, and members of the komo - the most important of three secret castes in Bambara society, charged with the custodianship of divine knowledge. Lobi followed in their footsteps living in a forest inhabited with wild animals, and going days without food and water. At the same time he pursued his training as a musician. Lucy and Damon reminisce and play some of their favourite tracks as well as preview a posthumous album due out in September. Cheikh Lo is one of the great mavericks of African music who dedicates both his life and music to Baye Fall, a specifically Senegalese form of Islam and part of the larger Islamic brotherhood of Mouridism. His 1995 album 'Ne La Thiass' was produced by Youssou N'Dour and in 1996, he was signed to Buena Vista Social club label World Circuit. His latest album 'Jamm' was released at the end of June. The UK's first festival of African Kora music is taking place for one day on Saturday 21st August 2010 at the Sallis Benney Theatre in Brighton. The festival is the concept of Les Sherwood, one of only a handful of Kora makers in the UK. One of the featured artists Kadialy Kouyate joins Lucy in the studio for a session. The Kora is a form of West African harp. Lucy Duran and Damon Albarn remember the life of Malian guitarist Lobi Traore. | ||
| Live From Womad | 20100724 | Live from Radio 3's own stage at Charlton Park, Lucy Duran introduces music by Sufi mystics Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, fronted by nephews of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Plus highlights from yesterday's set by Tourag band Toumast. Lucy Duran introduces live music by Sufi mystics Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali. | ||
| Womad 2010 Highlights | 20100731 | Lucy Duran introduces highlights from last weekend's WOMAD Festival in Wiltshire, including the Radio 3 Stage performance by singer Dobet Gnaore from the Ivory Coast, plus Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili on the Open Air stage. This year BBC Radio 3 marks ten years at WOMAD, a long track record of broadcasting performances from the leading stars of world music. The Radio 3 Stage continues the tradition of hosting a unique mix of new and emerging artists, and the on-site Radio 3 studio will be broadcasting main-stage highlights, exclusive interviews as well as the celebrated truck sessions. Lucy Duran with highlights from WOMAD 2010, including Dobet Gnaore and Staff Benda Bilili. | ||
| Ilham Al Madfai, Khyam Allami | 20100807 | As part of the World Routes Academy, Lucy Duran travels to the Middle East with the Iraqi musician Ilham Al Madfai and the scheme's protege Khyam Allami. They meet and record with local musicians in Damascus where Khyam was born but has not been since he was nine. Plus, travelling overland to Jordan, there's a session with some of that country's best musicians recorded in an organic vineyard on the Syrian border. Producer James Parkin BBC Radio 3's World Routes Academy scholarship is a new scheme which aims to support and inspire young world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally-renowned figure in the same field. This year, Khyam Allami will be collaborating with, and learning from, one of the biggest stars of Middle Eastern music, the Iraqi singer and guitarist Ilham Al Madfai. The project culminates in a BBC Promenade concert on 9th August at 2200. The scheme has represented a broad range of Khyam's musical projects on World Routes as well as developing various outreach and educational projects in the UK. Details of the 2011 scheme - its geographical focus and those taking part - will be announced in the Autumn. A World Routes Academy special recorded on-location in Syria and Jordan. | ||
| Ilham Al Madfai, Khyam Allami | 20100807 | As part of the World Routes Academy, Lucy Duran travels to the Middle East with the Iraqi musician Ilham Al Madfai and the scheme's protege Khyam Allami. They meet and record with local musicians in Damascus where Khyam was born but has not been since he was nine. Plus, travelling overland to Jordan, there's a session with some of that country's best musicians recorded in an organic vineyard on the Syrian border. Producer James Parkin BBC Radio 3's World Routes Academy scholarship is a new scheme which aims to support and inspire young world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally-renowned figure in the same field. This year, Khyam Allami will be collaborating with, and learning from, one of the biggest stars of Middle Eastern music, the Iraqi singer and guitarist Ilham Al Madfai. The project culminates in a BBC Promenade concert on 9th August at 2200. The scheme has represented a broad range of Khyam's musical projects on World Routes as well as developing various outreach and educational projects in the UK. Details of the 2011 scheme - its geographical focus and those taking part - will be announced in the Autumn. A World Routes Academy special recorded on-location in Syria and Jordan. | ||
| Boban And Markovic Orchestra | 20100814 | In the weekend that the infamous Serbian trumpet festival Guca celebrates its 50th anniversary, Lucy Duran is joined by the Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra for an explosive session of Serbian Gypsy Brass music. The Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra are one of the most highly decorated Serbian brass bands, and 22 year old band leader and trumpeter Marko Markovic tells Lucy about his musical family, and why you have to be Roma to play this music. Garth Cartwright, author of Balkan music travelogue "Princes Amongst Men" joins writer Nigel Williamson to review a crop of recent World Music CDs, featuring music from Sephardic Spain, across the Balkans, and the vibrant UK Balkan party scene. Lucy Duran with session from gypsy brass band the Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra. | ||
| Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Benin, Mali | 20100911 | Fifty years after sixteen countries in Africa became independent, Lucy Duran and the French journalist Florent Mazzoleni play more rare tracks from that period. Music was to play a central role in the search for new identity, and in the 60s and 70s some of the continent's greatest dance music was created. Today's programme celebrates countries that became independent in the second half of 1960 including Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Benin and Mali. Producer James Parkin. Based in Bordeaux, the French writer and photographer Florent Mazzoleni has travelled all over Africa collecting music, and in particular, documentating the soundtrack of the golden era of Atlantic African music. He's written fifteen books, most notably "Epic of African music: Rhythms of Atlantic Africa" and "Salif Keita, Voice of the Mandingo". His latest book, "Motown: Soul and glamour" will be translated into English this autumn. The programme includes tracks from Florent's collection many of which have not been re-released since their limited pressing in the 60s and 70s - let alone played on British radio. And these are tracks that reflect a unique period in African history: a period of liberation and short-lived optimism. Lucy Duran with rare vintage music from African countries that became independent in 1960. |