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New Year New Music with Lopa Kothari

New Year New Music: Lopa Kothari introduces performances recorded at WOMEX 2015 by bands with a new take on older traditions. A-Wa blend dance grooves with Yemenite folk singing, while Pat Thomas takes a fresh look at Ghanaian Highlife.

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New Year's Day 201623:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa

    Leeec

    • Festival of the Sun.
    • Jaro.

  • Bwazan

    An Ka Foli Ke

    • Lost In Mali.
    • Lost In Mali.

  • AWA

    Ya Shaifia

    • Womex 2015.

  • AWA

    Yom Elahad

    • Womex 2015.

  • AWA

    Sharnak

    • Womex 2015.

  • AWA

    Habib Galbi

    • Womex 2015.

  • AWA

    Ya Rait Man

    • Womex 2015.

  • The Kora Band

    Specialists in Some Styles

    • New Cities.
    • Whirlwind.

  • The Barberettes

    Bommaji

    • The Barbarettes Vol. 1.
    • Mirrorball Music.

  • Hindi Zahra

    Silence

    • Homeland.
    • Oursoul Records.

  • Daymé Arocena

    Cry me a River

    • The Havana Cultura Sessions EP.
    • Brownswood Recordings ‎.

  • Elza Soares & Pixinguinha All Stars

    Mundo Melhor

    • Pixinguinha no Cinema.
    • Crioula Records.

  • Carlos Gardel

    La Cumparsita

    • Rough Guide to Carlos Gardel.
    • World Music Network.

  • Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

    Ene nyame a mensuro / Odoo be ba

    • Womex 2015.

  • Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

    Gye wani

    • Womex 2015.

  • Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

    Gyalsv

    • Womex 2015.

  • Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

    Coming Home

    • Womex 2015.

  • Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

    Yamona

    • Womex 2015.

  • Muzička

    Ej, Pidu Ja Do Ľisa

    • Muzicka.
    • Muzicka.

  • The Barberettes

    Kukerichoo

    • The Barbarettes Vol.1.
    • Mirrorball Music.

  • Hindi Zahra

    Dream

    • Homeland.
    • Oursoul Records.

  • Broken Back

    Happiest Man on Earth

    • Happiest Man on Earth.
    • Broken Back.

  • The Wainwright Sisters

    All the Pretty little Horses

    • Songs In The Dark.
    • MapleMusic Recordings/ Fontana North.

  • Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa

    Wianuszkowy

    • Festival of the Sun.
    • Jaro.

Broadcast

  • New Year's Day 201623:00
    BBC Radio 3

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