
Aidan O’Rourke’s Return Journey
Kathryn Tickell with the finest in roots-based music. Plus, Scottish fiddle player Aidan O’Rourke shares two tracks: one he met on his travels, and one that reminds him of home.
On St Andrew’s Day, Scottish fiddle player Aidan O’Rourke shares his two “Return Journey” tracks - one he met on his travels, and one that reminds him of home. Elsewhere in the show, Kathryn Tickell presents the finest in roots-based music from around including a new heart-warming song from Puerto Rican artist Esotérica Tropical about the relationship with her grandmother and a piece combining North African melodies and electronics from DIDON, a Tunisian-American duo featuring the voice of Meriem Ben Amor and the production of Carmen Rizzo.
Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
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Broadcast
- Sat 30 Nov 202421:30BBC Radio 3


