Best of 2025
Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell get together for a special roundtable show celebrating their favourite releases and sessions of the year.
As the year draws to a close, Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell get together for a special roundtable show celebrating their favourite releases and sessions of the year, including exclusive tracks from Trio Da Kali and Rita Payés and a standout live moment from young flamenco star Angeles Toledano.
Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
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Mbaqanga Guitar Trio
Come Again?
- Zulu Guitar Blues.
- Matsuli Music.
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Áššu, Hildegunn Øiseth, Kenneth Ekornes, Olav Torget & Ulla Pirttijärvi
Luoddaearru / Crossroads
- Luohteniegut.
- Nordic Notes.
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Eben
Dañs Ar Bleiz
- Dinaskañ.
- Arfolk.
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Benito Bernal
Nocturna Manzana
Composer: Federico García Lorca. Composer: Ángeles Toledano. Performer: Ángeles Toledano. Performer: Benito Bernal.- Live at Sadler’s Wells for the London Flamenco Festival.
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Max Weissenfeldt
Fo Yelle
Composer: Florence Adooni. Performer: Florence Adooni.- Live at Maida Vale for Gilles Peterson.
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Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté
Wara
Composer: Lassana Diabaté. Composer: Mamadou Kouyaté. Performer: Trio Da Kali.- Live in session.
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Kasia Kapela
Czarna Rzeka
Composer: Giridhar Udupa. Performer: Giridhar Udupa. Performer: Kasia Kapela.- Global Encounter: Giridhar Udupa and Kasia Kapela.
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Rita Payés
El Cervatillo
Performer: Rita Payés.- Music Planet session.
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Gwenifer Raymond
Bliws Afon Tâf
- Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark.
- We Are Busy Bodies.
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Orchestra Baobab
Sey
- Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng.
- World Circuit.
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Kaito Winse
Waabo
- Reele Bumbou.
- Rebel Up Records.
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Hekla Stålstrenga
Til Dagsorden
- Heimført.
- ta:lik.
Broadcast
- Sat 27 Dec 202521:30BBC Radio 3
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