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01/01/2011

To commemorate World Braille Day (4th January) Mark Coles will be playing a selection of fantastic music by blind and partially sighted musicians, past and present, from around the globe.

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Mon 3 Jan 201103:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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Music Played

  • Amadou & Mariam

    Taxi Bamako

    • Dimanche a Bamako.
    • Because.
    • BEC5772000.

  • Master Kung Nai

    Krusa Mouy Sobbay Neng Tuk

    • Songs for Cycles of Cambodian Life.
    • Three Sixty Records.
    • n/a.

  • Hassan Erraji

    Awal Mara

    • Awal Mara.
    • World Village.
    • WV450007.

  • Blind Willie Johnson

    John the Revelator

    • Sweeter As the Years Go By.
    • Yazoo.
    • YAZOO 1078.

  • Reinette l'oranaise

    Fenit Ouachma Essabern

    • Tresors de la Chanson Judes-Arabe.
    • Buda Musique.
    • n/a.

  • Blind Musicians of Cusco

    Orgullosa Compapatanita (Proud Girl From Compapata

    • Blind Musicians of Cusco: Peruvian Harp.
    • Music of the World.
    • n/a.

Broadcasts

  • New Year's Day 201123:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Mon 3 Jan 201103:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online