World Music Archive
This collection features highlights from our trips across the globe, from traditional music that is almost never heard to stars of the future on the other side of the planet.
A mahfil Sufi gathering in Karachi—World Routes, Songs of the Sufi Mystics
2/2. Jameela Siddiqi presents the second of these award winning programmes.
Ilham Al-Madfai—World Routes, Andy Kershaw in Iraq
2/2. Andy Kershaw meets one of Iraq's top performers, Ilham Al-Madfai.
Iranian classical music - Kayhan Kahor—World Routes, Simon Broughton in Iran
1/2. Spike fiddle player Kayhan Kalhor leads an ensemble in classic Persian music.
Khorosan to Kurdistan—World Routes, Simon Broughton in Iran
2/2. Simon Broughton travels across Iran meeting leading musicians from rural areas.
Son Jarocho and the Malinto choir—World Routes, Belize and Mexico
2/2. Lucy Duran visits Mexico's Veracruz state and Guanajuato state.
Tamborito drumming and Yin Carrizo—World Routes, Panama
1/2. Lucy Duran discovers Tamborito drumming, Musica Tipica and “Decima” music in Panama.
Kuna Indians, Lord Panama and Cumbia—World Routes, Panama
2/2. Music of the Kuna Indians, Calypso and Independence Day celebrations.
Iraq's classical and gypsy music traditions—World Routes, Andy Kershaw in Iraq
1/2. Andy Kershaw explores Iraq and its music.
Tran Quang Hai in Hanoi—World Routes, Vietnam
1/2. Lucy Duran is joined by Tran Quang Hai, returning home after 41 years in exile.
Shanghai tea-houses—World Routes, Silk and Bamboo
1/4. Traditional silk and bamboo ensembles perform in the old Shanghai tea-houses.
Tran Quang Hai in Saigon—World Routes, Vietnam
2/2. Lucy and her guides visit Saigon, the first time they have been back for 41 years.
Chinese opera in Beijing—World Routes, Silk and Bamboo
2/4. Lucy Duran visits a Beijing park to hear Chinese opera.
The Misra brothers perform Vedic chant—World Routes, North India
1/3. Lucy Duran and Viram Jasani meet the Misra brothers on the River Ganges.
Buddhist harvest celebrations—World Routes, Silk and Bamboo
3/4. Music forbidden since the start of the Cultural Revolution.
Rikhi Ram and sons, Nizami brothers—World Routes, North India
2/3. Hand crafted sitars, authentic Qawali and the singing boys of the Rajasthan desert.
Rajasthan, Bombay and Trilok Gurtu—World Routes, North India
3/3. Concluding the musical tour of North India with the music of Rajasthan and Bombay.
The Uighur people of Xinjiang.—World Routes, Silk and Bamboo
4/4. The desert region of Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Route.
Andy Kershaw in Haiti—World Routes, Haiti
1/2. Andy visits Haiti during the turbulence of the Presidential elections.
Andy Kershaw in Haiti.—World Routes, Haiti
2/2. Dancing in the Streets. Andy meets leading musicians from the Papa Doc era.
The Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi—World Routes, Songs of the Sufi Mystics
1/2. Jameela Siddiqi attends the all-night festival at the cradle of Sufi music.
Andy Palacio and the Garifuna—World Routes, Belize and Mexico
1/2. The music of the Garifuna, which forms an integral part of their unique culture.
Balanta men—World Routes, Guinea-Bissau
1/2. A two-part feature from this small, forgotten and isolated West African country.
Manecas Costa and the gumbe rhythm—World Routes, Guinea-Bissau
2/2. The story of Manecas Costa, whose album was the first recorded in Guinea-Bissau.
Java, Jakarta to Solo—World Routes, Gamelan Journeys
1/2. The first of two programmes exploring the Indonesian gamelan.
