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Covid-19 and China’s changing club scene

How coronavirus is changing China’s underground electronic music scene

How coronavirus is changing the landscape of China’s underground electronic music scene. DJ and broadcaster Frank McWeeny speaks to leading DJs and promoters about the collaboration and creativity that is transforming China’s electronic music scene after lockdown.

Inside the political battle between the pop star and the President that’s dividing Uganda. Journalist Patience Akumu on the political contest between seventy-six year old incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, and the man called the Ghetto President, the thirty-eight year old musician and performer Bobi Wine.

The Venezuelan pop sensation Liana Malva on her new musical project Gotas, that she hopes can help promote environmental awareness and protect her nation’s natural beauty.

Plus has a film, a book or a piece of music ever changed the way you see the world? Radiohead guitarist and film composer Jonny Greenwood shares his love for the Polish composer, Krzysztof Penderecki.

Presented by Tina Daheley

(Photo credit: Tao Yun)

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  • Sat 12 Dec 202002:32GMT
  • Sat 12 Dec 202005:32GMT
  • Sat 12 Dec 202017:06GMT
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  • Mon 14 Dec 202010:06GMT

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