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World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world, featuring interviews with performers, live concerts, monthly CD reviews and special location reports

Radio 3,132 episodes

Episodes

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Highlights
Lucy Duran looks back over 13 years of the programme.
22 Sep 2013,60 mins
Rainforest World Music Festival 2013
Episode 2
From 2013's Rainforest World Music Festival: Chet Nuneta, Shangyin Chamber Music Orchestra
25 Aug 2013,60 mins
Rainforest World Music Festival 2013
Episode 1
Lopa Kothari is at the 2013 Rainforest World Music Festival. Including Rhythm in Bronze.
18 Aug 2013,60 mins
Shetland Folk Festival 2013
Episode 2
From the 2013 Shetland Folk Festival, performances by Kevin Henderson and Claire White.
16 Jun 2013,60 mins
Shetland Folk Festival 2013
British Music from the Shetland Folk Festival
From the 2013 Shetland Folk Festival: The Long Notes, Leon Hunt and Skerryvore.
09 Jun 2013,60 mins
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea Episode 2
Lucy Duran visits Equatorial Guinea to hear the music of Annobonese singer Desmali.
26 May 2013,60 mins
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea Episode 1
Lucy Duran visits Equatorial Guinea in central Africa to hear music of the Fang people.
19 May 2013,60 mins
The Baroque and Beyond
Episode 5
Lucy Duran visits Bolivia, listening to the panpipes of Lake Titicaca.
31 Mar 2013,60 mins
The Baroque and Beyond
Episode 4
Lucy Duran visits Bolivia, where she enjoys the famed Baroque music of Chiquitos.
24 Mar 2013,60 mins
The Baroque and Beyond
Episode 3
Lucy Duran visits Paraguay, introducing cowboy-musicians from the Misiones region.
17 Mar 2013,60 mins
The Baroque and Beyond
Episode 2
Lucy Duran meets one of the world's greatest classical guitarists, Berta Rojas.
10 Mar 2013,60 mins
The Baroque and Beyond
Paraguay
Lucy Duran explores Latin American Baroque in Paraguay, focusing on music for the harp.
03 Mar 2013,60 mins
The Nile Project in Aswan
Episode 2
Simon Broughton focuses on Nubian culture, still present in the Aswan basin.
17 Feb 2013,60 mins
The Nile Project in Aswan
Episode 1
Simon Broughton explores the connexion between the different lyres found along the Nile.
10 Feb 2013,60 mins
World Routes in Athens
Episode 2
Moshe Morad presents music from Lazarus Koulaxizis and Rembetiko star Mario.
23 Dec 2012,60 mins
World Routes in Athens
Episode 1
Moshe Morad visits Athens, presenting music from Manolis Karantinis and Glykeria.
16 Dec 2012,60 mins
Kenya
Lucy Duran is in Kenya to record the Massai singing about the dangers of cattle raiding.
21 Oct 2012,60 mins
Bhaktapur, Nepal
Lucy Duran listens to the traditional sounds of the ancient city of Bhaktapur in Nepal.
02 Sep 2012,60 mins
08/07/2012
Lucy Duran with music recorded in Bamako and the sound of young Mali.
08 Jul 2012,60 mins
Jerusalem Oud Festival 2011
Episode 2
Moshe Morad presents a performance given by oud player Taiseer Elias.
20 May 2012,60 mins
Jerusalem Oud Festival 2011
Episode 1
Moshe Morad with recordings made at the 2011 Jerusalem International Oud Festival.
25 Dec 2011,60 mins
Brazil - Abril Pro Rock Festival
Lucy Duran presents a World Routes residency at Brazil's Abril Pro Rock Festival.
13 May 2012,60 mins
Salvador da Bahia and the Source of Samba
Lucy Duran visits Bahia in Brazil to search for the source of samba.
22 Apr 2012,60 mins
World Routes in Albania
Northern Albanian and Kosovan Music
Lucy Duran travels to the north of Albania for a folk festival in Bajram Curri.
12 Feb 2012,60 mins
World Routes in Albania
Iso-Polyphony in Southern Albania
Lucy Duran explores the distinctive sound of iso-polyphony in Southern Albania.
06 Nov 2011,60 mins
World Routes in Albania
Albanian Urban Music
Lucy Duran visist Albania to record the urban music of this once-isolated country.
30 Oct 2011,60 mins
World Routes in Madagascar
Episode 5
Lucy Duran travels to Tulear and Anakao in Madagascar to hear traditional music.
22 Jan 2012,60 mins
World Routes in Madagascar
Episode 4
Lucy Duran visits the the musical capital of Madagascar, Fianarantsoa.
15 Jan 2012,60 mins
World Routes in Madagascar
Valiha and the music of the Spirit House
Lucy Duran presents Madagascan songs accompanying exhumation and reburial ceremonies.
16 Jan 2010,60 mins
World Routes in Madagascar
Hira Gasy and Court Music
Lucy Duran presents music from the 18th-century Malagasy royal court in Madagascar.
09 Jan 2010,60 mins