WorldBeat 27th September 2026
Garry filling in for Rick. Featuring The album Sümbül by Turkish-Danish singer Hilal Kaya. Also new music from Acid Arab, a singer from Kenya Kasiva Mutua, Hungarian group Rézeleje Fanfárosok and songs from the lastest Songlines magazine covermount compilation Issue #222 which has just come out. Plus more from all the most exciting recent world music releases.
Garry filling in for Rick. Featuring The album Sümbül by Turkish-Danish singer Hilal Kaya. Also new music from Acid Arab, a singer from Kenya Kasiva Mutua, Hungarian group Rézeleje Fanfárosok and songs from the lastest Songlines magazine covermount compilation Issue #222 which has just come out. Plus more from all the most exciting recent world music releases.
Turkish-Danish singer from her debut album
The performing ensemble of Mali's Institut National des Arts (INA) in Bamako collaborating with students, alumni, and faculty of the Department of Music at Jackson State University The two sides met over video across the ocean. From the Songlines Issue #222 compilation
From the Songlines Issue #222 compilation
French-Arab electronic DJ duo
Budapest-based brass band, whose name translates as 'Release the pumps'
New track from Ukranian electro-folk band
Kenyan percussionist
Compilation of 70's rare jazz, calypso and percussive gems from Trinidad and Tobago
Asagaya is a multi instrumentalist musician and songwriter from France, here collaborating with the Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol
French 4-piece vocal group
Mexican 'marimba-punk' group. From Songlines compilation for Issue #222
Performing @ Brisbane Jazz Club Thursday 1st October.
Armenian group
Group from Finland with 3 violins and a guitar
6-piece female vocal ensemble based in Bratislava, Slovakia
Ghanian singer's journey to Belgium accompanied by Kaito Winse's puel flute and sitar
Bamako-based Tuareg band Amanar de Kidal.
Turkish-Danish singer. Rooted in Turkish folk music, the album Sumbul blends elements of rock, jazz and psychedelia while reimagining traditional Anatolian sounds through a modern and free-spirited musical approach.