WorldBeat 20th September 2026
Garry filling in for Rick. Featuring the album Ayalal by French/Mongolian group Shubiao Quartet. New music from Massa Dembele (Burkina Faso), Iranian-Canadian outfit Niyaz returning after more than 10 years, Siberian group Otyken, Armenian duo Ladaniva and Italian duo Hiran Salsano & Marcello de Carolis. Something from the last Songlines magazine Issue #221, more from the recent world music releases Rick has been playing, and a track from local artist Guada Alvarez.
Garry filling in for Rick. Featuring the album Ayalal by French/Mongolian group Shubiao Quartet. New music from Massa Dembele (Burkina Faso), Iranian-Canadian outfit Niyaz returning after more than 10 years, Siberian group Otyken, Armenian duo Ladaniva and Italian duo Hiran Salsano & Marcello de Carolis. Something from the last Songlines magazine Issue #221, more from the recent world music releases Rick has been playing, and a track from local artist Guada Alvarez.
French Mongolian group formed when Shubiao arrived in France from Mongolia, and met Vincent Tournoud who had studied Mongolian music
Group from the island of Sardinia. From Songlines #221 September 2026 covermount CD
Group from the US playing Colombian cumbia. From Songlines covermount CD issue #221
Quebecois vocal group whose name translates as Young Man You Are Wasting Your Time. From Songlines covermount CD issue #221
The project began in the village of Toubab Dialaw in 2018, where two musicians Arouna Kane and Karl-Jonas Winquist first conceived of the idea. Over the subsequent years, the project evolved, with the two producers trading files back and forth over WhatsApp, incorporating their network of friends and colleagues into what would become a the Wau Wau Collectif, culminating in their first album “Yaral Sa Doom” (2021) and "Mariage” (2022). Their latest album, Teranga, is the third
Moussa Taflawiste, better known as Moussa T, is a gifted and genius-level guitar player, producer, and musician from Agadez, Niger.
Armenian party band
Local performer singing in Basque
Colombian duo based in the US
Colombian project of Ivan Medillin combining cumbia with electronics and accordion
French Mongolian group formed when Shubiao arrived in France from Mongolia, and met Vincent Tournoud who had studied Mongolian music
Iranian Canadian musical duo. The group was created in 2004, featuring vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Ali's husband, Loga Ramin Torkian, of the Iranian crossover group Axiom Of Choice. "Niyaz" means "yearning" in Persian.
Italian duo. “Hirundini” is a sonic journey that traverses time and space, moving through the deep grooves of Southern Italy’s oral traditions. The album gathers and transforms songs, rituals, and repertoires that connect Campania, Cilento, and Lucania, treating tradition not as a static, dusty archive, but as a living, pulsating, and ever-changing force.
Born on the island of Sardinia, has been based in Lecce, Rome and most recenty Berlin
Songwriter, griot, percussionist and master of the camel N'Goni, a West African harp. Nine years ago, he left Burkina Faso to find a new home in Germany
A 'jelimuso' (female griot) from Mali, singing in the Mandé tradition
Group from Peru with recently released compilation album
Veteran Brazilian singer and master of the cuica
French Mongolian group formed when Shubiao arrived in France from Mongolia, and met Vincent Tournoud who had studied Mongolian music
Seattle duo