WorldBeat
Rick/Garry
Sunday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday1st June 2025
Newbies this week - ESKA Renown for her collaborations over the past 2 decades now embraces her own vision, with his debut - deeply influenced by the golden era of Iranian contemporary music from the 1960s & ’70s Sydney based Music in Exile recording artist on Rubab and vocals Ashkan Shafiel, a brand new release for Ghanaian veteran ‘King of Simigwa-Highlife’ Gyedu – Blay Ambolley & Sekondi Band, extra cuts from African Express – Bahidora, revisit AMMAR 808, Moskito and much more.
25 May, 2025
Garry filling in for Rick. Featuring the group Vesna from Czechia, with tracks from their most recent album Musica Slavica, as well as their new single, a collaboration with Latvian Eurovision representative Tautumeitas. Also playing Salin, a drummer from Thailand and her album Rammana, a solo release by the singer from the Wagakki Band Yuko Suzuhana, and an exciting group from Cuba, Andy Gola & the Cole Cole Orquestra. Plus the covermount CD from the latest edition of Songlines magazine Issue #208.
Band from the Congo
Collaboration between musicians from Ghana and South Africa
Latin Fusion ensemble based out of Montreal, Canada
Brazilian producer and composer
Percussionist from Thiland now based in Canada
French DJ celebrating gypsy Rom music with guest singers
From Songlines covermount CD for June edition #208
Collaboraton with Slovakian hip-hop artist Ego
Cuban singer
Celtic folk group from Austria performing a traditional Scottish song
Group from Cuba and Puerto Rico
Collaboration between Czech 2023 Eurovision representatives Vesna, and the Latvian 2025 Eurovision representatives Tautumeitas
French trio paying homage to the music of north and east Africa
Flamenco guitarist Yerai Cortes is the subject of a documentary film screening at the upcoming Spanish Film Festival
Cuban group founded in Havana in 1990, Andy Gola is in his 70's
Song from an upcoming Bollywood movie
Singer from the Solomon Islands