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World Music Archive

Explore more than a decade of Radio 3 on-location recordings from 2000 to the present in our World Music archive, recording the life and musical traditions of countries ranging from Brazil to North Korea and Cuba to Turkmenistan.

Browse the World Music Archive Collection, or use the A to Z list below to find programmes from a particular country.

A

Albania (2011)

Algeria (2006)

Appalachia - USA (2009)

Australia (2014)

Azerbaijan (2013)

Fidan Hajiyeva and her teacher Gochaq Askarov pt 1

Azerbaijan (2008)

B

Bangladesh (2014)

Barbados (2014)

Belize (2002)

Bolivia (2013)

Botswana (2014)

Brazil (2008)

Brazil (2012)

British Isles

C

Cameroon (2004)

Canada (2011)

Canada (2014)

Cape Verde (2009)

China: Silk and Bamboo (2000)

China: Ethnic Music (2008)

Colombia (2012)

Corsica & Sardinia (2005)

Cuba (2007)

Cyprus (2014)

D

Dominica (2014)

E

Egypt (2013)

Equatorial Guinea (2013)

Ethiopia (2003)

F

(2006)

G

Georgia (2007)

Ghana (2007)

Greece (2004)

Guinea-Bissau (2003)

H

Haiti (2000)

I

India & Pakistan: Songs of the Sufi Mystics (2000)

North India (2003)

India: Music for Lord Krishna (2005)

India: The Golden Temple (2007)

India (2014)

South India (2011)

Indonesia (2003)

Iran: Kershaw in Iran (2004)

Iran (2001)

Iraq: Kershaw in Iraq (2001)

Israel (2004)

Israel (2008)

Israel (2012)

J

Jamaica (2014)

Japan (2006)

Jordan: Amman (2007)

Jordan (2007)

K

Kenya (2012)

Kenya (2014)

L

None

M

Madagascar (2012)

Madagascar (2009)

Malawi (2014)

Malaysia (2013)

Malaysia (2014)

Mali (2012)

Mali (1989: Radio 1)

Mali: Ali Farka Toure (2006)

Mali: Bambara Blues (2007)

Mali: Festival in the Desert (2003)

Mali: Festival on the Niger (2006)

Mali: Oumou Sangare (2005)

Malta (2014)

Mauritania (2006)

Mexico (2002)

Mozambique (2005)

Music Planet (2011)

N

Namibia (2014)

Nepal (2012)

New Zealand (2014)

North Korea (2003)

O

None

P

Pakistan (2000)

Panama (2002)

Paraguay

Peru (2006)

Poland (2008)

Q

None

R

Romania (2004)

Russia (2011)

Rwanda (2014)

S

Seychelles (2014)

Singapore (2014)

Solomon Islands (2014)

South Africa (1995: Radio 1)

South Africa (2014)

South Sudan (2011)

Sri Lanka (2011)

Sri Lanka (2014)

Syria (2005)

T

Tonga (2014)

Trinidad and Tobago (2014)

Turkey: Istanbul (2009)

Turkmenistan (2005)

U

Uganda (2007)

Uganda (2014)

V

Venezuela (2004)

Vietnam (2002)

W

None

X

None

Y

None

Z

Zambia (2014)

Zanzibar (2005)

Zimbabwe (1988: Radio 1)

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