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Nuba Nour in Session, Commonwealth Connections 11

Lopa Kothari presents new music from around the world, Nubian singers Nuba Nour in session and Part 11 of Commonwealth Connections, which features music from Cyprus and Ghana.

Lopa Kothari with new tracks from across the globe, Commonwealth Connections from Cyprus and Ghana, and Nuba Nour in session

MUSIC FEATURE: CYPRUS
The story of Cyprus's tumultuous past is told through its archaeological treasures, its dusty streets, its food and music. Michalis Tterlikkas was born and lived in the rural village of Kapouti in northern Cyprus until the 1974 Turkish invasion. As a child, he was steeped in the folklore and music of Cyprus and shares with us this lifelong passion for traditional song. Meanwhile, the next generation of musicians is picking up the traditional baton, and a new vigour is brought to the music of Cyprus by the trio 'Monsieur Doumani', who perform on a Nicosia rooftop, overlooking the old city and the green line that divides a nation.

HERITAGE TRACK:GHANA
Ghana has made quite an impact on the world music scene over the years, not least with Highlife music, perhaps the best known genre to emerge from this west African country - and the Anglo-Ghanaian band Orchestra Jazira delighted audiences here in the UK in the eighties. But for weightlifter Alberta Ampomah, who represented Ghana in the London Olympics and at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and is currently training as a police officer in Accra, the times have clearly moved on.
Song "Life" by R2Bees

STUDIO SESSION: NUBA NOUR
Cairo-based Nubian singers and master frame drummers Nuba Nour perform traditional Nubian music and modern folk songs that express the hardship of the exiled Nubian people after the loss of their Aswan homeland in the 1960s. They perform a song from their debut double A side 7" single, Dessy Lemon to be released on Record Store Day 2014 (19th April 2014).

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Fri 18 Apr 2014 23:00
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Music Played

  • Alejandro Almenares

    El Son de Vincentico

    Performer: Alejandro Almenares.
    • Casa de Trova Cuba 50s.
    • Tumi.

  • Karim Baggili

    Kalimaat ft, Samia Sabri

    Performer: Karim Baggili.
    • Kali City.
    • Home Records.

  • Boulpik

    Alakanpay

    Performer: Boulpik.
    • Konpa Lakay.
    • Lusafrica.

  • Costas Karpasitis, Panayiotis Nikolaides and Nikos Souroullas

    Mandra instrumental

    Performer: Costas Karpasitis, Panayiotis Nikolaides and Nikos Souroullas.

  • Della Mae

    Hounds

    Performer: Della Mae.
    • This World oft can Be.
    • Rounder.

  • Easy Kababka Brown

    Onbumi

    Performer: Easy Kababka Brown.
    • Opotopo.
    • Soundway.

  • Elephant Revival

    Remembering the Beginning

    Performer: Elephant Revival.
    • These Changing Skies.
    • Itz Evolving Records.

  • Fanfara Complexa

    Ciceles

    Performer: Fanfara Complexa.
    • Hungarian Heart Beats vol.5.
    • HANGVETO.

  • Fanfara Complexa

    Gyors

    Performer: Fanfara Complexa.
    • Hungarian Heart Beats vol.5.
    • HANGVETO.

  • Sonido Gallo Negro

    Serenata Guajira

    Performer: Sonido Gallo Negro.
    • Sendero Mistico.
    • Sonido Gallo Negro.

  • Hugo Linns

    Josephine

    Performer: Hugo Linns.
    • Vermelhas Nuvens.
    • Independente.

  • Anne Janelle

    Black is the Colour

    Performer: Anne Janelle.
    • So Long at the Fair.
    • Anne Janelle.

  • Daniel Melingo

    La Cancion del Linyera

    Performer: Daniel Melingo.
    • Linyera.
    • World Village.

  • Michalis Tterlikkas

    Kalos irtan oi xenoi mas (A welcome to our guests)

    Performer: Michalis Tterlikkas.

  • Michalis Tterlikkas

    Isa Foni (Tune Ishia)

    Performer: Michalis Tterlikkas.

  • Monsieur Doumani

    Cypriot Sousta

    Performer: Monsieur Doumani.

  • Monsieur Doumani

    Out Of Touch Guy

    Performer: Monsieur Doumani.

  • Monsieur Doumani

    Dark Beauty From Morfou

    Performer: Monsieur Doumani.

  • Soema Montenegro

    El Camalote

    Performer: Soema Montenegro.
    • Passionaria.
    • Western Vinyl.

  • Nuba Nour

    Dessy Lemon

    Performer: Nuba Nour.

  • Nuba Nour

    Lil Baladina

    Performer: Nuba Nour.

  • Nuba Nour

    Ya Nas

    Performer: Nuba Nour.

  • Nuba Nour

    Anne Leah Aun Atshera

    Performer: Nuba Nour.

  • Nyandoro and the Black Souls

    Leka Uboka (Stop being stubborn) by Nyandoro and the Black Souls

    Performer: Nyandoro and the Black Souls.

  • Orquestra Imperial

    Cairn a Folia

    Performer: Orquestra Imperial.
    • Fazendo as Pazes com o Swing.
    • Mais Um Discos.

  • Panayiotis Nikolaides

    Solo Laouto Improvisation on a theme of 'The Fountain Of Peyiotisses'

    Performer: Panayiotis Nikolaides.

  • R2Bees

    Life by R2Bees

    Performer: R2Bees.
    • Revolution II.
    • R2Bees Entertainment.

  • Romengo

    Rozi

    Performer: Romengo.
    • Nagyecsed 鈥� Budapest.
    • Gryllus.

  • Ros Seresyothea

    A Go Go

    Performer: Ros Seresyothea.
    • Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia.
    • World Music Network.

  • Sierra Leone鈥檚 Refugee All Stars

    Rich but Poor

    Performer: Sierra Leone鈥檚 Refugee All Stars.
    • Libation.
    • Cumbancha.

  • Thievery Corporation

    Decollage ft. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani

    Performer: Thievery Corporation.
    • Saudade.
    • ESL Music.

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    大象传媒 Radio 3

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