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Mary Ann Kennedy - Seckou Keita in Session, Songlines Poll Results

Mary Ann Kennedy presents new music from around the world and a live session with Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita. Plus news of the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2015.

Mary Ann Kennedy with new music from across the globe, and a live session with Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita. Plus news of the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2015.

In a country where lineage is important, Seckou Keita had a head start: his father is from the Keita royal line, and his mother was a Cissokho, a clan associated with musicians. He has been a champion of the kora music of the Casamance region of southern Senegal, but he plays styles from throughout the country, embracing the four different traditional kora tunings - for this session he will be playing on four koras. His solo album '22 Strings' is released this month.

Simon Broughton of Songlines magazine will be announcing their 2015 award winners, covering their four categories of Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer.

Plus the latest from 大象传媒 Introducing, and another dip into the Radio 3 World Music Archive.

World on 3 sessions are available for download as a podcast via the home page.

2 hours

Last on

Fri 1 May 2015 23:00

Music Played

  • Peatbog Faeries

    Is This Your Son?

    • Blackhouse.
    • Peatbog Records.
    • 001.
  • Canzoniere Salentino Grecanico

    Tieneme Tata

    • Quaranta.
    • Ponderosa Music & Art.
    • 001.
  • Ahmed Mukhtar

    Sama鈥檃i Hijaz

    • Babylonian Fingers.
    • ARC Music.
    • 3.
  • Malinky

    The bonnie hoose o airlie

    • Far Better Days.
    • Malinky Music/Cadiz.
    • 7.
  • Jackie Oates

    Hail Hail! The First of May

    • The Spyglass and the Herringbone.
    • ECC Records.
    • 5.
  • Seckou Keita

    Tatono

  • Seckou Keita

    The Invisible Man

  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    I'm Running (Songlines Awards)

    • Ibibio Sounds Machine.
    • Soundway.
    • 2.
  • Kronos Quartet

    Luu Thuy Truong (Songlines Awards)

    • A Thousand Thoughts.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Toumani & Sidiki Diabat茅

    Rachid Ouiguine (Songlines Awards)

    • Toumani and Sidiki.
    • World Circuit.
    • 3.
  • Tony Allen

    Boat Journey (Songlines Awards)

    • Film of Life.
    • Jazz Village.
    • 2.
  • Sory Kandia Kouyat茅

    Souaressi (Heritage Track)

    • La Voix de la Revolution.
    • Stern's Africa.
    • 8.
  • Seckou Keita

    Ndoke (Little Bro)

  • Seckou Keita

    If Only I Knew

  • Tinariwen

    Tiwayyen

    • Inside/Outside - Joshua Tree Acoustic Sessions.
    • Anti/Epitaph.
    • 001.
  • Samba Sene and Diwan

    Camille (大象传媒 Introducing)

  • Namvula

    Nsalamo

    • Shiweza.
    • Namvula.
    • 004.
  • Bharat Nepali

    Sorathi (World Music Archive)

    Performer: Rubin Kumar Shrestha. Performer: Meghraj Lungeli. Performer: Bharat Nepali. Performer: Bharat Budhathoki.
    • World Routes in Bhaktapur, Nepal 2012.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.

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