Lopa Kothari with Dur-Dur Band (Somalia)
Lopa Kothari with a studio session from Somalia's Dur-Dur Band, a Mixtape from Jamaican singer Winston McAnuff and a Road Trip to Mexico with Betto Arcos.
Lopa Kothari presents a special session from Somalia's Dur-Dur Band ahead of their rare live performance in London tomorrow celebrating the re-issue of their first two albums on the Analog Africa label. Formed in Mogadishu in the 1980s Dur-Dur Band mix traditional Somalian music with funk, soul, disco and New Wave. Also featured tonight is a Road Trip to Veracruz in Mexico with music journalist Betto Arcos, a Mixtape from Jamaican singer Winston McAnuff, and music from our Classic Artist tonight, Hungarian cimbalon player Kalman Balogh. Plus a round-of new releases including tracks by Anthony Joseph, Lokkhi Terra and Dele Sosimi, Animanz and Mountain Man.
Listen to the world - Music Planet, Radio 3's new world music show presented by Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell, brings us the best roots-based music from across the globe - with live sessions from the biggest international names and the freshest emerging talent; classic tracks and new release, and every week a bespoke Road Trip from a different corner of the globe, taking us to the heart of its music and culture. Plus special guest Mixtapes and gems from the 大象传媒 archives. Whether it's traditional Indian ragas, Malian funk, UK folk or Cuban jazz, you'll hear it on Music Planet.
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Electric Dread - Winston McAnuff on the tunes that shaped him
Duration: 03:05
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Retro Afro-Funk-Disco-Soul from Dur Dur Band
Duration: 05:31
Music Played
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Dur鈥怐ur Band
Yabaal (Studio Session)
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Thabang Tabane
Father & Mother
- Matjale.
- Mushroom Hour Half Hour.
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Slow Moving Clouds
First Breath
- Starfall.
- slowmovingclouds.bandcamp.com.
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Ca帽a Dulce y Ca帽a Brava
El Siquisiri (Road Trip)
- Sones Jarochos.
- The Orchard Music.
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Son de Madera
La Iguana (Road Trip)
- Caribe Mar Sincopado.
- Fonarte Latino.
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El Grupo Mono Blanco
La Moreno (Road Trip)
- Soneros Jarochos.
- Arhoolie.
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Quetzal
La bamba (Road Trip)
- The Eternal Getdown.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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Chejere
Cocuyo (Road Trip)
- Ojos de Luna.
- Fonarte Latino.
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Soothsayers
Good Vibration
- Tradition.
- Wah Wah 45s.
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Anthony Joseph
On the Move
- On the Move.
- Heavenly Sweetness.
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Dur鈥怐ur Band
Antar (Studio Session)
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Dur鈥怐ur Band
Jaajumoow Jees (Studio Session)
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K谩lm谩n Balogh
Keseredes Kave (Bittersweet Coffee) (Classic Artist)
- Rough Guide to Hungary.
- World Music Network.
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Fara
Simple Dirt/The Fighter
- Times from Times Fall.
- Fara Music.
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Lokki Terra Meets Dele Sosimi
Cubafrobeat
- Cubafrobeat.
- Funkiwala Records.
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Jos茅 Gonz谩lez
With the Ink of a Ghost
- Vestiges and Claws.
- Mute Records.
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Bobby Womack
Harry Hippie (Mixtape)
- Understanding.
- United Artists Records.
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Phyllis Dillon
One Life To Live (Mixtape)
- One Life To Live.
- Treasure Isle.
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Bob Andy
The Games People Play (Mixtape)
- Fire Burning.
- Trojan Records.
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Bobby 鈥淏lue鈥� Bland
Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (Heritage Track)
- Dreamer.
- ABC/Dunhill Records.
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Dur鈥怐ur Band
Diinleeya (Studio Session)
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Animanz & Juanita Euka
Exotic Other
- Exotic Other.
- Tru Thoughts.
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Mountain Man
Rang Tang Ring Toon
- Magic Ship.
- Bella Union.
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Tormis Quartet
Kas on Minia Meelt Mooda
- Tormisele (Hommage to Veljo Tormis).
- Nordic Notes.
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Ssing Ssing
Cheong Chun Ga (Song of Youth)
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- Fri 14 Sep 2018 23:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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