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in Cuba

Changai and Decimas Music

Lucy Duran is in Guantanamo, famous for changui music, and colonial gem Trinidad de Cuba.

• 60 mins

in Cuba

Matanzas, birthplace of rumba and danzon

Lucy Duran is in Matanzas, rumba and danzon's home. With the Buena Vista Social Club story

• 60 mins

Songs of the Sufi Mystics

A mahfil Sufi gathering in Karachi

2/2. Jameela Siddiqi presents the second of these award winning programmes.

• 45 mins

Songs of the Sufi Mystics

The Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi

1/2. Jameela Siddiqi attends the all-night festival at the cradle of Sufi music.

• 45 mins

Gypsy musicians of Transylvania

Lucy Duran meets musicians keeping alive the rural traditions of Transylvania.

• 60 mins

Music from the Sufi Shrines of Pakistan

The shrine of Pakpattan and a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died ten years ago.

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Music from the Golden Temple of Amritsar

Jameela Siddiqi profiles the temple and its music, and talks to some of the performers.

• 60 mins

Silk and Bamboo

Shanghai tea-houses

1/4. Traditional silk and bamboo ensembles perform in the old Shanghai tea-houses.

• 45 mins

Silk and Bamboo

Chinese opera in Beijing

2/4. Lucy Duran visits a Beijing park to hear Chinese opera.

• 45 mins

Silk and Bamboo

Buddhist harvest celebrations

3/4. Music forbidden since the start of the Cultural Revolution.

• 45 mins

Silk and Bamboo

The Uighur people of Xinjiang.

4/4. The desert region of Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Route.

• 45 mins

World Routes in Cape Verde

Morna, batuque and Eugenio Tavares

Lucy Duran presents Cape Verdean music exploring slavery, emigration and longing for home.

• 60 mins

World Routes in Cape Verde

Cesaria Evora, Bau and Tito Paris

Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde's musical centre in Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente.

• 60 mins

Vietnam

Tran Quang Hai in Saigon

2/2. Lucy and her guides visit Saigon, the first time they have been back for 41 years.

• 60 mins

Vietnam

Tran Quang Hai in Hanoi

1/2. Lucy Duran is joined by Tran Quang Hai, returning home after 41 years in exile.

• 60 mins

Simon Broughton in Iran

Iranian classical music - Kayhan Kahor

1/2. Spike fiddle player Kayhan Kalhor leads an ensemble in classic Persian music.

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Simon Broughton in Iran

Khorosan to Kurdistan

2/2. Simon Broughton travels across Iran meeting leading musicians from rural areas.

• 60 mins

Andy Kershaw in Iraq

Ilham Al-Madfai

2/2. Andy Kershaw meets one of Iraq's top performers, Ilham Al-Madfai.

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Andy Kershaw in Iraq

Iraq's classical and gypsy music traditions

1/2. Andy Kershaw explores Iraq and its music.

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North India

Rajasthan, Bombay and Trilok Gurtu

3/3. Concluding the musical tour of North India with the music of Rajasthan and Bombay.

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North India

Rikhi Ram and sons, Nizami brothers

2/3. Hand crafted sitars, authentic Qawali and the singing boys of the Rajasthan desert.

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North India

The Misra brothers perform Vedic chant

1/3. Lucy Duran and Viram Jasani meet the Misra brothers on the River Ganges.

• 60 mins

Guinea-Bissau

Manecas Costa and the gumbe rhythm

2/2. The story of Manecas Costa, whose album was the first recorded in Guinea-Bissau.

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Guinea-Bissau

Balanta men

1/2. A two-part feature from this small, forgotten and isolated West African country.

• 60 mins

Mali - Oumou Sangare

The life and music of one of Africa's best loved divas: Oumou Sangare.

• 60 mins

Gamelan Journeys

Java, Jakarta to Solo

1/2. The first of two programmes exploring the Indonesian gamelan.

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Gamelan Journeys

Bali

2/2. The music of the beautiful island of Bali including shadow puppet theatre.

• 60 mins

Syria

Islamic sufi in Aleppo

2/2. Sam Farah explores the character of Syria through its rich musical heritage.

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Syria

Damascus

1/2. Samir Farah visits Syria's capital to explore the country's character through music.

• 60 mins

Israel

Mount Tabor and the Sea of Galilee

1/2. Including music from Noa, Palestinian rap group Dam and central bus station music.

• 60 mins