Music Planet: Road Trip

Indigenous Voices of the Americas 21.10.2024 15:17 ↓

Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC

Flamenco 21.09.2024 15:34 ↓

Betto Arcos is in Madrid, Spain exploring the rich and diverse world of Flamenco.

Yiddish Tango 01.08.2024 21:28 ↓

Polish singer Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk is our guide to the lost world of pre-WW2 Yiddish Tango. She explores its origins as it arrived from Argentina in the 1920s, to its then beating heart in Warsaw - and the many famous Jewish composers, who perished during the Holocaust. And we hear how Olga and others have been working to revive the music over the last 20 years and more.

New Orleans 08.07.2024 13:53 ↓

Betto Arcos takes us to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for a celebration of cajun and zydeco music

India: Goa 01.06.2024 9:57 ↓

Sigmund de Souza is our guide to the Portuguese-influenced mando tradition of Goa

Peru 18.05.2024 18:54 ↓

Betto Arcos on the playing styles and instruments of Lima's Afro-Peruvian tradition

Argentina: Cosquín Festival 17.02.2024 15:16 ↓

Betto Arcos reports from the Cosquín Folk Festival in Argentina

Finland:Sámi yoiking 13.01.2024 13:58 ↓

Sebastian Bergholm takes us to the far north exploring the rich tradition of Sámi yoiking

Colombia: Petronio Alvarez Festival 30.09.2023 15:11 ↓

Betto Arcos reports from Cali's Petronio Alvarez Festival (of Afro-Colombian music)

Ansonia Records 25.08.2023 14:50 ↓

Betto Arcos is our guide to the classic American Latin label Ansonia Records

Brazil: Choro 28.06.2023 15:02 ↓

Brazilian guitarist Fabricio Mattos is our guide to the country's Choro music

Syria 23.06.2023 12:01 ↓

Damascus-born qanun player Maya Youssef takes us on a journey around the music of Syria

Sri Lanka 19.06.2023 15:14 ↓

Colombo-based percussionist Sumudi Suraweera is our guide to the music of Sri Lanka

India: Bengal 09.03.2023 12:06 ↓

Dipannita Acharya takes us on a journey through the music of the Bauls

Mexico - US: Fandango Fronterizo 05.11.2022 14:51 ↓

Every year since 2008, musicians, singers and dancers gather on both sides of the fence of the US-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana. They get together to celebrate life, unity and brotherhood through the music and dance of Son Jarocho, a traditional music style from Veracruz. Betto Arcos reports from last month's event for our latest Road Trip.

Colombia: Festival Internacional de Cuerdas Pulsadas 29.09.2022 15:35 ↓

Betto Arcos takes us on a sonic tour of Colombia's Festival Internacional de Cuerdas Pulsadas

Mexico: Son Para Milo 26.07.2022 15:04 ↓

Betto Arcos reports from the Son Para Milo Festival in Mexico City, with a special focus on Son Huasteco, a traditional style from the north eastern part of the country.

Barbados 04.03.2022 10:55 ↓

From Calypso to Ska - DJ Alex Jordan explores the glorious music of Barbados, with music from Eddie Grant and interviews from Barbadian musicians Nikita Brown and the Mighty Gabby

China: Hubei 10.02.2022 13:19 ↓

Musicologist Mu Qian takes us on a Road Trip to Hubei province in central China

China: Sichuan and Yunnan 13.01.2022 14:53 ↓

Yijia Tu is our guide to the music of the Yi People of China (in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces)

Venezuela and Colombia: Cuatro 27.12.2021 15:07 ↓

Betto Arcos takes us to Venezuela and Colombia with a focus on the cuatro instrument

Brazil's Carimbó Music 12.10.2021 17:08 ↓

Guitarist Fabricio Mattos takes us on a journey through the Carimbó music of Brazil.

Colombia: Andes 12.06.2021 18:23 ↓

Betto Arcos takes us on a journey through the music of the Colombian Andes

Colombia: Vallenato 01.05.2021 15:10 ↓

Betto Arcos reports from Valledupar, home to Vallenato, a folk style popularised in the 1990s by Carlos Vives and celebrated in the city's annual Vallenato Legend Festival.

Argentina 06.03.2021 15:03 ↓

Betto Arcos celebrates the rich and diverse folk music scene in Argentina with a focus on female artists from Mercedes Sosa and Teresa Parodi to Nadia Larcher and La Charo