Culture Caravan Radio

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Join host Julian Booker to hear a selection of music from around the globe that crosses cultures, genres and borders for a trip unlike any other on your radio dial. From acoustic roots, to contemporary electric sounds, Culture Caravan explores and celebrates what makes the people, places and, most of all, sounds of the world so unique, and in the process, makes it a little smaller for us all to enjoy! In addition to being the Sunday morning host of Sleepy Hollow at WXPN in Philadelphia, Julian's professional credits include his previous work as co-producer, writer, editor and audio engineer fo...

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Culture Caravan (2/23/25) 21.02.2025 59:00

Featuring guitar music from Odair and Sergio Assad., new music from San Francisco's Marinero, Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi & Boom. Diwan (feat. Arturo O'Farrill) + more!

Culture Caravan (2/16/25) 14.02.2025 59:00

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Culture Caravan (2/9/25) 07.02.2025 59:00

Featuring music from Finland's Joona Toivanen, Sweden's JJULIUS, a new track from Anoushka Shankar + more!

Culture Caravan (2/2/25) 31.01.2025 59:00

Featuring music from Japanese-born, German-based artist Midori Hirano and German musician Brueder Selke, new music from Norway's Club 8, Elena Nieto's Spanish rock band Yawners + more!

Culture Caravan (1/26/25) 24.01.2025 59:00

Featuring music from Jazz is Dead feat. Ebo Taylor, Afro-Colombian group La Pambele, the new album from Jupiter & Okwess + more!

Culture Caravan (1/19/25) 17.01.2025 59:00

Featuring a tribute to the late Zakir Hussain, new music from Brazil's terraplana, Norwegian prog-jazz band Krokofant, the new solo release from Sweden's Yukimi (of Little Dragon) + more!

Culture Caravan (1/12/25) 09.01.2025 59:00

The brand new (and final) episode of our best of 2024 series featuring music from Australia's Wrong Way Up, Yannis & the Yaw (feat. the late Nigerian drummer Tony Allen), pan-national duo Kit Sebastian + much more!

Culture Caravan (1/5/25) 02.01.2025 59:00

Featuring an encore presentation of the Best of 2024 (Part 2) episode of Culture Caravan!

Culture Caravan (12/29/24) 24.12.2024 59:00

An encore presentation of the Best of 2024 (Pt. 1) episode of Culture Caravan!

Culture Caravan (12/22/24) 20.12.2024 59:02

An encore presentation of our 2023 holiday episode!

Culture Caravan HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2024 (12/15/24) 13.12.2024 59:00

Featuring an all new holiday music special including tracks from Juan Torres, Japan's SHONEN KNIFE, UK jazz ensemble Ill Considered + more!

Culture Caravan (12/8/24) 05.12.2024 59:00

Featuring music from Rafael Cohen's Las Palabras & Angelica Garcia, new music from Caixa Cubo, the Brazilian musician Joao Selva + more!

Culture Caravam (12/1/24) 27.11.2024 59:00

Featuring music from the Norwegian musician King Husky, new music from Brazil's Roge, Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar + more!

Culture Caravan (11/24/24) 22.11.2024 59:00

Featuring music from Nigeria's Oriental Brothers International Band, Japanese singer/songwriters Ichiko Aoba and Satoko Shibata, the new 1977 live archival release from the legendary German band CAN + more!

Culture Caravan (11/17/24) 15.11.2024 59:00

Featuring music from Adrian Younge w/ Brazilian musician Samantha Schmutz, new music by Japanese singer/songwriter Yuma Abe, the debut from French group Eat-Girls + more!

Culture Caravan (11/10/24) 06.11.2024 59:00

Featuring music from La Chica del Bosque Abarika World Music, new music from Tinariwen, a new spanish-language recording by St. Vincent + more!

Culture Caravan (11/3/24) 01.11.2024 59:00

Featuring music from Afropunk group Tshegue, new music by Maria Usbeck, three new fantastic compilations with disparate focuses: 1980s Soviet Central Russia, 1990s Japanese ambient / electronic music & '70s and '80s funk from the South China Sea!

Culture Caravan (10/27/24) 25.10.2024 59:00

Featuring music from the Australian band, The Belair Lip Bombs, new music from Paris' ALVILDA, French Duo Polo & Pan + more!

Culture Caravan (10/20/24) 18.10.2024 59:00

Featuring music from the Sweden's Goat, a new collaboration by pablopablo and Helado Negro, the new album from Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 + more!

Culture Caravan (10/13/24) 10.10.2024 59:00

Featuring music from the year 1999 including Japan's Fishmans, Icelandic singer/songwriter Emiliana Torrini, Stereolab + more!

Culture Caravan (10/6/24) 04.10.2024 59:00

Featuring new music from Norwegian pianist Tord Gustafsen, a new acoustic-focused interpretation of Mdou Moctar's latest record, cosmic Japanese jazz from Hiromi + more!

Culture Caravan (9/29/24) 27.09.2024 59:00

Featuring music from the new compilation Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996, London duo Kit Sebastian and celebrating the music of Flore Benguigui & her work with L'Imperatrice (from which she recently announced she left) + more!

Culture Caravan (9/22/24) 20.09.2024 59:00

Featuring new music from the Venezuela / North Carolina duo Larry & Joe, Argentinian singer/songwriter (now based in NYC) Juana Luna, a newly unearthed 1990 recording by the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan + more!

Culture Caravan (9/15/24) 13.09.2024 59:00

Featuring a tribute to the late Sergio Mendes, new music from Denmark's Bremer/McCoy and Brussels' COURE A L'INDEX + more!

Culture Caravan (9/8/24) 06.09.2024 59:08

Featuring an encore presentation of the 9/3/23 edition of Culture Caravan!