Music Planet: Road Trip

From the bagpipes of the south west to the village tunes of Moravia in the east. Broadcaster Petr Doruzka guides us through the melting pot of influences that make up the music of the Czech Republic.

Artistic Director of Beirut and Beyond festival, Amani Semaan, reports from Beirut with music from Lebanese artists such as Fairuz, Wadih El Safi and Marcel Khalife - some of the most influential musicians in the Arab world.

Bill Odidi reports on the varied musical traditions of Tanzania; from the Chaga communities on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, to the taarab music of Zanzibar

A mountain welcome dance and processional wedding music of the Kabyle people; dancer Amel Tafsout introduces the amazingly varied and rich musical traditions of Algeria

Reporting from Bangalore, arts curator Chirag Jain presents some of the most beautiful music from northern India; from the flatlands of Gujarat through to hills of Bengal

José Buenconsejo introduces us to the music of the Philippines

In this week's Road Trip Betto Arcos transports us to the Festival de la Mejorana in Panama, one of the oldest traditional music festivals in Latin America.

Betto Arcos reports from Cartagena; one of the most musically diverse cities on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. This episode comes with addictive Latin beats.

Infectious bagpipe dances, multipart singing and the mesmerising sound of the Latvian zither or 'kokle'. Lauma Berza is our guide through the villages of Latvia.

A giant shepherd's flute, multi-part singing, and field recordings from Béla Bartok; Vladimír Potančok takes us through Slovakia's UNESCO-preserved music

James Isabiyre reports from Uganda, and explores musical traditions from indigenous communities before the country's political upheaval in the late 1960's

Traditional benga music to Afro-fusion, plus legend Ayub Ogada plays the nyatiti (Kenyan harp); broadcaster Bill Odidi reports from Nairobi in this week's road trip

February marked the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, a time of fundamental change for Iran. Women had played a significant role in the revolution but in the aftermath and the ensuing years, they saw their rights and position in society restricted. In a special episode for International Women’s Day, this week’s Music Planet Road Trip comes via Persian singer and advocate for freedom of m...

A fierce fiddle jam in southern Denmark, tragic ballads about Nordic kings, and an old 1916 archive recording from the island of Fanø

From ancient choral motets to antagonistic rhyming couplets; Nicoletta Demetriou reports from an island at the crossroads between Asia, Africa and Europe

Reporting from snowy Raugu, musician Mari Kalkun takes on a journey through 4000 years of Estonian music. This road trip comes complete with birdsong, bagpipes and great tunes.

Betto Arcos is in South Texas this week exploring the rich musical tradition of the Conjunto ensemble - music reflecting Cuban, Mexican and German influences.

We're off on a musical pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago or 'Way of Saint James' in northern Spain, with journalist Betto Arcos

Journalist Betto Arcos reports from Mexico in this guide through the controversial and often graphic song form of Narcocorrido (drug ballad) music

Old-style traditional musician Riley Baugus reports from the Blue Ridge Mountains with a banjo-fuelled, foot-stomping road trip through the Appalachians

Producer Paul Chandler reports from Bamako, exploring the rich musical culture of Mali including interviews and music from Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore

Ethnomusicologist Mu Qian reports on the music of the autonomous Xinjiang region, including recordings from the oasis town of Hotan to Xinjiang's first hip-hop band.

Broadcaster Betto Arcos reports from Lima, including music from inside a traditional Peña bar, the amazing sounds of Afro-Peruvian music 'Música Criolla', Cumbia music and beyond.

This week, Lopa whizzes around Gran Canaria in a taxi and finds some beautiful island melodies, plus a surprise arrangement of Michael Jackson on tiny Canarian guitars.

Singer Eugenia Georgieva takes us on a Road Trip to Bulgaria to see how music was used to keep a sense of national identity in the face of centuries of repression, from Bulgarian traditional folk to the famous female choirs. 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 -...