Radio Wira Wiri #37
In this episode: the raw sound of Maurice Louca & Elephantine (cover); Jinn, the encounter of Alberto N.A. Turra on electric guitar and Peppe Frana on oud; a modern interpretation of a Macedonian folk song
Radio Wira Wiri #36
In this episode: 3’Ain, contemporary jazz and world with oriental influences; Le Cri du Caire is halfway between rock, Sufi poetry, jazz, spoken word and oriental flourishes; Østerlide, a Folk music trio that gives new
Radio Wira Wiri #35
In this episode Mountain Mari Music of the Volga region of Russia with Zinaida Ignatyeva on vocals and Arseniy Yaytsov on acordeon; Bosnian sevdah master Damir Imamović; unheard gems of Ali Farka Touré and Oumou
Radio Wira Wiri #34
In this episode Edo Funk from The Good Samaritans; a collaboration of the Italian musician and composer Samuele Strufaldi with the musicians from Gohouo-Zagna in the Ivory Coast (picture); Don Plok, Soom T & Dunumba
Radio Wira Wiri special #10: Encontro de Culturas do Mundo
In Januari this year I went together with Magda Pucci to the Encontro de Culturas do Mundo in Imbassaí (Bahia). With my smartphone I recorded interviews, concerts, dances, workshops and performances. It started at the
Radio Wira Wiri #33
In this episode: Malaysian rock of Hasnah Haron & The Spiritual 70s; Swiss multi-instrumentalist Augenwasser; singer and professor of MPB Regina Machado; ud virtuoso Driss El Maloumi; Spanish musician and producer Refree, music journalist, writer
Radio Wira Wiri #32
In this episode vocal music from the Catalan Arnau Obiols; the cross-cultural band Collectif Medz Bazar; two Polish bands, Bastarda and Sutari, reaching back to the roots of the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian border culture; Baul Meets Saz;
Radio Wira Wiri special #9: Junko Ueda
At WOMEX 2022 in Lisbon I saw a great showcase of PoiL Ueda, a collaboration with the French progrock band and the Japanese satsuma-biwa player, presenting Japanese traditional story telling and shomyo Buddhist chant. Two
Radio Wira Wiri #31
In this episode, Cornwall-based folk singer, songwriter Angeline Morrison Music; Arabian fuzz by Al-Qasar; Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs with experimental folk from Bulgaria; poet and composer Sylvio Fraga from Rio de Janeiro; singer and