Music Planet: Road Trip

Oct 21 2024 103 ep. 13 mins 2.7k

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Discover the world with music. Join local experts for a sonic journey around the globe.

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Indigenous Voices of the Americas

Oct 21 2024 15 mins

Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC

Flamenco

Sep 21 2024 15 mins

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

Yiddish Tango

Aug 01 2024 21 mins

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

Jul 08 2024 13 mins

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

India: Goa

Jun 01 2024 9 mins

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

Peru

May 18 2024 18 mins

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

Argentina: Cosquín Festival

Feb 17 2024 15 mins

Betto Arcos reports from the Cosquín Folk Festival in Argentina

Finland:Sámi yoiking

Jan 13 2024 13 mins

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

Colombia: Petronio Alvarez Festival

Sep 30 2023 15 mins

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

Ansonia Records

Aug 25 2023 14 mins

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