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theartsdesk Radio Show 30 - podcast on Malcolm McLaren with Paul Gorman, his biographer
Saturday, 22 August 2020
This episode of Peter Culshaw’s episodic global... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 29 - Morricone, Moroccan psychedelia and Sudanese techno
Saturday, 11 July 2020
Peter Culshaw’s periodic global music radio update is back... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 28 - Tony Allen tribute with guest Stephen Budd
Saturday, 04 July 2020
Peter Culshaw’s occasional global radio music show comes blinking into the light after... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 27 - direct from Sāo Paulo with guest stars including Chico César
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
The latest edition of Peter Culshaw’s global music radio update was recorded... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 26 - with guest from the Amazon, the latest Brazilian star Arthur Nogueira
Monday, 25 November 2019
This edition of Peter Culshaw’s global music radio show has a great guest – the hugely talented Brazilian... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 25 - with bohemian chanteuse Anne Pigalle
Saturday, 26 October 2019
This edition of Peter Culshaw’s periodic global music radio show features guest special guest Anne... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 24 - hot subcontinental sounds with guest Viveick Rajagopalan
Saturday, 21 September 2019
This episode of Peter Culshaw's occasional global music radio update features guest interview Viveick Rajagopalan, one of the hits of this summers WOMAD Festival. He... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 23 - the hottest Brazil sounds for 2019 with guest Tiago Di Mauro
Saturday, 05 January 2019
The focus of this radio show, one of Peter Culshaw’s occasional updates of ... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 22 - the autumn's newest global sounds
Saturday, 15 September 2018
The latest in Peter Culshaw’s occasional updates in the best of new global music features unreleased tracks from forthcoming autumn releases and re-releases dug up by eccentric crate-diggers. Even... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 21
Saturday, 04 November 2017
The latest of Peter Culshaw’s global music round-up of new and re-released sounds features new albums from veteran Afro-beat pioneer Tony Allen, an astonishing collaboration between revered string... Read more... |
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