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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... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 20 – from Mali to São Paulo
Monday, 01 May 2017
New global sounds this month include tracks from the scintillating new album from Malian diva Oumou Sangaré, electro-Sufi grooves, Afro-folk from Koral Society, the soundtrack from They... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 19
Sunday, 02 April 2017
Latest intercontinental sounds from theartsdesk’s resident... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 18
Saturday, 04 March 2017
Peter Culshaw’s nomadic monthly round-up of the latest brilliant intercontinental sounds includes... Read more... |
theartsdesk Radio Show 17
Saturday, 21 January 2017
Another peripatetic global music update from theartsdesk's Peter Culshaw, hosted by Music Box Radio. This edition features forthcoming album releases from hard salsa revivalists... Read more... |
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