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Contemporary and classical tracks from around the world with Mark Coles.

Mark Coles has a lifelong passion for world music. Each week he uses his extensive knowledge to present the best contemporary music from across the globe.

Mark Coles has a lifelong passion for world music. Each week he uses his extensive knowledge to present the best contemporary music from across the globe. 

Whether he's on location, choosing music on one theme, speaking to a high-profile studio guest, or simply picking the best tracks, Mark provides half an hour of amazing music and background information.

World Of Music: 21 August 2010

21 August 2010

BBC World Service - World Of Music, 21 August 2010

Join Mark Coles for half an hour of musical wanderings. This week World Of Music visits New Zealand for a couple of tracks from an excellent new album by Maori band, Wai. There's some grassland throat singing by Hanggai (pictured) from Inner Mongolia, a Peruvian song about dancing oil workers, something from female Algerian guitar player Hasna El Becharia, an East Timorese song that deals with the recent conflict there,  and a song by a Senegalese singer that espouses the joy of double-decker bus travel in London.

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