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Radio 3's world music programme, with new CDs and studio sessions

World on 3: Woody Pines in Session

Woody Pines in Session

04/05/2012

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Woody Pines in Session

Lopa Kothari presents new world music, plus a session by American roots band Woody Pines.

Lopa Kothari presents new music from around the world, plus a session with American roots band Woody Pines, who are based in North Carolina but inspired by old New Orleans.

Lopa Kothari with new tracks from across the globe, plus a session with American roots band Woody Pines. 

Based in North Carolina but inspired by old New Orleans, Woody Pines embraces a century of American roots music in a style described as "an intoxicating blend of rural and urban stringband, country blues, ragtime and jug band music". Texas country legend Billy Joe Shaver once said of them, "They're the best damn band I've ever heard!".

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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