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

World on 3: Womad 2016

World on 3: Womad 2016: Episode 2: Desert Slide, Otava Yo and Amaraterra

Desert Slide, Otava Yo and Amaraterra

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Episode 2: Desert Slide, Otava Yo and Amaraterra

Womad 2016

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Womad 2016, Desert Slide, Otava Yo and Amaraterra

From Womad 2016, music performed by Desert Slide, Otava Yo and Amaraterra.

Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell present music from Womad 2016. With Desert Slide, Otava Yo and Amaraterra, plus interviews and a visit to the Radio 3 Session Tent.

Live from Charlton Park in Wiltshire, more live sets and recorded highlights with Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell.

Direct from the Siam Tent, Indian classical music mixed with Rajasthani desert folk from Desert Slide, featuring Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a virtuoso of the Indian slide guitar; and live from the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, Otava Yo from St. Petersburg, a band blending Russia's folk heritage with more than a hint of punk rock; and highlights from BBC Introducing band Amaraterra, Italian expats performing the ecstatic tarantella music of Southern Italy. Plus interviews and a visit to the Radio 3 Session Tent.

Radio 3 returns to WOMAD with more live broadcasting than ever before, with live sets and highlights from the main stages as well as the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, where Radio 3 has invited artists from across the globe to perform, many making UK Festival debuts. The weekend includes a Sunday morning simulcast with Cerys on 6, artists from BBC Introducing, and video performances from the Radio 3 Session Tent.

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.

Andrew McGregor, Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell with music from the 2016 Womad festival

From Charlton Park in Wiltshire, Andrew McGregor, Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell introduce a series of broadcasts from Womad, the leading festival of world music

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