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World on 3: Lopa Kothari - World music milestones

Lopa Kothari - World music milestones

21/10/2016

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Lopa Kothari - World music milestones

Lopa Kothari with world music milestones from the last 70 years including archive material

Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the Third Programme, Lopa Kothari presents milestones from World Music over the last seven decades with guests Simon Broughton and Rita Ray.

As part of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the birth of The Third Programme, Lopa Kothari introduces a wide variety of World Music milestones selected from the last seven decades, from Lord Kitchener to Mercedes Sosa, from Fela Kuti to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, from Ravi Shankar to Youssou N'Dour. This anthology, which includes Radio 3 archive material, is discussed in studio with guests Simon Broughton, from Songlines magazine, and DJ Rita Ray. Collaborating also in the programme as they select their favourite World Music artist are composer and producer Nitin Sawhney; the poet, composer, songwriter PJ Harvey, and the singer, songwriter and broadcaster, Cerys Matthews.

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