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World on 3: Lopa Kothari - Ramon Goose and Modou Toure in session

Lopa Kothari - Ramon Goose and Modou Toure in session

28/04/2017

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Lopa Kothari - Ramon Goose and Modou Toure in session

Lopa Kothari hosts a live session of West African blues with Ramon Goose and Modou Toure.

Lopa Kothari introduces a live session of West African blues with Ramon Goose and Modou Toure. Plus Robin Denselow reporting on a festival in Peru, and new world music releases.

Lopa Kothari introduces a live session with Ramon Goose and Modou Touré, who've joined forces to create The West African Blues Project. Goose brings his blues guitar along, while Touré, a musician with singing in his Senegalese genes going back generations, explores the soul of West Africa, all with a common goal: bringing back blues to its origins. Also in the programme, Robin Denselow reports from the International Festival of Mountain Music taking place in Peru, where he's recorded material and interviews on rarely heard Andean music. And also, new releases from across the globe.

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