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The Sound Odyssey: Colombia

16/03/2019 GMT

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Gemma Cairney meets two artists from two different countries to make new music.

In this episode Gemma Cairney invited British folk musician and actor Johnny Flynn to Bogota to collaborate with Colombian accordion legend Carmelo Torres.

Gemma Cairney is on a journey to discover what happens when she brings together two artists from two different countries to combine their talents to make a new piece of music. In this episode she's invited British folk musician and actor Johnny Flynn to Bogota to collaborate with Colombian accordion legend Carmelo Torres. Together they explore what makes the city tick and what comes from a day-long session in the recording studio bringing together Johnny's distinctive style with Carmelo's cumbia music tradition that dates back to the arrival of Europeans in South America.

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Gemma Cairney is on a journey to discover musical talents in Colombia, Georgia and Ghana,

Gemma Cairney is on a journey to discover what happens when she travels to Columbia, Georgia and Ghana to bring together two artists from two different countries to collaborate

Gemma Cairney is on a journey to discover what happens when she travels to Columbia, Georgia and Ghana to bring together two artists from two different countries to collaborate. Together they combine their musical talents to create a new piece of music and explore different cultures and what we can learn from each other.

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