Colin Salmon takes a closer look at brass band music in West Africa, from the ecstatic dance music of Fela Kuti to highlife, the soundtrack to Ghanaian Independence. Show more

In this final episode we travel to the lush, tropical islands of Trinidad and Tobago, know for carnival and calypso, and follow the trail of the trumpet to New York. Show more

Colin Salmon takes listeners on a journey from the deserts of India to the rainforests of the Caribbean - in search of some truly unusual and uplifting World Class Brass. Show more