Artists on RootsWorld Radio #359 include Jean-Paul Raffit and Paamath, Davy Graham, Cory Seznec, Boubacar Traoré, Kardemimmit, Naomi Randall, Alba Haro, Eliza Carthy Trio, John Prine, and Outliers (Jenny Sturgeon, Boo Hewerdine).

Artists on RootsWorld Radio #358 include Matt Norman (US), Martin, Bogan & Armstrong (US), Steve Goodman (US), Hypnotic Clambake (US), Joe Bataan (US), Opa Cupa (Italy), Alessandro D'Alessandro (Italy), Nic Jones (England), The Furrow Collective (England/Scotland), and Mesudì (Italy).

RootsWorld Radio #357 starts off with some American blues by Mississippi John Hurt, Fred McDowell and J.B. Lenoir, and then on to music by En Gramma (France), Laura Itandehui (Mexico), Yma Sumac (Peru), Udi (Portugal), Chango Spasiuk (Argentina) and Mesudi (Italy).

Artists on the program include Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin (Congo and France), Merema (Mordavia/Russia), Lakvar (Hungary and Caucasus), Fadhilee Itulya (Kenya), Luzmila Carpio (Bolivia), Ettore Castagna (Italy), La Prenda Roja (Spain), Fabrizio Piepoli (Italy), and Snowapple (Belgium).

On the 355th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we start with a focus on the music of Slovakia in a number of new tracks. Then on to Catalonia, Spain, Tajikistan, France and a Kurdish/Italian collaboration. Artists featured on the program include Ondro a Kamaráti, Zuzana Mojzsovi, Angrusori, La gravetat de Coulomb, Triban Lo 'Jo, Mizrob, Davlat Nazar, La Cantiga De La Serena, VorAigua, and Abdo Buda Marconi.

RootsWorld Radio #354 will include music by Luzmila Carpio (Bolivia), LUIZGA & Edgar Valente (POrtugal and Brazil), Sule Skerry (Scotland/US), Camilla Hole Trio (Norway), Maria Kalaniemi (Finland), Makám w/ Iren Lovasz (Hungary), Eneida Marta (Guinea-Bissau), Les Mamans du Congo (Congo/France, Vinta (Canada), Jean-Luc Thomas and Gab Faure (France), and Don Rooke and Keven Briet (Canada).

RootsWorld Radio #353 travels to Canada, Finland, the UK, Portugal, South Africa, Brazil and beyond. Artists on the show include Genticorum, Emilia Lajunen, Balimaya Project, Mar Grimalt, Jonas Hellborg, Caetano Veloso, and Abel Selaocoe. (Originally broadcast in September, 2023)

RootsWorld Radio 352 - Artists on the program include Black Market Brass, Dick Connette's Too Sad for the Public, Sähköpaimen, Danish Fiddle Quartet, Irma Ferreira (Brazil), Louis Michot (US), Daniel Bellegarde (Haiti/Canada), Rhiannon Giddens (US), Valerio Corzani & Stefano Saletti (Italy), Urban Village (South Africa/France) and Transidelia (Greece). (Originally broadcast in August, 2023)

RootsWorld Radio 351 includes Yuseff Dayes, Paula Barranco, Novalima, Robin Holcomb, Outer Park, La Cantiga de la Serena, Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu, Voyagers, Zulya, African Head Charge, and Sähköpaimen. (Originally broadcast in August, 2023)

RootsWorld Radio 350 celebrates 'freedom' and it's foibles and responsibilities, and also diverts a little into popular music. So it goes. Artists include Phil Ochs, Jon Batiste, Marc Ribot & Tom Waits, Moonlight Benjamin, Mahsa Vahdat, Daniel Kahn & Painted Bird, David Walters, Alias Ron Kavana, Gabriel Yacoub, Charlie Apicella with Iron City and The Griot Speaks, June Tabor and Oysterband, Fadhilee Itula, Nina Simone, and Bongeziwe Mabandla.

RootsWorld Radio #349 will include Whatitdo Archive Group (US), Hiram Salsano (Italy), Yalla Miku (Ethiopia/Switzerland), Vesselil (Denmark), Svøbsk (Denmark), Magalí Sare/Manel Fortia (Spain), Yaeji (US/Korea), Mar Grimalt (Spain), Makám (Hungary), Alessia Tondo (Italy), 3'Ain (Syria/Belgium), Zefiro Torna (Belgium), and Vershki da Koreshki (Senegal/Russia)

RootsWorld Radio #348 will include Sam Reider & Joge Glem (US/Venezuela), Moses Mchunu (South Africa), Hazmat Modine (US), Lena Willemark (Sweden), Clément Janinet &Adama Sidibe (France/Mali), Ellika-Solo-Rafael (Sweden, Senegal, Mexico), Hank Jones and Cheik Tidiane Seck (US and Mali), Perrine Fifadji (France), JuJu (US), Alice (France), Laura Risk (Canada), Lo'Jo (France), Les Primitifs Du Futur (France).

RootsWorld Radio #347 will include Trad.Attack (Estonia), Groupa (Sweden, Norway, Spain), Santeri Dobrinin (Russia), Violons Barbares (France, Mongolia, Bulgaria), Alice (France), Sainkho Namtchylak *Yuva), Lankum (Ireland), Hack-Poets Guild (UK), Cecile McLorin Salvant (US), Shriekback (UK), Ingrid Karklins (US), A.G.A Trio (Turkey, Armenia, Germany).

RootsWorld Radio #346 will include Alice (France), Anne Niepold and Andy Cutting (Belgium/UK), La Marisoul/Los Texmaniacs (US/Mexico), Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin (Congo/France), Brooklyn Rider (US), Kobo Town (Canada/Trinidad), Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters (Guadeloupe), Vusi Mahlasela (South Africa), Imaginary Homeland (US), Arar (Spain), Danûk (Syria/Palestine/Turkey) and Nisia (France/Belgium).

RootsWorld Radio #345 includes music by Arar (Spain), Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass (Mali and Benin), Imaginary Homeland (US), King Ayisoba (Ghana), Last Forever (US), Lia Naviliat Cuncic (France/Argentina), Mar Grimalt (Spain), Malika Zarra (Egypt/US) and Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny (UK).

RootsWorld Radio #340 includes music from Kimi Djabaté, Issa Muram, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Abel Selaocoe, Cantodiscanto, Stian Carstensen, Les Fils Canouche, and Charles Mingus

RootsWorld Radio #335 - This edition of the show is a little different. The first 15 minutes or so are a semi-opaque personal reaction to the gun violence around us. There's no political screed, but rather poetry, prose and music.

RootsWorld Radio #334 includes Lynn Adib and Marc Buronfosse (US), Amélia Muge (Portugal), Clarinet Factory (Czech Republic), Os d'Abaixo (Galicia/Spain), Manzanita y su Conjunto (Mexico), Manongo Mujica (Peru), L'Orchestre Massako (Gabon), Cimarron (Mexico), Queen Kong (Canada), Ettore Castagna (Italy), Shiri Zorn & George Muscatello (US), Philippe El Hage Trio (Dubai/US)

Artists on RootsWorld Radio #332 include Papé Nziengui (Gabon), Nyokabi Kariuki (Kenya, US), Maestrale (Italy), Reem Kelani (Palestine, UK), Shurhùq Ensemble (Italy, Middle East), Peppe Aiello (Sicily, Italy), Oliver Nayoka (Nigeria), Juçara Marçal (Brazil) and The Henrys (Canada).

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RootsWorld Radio #330

RootsWorld Radio #329 includes music from France, Spain, Cabo Verde, England, Ghana, Japan, Colombia, Italy, Norway, and South Africa. Artists on the program: Terje Isungset, Maria Moramarco, The Black Pages, Seaboy, M G Boulter, Oki, Salt House, Juçara Marçal, Luna Silva and The Wonders, Simon Mayor and Hilary James, Ade, Cynthia Abraham and Bella Ciao.

RootsWorld Radio #328 genre jumps with folk, blues, global pop and a few oddities. Artists include Petrona Martinez, Okyerema Asante, Paolo Angeli, Jucara Marcal, Jorn Simen Overli, The Blue Boys, The Anglin Brothers, Cedric Burnside, Tony Joe White, Luca Bassanese, Joao Selva and Nic Jones.

The 327th edition of RootsWorld Radio will include Maria Moramarco (Italy), Amy Thatcher (UK), Wu Fei and Abagail Washburn (China/US), Barbora Xu (Czech Rep./Finland), Cécile McLorin Salvant (US), Leonard Cohen (Canada), Fay Hield (UK), AySay (Denmark/Kurdistan), Su Haizhen (China), Satoko Fujii and Taiko Saito (Japan), Ade (Mauritius), Petrona Martinez (Colombia), and Aurelio Fernandez (Colombia).

RootsWorld Radio #326 includes new music from Sarah Aroeste, The Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, Besarabia, Tamala, Barbora Xu, Massillia Sound System, Susana Baca, Raul Monsalve y los Forajidos; Djang Si'an, AySay, and Sofia Rei.

RootsWorld Radio #323 will kick off with some vocal music from Sweden, and carry on with music from England, Marseilles, Brazil, Norway, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Algeria via the US, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Sweden. Artists include Monsieur Doumani, Okyerema Asante, Kondi Band, Shirley Collins, Bellowhead, Kongero, Spiers & Boden, Väsen, Massilia Sound System, Nilza Costa, Monoswezi, Moh Alileche, and Juana Molina.

On the 315th edition of the program we'll hear Vaev (Denmark), John Hartford, Rebirth Brass Band, Pao Barreto (Colombia), Kiazi Malonga (Congo/USA), Banda (Poland/Spain), Banda Nella Nebbia (Poland), Edmar Casteneda (US/Bolivia), Stella Chiweshe (Zimbabwe), and Vasseyl Yemetz (Ukraine).
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