RootsWorld Radio

Series produced by Cliff Furnald

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Global music radio with a different outlook.

Global music radio with a different outlook. Host and editor Cliff Furnald explores the world's music with little concern for age, genre or country of origin. It's all music, it's all "world."


90 Pieces

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On the 130th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we will feature some Brazilian jazz, Malagasy and Norwegian folk-pop, café musette from Belgium and much ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:45
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RootsWorld Radio #133 presents some of the editor's noteworthy recordings of 2014. It's not so much a "best of" list as simply my musings on the mu...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 128th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll hear a special concert by the Danish instrumental ensemble Dreamers' Circus. Playing violin, citter...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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The 127th edition of RootsWorld Radio will feature more music and less chatter. We'll start with some old Afro-jazz from Sweden, match that with a...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 126th edition of RootsWorld radio, we'll explore new visions from Moravia, Czech Republic, northern Europe and the south of France.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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This week, we feature the music of the Denmark-based band Basco, in an excerpt from a concert with the Danish Radio Big Band, and later in the show...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 58:46
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On the 124th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll listen to brand new music from Coco Mbassi (Cameroon), Djessou Mory Kanté (Guinea), Spiro (UK), Tri...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 123rd edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll feature two recordings that could easily make my personal Top 10 list for 2014. We'll also visit Ma...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On RootsWorld Radio #122, we'll hear a lot of new music - from Italy, Norway, Honduras, the Nile River Basin, Cameroon and Sweden - as well as a fe...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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The 163rd edition of RootsWorld radio will feature a number of tracks from the Palestinian collective called Checkpoint 303 . The Iqrit Files is an...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 112th edition of RootsWorld Radio, join Cliff Furnald for a musical trip around the planet. We'll start with some 70s roots-pop music from A...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 113th edition of RootsWorld, we'll start with some brass, reeds and strings from Denmark, and flutes from France and Sweden. We'll explore s...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the first half of 114th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll focus on the music of Mozambique, with field recordings new and old, including two pi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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The 115th edition of RootsWorld Radio will feature historic recordings from Mali in the 1970s by Les Ambassaduers du Motel de Bamako, new music fro...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 116th edition of RootsWorld Radio, editor and host Cliff Furnald mostly keeps his mouth shut and plays music from the US, Palestine, Portuga...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:47
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On the 117th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll explore new sounds from the Gascon/Basque borders, cross the Baltic and back, listen to some solo g...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 58:46
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The 118th edition of RootsWorld radio will feature new Welsh music by 9 Bach, the America ensemble Dálava's exploration of ancient Moravian folk so...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 119th edition of RootsWorld radio, we'll simply ear-wander aimlessly about. Come join me and see where we end up. Artists will include Pape...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 120th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll hear a few global fusions, from Mali via Israel and New York via India. Old things and new from Bra...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 121st edition of RootsWorld, we'll be serving up a few potatoes and some mini songs on the side, along with some blues, rock, folk and jazz ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:45