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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RootsWorld Radio host Cliff Furnald presents a special performance by acclaimed Swedish folk fiddler Mats Edén. This informal session was recorded ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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RootsWorld Radio #93 has a case of Saturday yurt fever, with music from Mongolia, Sweden, Serbia, Finland, France, Bengal, Myanmar, Canada and the ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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RootsWorld Radio #94 will be a globetrotter, from the mountains of Taiwan to the hills of Wales, from cold north of Europe to the heat of Ethiopia,...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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RootsWorld Radio #95

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 58:46
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On the 96th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll hear how klezmer meets jazz, find a few Coltrane inspired global mashups with tumbao and Cream, list...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On RootsWorld Radio #97, host Cliff Furnald goes to the far side of roots, with edgy experiments from Scotland and sublime art music from Korea. He...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On RootsWorld Radio #98, host Cliff Furnald plays some new Nordic explorations, 3 traditional works from Azerbaijan, a little jazz and a little fol...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 99th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll wander down the east coast of Africa, hop to the south Atlantic, pop to the Nordic north, and then w...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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Nordic music with a twist: From traditional kanteles and nyckelharpas to progressive rock guitars; from jazz harmonica to avant garde horns; we'll ...

  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
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On the 101st edition of RootsWorld Radio, RootsWorld goes to the British Isles via central Africa, listens to the Shetland-Sweden connection and so...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 58:46
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On the next RootsWorld Radio, we'll visit Corsica and Sardinia to listen to the unique polyphonic singing of those islands, in both traditional and...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:45
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Host Cliff Furnald presents a tribute to South Africa's ailing national hero Nelson Mandela. The program is simply Mandela's Africa, in music and h...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:48
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On the 65th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we'll dig into the avant garde of traditional music from France, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Estonia and beyo...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
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On the next RootsWorld Radio, we'll take a grand tour from Ethiopia to Estonia, from France to Cape Verde, China to Mali, and Italy - from north to...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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On the 67th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we’ll spend time with some rough and rugged old tunes from Sweden, France and Canada; some contemporary ar...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:44
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On the 69th edition of RootsWorld Radio host Cliff Furnald will be talking with the trio of musicians from Cyprus known as Monsieur Domani. They’ll...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:52
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On RootsWorld Radio #70 we’ll explore trans-global Nordic roots, sample a little symphony from Denmark, hear experimental acoustic sounds from Viet...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 58:46
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On the 79th edition of RootsWorld Radio, we will hear another of the concerts recorded at The Tønder Festival in Denmark in August as part of Folks...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:41
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The 80th edition of RootsWorld Radio will feature music from Le Grand Kallé, one of the creators of modern Congolese pop, whose career spanned more...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:46
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On RootsWorld Radio #81, we'll hear vintage tunes from Senegal, Scandinavian collusions, Kenyan pop bottle pop, ask a few questions and fail to get...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:43