Around the World
27 February
THIS WEEK
LISTEN TO AROUND THE WORLD ON MIXCLOUD
MUSIC BY: Altın Gün, Antoine Villoutreix & Super Antena Tropical, Buzz Ayaz’, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Crossing (Diabaté/Martella/Schiavone), Dorota Barová, Dub Colossus, Dubioza Kolektiv, Gangbé Brass Band, Imarhan, Manu Chao & Willie Nelson, Monoswezi, Muluken Melesse, MWSOG, Nanook, Neba Solo & Benogo Diakite, N’Faly Kouyaté, Stelios Petrakis, The Kasambwe Brothers, Tuuletar, Ye Vagabonds, and Yin Yin
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURED ALBUM: The Three Seas - Antaḥkaraṇa
Prithibi - The Three Seas
The Three Seas, the Bengali–Australian ensemble long celebrated for their border‑crossing imagination, return this month with Antaḥkaraṇa—their most expansive and spiritually charged album yet. Recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, the project draws on Baul mysticism, Himalayan folk traditions and a palette of rock, dub and global improvisation. The result, as the press notes put it, is “hypnotic, trance-like, and alive” — music that feels ritualistic without losing its contemporary pulse.
Formed in Santiniketan (a town near Bolpur in West Bengal, India) in 2009, the group has spent 15 years refining a sound that resists easy categorisation. Ancient devotional poetry sits inside dub grooves; Nepali folk melodies entwine with baritone saxophone; Bengali chants rise over electronica. On Antaḥkaraṇa — Sanskrit for “the inner instrument,” the meeting place of memory, intuition and identity — that fusion becomes a kind of philosophy. “We performed every day and wrote every night,” recalls bandleader Matt Keegan of their 2022 Edinburgh Fringe residency, a period of immersion that shaped the album’s momentum.
The recording sessions brought together the core quintet — Raju Das Baul, Deo Ashis Mothey, Gaurab “Gaboo” Chatterjee, Brendan Clark and Keegan — with producer Sarathy Korwar, whose UK–India sensibility adds a fresh lens. One of the album’s emotional anchors is “Prithibi,” written by Gaboo’s father, Gautam Chattopadhyay, a pioneer of Indian fusion. “We felt the weight of history and the joy of carrying it forward,” Keegan says.
Across its panoramic soundscape, Antaḥkaraṇa extends the band’s long-running exploration of transcultural collaboration. It is, as Gaboo puts it, “a true meeting of worlds” — and a reminder that music can still be a bridge between the seen and the unseen.
MWSOG - Llef Hir (Horizons Session)
The “wild Welsh wanderers” of MWSOG have returned with their second single, ‘Llef Hir’ (The Long Cry), a searing psychedelic folk anthem released on Dydd Miwsig Cymru (Welsh Language Music Day). Recorded at the rural Mwnci Studios in Carmarthenshire and produced by Steffan Pringle, the track is a “fiery ballad of rage and mourning” that explores Welsh cultural loss and the historical discouragement of the language.
Fronted by the elemental vocals of Mari Mathias, the nine-piece collective continues to bridge the gap between ancient folklore and modern distortion. Following their debut ‘Chwyldro’, this latest release arrives via the label BWGiBWGAN (Ghost Disco), a home for their unique “psych-folk rock” sound. Drummer Luke Huw Llewellyn noted that the single’s blue-bathed artwork serves as a tribute to ancient Celtic ancestors, marking a powerful act of defiance and remembrance.
Sources:
MWSOG Unveil Second Single Llef Hir On Welsh Language Music Day
Mwsog return with fiery anthem of Welsh grief and resistance
Old Gods, New Noise: Inside MWSOG’s Psychedelic Welsh Awakening
BWGiBWGAN Bandcamp - FOCUS Wales Festival - Horizons / Gorwelion
Ye Vagabonds - Danny (Official Video)
Ye Vagabonds’ new album All Tied Together deepens their reputation as one of Ireland’s most sensitive and skilful folk acts. Released in January 2026, the record gathers twelve original songs shaped by the Mac Gloinn brothers’ close harmonies, acoustic warmth, and a widening circle of collaborators. Reviewers highlight its emotional weight, noting how the duo turn lived experience into intimate, resonant art. The album balances progression and tradition: bigger in sound yet more personal in theme, rooted in place, memory, and the quiet power of craft. It feels like a culmination—whole, reflective, and beautifully wrought.
Sources: yevagabonds.bandcamp.com - klofmag.com
Where and when to hear Around the World
Friday:
Akaroa World Radio New Zealand - 2:00 pm local time
NAR-GROUP Germany – 2:00 pm local time
Mosel Radio Germany – 2:00 pm local time
NAR-Alf Germany – 2:00 pm local time
Waterwaves Radio England - 9:00 pm local time
Essential Radio Scotland - 10:00 midnight
Saturday:
Best City Radio (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - 6:00 am local time
Power 101FM Malawi - 11:00 local time
Flirt FM (Galway’s Community of Interest & Student Station) 101.3 - 10:45 am local time Ireland
Stirling Community Radio - 2:00 pm local time Scotland
RCFM (Radio City FM) Duisburg, Germany - 3:00 local time
World FM New Zealand - 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time
Sunday:
Power 101FM Malawi - 12:00 local time
NFRS Osaka Japan - 12:00 noon local time
973FM in Singapore - 11:00 pm local time
Circl8 Chester England - 12:00 noon local time
DCRFM (Dover Community Radio England - 7:00pm local time
Websound Radio (Larne Northern Ireland) - 8:00 pm local time
Prodigal Sun Radio - 8:00 pm local time
Slice Audio Northern Ireland - 10:00 pm local time
Holywood Radio - Northern Ireland - Various times
Monday:
Armagh City Radio - 12:00 midnight local time (01:00 pm CET)
SparkFlame Radio - 00:00 am GMT (01:00 CET)
Circl8 Chester England - 12:00 noon local time
Stirling Community Radio Scotland - 10:00 pm local time
Waterwaves Radio England - 9:00 pm local time
BR2 Pure Gold Radio – Costa Blanca, Spain - 10:00 pm local time
World FM New Zealand - 10:00 am local time
Akaroa World Radio New Zealand - 10:00 pm local time
Tuesday:
Waterwaves Radio England - 9:00 pm local time
Wednesday:
World FM New Zealand - 4:00 am local time
Slice Audio Northern Ireland - 4:00 am local time
Best City Radio Northern Ireland - 10:00 pm local time
Radio Skye Scotland - 10:00 pm local time
Thursday:
Waterwaves Radio England - 9:00 pm local time