Around the World - Preview
21 June 2024
This week on Around the World
Music from: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Congo, Czechia, Gabon, Holland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Niger, Poland, Russia, a place in music where Senegal meets Finland, South Africa, Spain, and Western Sahara.
Music by: Andrew Gurruwiwi Band, Altan, Altin Gün, Anna Setton, Aziza Brahim, Bab L' Bluz, Bára Zmeková, Dumai Dunai, Eve Crazy & Mar Yo, Faraualla, Gaisha Giuliano, Gabriele, Hajda Banda, Landless, Nancy Vieira, Neneh Cherry & Youssou N'Dour, Ngwaka, Son Systeme, Nora Brown, Olcay Bayir, Otava Yo, Pamela Badjogo, Prabh Deep, Rei, Suzumeno Tears, and Tubatsi Mpho Moloi & Msaki.
This week’s featured album: Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar
Mdou Moctar - "Funeral for Justice" (Official Music Video)
The Tuareg people inhabit the Sahara desert in an area that stretches from south-west Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. They are traditionally nomadic. And one of their cultural achievements exported to the rest of the world is Desert Blues. One of the great exponents is guitarist Mdou Moctar.
He was born in Niger sometime between 1984 and 1986. Growing up he listened to music by one of the originators of Desert Blues (or Tuareg rock) Abdallah Oumbadougou. He developed a passion for guitar music but his family disapproved of electric music. The story goes, he built his first guitar using bicycle cables for strings.
His first album Anar was released in 2008, and reissued 2014. His new album Funeral for Justice (Matador, 2024) is the featured album this week.
More about Mdou Moctar on his website and Wikipedia.
Where and when to listen.
Friday:
Akaroa World Radio 2:00 pm local New Zealand Time (3:00 am GMT 4:00 am CET)
NAR-GROUP Germany – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
Mosel Radio – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
NAR-Alf – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
Saturday:
RCFM (Radio City FM) Duisburg, Germany 3:00 – 5:00 pm CET
World FM 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
Essential Radio Midnight to 2:00 am GMT (1:00 am CET)
Sunday:
West Coast FM Namibia 10:00 pm to 12:00 noon Central Africa Time (2:00 to 4:00 GMT)
NFRS Osaka Japan: 12:00 noon local time (3:00 am UK time 4:00 am CET)
973FM in Singapore and 11:00 pm local time (3:00 pm/15:00 hours UTC – Universal Time).
Bangor FM 107.9 7:00 pm local time (8:00 pm CET)
Slice Audio 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Ferry FM 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Radio Larne 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Armagh City Radio 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Monday:
SparkFlame Radio: 00:00 am GMT (01:00 CET)
Waterwaves Radio: 8:00 pm GMT (21:00 CET)
KNC Radio St Lucia 6:00 am local time (10:00 am GMT 11:00 am CET)
BR2 Pure Gold Radio – Costa Blanca, Spain 10:00 pm local time (CET)
Akaroa World Radio 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
World FM 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
Tuesday:
Lisburn’s 98FM – 7:00 pm local time GMT (8:00 pm CET)
FM105 Down Community Radio – 7:00 pm local time GMT (8:00 pm CET)
Wednesday:
World FM 4:00 am local New Zealand Time (5:00 pm Tuesday GMT, 6:00 pm CET)
Slice Audio 4:00 am local time GMT (5:00 am CET)
Radio Skye (Radio Garden) 10:00 pm GMT (11:00 pm CET)
Stirling Community Radio 10:00 pm GMT (11:00 pm CET)
Thursday:
Radio Larne 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)