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A-Z of the World Music Awards 2008

Watch videos from the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, including highlights from the summer Prom.

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Late Junction

Late Junction

A laid-back, eclectic mix of music from across the globe.

Al 'Bert' Lloyd

World Routes

Lucy Duran presents highlights from a concert to mark the centenary of English folk musician and song collector Al Lloyd.

Lopa Kothari

World on 3

Lopa Kothari presents an eclectic musical mix, including  siblings Zoe and Idris Rahman.

Womad 2008

Womad 2008

Live broadcast from the Radio 3 stage in the Arboretum and highlights on World on 3, World Routes and Late Junction in the following weeks.

Lila Downs who sang at the festival.

Womad 2007 - Listen Again Online

Listen online to nearly all the complete gigs from this year's Womad. Many of these performances have not yet been broadcast.

Peruvian harpist

World Music Audio Archive

The audio archive is the one stop shop for all the world music features and concerts currently available on the site.

Azerbaijan

World Routes on Location
 - Azerbaijan

On the shores of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan is a country that borders with Iran, Armenia, Russia and Georgia and its musical traditions have influenced the area for centuries.

World Routes in Georgia

World Routes on Location
 - Georgia

Lucy Duran travels to this little-visited country to find out how its ancient musical traditions have fared after decades of occupation and instability.

China 2008

World Routes on Location
 - China 2008

Lucy Duran covers thousands of miles to hear the extraordinary, and in some cases endangered, traditional music of China's countryside.

Africa Beyond

Africa Beyond

Celebrating African Arts in the UK - reviews, features, interviews, gig listings, Africa on Your Street

Mahmoud Ahmed performing at the Awards for World Music 2007

Awards for World Music 2007

Watch or listen again to live performances from the 2007 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. More details, read profiles and make comments.

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