Worlds of Music

Trevor Reekie talks to musician and producer Michael Hohnen about pioneering Aboriginal musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who overcame his blindness to push original Aboriginal music into the… Read more Audio

English musician and author Dave Randall talks to Trevor Reekie about the political power of music – the subject of his new book Sound System. Read more Audio

On Worlds of Music this Week Trevor talks to Cuban Singer Dayme Arocena who played Womad 2018 and is described as described as Cuba's "finest young female singer." Read more Audio

The many voices of ngā taonga pūoro (Māori musical instruments) are interwoven with the deep tones of the double bass on Al Fraser and Phil Boniface's album Ponguru. Read more Video, Audio

On Worlds of Music this week Trevor talks to ex pat Kiwi author Garth Cartwright who has just published his new book 'Going For A Song - A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop'. Read more Audio

On Worlds of Music this week Trevor talks to Cameroonian singer and songwriter Blick Bassy. One of the highlights and major 'discoveries' of Womad 2018. Blick sings in his native tongue of Bassa (one… Read more Audio

Episode 82 features something of a 'blues' theme including an interview with Wellington musician Darren Watson who has just released a new album, (his 6th) called Too Many Millionaires - an acoustic… Read more Audio

The multi-award winning Mexican guitar duo tell Trevor Reekie about their start in heavy metal bands and getting discovered while busking in Dublin. Read more Audio

On Worlds of Music this week just Trevor feaures two more of the live sessions recorded at the Plymouth Hotel in New Plymouth. The program includes Kiya Tabassian, an Iranian musician who plays the… Read more Audio

Trevor Reekie presents a selection of interviews and live sessions recorded at this year's Womad NZ festival, including performances from Constantinople, Manu Delago, Violons Barbares and Victoria… Read more Audio

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy's floodwaters destroyed decades' worth of Laurie Anderson's work. A year later, her husband Lou Reed passed away. The artist and musician processes this period of loss in a… Read more Audio

This week on Worlds of Music features new music from Spanish 7 piece band El Naan described as: one of the most interesting musical proposals from the Iberian Peninsula and something from Sister… Read more Audio