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Venezuela and Colombia - the Cuatro

Kathryn Tickell with a round-up of the latest roots-based music from across the world, and Betto Arcos takes us to Venezuela and Colombia with a focus on the cuatro instrument.

Kathryn Tickell with this week's round-up of the latest roots-based music from across the globe, and a track from this week's Classic Artist, Alice Gerrard. And in our latest Road Trip, Betto Arcos explores the world of the cuatro, the emblematic four-stringed instrument of Venezuela and Colombia, including a report from this year's International Joropo Tournament in Villavicencio, Colombia.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 11 Dec 2021 16:00

Music Played

  • Damir Imamović

    Gdje si dragi

    • Singer of Tales.
    • Wrasse Records.
    • 10.
  • CK Mann Big Band

    Fa W'akoma Ma Me

    • Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 // Ghana Music Power House.
    • Analog Africa.
    • 12.
  • ³§²¹³Ü³¦Å§Âá²¹²õ

    Ar Dziesminu Lauka Gaju

    • Daba.
    • CPL.
    • 1.
  • Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens

    Beaufort County Jail

    • Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard.
    • Rounder Records.
    • 11.
  • Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla

    Seyni

    • Terrouzi.
    • Sahel Sounds.
    • 5.
  • Ensamble Gurrufío

    La Bella y la fiesta

    • El Cruzao.
    • Ensamble Gurrufío.
    • 12.
  • Guillermo Díaz

    El Aguacero

  • Zumba'o

    Bonnie

  • Back to 4

    Back to 4

    • Back to 4.
    • GroundUp.
    • 3.
  • Edward Ramirez & El Tuyero Ilustrado

    El Golpe

    • El Tuyero Ilustrado.
    • Edward Ramírez Y Rafael Pino.
    • 8.
  • Cimarron!

    Zumbajam

    • Orinoco.
    • °ä¾±³¾²¹°ù°ùó²Ô.
    • 5.
  • Palo Cruzao

    El Retozón

    • Vibra Music Entertainment.
  • Beco Díaz

    Chatica Linda

    • Cedro Amargo.
    • Beco Díaz.
  • El Cuatro

    Malas Mañas

    • Desde el fondo.
    • Starp-Arsis Entertainment Music Group.
  • The Chieftains & Nanci Griffith

    The Wexford Carol

    • The Bells of Dublin.
    • RCA.
    • 9.
  • Guy Buttery

    Chidiya

    • One Morning in Gurgaon.
    • Riverboat Records.
    • 1.
  • Siti Muharam

    Pakistan

    • Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar.
    • On the Corner Records.
    • 3.
  • Sofia Rei

    La Otra

    • Umbral.
    • Cascabelera.
    • 2.
  • Australian Art Orchestra

    Star Song

    • Hand to Earth.
    • Australian Art Orchestra.
    • 3.
  • Hedvig Mollestad

    Kittiwakes in Gusts

    • Tempest Revisited.
    • Rune Grammofon.

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  • Sat 11 Dec 2021 16:00

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