WorldBeat 21st June 2026
Garry filling in for Rick this week. Featuring the latest album for Chinese Inner Mongolian group Hanggai called Wheel Of Fortune. Also new music from Lila Downs (Mexico), Minyo Crusaders (Japan), Tuuletar (Finland), Sona Shahgeldyan (Armenia) and an exciting French, Burkina Faso and Iranian collaboration called Hami Hamoo. More from recent releases by Fatoumata Diawara (Mali), Cocanha (Occitan), Montoya (Colombia) and Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai, and something from the latest Songlines magazine covermount CD (Issue #219 July 2026).
Garry filling in for Rick this week. Featuring the latest album for Chinese Inner Mongolian group Hanggai called Wheel Of Fortune. Also new music from Lila Downs (Mexico), Minyo Crusaders (Japan), Tuuletar (Finland), Sona Shahgeldyan (Armenia) and an exciting French, Burkina Faso and Iranian collaboration called Hami Hamoo. More from recent releases by Fatoumata Diawara (Mali), Cocanha (Occitan), Montoya (Colombia) and Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai, and something from the latest Songlines magazine covermount CD (Issue #219 July 2026).
From Songlines Top of the World CD for Issue #219
From Songlines Top of the World CD for Issue #219
Colombian musician playing the Colombian marimba
Single from upcoming album relasing 26 June
Collaboration between Burkinabe singer-guitarist, Iranian percussionist-singer from the south, and French saxophonist deeply inspired by Ethiopian music and vintage Afro sounds from the ’70s
VALE Nick Sparkes .Feat Natacha Atlas on vox
Playing this Friday 26 June at the Maleny Community Centre
Armenian singer
Colombian musician now based in Italy, from his album about riding the bus from Bogota to Mocoa in southern Colombia
Argentinean musician and producer
Croatian group Lelek teaming up with solo artist Marin Novaković
French-Brazilian singer with her hit that was used for the French Film Festival promotions this year
Arashkha and Sukanya (Sukanya Chattopadhyay) are an acclaimed transnational music duo known for their boundary-blurring fusion of traditional Indian vocals, ancient ragas, and modern electronic production
Terror/Cactus is the digital folklore and psychedelic electro-cumbia project of Martín Selasco. Born in Buenos Aires and raised in Miami, the Seattle-based producer draws from wide variety of Latin-American influences in his productions including Argentine folk, Peruvian chicha, and Colombian cumbia