World Music

Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie, including an interview with 2Cellos who are playing NZ in December Video, Audio

Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese Kora player Seckou Keita chat to Trevor Reekie about their recent album Soar. Audio

Trevor Reekie explores the crossroads of roots and blues. He also catches up with blues aficionado and Document Records owner Gary Atkinson who recently received a Keeping the Blues Alive Award. Audio

The Bedouin Jerry Can Band are​ a collective of semi-nomadic coffee grinders from the Egyptian Sinai Desert. Trevor Reekie catches up with them for a chat and enjoys an impromptu live performance.  Video, Audio

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… 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. Audio

NZ Tenor Thomas Atkins gains international artistic representation; we explore the international language of music with a focus on Ethio-jazz and music to warm you up on this chilly day.

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." 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. 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'. 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… 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. Audio

Blick Bassy is a film score composer who recently visited the country for Womad. Trevor Reekie sat down with the Cameroon born France-based artist to talk about uniqueness, keeping language and… Audio

Opera star Jessye Norman wins the Gould Prize, we mark the passing of film director Miloš Forman, review the NZSO’s first shed series gig, and begin a new series exploring great composers and their…

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… 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… 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… 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… Audio

RNZ Music's Nick Bollinger is at WOMAD 2018 in Taranaki. He gives us his verdict on day one of the world music festival.