Musical Journeys

Herbie Hancock special - Maiden Voyage, Blow-up, Speak like a child, Fat Albert Rotunda and Head Hunters

Mexican Folk > Mariachi & Rancheras. Celebration the first woman President in Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum. We say adios to the macho songs from the last century. Great music and some lyrics that reflect the Mexican macho from cantinas (bars) to feminicide. > Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Cuco Sanchez, Pedro Infante, Miguel Aceves Mejia, Trio Tariacuri, Trio Calaveras, Vicente Fernandez & others.

Music from Rio Grande do Sulo, Brasil, in comeration of the 20th of September - featuring Yamandu costa, Renato Borghetti, Teixerinha, Neto Fagundes, Os Araganos and more!

XAVIER . Another Band from East LA. How thw Wolf Survive?, Gates of Gold, Kiko and the Lavender Moon, By the Light of the Moon, All Night Running, CANTO Los Super Seven, Freddie fender, Flaco Jimenez, Caetano Veloso

Celebrating the life and music of Sergio Mendes

Renaud Garcia Fons > Beyond the double Bass 2013, Paseo a dos 2016 w/ Dorantes piano > Le Soufle des cordes 2021 > Entremundo 2004 > Silk Moon 2014 w/ Derya Turkan > Farangi w/ Claire Antonini

Herbie Hancock 1960-1964 albums: Takin' Off, My Point of View, Inventions and Dimensions, Empyrean Isles.

Join Xavier on as he takes you on a musical journey through Palestine. Explore the sounds of Le Trio Joubran, Kamilya Jubran, Reem Kelani, Rim Bana, Haya Zaatri, and many more.

Part two of French music special featuring Edith Piaf, Sidney Bechet, Brigitte Bardot, Yann Tiersen, Rene Aubry, Laurent Dury and more!

Tryo, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Michel Jarre, Michel Sardou, Charles Aznavour and more!

We dedicate the programme to Toumani Diabate (1975- 19 July 2024) with Ali Farka Toure, Vieux Farka Toure, Boubacar Traore, Rokia Traore, Salif Keita.

Featuring Grace Bowers (!), Christone Kingfish Ingram, Albert King, Michael Kiwanuka, Hollies Smith and more!

Kayhan Kalhor from Iran with Ali Bahrami Fard, Madjid Khaladj, Toumany Diabate & Yo yo Ma Silk Road Ensamble. Albums: I will not stand alone 2012, Voices of the shades 2011, The Sky is the same colour everywhere 2023, SIng Me Home 2016.

Homage to Jazz composer, arranger, band leader and teacher Rodger Fox 1953-2024 Live at Montreux, Rodger Fox Plays NZ and Midge Marsden and R F are back in town. New Zealand / Aotearoa Big Band Jazz

Acoustic guitarists, maestros and virtuosos from Brasil, Yamandu Costa, Maria Haro, Carlos Chaves, Camargo Guarnieri / Yo-Yo Ma, Hamilton de Holanda and more!

Tabla player extraordinaire Zakir Hussain has been playing since the seventies with people like John McLaughlin, the group Shakty, many jazz musicians and traditional Indian musicians. Zakir will be playing in Auckland on 29 June with Kala Ramnath and Jayanthi Kumaresh.

Rock from Porto Alegre, Brasi - - in support of floods in southern Brasil. , Wander Wildner, TNT, Bide ou Blade, Ultram,en, engenheiros do Hawaii, Nei Van Soria and more

Playlist by Rafael Becerra. Kip Hanrahan's albums: «Coup de Tête» (1981), «Desire Develops an Edge» (1984), «Vertical's Currency» (1984), «Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted» (1988), and others. Musicians: Jack Bruce, Don Pullen, Steve Swallow, Orlando 'Puntilla' Arias, Ignacio Berroa, and many more.

MUSIC AND MUSICIANS FROM OAXACA, MEXICO. Zapotecos de Juchitan, Lila Downs, Suusana Harp, Mixes del rio Pchini, La Marimba del estado de Oaxca, Geo Meneses, Alejandra Robles, Huaves de San Mateo del Mar

Afro Jazz from East and West Africa, featuring Sean Kuti, Made Kuti, Fela Kuti, Newen Afrobeat, Janalle Monaem and more...

50 years of Art Ensemble of Chicago music. Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Don Moye, Fontella Bass. Play list by Rafael Becerra

Amaro Freitas, Chick Correa, Jogo Duro, Speranza Spalding, Michel Camilo and more!

social content music. Goran Brgovic, Leon Gieco, Carlos Varela, Gaby Moreno, Van Dyke Parks, Guillermo Velazquez y los leones de la sierra de Xichu, Archie Shepp, Ruben Blade, Ry Cooder, Joan Baez

Latioamericanas. #Gaby Moreno (Guatemala- L. A.), #Mon Laferte (Chile-Mexico), #Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna (Chile), #Maria Cristina Plata (Colombia), #Ximena Sarinana y #Sonora Santanera (Mexico), #Astrid Hadad (Mexico), #Leiden (Cuba-Mexico), #Mamselle Ruiz (Mexico-Canada), #Bia (Brasil-Canada)

Celebrating International Woman's Dat (8March) with: Lady Blackbird (USA/England), Fatuomata Diawara (Mali), Leyla McCalla & Cecile McLorin Salvat (USA/Haiti), Yasmine Hamdam (Lebanon), Christine Salem (Reunion Island)

Omar Sosa (pianist, Cuba) & Yilian Canizarews (violin and voice, Cuba); Omar & Marialy Pacheco (Piano, Cuba) Live; Omar & Paolo Fresu (Trumpet, Italy); Omar & Seckou Keita (Kora, Drums, Voice, Senegal

Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), Nduduzo Makhathini, Mandisi Dyantyis, Hugh Masakela

Musicians touring Aotearoa this summer. Peter Cat Recording Co (New Delhi), DakhaBrakha (Ukraine), Martin Hayes (Ireland). Gilberto Gil (Brazil)

music from. Cesarea Evora, Cabo verde Group, Bau, Nancy Vieira, Totinho, Agusto Cego

A selction of tunes played during this tear. Airelle Besson & Nelson Veras, Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodriguez, Sofia Rei, Javier Limon, Paco de Lucia, Keali'i Reichel, Gabby Pahinui, The Proclaimers, Harry Belafonte, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Rosemary Standley & Dom La Nena, Matias Ceballos, Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna, Rim Banna, Natalia Lafourcade Y la Sonora Santanera, Carla Bley Band.

Palestine music with Nai Barghouti, Simon Shaheen & Qantara, El Safi, Sabah Fakhri, Le Trio Joubran, Alireza Ghorbani, Hesam Naseri, Haya Zaatry Rim Bana & Henrik Koitzch, Reem Kelani, Kamilya Jubran.

Musica argentina contemporanea. Leon Gieco, Gustavo Santaoalalla, Mercedes Sosa, Fena Della Maggiora, Diego el Cigala, Lila Downs, Andres Calamaro, Manolo Garecia, Vivente Amigo, Mon Laferte, Milton Nascimento, Julieta Venegas, Julieta Laso, Kevin Johansen, Natalia Lafourcade.

Jazz Composer, Musician and Bandleader Carla Bley passed away recently and Xavier has prepared a tribute show to this prolific composer and performer. Big Band, C B Sextet, C B Very big Band. Steve Swallow, Michael Mantler, Charlie Headen, Gary Valente, Don Cherry, Liberation Music Orchestra. (1936-2023) Carla Bley www.wattxtrawatt.com

tunes about death, celebration the Day of the Dead. Rim Bana & Ortega from Palestin. From Mexico: Mamselle Ruiz, Angela Aguilar, Jukieta Venegas, Amparo Ochoa, Mex/USA Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez, Mexico, Antonio Aguilar, Miguel Aceves Mejia, Trio Tariacuri, Los Folkloristas, Lila Downs. Mexico/ireland/USA Ry Cooder, The Chieftans. The Dubliners, Willie Nelson & Ray Charles

Son Jarocho from Veracruz, Mexico. Los Cojolites, Eugenia Leon, Lila Downs, Natalia Lafourcade, El Son del Pueblo, Son de Madera, Grupo Mono Blanco, Conjunto Jardin

Bill Frisell, Monk, Freddie Hubard, Henry Franklin, Kenny Dorham, Joe Morello and more !

Beatles covers by Bill Frisell (USA), Rosemary Standley & Dom La Nena (France & Brasil), Madeline Peyroux ( France-USA), Anne Ducros (France), Aceituna sin Hueso (Cuba), Nina Simone (USA), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (Cuba), Brad Mehldau (USA), Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, João Bosco (Brasil), Ulf Wakenius (Sweden).

Yamandu Costa, Lucio Yanel, Renato Borgheti, Jayme Caetano Braum, Guarany and more

Natalia Lafourcade special, Mexican singer songwriter with Los Macorinos, Eugenia Leon, La Sonora Santanera, Los Angeles Azules, Kevin Johansen, Los Cojolines

Orlandivo, Ed Lincon, Evinha, Joao Donato, Luiz Henrique, Edson Frederico and many others

HIP HOP 50 Years , Funky 4+1, Black Star, Mary J Blige, Ice Cube, Salt-N-Pepa, Lauryn Hill, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and others...

Vivan las Mujeres. Eugenia Leon, Mexico, Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna, Chile, Bia, Mamselle Ruiz, Mon Lafrete, Mexico, Lhasa de SAela Canada-Mexico, Las Hermenas Caronni, Argentina, Yilian Canizaresw y Omar Sosa, Habana Cuba

Musica para bailar. Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pineiro,Cuba. Eddie Palmieri w Ismael Quintana. NY/Puerto Rico. Celina y Reutilio, Cuba. Sierra Maestra, Cuba. Sonora Santanera w/Lila Downs, Natalia Lafurcade, Sonia Lopez, Mexico. Carlos Vives, Colombia. Ray Barreto NY. Grupo Folklorico Experimental Nuevayorquino.

Goran Bregovic, Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra, Bratsch, Fanfare Ciocarlia and more!

Live in the studio on his last week in Aotearoa. Original songs from the depths of Latin America.

Scotland with guest Fiona Hopper. Runrig,Capercaillie, Peatbog Faeries, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Karen Matheson, The Proclaimers, The Corries.

Astrud Gilberto !

Music from Morocco. Amina Alaoui, Ammouri M'barek, Malika Zarra, Kronos Quartet. Hassan Hamoun, Bachir Attar & Elliot Sharp, El Hadj Houcine Toulali

Rita Lee from early years to recent recordings.

Jazz trumpet from Europe. Erik Truffaz, Enrico Rava, Gianlucva Petrella, Enrico Rava Quartet, Tomasz Dabrowsky & the Individual Beings, Airelle Besson & Nelson Veras, Matthew Halsall