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African Suite by Fela Sowande | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Performed by the Chineke! Orchestra and conducted by Kalena Bovell, the Prom shines a light...

Akinla (Allegro non troppo) | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Performed by the Chineke! Orchestra and conducted by Kalena Bovell, the Prom shines a light o...

Anoushka Shankar | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Documentary examining the work of renowned sitar player Anoushka Shankar as she composes the score to a restoration of a 1920s...

Apna Sangeet and Soho Road | Pump Up The Bhangra: The Sound of Asian Britain

Soho Road is at the heart of the Punjabi community in Birmingham and the title of one of bhangra...

Barrio de Tango by Anibal Troilo | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Grammy Award-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler and a hand-picked group of world-class soloists join the Britten Sinfonia...

Benga music | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power

Afua learns about Benga music which is combination of musical genres born out of Nairobi's diversity.

Biggie And Tupac (2002)

Nick Broomfield examines the lives and murders of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur and the rivalry between East Coast and West Coast music that...

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have l...

Bossa Nova and the Brazilian middle class | Brasil Brasil

Bossa Nova, meaning 'New Wave', reflected the new-found optimism inside Brazil during the 1950s and appealed to Bra...

Brinca de Vivre | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

A performance from South-african musician Hugh Masekela's 70th birthday concert at the Barbican in London in Decembe...

Burt Bacharach & BBC Concert Orchestra Feat. Adele-Baby It's You | Easy Listening Hits at the BBC

Burt Bacharach and Adele performing 'Baby It's You'.

Carmen Miranda - Samba's First International Superstar | Brasil Brasil

Links between Brazil and America grew stronger just at the right time for the emergence of Brazil's m...

Carnival and Samba Schools | Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure

Samba schools, each representing a different neighborhood, compete in formal parades during Carnival. Mangue...

Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (AKA Joseph Bologne) was a French violinist, and is credited with being ...

Dockery Farm and Blues music | Arena

Charlie Patton is considered to be the forefather of the Delta blues and worked on a plantation known as Dockery Farm.

Doctor Who: A Celebration Concert

A musical odyssey through time and space with highlights and background footage from the Doctor Who - A Celebration concert at the Wales Mi...

Doctor Who: Regeneration

Radio 2 celebrates the phenomenon of BBC TV's sci-fi adventure series Doctor Who, which transformed Saturday-evening viewing when it returned in Mar...

Dorival Caymmi and Samba-canção | Brasil Brasil

Unlike other forms of samba, samba-canção could be sung by individuals, as well as massed bands. Dorival Caymmi became samb...

Early Samba Songs | Brasil Brasil

The songs of the early samba singers dealt with the realities of everyday life for black workers and migrants in Rio.

El Motivo by Juan Carlos Cobain | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Grammy Award-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler and a hand-picked group of world-class soloists join the Britten Sinfonia ...