WorldBeatUK with Glyn Phillips - Don't Lose Your Head (30/01/2017)

In this week's WorldBeatUK, Glyn Phillips musically narrates his way through the events of the 30th of January throughout history... including: the debut of the Lone Ranger, the inauguration of Hitler as Fuhrer, the assassination of Ghandi, the events of Bloody Sunday, the deaths of Professor Longhair and Lightnin Hopkins and not least the execution of Charles 1!

There's masses of Brazilian music alongside brand new music from Turkey's BaBa ZuLa, re-releases of very rare albums from the 70s, Sufi qawalli music from Afghanistan, flamenco rock from Barcelona, politically charged music from Ghana/Burkina Faso, and flavours from Cuba's Los Van Van, Denmark's Kalaha, Belgium's La Chiva Gantiva - as well as Birmingham's very own The Lonesome Gods and Smokin' Ade Wakelin.

Add a sprinkle of Sidney Bechet, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Professor Longhair and Lightnin Hopkins and a whiff of Richard Cheese and I think you'll agree: you need to Stay Calm and "Don't Lose Your Head"