WorldBeatUK with Glyn Phillips - Heatwave (19/06/2017)

In this week's WorldBeatUK, Glyn Phillips presents a whole load of sounds to heat you up and to cool you down during this current heatwave! Expect to hear songs from the Golden Age of Ethiopian Music as well as contemporary ethio-jazz, Franco-Malian chamber music alongside Namibian pop and current Ghanaian grooves.

There are Argentine twins from France, Cape Verdean groovers from Holland and a Cuban violinist from Switzerland. On top of all that we have Americans (Gerry Spehar, and gypsy jazz band, Occidental Gypsy), Colombian eclecticists Meridian Brothers and Japanese jazz-fusionists Nautilus amongst others!

Finally, there's a special emphasis and look back at the work of the great Rhythm and Blues singer, Lloyd Price and the so-called "female Leadbelly", Odetta Holmes. Find out what Martin Luther King had to say about her...

Once again, Glyn Phillips brings the sounds of the world to your ears!