Paul Simon’s Graceland – Under African Skies | imagine…

Paul Simon’s Graceland – Under African Skies | imagine…

Music | BBC One | 2012 | 1'29'19''

Did Paul Simon's unique collaboration with South Africa's township musicians set back the clock of ...

Paul Simon: Graceland | Classic Albums

Paul Simon: Graceland | Classic Albums

Music | BBC Four | 1997 | 59'19''

This edition looks at how Paul Simon's Graceland made an enormous impact with its blend of rock and African rhythms.

Anoushka Shankar | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Anoushka Shankar | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 28'37''

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

The Pioneers of Bossa Nova | Brasil Brasil

The Pioneers of Bossa Nova | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 6'48''

Singer Joao Gilberto, Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and the poet Vinicius de Moraes are considered to be the founders of bossa nov...

La Cumparsita by Gerado Matos Rodríguez | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

La Cumparsita by Gerado Matos Rodríguez | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 7'05''

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

La Mufa by Astor Piazzolla | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

La Mufa by Astor Piazzolla | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 6'40''

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

La Rayuela by Pablo Ziegler | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

La Rayuela by Pablo Ziegler | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 6'12''

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

Libertango by Astor Piazzolla | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Libertango by Astor Piazzolla | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 3'20''

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

Mano a Mano by Carlos Gardel | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Mano a Mano by Carlos Gardel | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 3'51''

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

Sur by Anibal Troilo | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Sur by Anibal Troilo | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 4'33''

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

Un Momento by Hector Stamponi | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Un Momento by Hector Stamponi | BBC Proms 2018: Tango

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 3'25''

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

Symphony in A Minor by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Symphony in A Minor by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 10'44''

Performed by the Chineke! Orchestra and conducted by Kalena Bovell, the Pr...

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

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

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 7'45"

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

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

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 3'37''

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

Lullaby (Andante cantabile e sostenuto) | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Lullaby (Andante cantabile e sostenuto) | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 6'38''

Performed by the Chineke! Orchestra and conducted by Kalena Bovell, the Prom shin...

Nostalgia (Andante) | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Nostalgia (Andante) | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 3'30''

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

Onipe (Andante; con tenerezza) | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Onipe (Andante; con tenerezza) | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 2'16''

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

Piano Concerto in One Movement by Florence Price | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Piano Concerto in One Movement by Florence Price | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 18'11''

Performed by the Chineke! Orchestra and conducted by Kalena Bovell, the ...

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

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

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 3'29''

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

Bossa Nova and the Brazilian middle class | Brasil Brasil

Bossa Nova and the Brazilian middle class | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 2'08''

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

Carmen Miranda – Samba’s First International Superstar | Brasil Brasil

Carmen Miranda – Samba’s First International Superstar | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 4'21''

Links between Brazil and America grew stronger just at the right time for the emergence o...

Dorival Caymmi and Samba-canção | Brasil Brasil

Dorival Caymmi and Samba-canção | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 4'30''

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

Early Samba Songs | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 2'11''

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

Garota de Ipanema | Brasil Brasil

Garota de Ipanema | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 2'29''

Written by Jobim and Vinicius in 1962, Girl from Ipanema became bossa nova's best known hit.

Luiz Gonzaga and Forró | Brasil Brasil

Luiz Gonzaga and Forró | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 5'33''

Son of a farmworker, Luiz Gonzaga was the exponent of a new style of samba music that swept across Brazil in the 1940s.

The European Influence on Samba | Brasil Brasil

The European Influence on Samba | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 4'50''

In the mid 20th century, Rio de Janeiro was a rapidly expanding city with a large white population, boosted by immigrants fro...

The Origins of Samba | Brasil Brasil

The Origins of Samba | Brasil Brasil

Music | BBC Four | 2007 | 5'56''

Samba was born on the northeastern coast of Brazil. Its famous rhythms were developed from percussion styles used in Candomble, an Afric...

Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66_ Mas Que Nada | Easy Listening Hits at the BBC

Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66_ Mas Que Nada | Easy Listening Hits at the BBC

Music | BBC Four | 2020 | 2'26''

Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 performing Mas Que Nada.

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

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

Music | BBC Four | 2020 | 2'29''

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

Overture to ‘The Song of Hiawatha’ by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Overture to ‘The Song of Hiawatha’ by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | BBC Proms 2021: Chineke! with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Music | BBC Four | 2021 | 11'10''

Performed by the Chineke! Orchestra and conduct...

Gilberto Gil and Tropicália | Huey Morgan’s Latin Music Adventure

Gilberto Gil and Tropicália | Huey Morgan’s Latin Music Adventure

Music | BBC Four | 2020 | 8'21''

Along with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil was one of the musicians behind the Tropicália movement, wh...

The Origins of Steel Pan_ Tamboo Bamboo | The World About Us: King Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago

The Origins of Steel Pan_ Tamboo Bamboo | The World About Us: King Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago

Music | BBC Four | 2004 | 1'21''

Tamboo bamboo is a percussion instrument from Trinidad, which is precursor...

The Invention of the Steel Pan Drum | The World About Us: King Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago

The Invention of the Steel Pan Drum | The World About Us: King Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago

Music | BBC Four | 2004 | 2'45''

The steel pan drum is geniously contrived from an industrial oil drum.

South African Music Genres | The African Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

South African Music Genres | The African Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

Music | BBC Four | 2010 | 3'15''

An introduction to smusical genres distinct to South Africa.

Mbaqanga | The African Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

Mbaqanga | The African Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

Music | BBC Four | 2010 | 2'21''

Mahlathini became the 'King of Mbaqanga', a type of South African music developed from jazz.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Gracelands | The African Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Gracelands | The African Rock ‘n’ Roll Years

Music | BBC Four | 2010 | 3'23''

Joseph Shabalala and his group sang iscathamiya, a Zulu unaccompanied harmony style. Whe...

Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae | Roots, Reggae, Rebellion

Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae | Roots, Reggae, Rebellion

Music | BBC Four | 2016 | 2'49''

Akala visits reggae artist and basist Robbie Shakespeare to find out the musical differences between ska, rocksteady an...

The First UK Reggae Number One | Reggae Britannia

The First UK Reggae Number One | Reggae Britannia

Music | BBC Four | 2011 | 2'33''

Israelites' by Desmond Dekker & The Aces, was the first reggae song to reach number 1 in the UK charts.

Samba de Roda | Huey Morgan’s Latin Music Adventure

Samba de Roda | Huey Morgan’s Latin Music Adventure

Music | BBC Four | 2020 | 3'08''

Samba de roda is the oldest form of samba in Brazil.

Grazing in the Grass | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Grazing in the Grass | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 6'41''

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

Ikhaya Lami | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Ikhaya Lami | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 4'06''

A performance from South-african musician Hugh Masekela's 70th birthday concert at the Barbican in London in December 20...

Lizzy | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Lizzy | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 6'09''

A performance from South-african musician Hugh Masekela's 70th birthday concert at the Barbican in London in December 2009, wh...

Morija – Maseru | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Morija – Maseru | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 5'00''

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

Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 6'52''

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

Stimela | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Stimela | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 11'31''

A performance from South-african musician Hugh Masekela's 70th birthday concert at the Barbican in London in December 2009, ...

Thula – Thula | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Thula – Thula | Hugh Masekela: Welcome to South Africa

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 3'36''

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

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

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

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 3'32''

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

Panjabi MC_ Bhangra Goes Mainstream | Pump Up The Bhangra: The Sound of Asian Britain

Panjabi MC_ Bhangra Goes Mainstream | Pump Up The Bhangra: The Sound of Asian Britain

Music | BBC Four | 2018 | 4'08''

Mundian to Bach Ke is the most recognisible bhangra song. It went straight in to number...