Flamenco

Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC

Betto Arcos is in Madrid, Spain exploring the rich and diverse world of Flamenco.

Polish singer Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk is our guide to the lost world of pre-WW2 Yiddish Tango. She explores its origins as it arrived from Argentina in the 1920s, to its then beating heart in Warsaw - and the many famous Jewish composers, who perished during the Holocaust. And we hear how Olga and others have been working to revive the music over the last 20 years and more.

Betto Arcos takes us to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for a celebration of cajun and zydeco music

Sigmund de Souza is our guide to the Portuguese-influenced mando tradition of Goa

Betto Arcos on the playing styles and instruments of Lima's Afro-Peruvian tradition

Betto Arcos reports from the Cosquín Folk Festival in Argentina

Sebastian Bergholm takes us to the far north exploring the rich tradition of Sámi yoiking

Betto Arcos reports from Cali's Petronio Alvarez Festival (of Afro-Colombian music)

Betto Arcos is our guide to the classic American Latin label Ansonia Records