Continental Drift
Continental Drift
Garry Havrillay presents music of the world, with new and forthcoming releases: cross-cultural, traditional, jazz, neo-classical, ambient, acoustic, trance, electronic, folk and singer-songwriters — distinctive global music outside the mainstream.Social links:
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2 August 2026 - #774 Northern Europe, Canada, Latin America, Sardinia, Japan with new releases
New Finnish electro-folk-pop; Agnes Obel who's about to visit Australia again; Celtic, Quebecois and Afro-Iranian music from Canada; tunes from Latin America; vocal and guitar music from Sardinia; Japanese taiko and gentle Cretan music via London .
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26 July 2026 - #773 Reviving Archival and First Nations music
More and more artists are taking archival recordings and wrapping them with new music and sounds, mostly using digital technology to combine it all. Usually two main strategies are used; either grab short samples or excerpts and repeat them as both rhythmic and melodic elements, or show great respe…
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19 July 2026 - #772 New releases / Radiohead goes to Rajasthan / Maqams, jazz and trance
Musically there are bridges between India and the UK, Greece and Melbourne and Turkiye, Ethiopia and Canada. Included is a new intriguing sound from a French duo that takes inspiration from defying the French government, plus connections to Turkish ney player Kudsi Erguner and Greek jazz pianist Y…
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12 July 2026 - #771 Aotearoa, more for NAIDOC week, jazzy tunes
After some new releases, more Australian music after NAIDOC week, and a focus on first nations music from NZ with a bit of exotic jazz.
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