Continental Drift #755 - 22 March 2026 - Cumbia, Psychedelia, jazz, latin, European folk & fusions

A huge variety of recent releases dominate, inc. psychedelic sounds from Melbourne, Peru and Amsterdam. Plus hot folk from Hungary and Italy, with fusions from Austria, Cuba, Denmark and Mali, and later a tribute to Bert Jansch and serene music from Norway and France.

Continental Drift #754 - 15 March 2026 - Polish folk, Arabic song, Chilean jazz, Indigenous, SE Africa and beyond

Our musical journey takes us to the upper Amazon, Peru, Cameroon, Malawi, Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, France, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and the middle east, plus Iran, Canada, Italy, USA and Corsica. That's quite a ride. 

Continental Drift #753 - 8 March 2026 - Raul Refree + New music from Melbourne & beyond

New releases are coming in a flood, but a new one from European producer Raül Refree leads us to some of his other work too - music from Southern Italy, Spain and Portugal. From Naarm (Melbourne) there are new releases from Estudiantina of Melbourne, Gusto Gusto and Malcura, and one from Australian…

Continental Drift #752 - 1 March 2026 - Cyprus & Greece, Ainu and Japanese psych, Sardinian connections

Nama Dama from Cyprus released a fabulous new multilingual album that bridges folk and indie pop, an Aïnu singer crosses paths with a Japanese psych-rock trio called Kuunatic, and we''ll make connections to Sardinia that includes the jazz trumpet of Paolo Fresu.

Continental Drift #751 - 22 February 2026 - Colombia, Wales, France, Quebec, Imaginary places, Yiddish, Rom

Connections between Colombia & Wales, West Africa and France... songs of Mother Earth, rivers, the sea and the cost of living. Later, a focus on vocal music from France and Germany in Occitan, German and Yiddish. New/recent releases from Eric Bibb, Tuuletar, Cimarrón, Catrin Finch, Daniel Kahn and …