Folk from Australia, Finland, Estonia, Scotland, Colombia and Canada; but what makes folk "dark"? Electronics and layers of deconstructed fragments add new textures to what used be made fairly simply with just acoustic instruments, and minor keys always darken the mood .

Folk from Australia, Finland, Estonia, Scotland, Colombia and Canada; but what makes folk "dark"? Electronics and layers of deconstructed fragments add new textures to what used be made fairly simply with just acoustic instruments, and minor keys always darken the mood .

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. 

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.

Continental Drift on 3BBR

Continental Drift

30 August 2026 - Dark and electro-folk

After music from Kinshasa and St. Etienne, a focus on Indonesian music and gamelan, both real and synthesised; music made in The Netherlands, Melbourne, London, Canada, USA and of course Indonesia. Some Indian fusions follow in the second hour.

After music from Kinshasa and St. Etienne, a focus on Indonesian music and gamelan, both real and synthesised; music made in The Netherlands, Melbourne, London, Canada, USA and of course Indonesia. Some Indian fusions follow in the second hour.

13 September 2026 - Gamelan, Indonesian and Indian fusions

Celebrating the re-release of Michael Brook's 1992 Cobalt Blue album and his work with a great qawwali singer, plus rare Dead Can Dance and modal music .

Celebrating the re-release of Michael Brook's 1992 Cobalt Blue album and his work with a great qawwali singer, plus rare Dead Can Dance and modal music .

6 September 2026 - Exotica and modal music

Comparing a 1997 release with 2026 from Belgian-Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas, music from the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Northern Africa around Mauritania. Also, Artists reinventing Japanese folk with influences from elsewhere .

Comparing a 1997 release with 2026 from Belgian-Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas, music from the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Northern Africa around Mauritania. Also, Artists reinventing Japanese folk with influences from elsewhere .

30 August 2026 - Dark and electro-folk

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