Big expanses, open spaces, light and darkness guide us through two hours of music inspired by the sky and stars.

Big expanses, open spaces, light and darkness guide us through two hours of music inspired by the sky and stars.

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.

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Continental Drift #763 - 17 May 2026 - Guided by the Stars

Reviving a special lockdown radio mix from 2020 with exotic, arabic, tribal and dub music from North Africa to Guatemala, Australia to the Netherlands. In the second hour, a feast of modal acoustic Mediterranean and Cretan music including the gorgeous latest release from Stelios Petrakis with connections to Melbourne's Xylouris Ensemble.

Reviving a special lockdown radio mix from 2020 with exotic, arabic, tribal and dub music from North Africa to Guatemala, Australia to the Netherlands. In the second hour, a feast of modal acoustic Mediterranean and Cretan music including the gorgeous latest release from Stelios Petrakis with connections to Melbourne's Xylouris Ensemble.

Continental Drift #762 - 10 May 2026 - Deep Isolation Mix / Cretan focus - Stelios Petrakis

Turkish meets flamenco, the Persian lute and Farsi singers in jazz, Tibetan spiritualism in Australia, modern Greek folk, Indian classical fusions, and great voices from Pakistan are among the top selections this week. I'll compare recordings by two Pakistani Sufi devotional singers; the fairly recent 'lost' album recorded by the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in 1990, and the now unique vocal technique of Ustad Saami.  Later, the astonishing fusion band Shakti led by John McLaughlin.

Turkish meets flamenco, the Persian lute and Farsi singers in jazz, Tibetan spiritualism in Australia, modern Greek folk, Indian classical fusions, and great voices from Pakistan are among the top selections this week. I'll compare recordings by two Pakistani Sufi devotional singers; the fairly recent 'lost' album recorded by the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in 1990, and the now unique vocal technique of Ustad Saami. &nbsp;Later, the astonishing fusion band Shakti led by John McLaughlin.

Continental Drift #761 - 3 May 2026 - Fusions and Sufi Devotional

A quirky program with whalesong, protest songs and stories about whales and hunting depicted in dance, song and poetry over many decades, with some very odd snippets from Robert Morley and Kamahl, and even a song about a whale drinking at a bar. 

In the second hour, some new and recent releases along with a tribute to the Breton singer & clarinettist Erik Marchand.

A quirky program with whalesong, protest songs and stories about whales and hunting depicted in dance, song and poetry over many decades, with some very odd snippets from Robert Morley and Kamahl, and even a song about a whale drinking at a bar.&nbsp;
In the second hour, some new and recent releases along with a tribute to the Breton singer &amp; clarinettist Erik Marchand.

Continental Drift #763 - 17 May 2026 - Guided by the Stars

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