The oud is a fretless instrument, but there is a fretted equivalent called a mandole. We'll hear both, with great virtuosos like Rabih Abou-Khalil, Abdel Gadir Salim, Marcel Khalife and Joseph Tawadros, and inspired composers like Anouar Brahem.

The oud is a fretless instrument, but there is a fretted equivalent called a mandole. We'll hear both, with great virtuosos like Rabih Abou-Khalil, Abdel Gadir Salim, Marcel Khalife and Joseph Tawadros, and inspired composers like Anouar Brahem.

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

Continental Drift #757 - 5 April 2026 - Focus on the oud

French and Quebecois, inc. Yann Falquet who took over 20 years to step out his band Genticorum for a solo release, plus memories of Gabriel Yacoub who crossed from folk to rock and pop. Also an intriguing new live album from the Indonesian National Orchestra which aims to give a 21st century platform to Indonesian instruments. 

French and Quebecois, inc. Yann Falquet who took over 20 years to step out his band Genticorum for a solo release, plus memories of Gabriel Yacoub who crossed from folk to rock and pop. Also an intriguing new live album from the Indonesian National Orchestra which aims to give a 21st century platform to Indonesian instruments.&nbsp;

Continental Drift #756 - 29 March 2026 - Francophonic pop & folk and more

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.

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

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. 

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

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Continental Drift on 3BBR