William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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World Music Radio · A journey for the ears across six continents

We gather music radio stations from every country on Earth — organised by continent and subregion — to guide you through the grandeur of classical, the freedom of jazz, the heat of pop, and the thousand-year echo of folk music. Open a country and let its history, musicians and radio streams meet you in a single soundscape.

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195 countries & regions

Europe

Europe

44 countries/regions

Southern Europe

Southern Europe15 countries
Albania
Albania

Europe's last-discovered 'hidden gem', and the wonder nation that shielded Jews through its moral code of 'Besa' (the pledge of honor).

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Andorra
Andorra

A tiny Pyrenean principality famed for duty-free shopping, where music is a meeting point of Catalan, French and Spanish cultures.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 'Jerusalem of Europe', a crossroads of Eastern and Western civilizations and the melancholic home of the sevdalinka love song.

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Croatia
Croatia

The pearl of the Adriatic, birthplace of the klapa choir and the cello duo.

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Greece
Greece

The cradle of Western civilization, home of the rebetiko lament and the dance of Zorba.

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Italy
Italy

The birthplace of opera, the eternal land of Verdi, Puccini and the Renaissance.

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Malta
Malta

The knights' island at the heart of the Mediterranean, home of tenor Joseph Calleja.

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Montenegro
Montenegro

A land of mountains on the Adriatic coast, home of the gusle epic chant.

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North Macedonia
North Macedonia

A Balkan crossroads, a land of the rhythms of the tapan drum and the zurla.

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Portugal
Portugal

The melancholy land of fado, with the musical afterglow of the Age of Discovery.

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San Marino
San Marino

The world's oldest republic, a city of music festivals among hilltop castles.

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Serbia
Serbia

The feverish home of the Guča Trumpet Festival and the kolo dance, the epicenter of Balkan rhythm.

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Slovenia
Slovenia

Where the Alps meet the Mediterranean, home to Oberkrainer folk music and industrial rock alike.

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Spain
Spain

A land of flamenco and the guitar, and the home of Falla, Domingo and Casals.

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Vatican City
Vatican City

The world's smallest sovereign state, with the celestial music of the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica.

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Asia

Asia

48 countries/regions

West Asia

West Asia19 countries
Cyprus
Cyprus

The island of Aphrodite in the eastern Mediterranean, a meeting point of Greek and Middle Eastern music.

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Georgia
Georgia

A land of polyphonic chant in the Caucasus and the ancient home of wine and polyphonic singing.

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Armenia
Armenia

The world's first Christian nation and the mournful home of Khachaturian and the duduk.

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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

The Land of Fire and the home of mugham, the birthplace of Eastern opera on the Caspian shore.

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Turkey
Turkey

A land of makam at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and the home of Fazıl Say's crossover piano.

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Iran
Iran

The thousand-year home of Persian classical music (radif) and the poetry of the santur and tar.

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

A land of Islamic holy sites and desert song, the voice of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Yemen
Yemen

A land of Sanaa's old city and Sanaani song, the ancient highlands of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Oman
Oman

A maritime civilization of the frankincense land, with Omani traditional music and the Royal Opera House Muscat.

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United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

A city of music in the desert, the diverse stage of Dubai Opera.

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Qatar
Qatar

A peninsula of pearls and natural gas, a symphonic oasis of the Qatar Philharmonic.

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Kuwait
Kuwait

The Gulf home of sawt, and the refined tradition of Arab music.

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Bahrain
Bahrain

A pearl island nation of the Dilmun civilization, the gentle home of Gulf traditional music.

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Iraq
Iraq

The home of maqam in the land of two rivers, the golden echoes of the oud and Baghdad.

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Syria
Syria

The muwashshah songs of Damascus, the refined home of Arab music.

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Lebanon
Lebanon

"Paris of the Middle East," the voices of Fairuz and the Rahbani Brothers.

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Jordan
Jordan

The land of the rose-red city of Petra and Bedouin songs.

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Israel
Israel

The hall of the Philharmonic and a classical stronghold of the Middle East, a symphony of diverse immigrants.

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Palestine
Palestine

A land of olive trees and the oud, the deep nostalgia of Palestinian folk song.

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Africa

Africa

54 countries/regions

West Africa

West Africa16 countries
Nigeria
Nigeria

The birthplace of Afrobeat, where Fela Kuti's rhythm and today's Afrobeats sweep the globe.

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Ghana
Ghana

The home of Highlife and Hiplife, the elegant source of West African pop.

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Senegal
Senegal

The frenetic rhythms of Mbalax and the Dakar sound of Youssou N'Dour.

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Mali
Mali

The ancient home of desert blues and the griots, a dialogue between the kora and the guitar.

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Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire

The dance music of Zouglou and Coupé-Décalé, the urban pulse of the Ivory Coast.

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Guinea
Guinea

The kora homeland of Mande music, the deep echo of West African drumming.

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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso

The land of the balafon and the griots, the drumming traditions of Ouagadougou.

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Niger
Niger

The Saharan home of Tuareg blues, the desert guitar sound.

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Benin
Benin

The rhythms of Vodun and the home of Grammy-winning singer Angélique Kidjo.

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Togo
Togo

Ewe drum music and the voice of Bella Bellow, a narrow nation on the Gulf of Guinea.

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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

The gentle homeland of palm-wine music and the seaside melodies of Freetown.

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Liberia
Liberia

A meeting point of highlife and African-American music, the distinctive soundscape of the West African coast.

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The Gambia
The Gambia

The Mandinka homeland of the kora, a tradition of song along the Gambia River.

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Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

The gumbe rhythms of the Portuguese-speaking West African world, the beat of a tropical coast.

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Cape Verde
Cabo Verde

The melancholy soul of the morna, the island songs of Cesária Évora.

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Mauritania
Mauritania

The deep songs of desert music, the vast soundscape of the Moors and Tuareg.

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East Africa

East Africa14 countries
Ethiopia
Ethiopia

The birthplace of Ethio-jazz, the mysterious sounds of Mulatu Astatke.

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Kenya
Kenya

Benga guitar music and Swahili pop, the rhythmic capital of East Africa.

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Tanzania
Tanzania

The Zanzibari flavor of taarab and contemporary Bongo Flava.

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Uganda
Uganda

A fertile ground of East African rhythm, Geoffrey Oryema's voice of Kampala.

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Rwanda
Rwanda

The drumming tradition of the land of a thousand hills, a sound of harmony reborn from trauma.

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Burundi
Burundi

The astonishing rhythms of the royal drums (ingoma), inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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Somalia
Somalia

Poetry and song of the Horn of Africa, the chanting tradition of a nomadic people.

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Djibouti
Djibouti

The Afar and Somali soundscape at the gateway to the Red Sea, a crossroads of the Horn of Africa.

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Eritrea
Eritrea

A diverse soundscape on the Red Sea shore, where Tigrinya and Arab music meet.

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South Sudan
South Sudan

Dinka chanting on the upper Nile, the sound of Africa's youngest nation.

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Seychelles
Seychelles

The sega and moutia of the Indian Ocean, the Creole melodies of a tropical archipelago.

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Comoros
Comoros

The Arab-African melodies of the "Moon Islands", the spiced soundscape of the Indian Ocean.

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Madagascar
Madagascar

The fast rhythms of salegy, the distinctive soundscape of a great Indian Ocean island.

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Mauritius
Mauritius

The Creole beat of sega, a multicultural melting pot of the Indian Ocean.

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North America

North America

23 countries/regions

Caribbean

Caribbean13 countries
Cuba
Cuba

The melodic heart of Havana, the land of son, rumba and the Buena Vista Social Club.

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Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic

The home of merengue and bachata, the passionate rhythms of Santo Domingo.

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Haiti
Haiti

The land of Vodou drumming and kompa, the cradle of Caribbean freedom.

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Jamaica
Jamaica

The home of reggae and Bob Marley, the musical mecca of the Caribbean.

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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago

The birthplace of steelpan and calypso, the rhythmic heart of Carnival.

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Bahamas
The Bahamas

An archipelago of seven hundred islands, with junkyard steel drums and Junkanoo carnival.

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Barbados
Barbados

The home of Rihanna, an island nation of calypso and spouge music.

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Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia

A volcanic island nation beneath the Pitons, with kadans and Kwéyòl music.

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

An island nation of volcanoes and islets, the source of big drum music and the Garifuna.

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Grenada
Grenada

Calypso and steelpan on the "Isle of Spice," a small Caribbean gem.

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Dominica
Dominica

Garifuna and Kwéyòl music of the "Nature Isle."

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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda

The island nation of "365 beaches," with steelpan and calypso festivities.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Calypso and steelpan of the twin-island nation, the sugarcane homeland of the Caribbean.

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South America

South America

12 countries/regions
Oceania

Oceania

14 countries/regions