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New tunes and a focus on Malaysian jazz
Gilles spins new tunes and joins the dots: soul, electronic, and jazz.
01 Aug 2026,·180 mins
Music for the still of night
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
06 Aug 2026,·89 mins
with Nikita Kanda
Your daily mix of Bollywood, Bhangra, UK garage, R&B, hip-hop and more with Nikita Kanda.
06 Aug 2026,·60 mins
Kim Carnie sits in
Kim Carnie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.
06 Aug 2026,·115 mins
The AfroSounds Mix
DJ Edu mixes up Afrobeats. @1Xtra on social
05 Aug 2026,·30 mins
Classic House Party flavours with Kizzi!
Back-to-back dancefloor bangers with Kizzi!
Makoto Kubota’s Mixtape
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents an exclusive mixtape from Japanese artist Makoto Kubota.
31 Jul 2026,·89 mins
South African sounds and Amazigh song
Lopa Kothari presents the best in global roots music, with picks from Soweto’s BCUC.
01 Aug 2026,·59 mins
Karan Aujla
Asian Network Celebrates Karan Aujla, a 60 minute deep dive with Dipps Bhamrah.
29 Jul 2026,·60 mins
Summer Of Stars with Davido!
Eddie Kadi with the Afrobeats Charts, plus a catch up with Davido for Summer Of Stars.
02 Aug 2026,·60 mins
New Music Half Hour and the latest Tamil and South Indian tracks
Asian Network's Tamil and South Indian show with Pritt - brand new music and big beats.
02 Aug 2026,·120 mins
The Rave Mix
Flava D in the mix!
Jeremiah brings you Black dance music's hottest names, Flava D in the mix!
07 Aug 2026,·30 mins
Sreath 1, Eapasod 11
Màiri Anna NicUalraig a' cur na prosbaig air sàr-ghuthan de gach seòrsa.
06 Aug 2026,·57 mins
5. Jungle and Garage
Jungle and garage pave the way for grime, a style that's become mainstream.
16 Aug 2013,·15 mins
Pakistan
Farah Karim presents new musical talent from Pakistan, ranging from rap to qawwali.
20 Apr 2019,·53 mins
L’Oiseau Rare
How L’Oiseau Rare went from imprisonment to becoming one of Gabon's biggest stars
01 Aug 2026,·26 mins
Tonnau - dod i adnabod y grwp newydd cyn chware'u sengl newydd sbon.
Cyfle i glywed sengl gyntaf Tonnau. Hefyd set fyw gan Mellt, wedi'i recordio yn Aberteifi
28 Jul 2026,·118 mins
Indigenous Voices of the Americas
Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
21 Oct 2024,·15 mins
Highlights
Lucy Duran looks back over 13 years of the programme.
22 Sep 2013,·60 mins
Cities
Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore music of three African cities.
03 Mar 2011,·60 mins
2. A Rich Musical Heritage
Music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa - since transition to democracy.
22 Nov 2016,·30 mins
The story of Poland's Syrena Records, a label that defined a nation.
12 Jan 2016,·30 mins
A revolution in music, politics and attitude - how Tropicalia exploded in Brazil.
09 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Navid Akhtar examines the legacy of the influential Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
21 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Reflections on the launch and impact of Europe’s first black music station in 1981.
03 Feb 2023,·9 mins
Meet the modern musicians adapting traditional West African music.
05 Jun 2012,·30 mins
Peruvian-born chef Martin Morales explores the link between food and music in the Andes.
16 Oct 2017,·30 mins
Rapping out dreamtime stories: a new outlet for Australian Aboriginal youth
12 May 2011,·30 mins
The story of Nigerian musician and political revolutionary, Fela Kuti.
31 May 2011,·30 mins
Reem Kelani explores the role of music in the Egyptian revolution of early 2011.
18 Jan 2012,·28 mins
