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• April 10, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist, Slovenia

  Around the World – 10 & 12 April 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio play-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. 

• April 3, 2022News

  Around the World – 3 & 5 April 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio play-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• March 31, 2022News

  Around the World Preview – 3 & 5 April 2022

  Listen to last week’s show and see the running order on DavySims.com and find out more about the show. You can also listen to Part 1 and Part 2 on […]

• March 27, 2022News

  Around the World – 27 & 29 March 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• March 26, 2022News

  Around the World Preview – 27 & 29 March 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio play-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• March 20, 2022News

  Around the World – 20 & 22 March 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio play-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• March 13, 2022News

  Around the World – 13 & 15 March 2022

  Slice Audio and Ferry FM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• March 3, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 6 & 8 March 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. = You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• February 27, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 27 February 2022 & 2 March 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne, and Armagh City Radio plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime here on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack.

• February 23, 2022News

  Armagh City Radio plays Around the World.

  A seventh community radio station will begin broadcasting Around the World from Sunday 27 February with Armagh City Radio carrying the show every Sunday at 10:00 pm.

• February 18, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 20 & 22 February 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime here on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack.

• February 12, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 13 & 15 February 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime here on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview on Substack.

• February 3, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 6 & 8 February 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime here on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview here on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• January 30, 2022Around the World Playlist, Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 30 January & 1 February 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime here on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview here on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• January 23, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 23 & 25 January 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview here on Substack.

• January 15, 2022Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 16 & 18 January 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud. You can sign up for the weekly preview here on Substack. This week’s edition is below the running order.

• January 9, 2022Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 9 &11 January 2022

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud.

• December 9, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 12 & 14 December 2021

  This week my list of the best world music albums in 2021.  This will be the last show of 2021. For the next three weeks, repeats from earlier in the […]

• December 5, 2021News

  Around the World – 5 & 7 December 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• November 28, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 28 & 30 November 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio. You can hear the show anytime on MixCloud.

• November 21, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 21 & 23 November 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• November 15, 2021World Music Chart Europe

  World Music Chart Nominations – December 2021

  Every month around 40 broadcasters and journalists who specialise in "World Music" nominate 10 albums for the World Music Chart Europe. The top 20 list is published every month, but the full list can contain upwards of 100 nominations. Here are my nominations for December 2021. You can see the top 20 here.

• November 14, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 14 & 16 November 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• November 6, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 7 & 9 November 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• October 31, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 31 October & 2 November 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• October 24, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 24 & 26 October 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• October 24, 2021hotel, Travel

  Brittania’s faded grandeur

  I read the reviews of this hotel on Tripadvisor (which I have found less and less reliable over the years) after booking it and was horrified. What sort of mistake did I make? Should I cancel and loose my reservation fee or, as I was only staying one night and leaving early should I tough it out?

• October 17, 2021Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 17 & 19 October 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• October 10, 2021Music I like, Slice Audio Playlist

  Around the World – 10 & 12 October 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.

• October 2, 2021News

  Around the World – 3 & 5 October 2021

  SliceAudio and FerryFM, and Radio Larne plays-out Around the World on Sundays from 10.00 pm – midnight local time. The show is also available Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Lisburn’s 98 FM, Bangor FM and Down Community Radio.