Broadcast history

BBC Radio 4

Musical Migrants

5 May 2008
Produced by Rachel Hopkin

Rachel Hopkin In this series of five montage features, professional and amateur musicians relate how particular musical genres inspired them to abandon former lives and move to an unkown place purely for its music.

Featuring Yoko Noge, who moved from Japan to Chicago for the blues, Scott Feiner, who swapped New York for Brazil and the pandeiro, Bruce Greene, who left New Jersey for the Appalachians in pursuit of old time fiddle, Martin Green, who migrated north from England to learn Scottish traditional music and Eva Wolff who emigrated to Argentina from Belgium for the tango. Repeated Sundays 4, 11 and 18 July 2009

  • Martin Green