Old-style traditional musician Riley Baugus reports from the Blue Ridge Mountains with a banjo-fuelled, foot-stomping road trip through the Appalachians

Producer Paul Chandler reports from Bamako, exploring the rich musical culture of Mali including interviews and music from Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore

Ethnomusicologist Mu Qian reports on the music of the autonomous Xinjiang region, including recordings from the oasis town of Hotan to Xinjiang's first hip-hop band.

Broadcaster Betto Arcos reports from Lima, including music from inside a traditional Peña bar, the amazing sounds of Afro-Peruvian music 'Música Criolla', Cumbia music and beyond.

This week, Lopa whizzes around Gran Canaria in a taxi and finds some beautiful island melodies, plus a surprise arrangement of Michael Jackson on tiny Canarian guitars.

Singer Eugenia Georgieva takes us on a Road Trip to Bulgaria to see how music was used to keep a sense of national identity in the face of centuries of repression, from Bulgarian traditional folk to the famous female choirs.

Listen to the world - Music Planet, Radio 3's new world music show presented by Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell, brings us the best roots-based music from across the globe - with live sessions from the biggest international names and the freshest emerging talent; classic tracks and new release, and every week a bespoke Road Trip from a different corner of the globe, taking us to the heart of its music and culture. Plus special guest Mixtapes and gems from the BBC archives. Whether it's traditional Indian ragas, Malian funk, UK folk or Cuban jazz, you'll hear it on Music Planet.

CBC's Wendy Bergfeldt takes us on a Road Trip to Cape Breton Island in Eastern Canada.

Listen to the world - Music Planet, Radio 3's new world music show presented by Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell, brings us the best roots-based music from across the globe - with live sessions from the biggest international names and the freshest emerging talent; classic tracks and new releases, and every week a bespoke Road Trip from a different corner of the globe, taking us to the heart of its music and culture. Plus special guest Mixtapes and gems from the BBC archives. Whether it's traditional Indian ragas, Malian funk, UK folk or Cuban jazz, you'll hear it on Music Planet.

Istanbul-born singer Cigdem Aslan guides us through the Alevi music of Turkey

Betto Arcos takes on a virtual musical journey to Paraguay, in which we encounter vintage Paraguayan harp recordings of Félix Pérez Cardozo, the virtuosic electric bass of Paula Rodriguez and The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura.

Join us for a musical journey through Greenland – taking in Inuit singing, drunken sailor shanties and the accidental discovery of the Hawaiian guitar.