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How music from the Solomon Islands has travelled across the world

Find out about the song ‘Rorogwela’ from the Solomon Islands in the Pacific and how it became a massive world wide hit after it travelled to France and beyond...

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Deep Forest

How was the melody of an obscure lullaby from the Solomon Islands taken up and transformed by a band from France?

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Jan Garbarek

From its origins in the Solomon Islands, the lullaby ‘Rorogwela’ found its way to Norway – hear how it was transformed into ‘smooth jazz’.

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