How to travel the world—by radio
This website lets you eavesdrop on the sounds of distant destinations, from traditional rubab guitar in Afghanistan to Latin pop in Argentina.
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This website lets you eavesdrop on the sounds of distant destinations, from traditional rubab guitar in Afghanistan to Latin pop in Argentina.
Radio Garden, which began in 2016, saw its usage boosted by as much as 750 percent during parts of the pandemic.
The Globe and Mail Chris Johns Published April 16, 2021 Bookmark I spent the morning travelling around the airwaves of East Africa. After a taste of high-energy Ugandan pop on RadioCity 97 FM, it was over to Mogadishu and the much more serious, newsy tones of Radio Shabelle. I don’t speak Somali but, for some reason, did make out the words “General Hospital” and “Anthony Fauci.” A second later, I’ve left Africa and am up in Bishkek jamming out to some gauzy Kyrgyz easy listening. My globe-spanning journey was facilitated by the app Radio Garden. While the ability to freely tr...
radio.garden Over the last year, the internet, in its uniquely hollow way, has often had to satisfy essential human needs – entertainment and communication, for instance, quickly took the hellish form of the online quiz. Travel has been no different. New apps have sprung up to cater to our wanderlust, while old apps, imbued with a new purpose, have seen downloads skyrocket. Radio Garden, for instance, lets you tune into thousands of the world's radio stations; Drive and Listen lets you do this while cruising down foreign streets. Advertisement WindowSwap lets you peer through a stranger's ...
Radio Garden makes cyber waves during Covid-19 pandemic By S. Ravi ( IANS) | Published on Tue, Feb 23 2021 14:48 IST | 0 Views Radio Garden makes cyber waves during the Covid-19 pandemic.(photo:India Narrative). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Feb 23 : Millennials and those belonging to generation Z have been dancing to the tune of Radio Garden -- a free app which allows listeners to tap a jaw dropping 30,000 stations across the world. Covid-19 pandemic which kept millions at home is at the heart of Radio Garden's boom. Cutting across human boundaries, the Internet radio...