Recorded live at WOMEX in Tampere and made possible thanks to Radio WOMEX, a cooperation between YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company), EBU (European Broadcasting Union), and NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), this episode of Rhythm Passport Presents… brings to RTM.FM live sessions and interviews with three very unique acts: Manhu from China, Estonia’s Sounds and Stories from Ruhnu Island, and Lithuania’s Sutartonica.

Manhu, from Yunnan in south west China, draws directly on the Sani Yi tradition from the Stone Forest region, opening the episode with a short live set. After that, Manhu and Sounds and Stories from Ruhnu Island come together for a joint jam, sharing three songs together, before Ruhnu closes the live performances with a set rooted in the island’s local song and fiddle heritage, framed through storytelling. The episode also includes an interview with Sutartonica’s Laurita Peleniūtė and Victor Diawara, focusing on Lithuanian sutartinės singing and how they bring that tradition into a contemporary context.