Radio Shqip Popullore

Radio Shqip Popullore is the folk side of Radio Shqip, an Albanian broadcaster whose offices sit inside the Rogner Hotel on Bulevardi Deshmoret e Kombit in central Tirana. While the main Shqip FM stream plays selected contemporary Albanian music, the Popullore channel is dedicated entirely to muzike popullore - the traditional folk sound of Albania.

The word popullore simply means folk, and the playlist lives up to it: traditional songs and dances from across Albania's regions, performed by folk ensembles and by newer artists who keep the old style alive. It is the kind of music heard at weddings and family gatherings rather than in clubs, and for Albanians living abroad it works as a direct line to the sound of home.

The stream runs online around the clock. It can be opened from the station's website shqipfm.al, which also carries Albanian news and music updates, and through the usual radio directories and apps.