25 Years of Spin The Globe (#1297)

In which we hear songs that spun the globe a quarter century ago. And other sounds.

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)

Manu Chao – Bongo Bong – World Playground: A Musical Adventure For Kids
Jorge Ben – Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma) – Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical
Inna & The Farlanders – Northern Dances – The Dream of Endless Nights
Carlinhos Brown – Water My Girl – Omelete Man
Guarneri Underground – Baglama – New World
Ibrahim Ferrer – Marieta – Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
Sheila Chandra – The Struggle / The Dream – Roots and Wings
Kongar-ol Ondar – Eki a’ttar (Good Horses) [Live] – Genghis Blues
Zap Mama – Brrrlak! – Adventures in Afropea 1: Zap Mama
Andy Palacio – Samudi Gunou – Keimoun (Beat On)
Oumou Sangaré – Djama Kassoumon “Lets Talk” – Mousoulou
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Mast Nazron Se Allah Bachaye – Best of Shahenshah-E.-Qawwalan, Pt. 1, Vol. 1

Hour 2
The Four Brothers – Makorokoto – Makorokoto
Irene Farrera – José Antonio – Alma Latina
Ömer Faruk Tekbilek – Red Skies – One Truth
Fränder – Evigt regn – II
Cheikh Lô – Boul di Tagale – Né La Thiass
Mynta – Rapatal – First Summer
Dick Lee – Mustapha – The Mad Chinaman
Sia Tolno – Weather Song – Global Afrobeat Movement 4
Stella Chiweshe – Chigamba – Kumusha
Rüüt – Jännupoig – Kiriküüt
Bixiga 70 – Marginal Elevado Radial – Vapor

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World Music Mix (#1434)World Music Mix (#1434)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Red Baraat – Punjabi Wedding Song (Balle Balle) [feat. Sunny Jain] – Chaal Baby (feat. Sunny Jain)
Super Panela – Cada Minuto – Sangre Nueva
Coco Mbassi – Lé Na Oa – EWEKEDI, Pt.1
Manu Chao – Coraçao No Mar – Viva Tu
Flavia Bittencourt & Carlinhos Brown – Amouro – Amouro – Single
Bonbon Vodou & Nellyla – Apparu – Épopée Métèque
Oumou Sangaré – Ah Ndiya – Moussolou
Ibrahim Maalouf & Angélique Kidjo – Ahan – Queen of Sheba
Ojah & Hugh Masekela – Afro Beat Blues – The Chisa Years 1965-1975 (Rare and Unreleased)
Zuco 103 – Brazilectro – Outro Lado
Solju – Válddi Fámut – Uvjamuohta
Aliza – Breath the Love – Aliza
Mariem Hassan – Almara – La voz Indómita

Hour 2:
Roehind – Càite a Bheil I – Buile
Alaa Zouiten – Purpur Kora (rumba) (feat. Rhani Krija) – AFICIONADO (Flamenco Moro)
Tarwa N-Tiniri – Aledjig – Zaman
Berima Amo – Kokoroko (Almighty) – Rhythms of Love
Nusantara Beat – Bunga Mekar – Nusantara Beat
Kobo Town – Here by Chance – Carnival of the Ghosts
Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – Sunlight to My Soul – HOPE!!
Kiran Ahluwalia – Har Khayal – Comfort Food
Mohammad Syfkhan – Do Not Bow – I Am Kurdish
Sunbörn – Beach Chase (excerpt) – Sunbörn
Kyekyeku – To See the World – Funky Pangolin
Totó La Momposina – Chi Chí Maní – Carmelina
Shono – Fire Mountain – Hunters (Throat Singing from the Shores of Baikal)
Tamikrest – Adagh Oyantid – Assikel


Global Songs of War and Peace (#1226)Global Songs of War and Peace (#1226)

Originally assembled as a collections about war and peace for Memorial Day in the USA, this playlist works just as well in light of the smaller but no less devastating violence of school shootings. Violence is a problem in many cultures, as these songs illustrate. We need to do better, and soon.

Hour 1
Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Masters of War – Touristes
Atamina – When Two Elephants Fight – Sycophantic Friends
Phạm Mộng Hải – For the Fallen – Hanoi Masters: War Is a Wound, Peace Is a Scar
Yuriy Gurzhy & Wladimir Kaminer vs. Zelwer – The New Adventures Of Soldier Tufaiev – Electric Gypsyland 2
Balkan Beat Box – War Again – Blue Eyed Black Boy
Karibuni Addis – No Child Soldier – Back Road to Ethiopia
Hadag Nahash – War – 6
Amabutho – Amabutho (the Warriors) – Sikelela
Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac – Oran an t-Saighdeir/The Soldier’s Song – Seinn
Haris Alexiou – Soldier – Mondo Greece
Aditya Prakash Ensemble – The Warrior (feat. B.C. Manjunath & Josh Johnson) – Diaspora Kid
Yannick Noah – War / No More Trouble – Hommage
Soweto String Quartet – Ukusina Kwa Mabutho (The Dance of the Warriors) – Millennia
Moana & The Tribe – Warrior Woman – Rima
André Sampaio – Stop Fighting Immigrants (feat. Okwei Odili) – Alagbe

Hour 2
Invisible System – Kele (War) – Dance to the Full Moon
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – Warriors – Bone Reader
Morgane Ji – Woman Soldier – Woman Soldier
Warsaw Village Band – When Johnny Went to Fight In the War – Uprooting
FolkBeat – Сила Богатырская/The Strength of the Warriors – I’m Marching on My Own
Nytt Land – The Last War – The Last War – EP
De’Anza – War – Cosmic Dream
Ahmed Mukhtar – After the War – The Road To Baghdad
Baaba Maal – War – The Traveller
Tony Allen – Don’t Fight (edit) – Homecooking
Achien’g Abura – Spirit of a Warrior – Spirit of a Warrior
Chiwoniso – Rebel Woman – Rebel Woman
Mari Boine, Chiwoniso & Banda Dida – War Leaves No Victors – Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Afrobeat USA (#1241)Afrobeat USA (#1241)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Antibalas – Who Is This America Dem Speak of Today? – Who Is This America?
Cascadia ’10 – Song for Nehemes – Song for Nehemes – Single
Hard Proof – Popemobile – Public Hi-Fi Sessions 03 – EP
Euforquestra – Ochun – Explorations in Afrobeat
Zion 80 – Holy Brother – Warriors
Debo Band – Musicawi Silt – Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn)
Donkilo! Afro Funk Orkestra – N’zérékoré N1 – Donkilo!
Aphrodesia – Say What – Precious Commodity
Jujuba – Bloo – PDX Jazz Fest
Atomga – Reisster Eggs – Black Belt

Hour 2
Chicago Afrobeat Project – No Bad News (feat. Tony Allen, Kiara Lanier & Legit) – What Goes Up (feat. Tony Allen)
Menahan Street Band – Sleight of Hand – The Crossing
Afrolicious – Do What You Got To – California Dreaming
Polyrhythmics – Labrador – Labrador
Kaleta – Jibiti – Mèdaho
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Yoruba – Toubab Soul
The Daktaris – Upside Down – Soul Explosion
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – Tribulation – Bone Reader
Kokolo – More Consideration – More Consideration
Adedeji – Ojeje – Yoruba Odyssey
The Budos Band – Eastbound – The Budos Band
Original Broadway Cast: FELA! – Sorrow, Tears and Blood (feat. Sahr Ngaujah) – FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Akoya Afrobeat – U.S.A. – Introducing the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble