October 2025 - Spin The Globe

Global covers of Fela Kuti songs (#1404)Global covers of Fela Kuti songs (#1404)

hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Schäl Sick Brass Band – Colonial Mentality – Majnoun
Osei Tutu – Gentleman – Awakening
Majek Fashek – Water No Get Enemy – Little Patience
Sylvania East Side Symphony – Egbi Mi O/Black Man’s Cry (Medley) – Black Man’s Cry: The Influence and Inspiration of Fela Kuti
Kiala & The Afroblaster – Sorow Tears and Blood – Money
FELA! Original Broadway Cast – I.T.T. (International Thief Thief) – FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
FELA! Original Broadway Cast – Trouble Sleep – FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Mdungu – Confusion – Afro What!?
Tony Allen, Res, Ray Lema, Baaba Maal, Positive Black Soul & Archie Shepp – No Agreement – Red Hot + Riot
Lisandro Meza y Su Conjunto – Shacalao – Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91
Mosco Tiles Fonclaire Steel Orchestra – Black Man’s Cry – Black Man’s Cry: The Influence and Inspiration of Fela Kuti
MixMaster Mike + Lateef and The Gift of Gab (of Blackalicious) – Kalakuta Show – Red Hot + Riot

Hour 2:
Chicago Afrobeat Project – Colonial Waiting Room Mentality – Nyash Up!
The Motet – Expensive Shit – Dig Deep
Bugz In the Attic, Wunmi & Red Hot Org – Zombie, Pt. 1 – Red Hot + Riot
FELA! Original Broadway Cast – Coffin For Head of State – FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo & Akua Naru – Lady (Clean Edit) – (Red) Hot + Fela
Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura Band & Mayra Caridad Valdes – Roforofo Fight – Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura (New Cuba Sound)
Ezra Collective – Colonial Mentality (excerpt) – Chapter 7 – EP
Cheikh Lo – Shankara/Lady Part 1 – Red Hot + Riot
The Daktaris – Upside Down – Soul Explosion
Afro National – Mr Who You Be – African Experimentals (1972 – 1979)
Newen Afrobeat – Opposite People – Newen Plays Fela EP

The Best New Global Music (#1403)The Best New Global Music (#1403)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
‘o Rom – Branko e la guerra (feat. Carolina Franco) – Radio Rom
Guitari Baro – Kolonkan – Guitari Baro
Burhan Öçal & Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Kısmet (feat. The Trakya All Stars) – Kısmet (feat. The Trakya All Stars) – Single
Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L – Kaksi kynttilää (Two Candles) – Oli kerran ryytimaassa… (Once upon a time there was a village…)
Afrodream – Ma mère – Guiss Guiss
Amira Kheir – Rabie Aljamal (Spring of Wonder) – Black Diamonds
Meklit – Ambassel – A Piece of Infinity
Loko Gasy – Anjara – Mifankatiava
Zhenya Wind – Kolyadka – The Earth Is Moving
Meral Polat – Çenek – Meydan
L’Antidote – Dates, Figs and Nuts (feat. Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalife) – L’Antidote (feat. Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalife)
Tania Saleh – Hashara – Fragile
Kiala & Afroblaster – Mokili – One Race (Tribute To Hilaire Penda)

Hour 2:
Cheikh Lô – Baba Moussa BP 120 – Maame
Doudou Nganga – Congo Kinshasa – Tokororo
Saha Gnawa – Baba Mimoun (feat. Gilad Hekselman) – Saha Gnawa
Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Raghu – Breath & Bow
Sharif & the Nomads – Ghasedak – Persian Jazz Rock
Melodic Intersect – Calcutta Funk (feat. Enayet Hossain, Hidayat Khan & Greg Hatza) – Beyond Borders (feat. Enayet Hossain, Greg Hatza & Hidayat Khan)
Sonny Singh & Qais Essar – Pavan Guru – Sangat
RAIA – Dakar Bamako – Uádi
Davide Ambrogio – III Sordi – Mater Nullius
Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill – Three Paths – Dreaming in Gamelan
Divanhana – Rijekama – Radio Sevdah
Lívia Mattos – História de uma Cabeça – Verve
Murmurosi – Liuli – Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented)
Putumayo & Boogát – E.P.N.S.L.S. – Latin Chill by Putumayo
Le Vent du Nord – Le Pari de Jeanne – Voisinages

Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025

‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
Afrodream – Guiss Guiss – Rubik Music
Meklit – Piece of Infinity – Smithsonian Folkways
Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
Meral Polat – Meydan – W.E.R.F. Records
Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
Cheikh Lo – Maame – World Circuit
Tania Saleh – Fragile – Tantune
Kiala & Afroblaster – One Race ‘A Tribute to Hilaire Penda’ – Tangential Music
Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa – Pique-Nique Recordings
Zhenya Wind – The Earth Is Moving – Zhenya Wind
Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Breath & Bow – Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips
Burhan Öçal, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, The Trakya All Stars – Trakya Funk – Gülbaba Records & Omni Sound
Amira Kheir – Black Diamonds – Stern’s
L’Antidote – L’Antidote – Ponderosa Music

Sounds of the Balkans (#1402)Sounds of the Balkans (#1402)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Balkan Fanatik – Iszom A Bort… (2023 Remastered) – FELJÖTT A NAP
Fanfara Tirana – Apocalyptic Kaba – Albanian Wedding
Dubioza Kolektiv – Oni Dolaze – Firma Ilegal
Watcha Clan – Balkan Qoulou – Balkan Beats, Vol. 3
Mahala Raï Banda – Kibori – Mahala Rai Banda
Taraf de Haïdouks – Dumbala Dumba – Taraf de Haïdouks
Sanja Ilić – Paparuga (feat. Balkanika) – Balkan Koncept (feat. Balkanika)
Ljiljana Buttler – Zvonija, Zvonija – The Mother Of Gipsy Soul
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band – Aman, Aman, Momce Bre – No Strings Attached
Balkanarama – Zvance Dranka – Nonstop
Fanfara Kalashnicov – Oriental Blues – Fanfara Kalashnicov
Balkan Taksim – Lunca – Lunca – Single
Fanfare Ciocărlia & Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra – James Bond Theme – Balkan Brass Battle
Shazalakazoo – In Oro We Trust – Speaking Balkanian
Kal – Radio Romanista – Radio Romanista

Hour 2:
Balkan Fusion Orchestra – Pirav Mange Korkoro – Balkan Roots
Slonovski Bal – Tesko Oro – Balkanska Rumba
Kazan – Moma Katerina – Ružo
Vodku – Ballada – Más
Ivo Papasov – Echoes of Rumelia – Dance of the Falcon
Pitsicato Brass Band – Mozart in Balkan Style – Pitsicato Brass Band
Goran Bregović – Cocktail Molotov – Tales and Songs from Weddings and Funerals
Esma Redzepova – Tut Ka Pajravan – Gypsy Carpet
Balkan Beat Box – Sunday Arak (feat. Dana Leong) – Balkan Beat Box
Al Jawala – Romski Cocek – Lost In Manele
Martin Lubenov Orkestar – Eki Kotar – Dui Droma – Two Roads
Olah Vince & Earth Wheel Sky Band – Balkan Frankenstein – From India to Ibiza
[dunkelbunt] – The Chocolate Butterfly (feat. Raf MC & Fanfare Ciocarlia) – Morgenlandfahrt
Forty Theives Orkestar – Rabble Rouser – Forgotten Tales

Women of India (#1401)Women of India (#1401)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Jyotsna Srikanth – Tiruppugal – Carnatic Nomad
The Snake Charmer – Frantic Feathers – Frantic Feathers – Single
Carolene – Thee Thee – The Rough guide to the music of India
Kiran Ahluwalia – Tumba – Wanderlust
Aruna Sairam – Saravanabhava – Divine Inspiration
Nor Dar & Lakshmi Shankar – Ampel’a – Ampel’a (feat. Marc Johnson & Kostas Zaridakis)
Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet – Light A Match (Ekta Deshlai Kathi Iwalao) – You’ve Stolen My Heart – Songs from R.D. Burman’s Bollywood
Lata Mangeshkar – Yara Seeli Seeli – Gulzar Lata
Monali Thakur – Aamaar Dugga – Aamaar Dugga – Single
autorickshaw – Manju Nihar – So the Journey Goes
Nistha Raj – Ajde Jano (feat. Duff Davis & Debu Nayak) – Exit 1
Manooghi Hi – Manooghi Hi – Manooghi Hi
Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan & Ajay-Atul – Gun Gun Guna – Agneepath (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Hour 2:
Wild Wild Women – Mulinchi Toli (feat. Saniya MQ, Mahi Ghane & D.Raashi) – Mulinchi Toli (feat. Saniya MQ, Mahi Ghane & D.Raashi) – Single
Kavita Krishnamurthy – Dheeme Dheeme – A Decade of Love
Lakshmi Shankar – Mira Bhajan (2) – Dancing In the Light – EP
Udit Narayan & Kavita Krishnamurthy – Achichi Lagti Ho – The Essential Guide to Bollywood
The Bombay Royale – Mahindra Death Ride – You Me Bullets Love
Suphala – Secret Language – The Now
Sheila Chandra – Shanti, Shanti, Shanti – Roots and Wings
Suphala – Destination – The Now
Nusantara Beat – Djanger – 2015 – 2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations
Tram des Balkans – Vihma – En Cavale
Suthukazi Arosi – Africa Unite – The Journey
Vinicius Castro, Vicente Nucci & Zé Motta – Solução – Sopro
Touki – La-Hi-La-Ha – Plastic Man