2026-01-23 Songs of Deserts Caravans & Oases (#1417)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Ali Hassan Kuban – Gammal (Camel Driver) – Real Nubian
Songhoy Blues – Desert Melodie – Music in Exile
Itamar Erez & Hamin Honori – Forgotten Sands – Migrant Voices – EP
Mounira Mitchala – Al Sahara – Talou Lena
Falu – Desert – Desert (demo)
Hossam Ramzy – Amar el Sahara (The Moon of the Sahara) – Sabla Tolo II – Further Journeys into Pure Egyptian Percussion
Monoswezi – Kalahari – The Village
Hanggai – Gobi Road – He Who Travels Far
Cheb Khaled & Safy Boutella – La Camel – Kutché
Natacha Atlas – Oasis – Myriad Road
Yair Dalal – From the Desert – …And You Love…
Maëla Raoult – Saharan Storm – The Hen House
Malagasy Guitar Masters – Caravan – Volo Hazo
Ron Wagner – The Camel’s Gait – Sensual Art of Bellydance-Fast Rhythms

Hour 2:
Angelique Kidjo – Sahara – Celia
Yinon Muallem – Desert Song – Back Home
L’Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio – Sahara Blues – Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio
The Lucyan Group – Flight of the Camel (feat. Luca Donini) – Orient-Jazz
Dobet Gnahoré – Désert – Couleur
Ahmed Mukhtar, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde & Demi Garcia Sabat – Caravan – Al-hambra
Simo Lagnawi – Sahara Blues (feat. Louis Bingham) – The Gnawa Caravan: Salt
Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Buryat Band – The Camel – Blue Mongol (Roswell Rudd And The Mongolian Buryat Band)
The KutiMangoes – Desert Moon – Afro-Fire
Malcura – Camel – Malcura II
Bombino – Tenere (The Desert, My Home) – Agadez
Ragleela – Caravanserai (excerpt) – Jai Ma
Modou Touré & Ramon Goose – Dune Blues – The West African Blues Project

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A Refreshing Selection of Global Beverage Songs (#1273)A Refreshing Selection of Global Beverage Songs (#1273)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

Gili Yalo – Coffee – Gili Yalo
Etran Finatawa – Tea Ceremony III – Desert Crossroads
Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile – Your Coffee Is a Disaster – Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Tyva Kyzy – Ayak Shaiym (My Bowl of Tea) – Setkilimden Sergek Yr-Dyr (A Cheerful Song From My Soul)
Hello Tut Tut – Tea Time – World Music Dance Band
Jabali Afrika – Grandma’s Milk Gourd – Rootsganza
Candido Oye-Oba – Palm Wine (Jolly Papa) – Adura Power
Ferndale Happy Whistlers – Brandys and Beers – Brandys and Beers
Gecko Turner – Tea Time (feat. Isayah Thomas) [And the Five O’clock Jam] – Gone Down South
Slavic Soul Party! – Occapella (Have a Beer) – Teknochek Collision
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca – Beer-Drinking Polka – Flaco & Max: Legends & Legacies
Captain Planet – Fireflies & Palmwine – No Visa
Hamid Baroudi – Tea In Marrakech – Tea In Marrakech
Mickey Hart – Wine Wine Wine – Ramu
David Gould – Goats Milk – Feast of the Passover
Christian Maes, Janick Martin & Etienne Gruel – Tiger Milk – Feule caracal
Dolapdere Big Gang – A Drinking Song (feat. Teoman) – Just Feel

Hour 2
Bob Marley – One Cup of Coffee – Songs Of Freedom
Steve Rhodes & His London Hi-Lifers – Drink a Tea – Highlife on the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954 – 66
Manhu – Joys of Drinking – Manhu: Voices of the Sani
Tjango! – Lazy Afternoon Tea – Pohjantähti
Byungki Hwang – Chahyangije (2 Poems on the Fragrance of Tea): Drinking Tea – The Best of Korean Gayageum Music
Shanren – Drinking Song – Left Foot Dance of the Yi
Elisete – Luar e Cafe ( Moon and Coffee) – Luar e Cafe
Gaisha – L’amour Digital – Ana Aïcha
J-P Piirainen – Afternoon Tea – Twined
Boroa – Antares – O’ Clásico Fol
Ali Farka Touré – Malahani – Voyageur
Keturah – All the way from Africa – Keturah
Altin Gün – Dere Geliyor – Aşk
Trad.Attack! – Lase käia (feat. Laur Joamets) – Bring It On

Global Music of Peace (#1347)Global Music of Peace (#1347)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Peace Development Crew – Worldwide Peace – Better Days
Bixiga 70 – Grito de Paz – Bixiga 70 (2011)
Akli D. – Salam – Ma Yela
The Skatalites – Piece for Peace – Walk With Me
Alabina – Salam, la Paz Al Final – Sahara
Nour-Eddine – Aman (Peace In the Deepest and Inner Sense) (Remix) – The Music of Morocco in the Rif Berber Tradition
Cumbiasound – Más Paz – Nova Tunes 4.2
Los Lobos – Peace – Kiko
Bela Fleck – Salam Aleikum – Throw Down Your Heart – Africa Sessions Part 2
Slim Ali & The Hodi Boys – Peace – World Music for War Child
Gigi – Salam – Gold & Wax
Tarek Ghriri – Journey of Peace – Refugee in the Sea
Armada Bizerta – Salam (Peace) – Khat Thaleth, Third Line-Initiative For the Elevation of Public Awareness
Karibuni Addis – Selam, Shalom, Shlomo, Frieden – Back Road to Ethiopia

Hour 2:
Emam & Friends – Peace Please – Global Fusion
Noa – Shalom Shalom – Gold
Divahn – Oseh Shalom – Shalhevet
Menina do Céu – Viver em Paz (feat. Bruno Gouveia) – Festa no Céu
Judith Sephuma – Give Peace a Chance – New Beginnings
Ziggy Marley – Shalom Salaam – Dragonfly
Francis Mbappe – Peace – Peace is Freedom
Cacique’97 – Letter to the Martyrs – Letter to the Martyrs – Single
Derek Gripper – Kaira (Peace) – One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali
Halla Bassam & Sevara Nazarkhan – Peace Song – Lullabies from the Axis of Evil
Niominka Bi – Shalom (Shalom Salam) – Shalom Salam
Youcef Boukella – Salam (Peace) – More Great Moments of Vinyl History
Matshikos – Peace in the World – Peace in the World

Music from War Zones (#1232)Music from War Zones (#1232)

Ukraine isn’t the only conflict area in today’s world. The depressingly long list also includes Cameroon, Columbia, Iraq, Nigeria, Tanzania, Myanmar, Burkina Faso, Algeria, and others. (See this list of ongoing armed conflicts.) But in many places, people are still living, working, making music, falling in love, having kids. This music is a reminder of those people, with the hope that we can move beyond violence as a way of settling differences.

Hour 1
Ahmed Mukhtar – Dance of War – The Road To Baghdad
Yiddish Glory – My Mother’s Grave (feat. Loyko) – The Lost Songs of World War II
Dhafer Youssef – Dance Layan Dance – Sounds of Mirrors
Hudaki Village Band – Dana Maye Dana – Yo!
Vasily Gontarsky – Сільвер Боб (Silver Bob) – Сільвер Боб (Silver Bob)
Invisible System – Kele (War) – Dance to the Full Moon
Luman Seidjalilov – Tym-Tym – Legend of Crimean Tatar Music
Tondo – Shakaza – Tanzanian Classics
Hassouna Bangaladish – Dam-Et El Shouq (Tears of Longing) – Hossam Ramzy Presents Azza: Music from Sudan
Ndala Kasheba – Kadi Ya Njano – Yellow Card
Jeli Moussa Sissoko – Sirifo Haidara – Ballaké (Kora Music From Mali)
Jawhar – Shahrayar Blues – Qibla Wa Qobla

Hour 2
Emmanuel Jal – Gua – The Rough Guide to the Music of Sudan
Omar Souleyman – Aenta Lhabbeytak – To Syria, With Love
Konsonans Retro – Kurka Chubaturka – A Podolian Affair
Cumbia en Moog – Cumbia de Sal – Cumbia de Sal
Kady Diarra – Laada – Musique Traditionnelle Du Burkina-Faso
Los Folkloristas – El Diablo (Son Terracalenteño, Guerrero) – México
Yemen Blues – Eli – Yemen Blues
Zafa – Wasmaee – Funky Grooves of Yemen
Farhad Darya – Salaam Afghanistan – The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
Marianna Sadovska – Cycle of Wedding Songs: Oi zasvity maty svichku/Sy plavalo sire utia/Za khatoiu/Dai u sinechkakh – Songs I Learned In Ukraine
Pisyuny – Perkalaba – Dido
Eyuphuro – Othiawene – Yellela
Gnawa Diffusion – Reche sous le chèche – Algeria
Haydamaky – Yidu tramvayem (I take the tram) – Kobzar