Category: Playlists

Musics of West Africa (#1343)Musics of West Africa (#1343)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Fatoumata Diawara – Negue Negue – Fenfo (Something to Say)
Aly Keita – Maloya – Akwaba Iniséné
Becaye Aw – Humpitam – Sibi
Bombino – Adouni Dagh (This Life) – Deran
Aziza Brahim – Liberación de Guelta – Mabruk
Manou Gallo – Femme – Afro Groove Queen
Manou Fofana – Djagha – Ko-Te-Ban
Sona Jobarteh – Mamamuso – Fasiya
Kora Jazz Trio – Mimi – Kora Jazz Trio, Pt. 1
Itadi – Ibakubuele – Watch Your Life
Kojato – Afro Shigida – Original Lagos Cut – All About Jazz
The Ogyatanaa Show Band – Disco Africa – Ghana Soundz – EP
Baaba Maal & Daandé Lénol – Yiiri Yalla – Wango

Hour 2
Dogo Du Togo – Zonva – Dogo Du Togo
Angélique Kidjo – koro-koro – Fifa
Ba Cissoko – Yadou – Séno
Dobet Gnahoré – Nfletoun – Djekpa La You
King Sunny Ade – Ajo Ni Mo Re – Ajoo
Gyedu Blay Ambolley – Sunkwa – 11th Street, Sekondi
Sia Tolno – Manu – African Woman
Elikeh – Heaven – Kondona
Messah – Fetou – Messah Messah
Gabin Dabiré – Djilbié (excerpt) – Afriki Djamana (Music from Burkina Faso)
Vaudou Game – Happiness – Apiafo
Zieti – Politiki – Zemelewa
Orchestra Baobab – El Son Te Llama – Specialist In All Styles

Top 10 World Music Albums, August 2024Top 10 World Music Albums, August 2024

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
The Unknown Composer – Kalejaka Jaka – KOVRЫ
Tio Chorinho – Frevo Corrido (feat. André Valério) – Tempestuoso
Carmen Souza – St. Jago – Port’Inglês
Yeisy Rojas – Obatala – A Mis Ancestros
Sababa 5 – Nasnusa (feat. Yurika Hanashima) – Kokoro – こころ
Víík – Von og Minne – SAGT
Marta Topferova – Sauce llorón – Sombras
Dobet Gnahoré – Kômou Bébé – Zouzou
Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Da Ishly Divky – Cuckoo
BabelNova Orchestra – Tubarè – Magma
Ester Rada – Nanu Ney – Ester Rada
Tilahoun Gèssèssè – Aykedashem lebe – Éthiopiques, Vol. 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè
Africa Negra – Bo Cu Sete Ladron Ni Que Bo – Antologia Vol. 2

Hour 2
Abdel Benaddi – Hamdouchia – A Dream In Essaouira
Yemen Blues & Oxmo Puccino – Yyy – Only Love Remains
Rotfront – Ya Piv – Emigrantski Raggamuffin
Tactequeté – Uapa – Tactequequé?
Martina Camargo – El kikí (tambora) – CANTO Y RIO
Los Cumbia Stars – Sonidero – La Cumbia Une a Latinoamérica
Carla Pires – Cartografado – Cartografado
Caro Wajnerman – El Existir – Margenes
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian – Yongjun Yangko – From China to Appalachia
Putumayo & Giselle World – Agua (Putumayo Version) – World Beats by Putumayo
Combo Daguerre – Le Petit Bossu – Fracassines
Miriam Makeba – The Retreat Song – Miriam Makeba
Jacinto Limeira – Mandinga no carimbó – O cantor trombonista
Dawda Jobarteh – All One – Transitional Times
Freshlyground – Arms of Steel – Ma’ Cheri
Andrew Gurruwiwi Band – Yaa Djamarrkuḻi – Sing Your Own Song

Global Musical Questions (#1341)Global Musical Questions (#1341)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Mr. Something Something – Why Why Why – Shine Your Face
Kilema – Ao Va Nareo? (Are You There) – Lavi-Tany
Cheb Nasro – Kifeche Enti (Why Do You Hate Me?) – Departures
Terrakota – É Verdade? – Oba Train
Orishas – ¿Qué pasa? – Antidiotico
The Garifuna Collective – Kame Báwara (Why You Call?) – Ayó
DAM – Why (feat. Rachid Taha) – Dabke on the Moon
A.P.P.A.R.T – Hola Que Tal? – Flamencotronics
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – How Long? – Shaka Zulu
Mahotella Queens – Ngothini Na? – Ezesimanje
Christine Salem – Why War – Mersi
Franco & L’OK Jazz – Mbanda Nasali Nini? (What is a crime?) – 1971/1972-Likambo Ya Ngana
Chris Berry & Panjea – Why Do We – Dancemakers
Ozomatli – Donde Se Fueron? – Ozomatli
Mas y Mas – Por Que Sera? – Agarrate!

Hour 2
Los Fulanos – Why Don’t We Do Some Boogaloo? – Si Esto Se Acaba Que Siga el Boogaloo
Sergio Mendes – What Is This? – Brasileiro
Monoswezi – Where Is My Mbira? – Shanu
Cumbia Chicharra – ¿ Quien Es ? – El Grito
Grupo Naidy – ¿Lo Que Suena, Qué Será? (That sound, What Could It Be?) – ¡Arriba Suena Marimba!
Lolomis – Pourquoi n’es-tu pas là ? (Why aren’t you here?) – Boukane
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience – Why? – Funkiest Man In Africa
Ali Hassan Kuban – Eshmana (why) – Real Nubian
Monsieur Doumani – Where Shall I Bang It? (feat. Michalis Terlikkas) – Angathin
Mynta – Is It Possible? – Indian Times
Tasa – How Am I? – Urban Turban
Omega Bugembe Okello – Ndituusa Wa? – Kiwomera Emmeeme
El Naan – ¿Dónde Pongo las Flores – La Danza de las Semillas
Yusa – Sirvio de Algo? – Haiku

Global Music of Sports (#1340)Global Music of Sports (#1340)

In honor of the 2024 Summer Olympics
Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Yemi Alade – Stronger – Black Magic
Mickey Hart – Fast Sailing – At the Edge
Cienfue – Dive Deep – Seven Cities of Gold
Intermezzi – À bicyclette – Une dos
King Timothy – Football Calypso – London Is the Place for Me 6: Mento, Calypso, Jazz and Highlife from Young Black London
Young Killer – The Wrestler – Beginner’s Guide to the Caribbean
The Charmer Is Louis Farrakhan – Female Boxer – Calypso Favorites 1953-1954
Boom Pam – Surfing Tuba – Alakazam
The Bahama Soul Club – Surfing Zavial – Sundub Society
Donauwellenreiter – Jump ’N’ Run – Delta
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective – Yagane (My Canoe) – Wátina
A.R. Rahman – Cyclist’s Rhythm – Music Storm (A Lyrical and Instrumental Journey)
Viparat Piengsuwan – Yok Yok (Jump Jump) – Thai Beat a Go-Go, Vol. 2
Nikhil P. Yerawadekar – Run Fast – Run Fast – Single
A Moving Sound & ETHEL – Jump – Wheel of Life
Skeletons – Marathon Man – Smile
Skeewiff – Sailing Boat – Skeewiff In Brazil

Hour 2:
Sans – Pursi – The Rowing Song – Kulku
Ray Armando – The Boxer – Mallet Hands
Electro Dub Tango – El Fútbol Y El Tango – Electro Dub Tango Meets the World Cup
Ladaakhi Musicians – Music for Archery (excerpt) – The Rough Guide To The Music Of The Himalayas
Vaqo – Chidaoba (wrestling) – Ah Qo
Serenata Guayanesa – Corre Caballito – Run, Little Horse (Aguinaldo) – ¡Canta con Venezuela! Sing with Venezuela!
Anda Union – Galloping Horses – Heemor (Windhorse Reprise)
Ablaye Cissoko – Champion – Mes Racines
Pele Juju – Higher & Higher – Live!
Eumir Deodato – O Jogo (Soccer Game) – Os Catedráticos 73
Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble – Winners Never Quit – Winners Never Quit
Awilo Longomba – Champion – Mondongo

Remembering Toumani Diabaté (#1339)Remembering Toumani Diabaté (#1339)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra – Single – Boulevard De l’Independance
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate – Sahara – Kulanjan
Béla Fleck – D’Gary Jam (feat. Toumani Diabate) – Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate – Kadi Kadi – In the Heart of the Moon
Moussa Diakite – Miniamba (feat. Kassé Mady Diabaté & Toumani Diabaté) – Doncomodja
Chambao – Beliche (feat. Toumani Diabaté) – 10 Años Around the World
Tidiane Thiam – Hommage a Toumany Diabate – Siftorde
Toumani Diabate & Ballaké Sissoko – Yamfa – New Ancient Strings
Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabate – Anywhere That Is Not Here – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere
Ketama, Toumani Diabaté & José Soto – Sute Monebo – Planet Soup: Disc 3 – Mulligatawny
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Jamana Be Diya (feat. Kasse Mady Diabate, Toumani Diabate) – I Speak Fula

Hour 2:
Kasse Mady Diabate – Nankoumandjian (feat. Toumani Diabaté) – Manden Djeli Kan
Afel Bocoum, Damon Albarn, Toumani Diabate and Friends – Makelekele – Mali Music
Toumani Diabaté & London Symphony Orchestra – Mama Souraka – Kôrôlén – EP
Derek Gripper – Kaounding Cissoko – One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali
Sidiki Diabaté & Toumani Diabate – Lampedusa – Toumani & Sidiki
Vieux Farka Touré – Diabaté (feat. Toumani Diabaté) – Vieux Farka Touré
Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble – Ichichila (feat. Toumani Diabaté) – Sing Me Home
Jono Heyes – Tu Toumani – Beehive
Toumani Diabaté – Djelika – Djelika
Enzo Avitabile – Soul Express (feat. Toumani Diabate & Mauro Pagani) – Black tarantella
Toumani Diabate, Edgard Scandurra & Arnaldo Antunes – Kaira – A Curva da Cintura

Spain & Argentina: Music of Champions (#1338)Spain & Argentina: Music of Champions (#1338)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
La Xula – MaMa – In X-ile
Balkan Paradise Orchestra – Golden Days – K’ataka
Gotan Project – La Gloria – Tango 3.0
Radio Tarifa – Cruzando el Río – Fiebre
Chambao – Los Muchachos de Mi Barrio – Endorfinas en la Mente
Oreka Tx – Jai Adivasi – Nömadak Tx
Jerez – Texas – Durango – Patchwork
Sofia Rei – Callejón De Un Solo Caño – Coplas Escondidas
Melingo – En un Bondi Color Humo – Maldito Tango
Actitud María Marta – La Dragona – Con Perfume Revolución
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Eshu (Radio Edit) – Monkey See, Monkey Do
Soema Montenegro – Toro – CIRCULO RADIANTE
Bahiano – Calle Luna Calle Sol – Rey Mago de las Nubes
Gecko Turner – 45.000$ (Guapa Pasea) [Afrodisiac Soundsystem Remix] – Manipulado
Crespin – Nuestros Rayos (feat. Rodrigo Saldaña, CuchiCuchi, Diego Cortez & Rubén Rizzardi) – Aguanaguan
Desmadre Orkesta – Cumbia en Odessa – Vendaval

Hour 2
Tango Jointz – Libertango (feat. Bellma Cespedes) – Palermo Neuvo
Ema Yazurlo & Quilombo Sonoro – Salvame – Ema Yazurlo & Quilombo Sonoro
Ogun Afrobeat – Salitre – The Observer
La Insurgencia del Caracol – Restos del Diluvio (feat. Nicolás Falcoff, Leandro Moccia, Guía Guillermina Acosta, Jorge Estrella & Franco Exertier) – Restos del Diluvio
Chancha Via Circuito – Jardines (feat. Lido Pimienta) – Amansará
Ojos de Brujo – Tantas Flores (Con KCP, Ramamáni y Duquende) – Aocana
Macaco – Somos la Fiesta – Civilzado Como los Animales
Zulu 9.30 – Rica Rumba – Conecta O Revienta
Tanghetto – Sombra (Shadow) – Hybrid Tango
Los Delinqüentes – Estoy Sentado en Mi Cama – El Verde Rebelde Vuelve
Mercedes Sosa – La Arenosa – Mercedes Sosa en Argentina (En Directo)
Los Aslandictos – Que Trata De Andalucía – El Mundo Está Fatal De Los Nervios
Orquestra Àrab de Barcelona – Mi Paz – Maktub
Susana Seivane – Papá Pum Pum – Fa

Top 10 World Music Albums, July 2024 (#1337)Top 10 World Music Albums, July 2024 (#1337)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
#10 Tiganá Santana – Nkongo – Caçada Noturna
#9 Russudan Meipariani – I Have Not Seen Your Area არ მინახავს შენი არე – Voices & Mountains
#8 Paula Maya – Água Sagrada (feat. Teo Lima & Sizão Machado) – Rio de Janeiro (feat. Teo Lima)
#7 Saigon Soul Revival – Mơ Xuân – Mối Lương Duyên
#6 Nation Beat – Maracatu Gigante – Archaic Humans
#5 Varijashree Venugopal – Ranjani (feat. Béla Fleck) – Vari
#4 The Zawose Queens – Mapendo – Maisha
#3 LuA – Awladi – The Elephant
#2 Sababa 5 & Yurika Hanashima – Halilim Halilim – Kokoro
#1 Dobet Gnahoré – Ayoka – Zouzou
African Works – Gboko Lia Yayari Kpamo – The Pulse of Africa
Fadela – Madre madre – Fadela
Okaidja Afroso – Nū Ké Là – ÀBÒR ÉDIŃ ( Àbɔɔ Édíŋ )
Cesária Evora – Mãe Velha – Cabo Verde
Marta Topferova – Son pandémico – Sombras

Hour 2:
BélO (Haiti) – Kote Moun Yo – Global Celebration by Putumayo
Ray and His Court – E Eso Nada Monado – Cuban Funk Experience
Jorge Ben – Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) – Musica De Futebol
Tamba Trio – Max Que Nada – Musica De Futebol
Combo Daguerre – Le Petit Bossu – Fracassines
Karmento – Fuego encendido – La Serrana
Whisky Por Favor – Matadero – Whisky Por Favor
Gidiki – Messaritikos – Perasma
Natasia Y – Salgir River – Kyiv Soul
Shantanu Moitra – Aal Izz Well – 3 Idiots (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Razia Said – Filongoa – The Road
Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko – Baro – Djudjon, L’oiseau de Garaná (feat. Amy Sacko)
Transvaal Rocking Jazz Stars – South Coast – South African Jive Vol. 3 – African Jazz
Telmary – Mr. Good – A Diario
Okwy Osadebe and Highlife Soundmakers – Onyeka Chukwu – Ifunanya

Global Music Mix (#1336)Global Music Mix (#1336)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Raça Borda – Palestina – Sense Rumb
Fiamma Fumana – Check in (Album version) – Onda
Pradarrum – Ògún Yè – Matriarcas
Malabo Strit Band – Mbaya – M. S. B.
Liraz – Zaman – زمان – Enerjy – انرژی – EP
Reginald Policard – Toda Fé (feat. Richard Bona & Angelique Kidjo) [Bonus Track Radio Edit] – Boarding Pass
Nai-Jah – Home Sweet – Democrazy
Oriane Lacaille & Bonbon Vodou – Cérémonie du Piment Piment – Afrodiziak – EP
Dikanda – Temera – Usztijo
MARÉ – Quem Disser Que o Meu Barco Que Tomba – Maré
Lluís Gómez – La dama d’Aragó (feat. Maribel Rivero, Ondra Kozák, Raphaël Maillet & Carol Durán) – Dotze Temps
Dobranotch – Dorule – Vander Ikh Mir Lustik
Beny Esguerra – El Canoso – Eterno
Erol Josue – Balize – Regleman
Oliver Mtukudzi – Kushaya Mwana – Wawona

Hour 2
Entoto Band – Aykedashim Libe – Entoto Band
Bedouin Burger – Dabkeh – Ma LI Beit
Takadja – Wami – Diyé
Alicia Svigals – Macdowell Freylekhs – Fidl Afire
Folkatomik – Quant’ave (with Daniele Li Bassi, Valeria Quarta, Oreste Forestieri & Franco Montanaro) – Polaris
Tria – CHOCOLATE Y SAL (feat. Sheila Blanco) – TRIA
Lao Kouyate – Kuma Kuma – Pourquoi tout ça?
Bassekou Kouyate – Garana (feat. Amy Sacko) – Djudjon, L’oiseau de Garaná (feat. Amy Sacko)
Ilgi – Ozoiins Sadega – Kaza Kapa Debesis
Fermin Muguruza – Urrun Dub – Brigadistak Sound System + Erremixak
Hedningarna – Mitä Minä (What Do I Sing) – Karelia Visa
King Ayisoba – Wicked Leaders – Wicked Leaders
NST & The Soul Sauce meets Kim Yulhee – 박타령 – Version

Global Music of the Outdoors (#1335)Global Music of the Outdoors (#1335)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Shukar Collective – Wander – Urban Gypsy
Idan Raichel – Ba’Yeshimon (In the Wilderness) – At the Edge of the Beginning
S.P. Balasubramaniam & Chitra – Vaa Veliye (Come Outside) – Ilaiyaraaja – அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் “Fire Star” – Synth-Pop & Electro-Funk From Tamil Films 1984-1989
Barika – These Hills – Rise
Jaune Toujours – Camping del Mundo (Radio Edit) – 20sth
Umkulu – Rain Forest – Didgeridoo Tribal Festif – Kungulu
Warsaw Village Band – In the Forest – Uprooting
Les Lapins Superstars – Macumba Camping Club – Let’s Kick It!
Yiddish Glory – A Walk in the Forest (feat. Loyko, Alexander Sevastian & Sophie Milman) – The Lost Songs of World War II
Altan Urag – Shiree Lake – Made in Altan Urag
Sainkho Namtchylak – Introduction-A Yurt by the Lake – Arzhaana
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective – Yagane (My Canoe) – Wátina
Lloyd Price Thomas – Climbing the Mountain – Virgin Islands: Quelbe & Calypso, 1956-1960
Umalali – Luwübüri Sigala (Hills of Tegucigalpa) – The Garifuna Women’s Project
Rachid Taha – Barra Barra (outside) – The Definitive Collection

Hour 2
Johanni Curtet – Walk in the forest – If Only I Could Hibernate (A film by Zoljargal Purevdash – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Zacks Nkosi – Wilderness – Our Kind of Jazz
Kattam & his Tam-Tams – Forest – Timbuktu to Bombay
Rafael Sotomayor – Wanderlust – Hang the Beat
Cool Cats – Wilderness – Wilderness (single)
Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band – By the Lake – Iwa
Dengue Fever – Tip My Canoe – Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (Dengue Fever Presents)
Justin Vali Trio – Rambala (The Wanderer) – The Truth (NY Marina)
Nasu Luoben – To Green Lake – Forwards
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – In the Forest – Transparent Water
White Nights Brass Quintet – The Hills of Manchuria – Music & Highlights: Soviet Retro
Dagadana – U Jeziorecka (By a Lake) – Meridian 68
Bujo Kevin Jones – Climb the Mountain – Tenth World
Sattuma – Soutelin (Boating) – Vanha Tuttu

World Wedding Songs (#1334)World Wedding Songs (#1334)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Red Baraat – Punjabi Wedding Song (Balle Balle) [feat. Sunny Jain] – Chaal Baby (feat. Sunny Jain)
Violons Barbares – Gipsy Wedding – Saulem Ai
Kaveh Sarvarian – Wedding Night in Baghdad – When the Sun Rises
Cocek! Brass Band – Turkish Wedding – Turkish Wedding
Yale Strom – Boyberiker Wedding Bulgar – The Absolutely Complete Introduction to Klezmer
Sophie MgCina – U Jehova / Poppie Uzubale [“Wedding Song”] – Poppie Nongena
Louis Sarno/Ba-Benjelle Pygmies – Womens Marriage Song – Songs from the Forest
Cézar do Acordeon – festa de casamento – Festa de Casamento
Boom Pam – Wedding Song – Boom Pam
Afrida Marimba Band – Wedding Day – Buyele Ekhaya
unnamed artist – A Wedding Song (Xibe Tribe) – Folk Music of China, Vol. 2: Folk Songs of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
Foday Musa Suso – Desert Wedding Music – The Two Worlds
Ali Hassan Kuban – Mabruk (Congratulation) – From Nubia to Cairo
Zedashe – Kakhuri Maqruli (Wedding Song, Kartl-K’akheti) – Silver Sanctuary
Sainkho Namtchylak – Inuit Wedding – Naked Spirit

Hour 2
Jonas Gwangwa – Kgomo (wedding song) – Flowers of the Nation
Tito Rodríguez – Matrimonio Feliz – A Man and His Music: El Inolvidable
Shono – Zulayash’e – Wedding Song – Hunters (Throat Singing from the Shores of Baikal)
Sukwinder Singh – Wedding Qawwali – Andrew Lloyd Webber Presents A R Rahman – Bombay Dreams
Keltiska Duon – Haste to the Wedding / The Priest in his Boots / Off She Goes – The Celtic Duo
Moh Alileche – The Wedding Celebration – North Africa’s Destiny?
Lamia Bedioui & Solis Barki – The wedding – Fin’amor
Csókolom – Hochzeitstanz – Ludo Luda: Fools Fancy
Tacheles Klezmer Company – The Black Wedding – Balkan Reggae
Ekaya & Abdullah Ibrahim – The Wedding – The Enja Heritage Collection: African River
Richard Robbins & Zakir Hussain – Wedding Celebration – The Mystic Masseur (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Tundri – Arcadian Wedding – Tundri
Bollywood Brass Band – Teri rab ne bana di jodi (A Marriage Made in Heaven) – Movie Masala
Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Wedding March – Benja
Di Grine Kuzine – Wedding Kuček – Berlin Wedding