Category: Playlists

Giants of Black (World) Music (#1265)Giants of Black (World) Music (#1265)

Hour 1
(Artist – Song – Album)
Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba – My Angel (Malaika) – An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Redemption Song – Legend – The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers
King Sunny Ade – Tolongo – Ajoo
Fela Kuti – No Agreement, Pt. 2 – Best of the Black President
Angelique Kidjo – Monfe Ran E (feat. Dianne Reeves) – Spirit Rising
Freshlyground – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ – Radio Africa
The Klezmatics, Joshua Nelson & Kathryn Farmer – Didn’t It Rain – Brother Moses Smote the Water
Tiken Jah Fakoly – Get Up Stand Up (feat. U Roy) – Racines
James Brown – I’ve Got to Move – In the Jungle Groove
Nina Simone – Liberian Calypso – Fodder on My Wings
Joseph Spence – The Crow – Happy All the Time
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Master Blaster (Live) – Monistic Theory
Oumou Sangaré – Ah Ndiya – Moussolou

Hour 2
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Ikhaya Lamaqhawe (Home of the Heroes) – Shaka Zulu
Ali Farka Touré – Tangambara – The River
Baaba Maal – Yiiri Yalla – Wango
Mulatu Astatke – Yèkatit – The Story of Ethio Jazz (1965-1975) [New York – Addis – London]
Stella Chiweshe – Chachimurenga – Ambuya! (Remastered)
Salif Keïta – Madan – Anthology
Youssou N’Dour – Don’t Walk Away (feat. Morgan Heritage) – Dakar – Kingston
Franco – Mondo ya luambo – Classic Titles
Monty Alexander – What’s Going On (Wa’a Gwan) – Harlem Kingston Express Vol. 2: The River Rolls On
Susheela Raman – Voodoo Chile – Live at Studio Charles Trenet
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited – Chipatapata – Greatest Hits
Oliver Mtukudzi – Hear Me Lord – Collection 1991-1997

Top 10 World Music Albums, February 2023Top 10 World Music Albums, February 2023

(artist – song – album)
#10 Entoto Band – Shgey Habuni – Entoto Band
#9 Kimi Djabaté – Afonhe – Dindin
#8 Tsuumi Sound System – Altitude – Concert in Stereo
#7 Narechie – Dunyashka went strolling – A iz pod goroda (From the town)
#6 Bassidi Koné – Djignouma – Kaïra
#5 Solomane Doumbia – Farafina – Ségou to Lagos
#4 Meral Polat Trio – Hoş Geldin – Ez Kî Me
#3 Light in Babylon – Khi – On Our Way
#2 Sona Jobarteh – Taariko (feat. Zihirina Maiga) – Badinyaa Kumoo
#1 Malika Zarra – La! – Rwa (The Essence)
Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra – Big Chief – Uptown on Mardi Gras Day
Kyekyeku – Correction – Funky Pangolin
African Brothers Band – Mi Bisa – Me Poma
Super Boiro Band – So I Si Sa – Beginner’s Guide To African Funk
Moonlight Benjamin – Haut la Haut – Wayo
Orlando 7 – Loafes Corner – African Jazz ‘n Jive
Les Bantous de la Capitale – Boumamou Sili – Les Bantous De La Capitale 1974-1976 (Safou Sakie)
Kid Ma Wrong Wrong – Cherrie Beat Special – South African Jive Vol. 2 – Sax & Flute Jive
Mamane Barka – Doro Lelewa – Introducing Mamane Barka
Alhousseini Anivolla – Talaouit – Anewal/The Walking Man
African Pearls – Kognp Koura – Guinee – Cultural Revolution
Maher Cissoko – Kooma Kumaro (Backbiting) – Kora Fo
Orchestra Makassy – Nakolela Cherie – Agwaya
Mwezi Waq. – Ankipwa – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets
Gilberto Gil & Vusi Mahlasela – The Beauty Of Our Land Ubuhle Bomhlaba – The South African Meeting Of Viramundo
Linda Kekana – U Could Be Happy Too – I Am an African

African Music Mix (#1263)African Music Mix (#1263)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

Lala Njava – Voatse – Malagasy Blues Song
African Jazz Pioneers – Nthabiseng – Shufflin’ Joe
Amampondo – Ingoxoxo (Conversation) – African Classics
Mariem Hassan – Terwah – Shouka
Djeli Moussa Condé – Korte – Africa Mama
Tarika Sammy – Eh Zalahy – Africa Never Stand Still
Chaka Chaka – Zibuyile Izinkomo – Africa My Home
Femi Kuti – Africa for Africa – Africa for Africa
Freshlyground – Working Class – Radio Africa
The Mahotella Queens – Ukhathazile – Kazet
Segun Damisa & The Afro-Beat Crusaders – Alakitijon – Nigeria Dey Cry
Mombasa – African Hustle – Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970’s Funky Africa
Abou Diarra – Koya Blues – Koya
Francis Bebey – Motema – Un Petit Ivoirien

Hour 2
Aziza Brahim – Machair – Mabruk
Debademba – Boinofai – Sanikoya
Chief Dr Sikiru Ayinde Barrister & Africa’s International Music – Refined Fuji Garbage (excerpt) – Africa Never Stand Still
Wa Koul Diop – Goop – Mbocator
Khadja Nin – Mwana Wa Mamá – Sambolera
Mounira Mitchala – Independance (Chili Houritki) – Chili Houritki
Razia – Akory Tsikaby – Akory
Sammy Boy – Morgen – Bus Stop Jive Jive Jive
Simphiwe Dana – Sabela – Firebrand (Special Edition)
Tata Dindin – Sakhadougou – Gambia – Salam – New Kora Music
Syssi Mananga – Tala Nga – Retour Aux Sources
Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Arbina
Grand Kalle – Ebale Ya Kongo – Essous / Kwamy / Mujos / Edo / Casino
Vieux Kante – Kono (feat. Kabadjan Diakite) – The Young Man’s Harp

Black Music Outside Africa (#1262)Black Music Outside Africa (#1262)

Hour 1

(artist – song – album)
Emil Abosoolo Mbo – I Come From People – Global Afrobeat Movement 2
Chiwoniso – Iwai Nesu – Ancient Voices
Natalie Jean – Haiti – Haiti Mwen Renmenw
Blick Bassy – Maria – Léman
Sali Oyugi – Ulongole – Vuma
Ogun Afrobeat – Olofofo – Koko Iroyin
Carlinhos Brown – Vou Dizer Sim – Marabô
GiGi – Tew Ante Sew – Gigi
Ester Rada – I Wish – I Wish – EP
Eduardo Mendonça – Evergreen Samba – Steps: Brazilian Footprints
Ethioda – Gedawo – Araray
Ti-Coca & Wanga-Nègès Ti-Coca & Wanga-Nègès – Gran Chimen – Haiti Colibri

Hour 2
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective – Lidan Aban (Together) – Wátina
Los Aguas Aguas – Cumbia Reggae – Easy and Tropical Machine
Africando featuring Amadou Balake – Betece – Afro-Latin Party
Son Palenque – Cumbia Africana – Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers
Choc Quib Town – Somos Pacifico – Oro
Naby Camara & Lagni-Sussu – Denykemba – Kanteli
Kalibé – Poção Musistica – Mãe da Lua
Bareto – La Pantalla – Impredecible
Luciano Lu – Bateria (Bonus) [feat. Maninho Costa] – Confluens
Novalima – Revolucion – Karimba
Susana Baca – Valentin – A Diva Voz, Vol.1
Richard Bona – Sona Mama – Munia (The Tale)
Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca – Africa Havana Paris – Mambo Yo Yo

Music of Divided Islands (#1261)Music of Divided Islands (#1261)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

Jogja Hip Hop Foundation – Cintamu Sepahit Topi Miring – Semar Mesem Romo Mendem
Bosavi Musicians – The Sun Is Setting – Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papau New Guinea
Small Island Big Song – Tontolo Maintso (feat. Tarika Sammy) – Our Island
Maubere Timor – Maubere Timor – Maubere Timor
Lakou Mizik – Kay Granpa (feat. Tank and the Bangas) – HaitiaNola
Luis Vargas – Tranquila – Putamayo Presents Republica Dominicana
La India Canela – Apriétame Así (Squeeze Me Like That) – Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic
Moonlight Benjamin – Nap chape – Simido
Alena Murang – We Watched the Clouds – Sky Songs
Cúig – Lands End – New Landscapes
Monsieur Doumani – Antics – Angathin
Zivania Ensemble – Apopse Mes Sto Kapilio – Zivania And Tsamarella [Disc 1]
Maija Kauhanen – Sinisilmä (Blue Eyes) – Raivopyörä (The Whirl of Rage)
Arto Tiesmaa & uuden ajan runonlaulajat – KEKSIN LAULU n:o 8 (feat. Arto Tiesmaa) – Keksin laulu Jäänlähdöstä Tornionväylässä Vuonna 1677
Olle Linder, Emilia Amper, Anders Lofberg & Dan Svensson – Isadoras land (Isadora’s Land) – Trollfågeln

Hour 2
Kardemimmit – Kantripolska (Country Polska) – Introducing Kardemimmit
Kíla – Mac Lir – Suas Síos
Warsaw Village Band – Is Anybody In There? – Infinity
Dagadana – I Shall Never Fear at All – Meridian 68
Leyla McCalla – Peze Café – A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey
Tęgie Chłopy – Grudnia – Dansing
Duplex – Cabestan’go – Maelstrom
Debashish Bhattacharya – Ever the Flame Burns (excerpt) – The Sound of the Soul
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection – Still – Face to Face
Attacca World Music – Figura 21 (feat. Kálmán Balogh) – Bihar
Lucas Santtana – Muita Pose, Pouca Yoga – O Paraíso
Fatoumata Diawara – Kalan – Maliba
Amadou & Mariam – Demissenou (Eclipse Version) – Eclipse
Dan Boadi – Odo Agya Me Awereho – Money Is the Root of Evil

Lunar New Year: Songs of the Moon (and Rabbits) (#1260)Lunar New Year: Songs of the Moon (and Rabbits) (#1260)

Artist – Song – Album
Hour 1
Francis Bebey – Moon Smile – Dibiye
Hijas del Sol – Rëa (Luna) – Sibèba
Baaba Maal – Dakar Moon – Television
Brooklyn Gypsies – Desert Moon – Sin Fronteras
Leni Stern – Rabbit – Jelell
Manhu – Moon – Voices of the Sani
Okra Playground – Kuun ajo (Chasing the Moon) – Ääneni Yli Vesien
Diazpora – Moon – Islands
DAM – Dabke on the Moon – Dabke on the Moon
El Combo Loco – Cumbia de Luna – The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 2
Al Qahwa – Full Moon Prayer (Live) – Cairo Moon
Abbas Premjee – Crescent Moon – Crescent Moon
Emam & Friends – Desert Moon – Global Fusion
FolkBeat – Мiсяченьку (Half Moon) – Светлая встреча/The Joyful Meeting

Hour 2:
Harel Shachal & ANISTAR – Half Moon (part 2) – Esh
Kari Bremnes – Ansiktet te månen (The Face of the Moon) – Over en By
Charo – Luna de Fuego – Charo and Guitar
Nitin Sawhney – Moonrise – Prophesy
TootArd – Moonlight – Migrant Birds
Rim Banna – New Moon – April Blossoms – Songs from Palestine Dedicated to All the Children
Kal – Luna – Radio Romanista
Neill Solomon – Sing to the Moon – Gathering of the Beasts
Anakena – La Luna – Carita Feliz
Ciro Hurtado – Luna – Luna
El Alacrán – Reflejo de Luna – Tango Motion: Neo Tango Chill
Sajra Tambaj – Luna – PD: Buen Viaje
LEENALCHI – You Are Just a Tiny Bunny! – Sugungga
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Rabbit Hop – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Top 10 World Music Albums, January (#1259)Top 10 World Music Albums, January (#1259)

Artist – Song – Album

Hour 1
Didon – Oh Maiden – يا للّا – Tunesian Tale
Tanxugueiras – Arica – Diluvio
Sonido Verde de Moyobamba – La Longuita – Sonido Verde De Moyobamba
Taraf Syriana – Me Dukhhap tuke – Taraf Syriana
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection – Anastacia – Face to Face
Sona Jobarteh – Fondinkeeya – Badinyaa Kumoo
Mawaca – TANT DEMAN / BOI DA BEIRA (feat. Cristina Guiça) – Nama Pariret
Debashish Bhattacharya – The Sound of the Soul – The Sound of the Soul
Mwezi Waq. – Ngayo ha ngayo – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets
Meral Polat Trio – Bile Bile – Ez Kî Me
Natacha Atlas – Moustahil – Halim
Hamid El Kasri – Bouhali – Roots & Plugged

Hour 2
Nenĭa Iră – La hyène – Nenĭa Iră
Sevara Nazarkhan – Ei Nozanin (Beautirul) – Yol Bolsin
Totó La Momposina – Los Sabores del Porro – Carmelina
Payadora Tango Ensemble – Don’t Let Us Starve (feat. Aviva Chernick & Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk) – Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
Mahsa Vahdat & Skruk – Home of the Moon – Braids of Innocence
Tárkány Trió – Szombathelyi csárdások és lefogás – A cimbalomprímás
Buika – Echate a Mi Vera – Buika
S.E. Rogie – Recipe for Truth and Lasting Happiness – The New Sounds of S.E. Rogie
Shooglenifty – Scraping the Barrel (Live Version) – Radical Mestizo
Dicro – Bom de briga – Dicró
Bajofondo Tango Club – Fairly Right Featuring Elvis Costello – Mardulce
Barika – Eh Baba – Remember

New Global Music for a New Year (#1258)New Global Music for a New Year (#1258)

Hour 1
Mawaca – LOS DOS AMANTES – Nama Pariret
Anna Murtola – Nunca Una Sola – La Tierra Blanca
Laia Llach – Mediterrània – Sol D’hivern
Lucrecia Dalt – Bochinche – ¡Ay!
True Music Project – På min balkong (feat. Tania Naranjo & Reuben Sallmander) – True Music Project
Athens Tango Project – Felicia – Para Compartir
Inger Hannisdal – Steg – Steps – North South East West (feat. Frode Haltli, Adrian Myhr, Michaela Antalová & Khalid Laaouam)
Duplex – Broken Leaf – Maelstrom
Mus D.S – Neleng Neng Kung – Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry (1955 – 69)
Orkes Suita Rama – Tepui Tepui – Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry (1955 – 69)
Attacca World Music – Perpetum – Bihar
Ensemble Mze Shina – Gakhsovs Turpav – Elesa
Orchestra Gold – Gende (instrumental) – Medicine
Ian Lassere – Corpo a Corpo – Meu Único Medo É Primavera
Mwezi Waq. – Sariko – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets

Hour 2
Pepino Pascual – Bottom Swing – Passant pel Tub III
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection – Prodigal Son – Face to Face
Jali Babou Saho – Tamalla – TAMALLA
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Tongo Barra – Ali
Busi Mhlongo – Ngadlalwa Yindoda (Live) – Live @ Awesome Africa Durban 2001
Tárkány Trió – Doina és briul – A cimbalomprímás
T.p. Orchestre Poly-rythmo – Gendamou Na Wili We Gnannin – Singles & Eps
The Shaolin Afronauts – Abyssinian Suite, Pt. 4 – The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part One
LEENALCHI – Ultimate Prescription (excerpt) – Sugungga
Fatoumata Diawara – Maliba – Maliba
Dytomite Starlite Band Of Ghana – Anomakora – Dytomite Starlite Band of Ghana
Baaba Maal – Yarimayo Celebration – Being

Global Music Dance Party (#1257)Global Music Dance Party (#1257)

Hour 1

(artist – song – album)

Michael Franti & Spearhead – Hello Bonjour – Project Ahimsa Presents Global Lingo
Christine Vaindirlis – Indaba (Meeting Place) – Dance Mama!
Soni Pabla – Dil Tera – Gal Dil Di
Bole 2 Harlem – Hoya Hoye – Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1
Setona – Koli Koli – Tariq Sudan
Maria De Barros – Bo Ke Nha Boy – Dança Ma Mi (Dance With Me)
Kam Dhillon – Nakhro (feat. Gurdev Dilgeer) – Nakhro (feat. Gurdev Dilgeer) – Single
Chris Berry & Panjea – Love On the Mountain – Dancemakers
Manou Gallo – Lève-toi et move (feat. Bootsy Collins) – Afro Groove Queen
City Smoke – Know Your Roots – Afro Beat
Freshlyground – Party Time – Take Me to the Dance
Mahmoud Fadl – Maqsoum – For Oriental Dancers
Oojami – Hip Shaker – Boom Shinga Ling
Mc Russinho – Japinha – Funk do Brasil
Habtu Demse – Amamesso – Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music
Papa Wemba – Kaokokokorobo – Best of Papa Wemba

Hour 2
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata 2000 – Homeland
Tony Allen – Get Together – Black Voices
Gnawa Diffusion – Itchak El Baz – Souk System
Africando featuring Amadou Balake – Betece – Afro-Latin Party
Ashen & Walker – Batucada Ostinata – Rough Guide to Brazilian Street Party
Don Shiva – Dake Dake – Bollywood Lounge
Te Vaka – Tolo – Te Vaka Beats, Vol. 3
Anima Sound System – Romano Funk – Gipsy Sound Clash
Novalima – Mamaye – Karimba
Dissidenten – Lobster Song – New World Party
Zap Mama – Kemake – A Ma Zone
Echo A Mano – La Barbara – Rough Guide to Cuban Street Party
Salsa Celtica – Auld Lang Syne – El Agua de la Vida

Songs of Winter/Hanukah/Christmas (#1256)Songs of Winter/Hanukah/Christmas (#1256)

Hour 1
Sowal Diabi – Snow in Addis – De Kaboul a Bamako
The Temple Rockers – Days Long Ago (feat. Linval Thompson) – Festival of Lights
The Klezmer Conservatory Band – Freylekhe Kneydlekh – A Jumpin’ Night In the Garden of Eden
Erran Baron Cohen – Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah (feat. Y-Love & Jules Brookes) – Erran Baron Cohen Presents: Songs In the Key of Hanukkah
El Vez – The Dreydel song – Sno-Way Jose: An El Vez Christmas Album
Yale Strom’s Broken Consort – La Fiesta de la Hanukia – Shimmering Lights
Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra – Song of Solstice – Song of Solstice
The Klezmonauts – Joy to the World – Oy to the World – a Klezmer Christmas
Los Embajadores Vallenatos – Diciembre – Putumayo World Christmas
The Blue Hawaiians – Mele Kalikimaka – Christmas On the Big Island
Joe O’Donnell’s Shkayla – Noel-Nouvelet – Noël Nouvelet
CM Stanislava Gabriela – Novina Velmi Dobrá – Neseme vám tú novinu
The Celtic Social Club – Christmas 1914 (feat. Faada Freddy) – Christmas 1914 (feat. Faada Freddy) – Single
Tarun Bhattacharya, Robbie Link, Bikram Ghosh – Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) – Nomad Christmas
Fairouz – Talj Talj – Christmas Hymns
Kajsa Balto – Vuordit juovlaruohta – We Wait for Christmas Eve – Sámi juovllat – Sámi Christmas

Hour 2
Otava Yo – New Carol – Christmas
Tomas Kocko & Orchestr – Co nam ty daš – Koleda
Joseph Spence – Santa Claus Is Comin To Town – Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album
Luis Villegas – Carol of the Bells – Guitarras De Navidad
N’Klabe – Aires de Navidad – Aires de Navidad (with Our Latin Thing)
New York Twoubadou – Joyeux Noel – New York Twoubadou, Vol. 2
Nana Mouskouri – Kalin Imeran – The Christmas Album
Taraf de Haïdouks – Cold Snowball – Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts
Héctor Lavoe – En la Navidad – Feliz Navidad
Trine Rein – Det Kimer Ná Til Julefest – Julegaven
Zulya – Snow Is Falling – Elusive (Expanded Edition)
Punjabi Tadka – Bhangra Jingle Bells – Bhangra Jingle Bells
Kröke – Dance of the Snowflake – 25 The Best Of – Album Na 25-lecie Zespołu
Joy Setton & The International School of Geneva – Papa Noël – Putumayo Presents French Christmas
Edith Piaf – Le Noël De la Rue – Joyeux Noel (Les plus grands artistes francais et internationaux chantent Noel)
Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Morogoro Jazz – Happy Christmas – Merry Christmas
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra – Winter – Chest
Sultans of String – Sing for Kwanzaa (feat. Richard Bona & Waleed Abdulhamid) – Christmas Caravan