Category: Playlists

Musics of Central Europe (#1235)Musics of Central Europe (#1235)

Hour 1
Russkaja – Do Utra – Kasatchok Superstar
Antenat – Otvori Oci – Subring
Vodku – Moldvai – Más
Karolina Cicha & Spolka – Pas Mocinieli – Wieloma Jezykami/9 Languages (feat. Bart Pałyga)
Kayah – Nie Ma Dat – Transoriental Orchestra
Voo Voo – Z Kolegami – Voo Voo i Haydamaky
Besh o droM – 9s – Macsó Hímzés
Terra Folk – Stairway Uberall – Jumper of Love
Franolić & Ćulap – Sablja – Put
Chłopcy Kontra Basia – Jerzy (Jerry) – Oj Tak!
Dagadana – U Jeziorecka (By a Lake) – Meridian 68
AZNAP Projekt – Tünde – Számtalan
Bezobratři – U Súsedů Za Dveřama – Desátý Den Trní
MOJMIR NOVAKOVIC I KRIES – iz oblaka rosa pada – Magic from the Crossroads – World Music from Croatia
Ahilea – Come On Bjebe – Cafe Svetlana

Hour 2
Cinkusi – Baba – Krava Na Orehu
Kries – Sito To – Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks
Bajka – Deb’hora – Zaïedno !
Jova Stojiljkovic & Orkestar – Vranjsko Kolo – Blow “Besir” Blow
Kar Ces Brass Band – Shake Your Body Down to the Ground – Live in Cerkno ’05
Gipsy.cz – Besav Andre Praha – Desperado
Ekrem & Gypsy Groovz – Cocek Strasti (Chochek of Passion) – Rivers of Happiness
Deladap – Caravan – Dela Paji
Fanfara Station – Ya Baba – Boussadia
BKO – Sadiona – Djine Bora
Balungan – Kangen (feat. Guigou Chenevier) – Kudu Bisa Kudu (feat. Guigou Chenevier)
Sababa 5 – Ya Hizali – يا هزلي – Rali (feat. Shiran Tzfira) – EP
Moana & The Tribe – Huakirangi – Huakirangi – Single

East vs West: Nigeria vs Ethiopia (#1234)East vs West: Nigeria vs Ethiopia (#1234)

We celebrate the birthdays this week of Tony Allen and Haile Selassie, with music from their respective nations. Very different sounds; both fantastic.

Hour 1
Dede – Niger Delta Jam – Lagos Stori Plenti (Urban sounds from Nigeria)
Techome Wolde – Sema Eda Aegebachign – Ethiopia Soul Review
Keziah Jones – Lagos vs. New York – Nigerian Wood
Mulatu Astatke – Gamo – Sketches of Ethiopia (Bonus Track Version)
Nigeria Fuji Machine – Ilu – Synchro Sound System & Power
Temesgen – Dawit Bebegena – Begena Fusion
Tony Allen – No Discrimination (excerpt) – No Accommodation for Lagos – No Discrimination
Krar Collective – Mr Astatke – Ethiopia Super Krar
Ofo the Black Company – Allah Wakbarr – Allah Wakbarr – Single
Menelik Wossenatchew – Belew Bedubaye – Belew Bedubaye (single)
Prince Nico Mbarga – Afufu Uwa – Prince Nico Mbarga Compilation Pt. 1
Akalé Wubé – Alègntayé (feat. Genet Asefa) – Sost

Hour 2
Monomono – Tire Loma da Nigbehin – Dawn of Awarness
Qwanqwa – Gorage – Volume Two
Fela Kuti – Eko – The ’69 Los Angeles Sessions
Bole 2 Harlem – Ametballe – Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1
Super Negro Bantous – One Day Suffer Go Finish – Super Negro Bantous
Taem – Ambasel (አምባሰል) – Ethiopian Instrumental Music No 1
JJC & 419 Squad feat. T.I.D. – Demu Gani – Lagos Stori Plenti (Urban sounds from Nigeria)
Samuel Yirga – Abet Abet – Hagere
Bala Miller & The Great Music Pirameeds Of Africa – Ikom Allah – Nigeria 70
Jano Band – Hamza – Lerasih New
Asiko – Strong and Wrong – You Strong But You Wrong

Top 10 World Music Albums, July (#1233)Top 10 World Music Albums, July (#1233)

Hour 1
#10 Adrian Quesada – Mentiras Con Cariño (feat. iLe) – Boleros Psicodélicos
#9 Oriental Brothers International Band – Ebubo Así – Oku Ngwo – Di Ochi
#8 Leyla McCalla – Le Bal Est Fini – Breaking the Thermometer
#7 Cimarron – Recia Como el Orinoco – La Recia
#6 Khiyo – Sharee Bondona – Bondona
#5 Paris Combo – Quesaco? – Quesaco?
#4 Cumbiamuffin – La Cabezona – Cumbiamuffin
#3 Folkatomic – Quant’ave – Polaris
#2 Minyeshu – Ethio yo yo Pia – Netsa
#1 BKO – BKO Kagni – Bamako
Moana & The Tribe – Maiea (feat. Megan Henderson) – Maiea (feat. Megan Henderson) – Single
Lo’jo – Kourchbene Bellissimo – Mojo Radio

Hour 2
Atongo Zimba – Onipania – A to Z
Khaira Arby – Waidio – Timbuktu Tarab
Ska Cubano – Oye Compay Juan – ¡Ay Caramba!
Razia Said – Yoyoyo – Zebu Nation
Vilsevind – Fuego – Dag o natt
Balaphonics – Balazurka – Spicy Boom Boom
Jano Band – Hamza – Lerasih New
Koza Mostra – Trava Mia Tzoura – Keep Up the Rhythm
Tomas Kocko & Orchestr – Lupček (feat. Lucia Šoralová & Kamil Slezák) – Ona
Naked – Neka suze prestanu – Srecna Tuga
Makhona Zonke Band – Gomorah – The Webb – EP
Sinafi Trio – Dalale – İho
Fatoumata Diawara – Bissa – Fatou
Linas Rimsa & Folk Group Arinushka – About Nature – Old Faith

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

Global Cover Songs and other delights (#1231)Global Cover Songs and other delights (#1231)

Lots of world-music covers of popular songs this week, along with a few other treats at the end of the show. Enjoy!

Hour 1
Merengada – No Woman No Cry (Salsa Version) – Claude Challe Presents Lovely Reprises By K’lid
Corneille – Africain a New York – The Birth of Cornelius
Eliades Ochoa – All Along the Watchtower – From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Tony Succar – Black or White – Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson
Baba Yaga – Back in the USSR – Secret Combination
Reptile Palace Orchestra – The Devil Went Down To Plovdiv – XOPO.1
Le Grand Orchestre Du Comptoir De Marrakech – Take Khamsa (Take Five) – Claude Challe Presents Lovely Reprises By K’lid
Uakti – Get Back – Beatles
autorickshaw – Caravan – Four Higher
Cedella Marley – Misunderstood – Celebrating Nina: A Reggae Tribute to Nina Simone
Ladysmith Black Mambazo And Kermit The Frog – African Alphabet – Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music – The Ultimate Sesame Street Music Collection
Angelique Kidjo – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – Keep On Moving – The Best Of
Malik Adouane – Papa Was a Rolling Stone – Orientale Fever and Funk Music – Spectacle
Lungiswa – Inner City Blues Xhosa – Ekhaya

Hour 2
Somi – House of the Rising Sun – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba
Susheela Raman – Trust in Me – Salt Rain
Yuval Ron Ensemble – Imagine – Unity of the Heart
Ester Rada – Feeling Good – I Wish – EP
Brass-A-Holics – Happy Birthday Hallelujah – I Am a Brass-a-Holic
Eva B – Rozi – Rozi – Single
Júlia Kozáková – Kalo Kalo – MANUŠA
Clinton Fearon – Social Unrest – Breaking News
Juçara Marçal – Odumbiodé – Epdeb – EP
Zemi17 – Serra Tone – Gamelatron Bidadari
Punku – Pukllay – Punku
Marjan Vahdat – Tantanan – Our Garden is Alone
Héléna Recalde – No valentin – Karishina
Dobet Gnahoré – Lagô (feat. Kajeem) – Putumayo Discovery Presents World Party – EP

Zimbabwean Music and More (#1230)Zimbabwean Music and More (#1230)

ZimFest is this weekend, so we kick things off with an hour-ish of various Zim flavors, followed by a vigorous spin of the globe that takes us to India, Vietnam, Mali, Ghana, and elsewhere.

Hour 1
Ramadu – Thokoza (Be Happy) – Izambulelo – Traditional & Contemporary Music from Zimbabwe
Ephat Mujuru – Ta Tenda – Ancient Wisdom: Songs & Fables From Zimbabwe
Flavian Nyathi – Ropa Re Zimbabwe album cover Flavian Nyathi & Blues Revolution – Vumugabe – Ropa Re Zimbabwe
Mike Mopo & Zinawa – Aripo Ari Kununa – Tales of the Mbira – Modern and Ancient
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band – Kare Nanhasi – Take One
Tendai Muparutsa – Nyamaropa / Ngomkurira – Zimbabwe Acoustics
Zimbabwe Legit – Rhymin’ Wit the African Symphony – Brothers From the Mother
Oliver Mtukudzi – Mukombe – Wawona
Chiwoniso & Vibe Culture – Mukaranga Aneshanje – Timeless
Alport Astazio and The Kwana-Moto Band – Odoli [Puppets] – Rugare
Stella Chiweshe – Chachimurenga (Remastered) – Ambuya! (Remastered)
Mokoomba – Kulindiswe – Luyando
Jonah Sithole & The Deep Horizone – Ndinomutevera Mambo – ..present Zimbabwe Beat

Hour 2
Tocky Vibes – Man on a Mission – Villagers Money Greatest Hits
Atongo Zimba – Hello (feat. Paco Mendoza) – A to Z
Oumou Sangaré – Gniani Sara – Timbuktu
Jahzz – Rebels of Soul – Women – EP
Balaphonics – Golden Doudou – Spicy Boom Boom
Celtic Reggae Revolution – Ghandi’s Triumph (Instrumental) – Everything Comes to Those Who Wait
Saigon Soul Revival – Hào Hoa (feat. Blacka) – Hào Hoa (feat. Blacka) [Remixes]
Vilsevind – Staffansvisa från Orust – Julegille – EP
Jasdeep Singh Degun – Translucence (feat. Nitin Sawhney) – Anomaly
Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Yma (Versión Álbum) – El Mito de la Pérgola
Toli Nameless & the Femme Nameless – Ibajekbe (What If) – Republicafrobeat vol. 5 – Mujeres 2
Darjala – Soloveyka – Podumayu, pogadayu
Russkaja – Kartuli Vino – Energia!
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Kudja – Toubab Soul

Top 10 World Music Albums, June edition (plus music for Juneteenth & Fathers’ Day) (#1229)Top 10 World Music Albums, June edition (plus music for Juneteenth & Fathers’ Day) (#1229)

Hear a song from each of the ten best new global albums, plus songs about dads and songs of freedom for Juneteenth.

Hour 1
#10 New Asia – Konokrad (horse thief) – Chorchok
#9 Grupo Rebolu – La Noche Perfecta – Mi Herencia (My Heritage)
#8 Oumou Sangaré – Wassulu Don – Timbuktu
#7 Kobo Town – Here by Chance – Carnival of the Ghosts
#6 Meïkhâneh – Bi – Chants du dedans, Chants du dehors
#5 Flo – Malemaritate – Brave Ragazze
#4 Auli – Zāļu Nasta Mugurā (feat. Banga) – Sit, Jānīti!
#3 Lucibela – Zum Zum – Amdjer
#2 Cimarron – El Gavilán (The Sparrow Hawk) – La Recia
#1 Leyla McCalla – Dodinin – Breaking the Thermometer
The Souljazz Orchestra – Freedom No Go Die – Freedom No Go Die
Hassan Hakmoun – Balili (My Father) – Unity
The Skatalites – Song for My Father – Walk With Me

Hour 2
Achanak – Dushman Da Badla (Freedom from Oppression) – 20 Years of Bhangra
Jon Batiste – FREEDOM – WE ARE
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – Freedom Is a Verb – The Butcher’s Share
Djivan Gasparyan – Amen Hair Surb (All Fathers Are Holy) – The Soul of Armenia (Armenian Duduk)
O-Maya – Nothing Less Than Freedom – O-Maya
Melech Mechaya – Sweet Father – Budja Ba
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective – Baba (Father) – Wátina
Rumba Caliente – Papa Was a Rolling Stone – The Rough Guide to Latin Rare Groove
Denagan Janvier Honfo – Papa – Kini Kana
Joseph Tawadros – Peace for My Father – Permission to Evaporate
Céu – Papa – Vagarosa
Apparatschik – Daddy – Aurora
Harry Belafonte – Oh, Freedom – American Wintertime
Bigflo & Oli – Papa (feat. Fabian Ordonez) – La vraie vie
Alain Ramanisum – Papa – Bat’ séga

Global Music Mixtape (#1228)Global Music Mixtape (#1228)

A mix of new and old tunes from all around the planet.

Hour 1
Ana Alcaide – Ecstasi – Ritual
Doctor L – Ibedji – Time Travelling
David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven – Maracatu Atômico – Plague Doctor
Baroque Jazz Trio – Delhi Daily – Pierre Barouh & The Saravah Sound
Madalitso Band – Mwaza – Musakayike
Grupo Rebolu – La Noche Perfecta – Mi Herencia (My Heritage)
Ahmed Saad – El Melouk (feat. 3enba & Double Zuksh) – El Melouk (feat. 3enba & Double Zuksh) – Single
Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul – Al ‘Walidine – Masterisé
Dendê Macêdo – Crioula – Ago
Lucibela – Adeus Mama – Amdjer
Adrian Quesada – Mentiras Con Cariño (feat. iLe) – Boleros Psicodélicos
Jasdeep Singh Degun – Rageshri – Anomaly
Noori & His Dorpa Band – Saagama – Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast

Hour 2
Engin Gürkey – Nabiz-Kasbah – Balkanist
Goran Bregovic – Dikh Mo Vast – Karmen (With a Happy End)
Pisyuny – Perkalaba – Dido
Mista Savona – Solutions (We Can Do It) – Havana Meets Kingston, Pt. 2
Pacho Buscadoro & Putumayo – Mambo Hop (feat. Villalba) – Putumayo Discovery Presents Global Groove – EP
Luciano Lu – Terra Ardente (feat. Flavia Nascimento) – Confluens
Cimarrón – Cimarroneando – La Recia
Ba-Boom – Toque de Bamba – Incendeia
The Lost Clog a.k.a. Pamesta Klumpė – Sodai, sodai leliumoj – The Sparrow Made Some Beer
Kalyi Jag – Up Mother – Gipsy Love
Black Bazar – Zabouka – Black Bazar Round 2
Ethioda – Ambassel Groove (feat. Muyiwa Kunudji) – Tezet Reset
Celia Cruz – Cucala – Greatest Hits
Burlakat – Kun Mun Kulta – Tsastuska
Kaumaakonga – Taoba – Taoba
Bania Diwane – Baladji – Alwane

Brass Attack! (#1227)Brass Attack! (#1227)

Consider this show a warm-up to this weekend’s HonkFest West in Seattle. Both are a great collection of brass bands, street bands, and miscellaneous musical ruffians and anarchists.

Hour 1
Tokyo Brass Style – Suki Suki Song – Brasta Ghibli
Raul De Barros – Na Gloria – Brasil Trombone
LaBrassBanda – Kaffee vs. Bier – Danzn
Abraham Inc. – Trombonik – Tweet Tweet
The Original Pinettes Brass Band – We Got the Music – Finally
Bollywood Brass Band – Kehta Hai Mera Dil – Rahmania – The Music of A.R. Rahman
Intergalactic Brasstronauts – Made In Hong Kong – Music For the People
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra – Old Bazaar Groove – Brasses for the Masses
Fanfare Savale – Suita Lui Ernö – Speed Brass of the Gypsies
Schäl Sick Brass Band – Nzobu – Kesh Mesh
Hot 8 Brass Band – Let Me Do My Thing – Ghost Town / Let Me Do My Thing – Single
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band – Moriya – Fanfare Du Rajastan
Youngblood Brass Band – Brooklyn – Center: Level: Roar
Gran Afro Cuban Orchestra de Generoso Jiménez – Eso Es un Trombon – Generoso Que Bueno Toca Usted
Lagbaja – Mammoney Horns – Africano …The Mother of Groove

Hour 2
Konsonans Retro – Trombon Hora – A Podolian Affair
Black Market Brass – So Who, Pt. 2 – Undying Thirst
Brass Menazeri – Indijski Cocek – Brazen
Trombone Shorty – Vieux Carre – Say That to Say This
Va Fan Fahre – Desert Horns – Zet Je Maar
The M-9 – Marijo, deli bela kumrijo – Surdulica
Asiakwa Brass Band – Madamfo Pa – Asiakwa Brass Band
Kirubel Assefa – Dimtsepia – Dimtsepia
Menahan Street Band – Sleight of Hand – The Crossing
KINGDOM★AFROCKS – Anti Violence – Fanfare
Frente Cumbiero & Minyo Crusaders – Un Dos Kungfu – Minyo Cumbiero (From Tokyo to Bogota) – EP
Al Jawala – Schillers Banda – I Way To Äl
Viparat Piengsuwan – Cool Guy – Cool Guy – Single
The Bongo Hop – La Napa (feat. Nidia Góngora) – La Napa
Oumou Sangaré – Sarama – Timbuktu

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