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Music of Tropical Islands (#1415)Music of Tropical Islands (#1415)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Agrupamento da Ilha – Bo gosa di só txi – Léve Léve: São Tomé & Principe Sounds (70s-80s)
Celeste Mendoza – Mi Rumba Echando Candela – Cuba Classics 2, Dancing with the Enemy
Andy Hamilton – Mango Time – Jamaica by Night
Cuban Collective – Sol Sol – Sol Sol
Small Island Big Song ft’ Vaiteani & Luc – Ta’u Tama – Our Island
Small Island Big Song ft’ Emlyn, Putad, Sauljaljui, Vaiteani & Selina Leem – Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) – Our Island
Vicente Kelly – Polin Tin Shete Buraco (Polin Has Seven Holes) – ABC Island Primer
Taj Mahal Meets The Culture Musical Club Of Zanzibar – Zanzibar – Mkutano
Lakou Mizik – Kay Granpa (feat. Tank and the Bangas) – HaitiaNola
Tonga Boys – Kwiduko – Vindodo
Edmony Krater & Tisseur – Tijan – Heavenly Sweetness 15th Anniversary – Tropical
Christine Salem – Django – Salem Tradition
LaBelle – Grand Maître (feat. Ballaké Sissoko) – univers-île
Orchestre Tropicana D’Haiti – Foufoune – Yolande

Hour 2:
I Gusti Sudarsana – ngipiang tunanangan – Degung Bali, Pt. 2 (Lounge Music)
Chichi Peralta – Procura – Putumayo Presents Republica Dominicana
Te Vaka – Havili – Havili
M’Toro Chamou – Mwengé – Sika Mila
Mighty Power – The Millionaire – All Time Calypso Hits from Trinidad and Tobago
Count Owen – Island in the Sun – Jamaica Is the Place to Go: An Invitation to Jamaican Mento
Cesária Évora – Apocalipse – Cabo Verde
Macka B – 4 Minute Vacation – Global Messenger
Duke Kaleiolani Ching – On the Beach at Waikiki – Legends of the Steel Guitar: Past, Present & Future
Ziggy Marley – World Revolution (feat. Samuill Kalonji) – Rebellion Rises
RAM – Jijem Byen – Ram 6: Manman M Se Ginen
Luis Vargas – Tranquila – Putamayo Presents Republica Dominicana
Telek – Bunaik – Serious Tam
Saratuspersen – Sundanese in Bali – Rough Guide to Undiscovered World

New Music & Music of Newness (#1414)New Music & Music of Newness (#1414)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Lazan I’ Maroansetra (aka Bodisy Rene) – Bonne Annee – Africa – Madagascar – Jaojoby, D’Gary, Tarika & Lo “Splendido Isolamento” Della Musica Malgascia
Gabriele Muscolino – Anno Nuovo – Gabriele Muscolino
The Idan Raichel Project – Brachot Le’Shana Chadasha (Blessings for the New Year) – The Idan Raichel Project Bonus Tracks
Kefaya – New Routes (feat. Alessia Tondo) – Radio International
Gangbé Brass Band – Porte du grand retour – FROM OUIDAH TO ANOTHER WORLD
79ers Gang – Brand New Day – Expect the Unexpected
Outlet Drift – Aka Sawaden – Album Version (Do Not Abandon). – Masonolay i Cepo’
Shanren – Happy New Year – Left Foot Dance of the Yi
Soweto String Quartet – New Beginning – Millennia
Sally Nyolo – Bonne année – Beti
Galeet Dardashti – New Year Invitation – Monajat
Otava Yo – New Dawn – Christmas
Amadou & Mariam – Saabujugu – L’amour à la folie
Mulukèn Mèllèssè – YèMendja shègga – Muluken Mellesse With The Dahlak Band

Hour 2:
Amr Diab – Ya Bakhto – Ebtadena
Shay Hazan – Kolot (feat. Abate Berihun) – When It Rains It Pours
El Kanka – Propósitos de Año Nuevo – Cosas de los vivientes
Malutempu – Munti Scurdatu – Farchinoria – EP
Michael Winograd – Silkene Pajamas (Live) – Michael Winograd Plays Tanz! Live in New York City
Pink Martini – Congratulations (A Happy New Year Song) – Joy to the World
Krama – El Ressò – Stanbrook – EP
Allan Alans & Hassiba Mounncet – ياروح Ya Roh – Sufi3 – يا نسيم الروح
Aster Aweke – New Year Awdamet – Ewedihalehu
Ashimba – Kiapo – Coffee Culture
Black Market Dub – Auld Lang Syne – A Black Market Christmas
Franco et L’OK Jazz – Bonnee Annee Ya Bana Vea – Merveilles Du Passé Vol.2 – 1958-1962
Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Serey Sothea – New Years Eve – Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (Dengue Fever Presents)
Salsa Celtica – Auld Lang Syne – El Agua de la Vida
Various Artists / Explorer Series – New Year Celebrations (Kumi, Viti Levu) – EXPLORER SERIES: SOUTH PACIFIC – Island Music

2025 vs 2000 25 years of Global Music (#1413)2025 vs 2000 25 years of Global Music (#1413)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Putumayo & Angam – Ach Tamel – Desert Blues by Putumayo
Mabulu – Shikwata – Karimbo
Either/Orchestra – LEBE MEN ATEFA? – Ethiopiques 32: Nalbandian L’Ethiopien The Ethiopian
Oliver Mtukudzi – Sandi Bonde – Paivepo
Boban Marković Orkestar – Igra Andela – Millennium
Gangbé Brass Band – VIGNON – FROM OUIDAH TO ANOTHER WORLD
Schäl Sick Brass Band – Kasbah – Maza Meze
Sarakina – Viena Loza – Suspended in the Mist
Shay Hazan – 4 – 8 – When It Rains It Pours
Ali Khan – Bhairagi Jungle – Zindagi
Makas – Süt Içtim Dilim Yandı – Gergedan
Susana Baca – De Los Amores – Eco de Sombras
Roël Calister – Selebra Bida (feat. Silvienne Martie) – The Work of Songs
Ricardo Lemvo – Dans la forêt (feat. Makina Loca) – São Salvador (feat. Makina Loca)

Hour 2:
Georg Ringsgwandl – Götterbote – Schawumm!
Chico César – Papo Cabeça (Heady Jive) – Chico Cesar
Peter Sarik Trio & Koszika – HAI ROMALE – INDULJ EL
Vieux Diop – Nio Kolo Koba – Afrika Wassa
El Combo Batanga – We’re Playing – Spanish Dogs
Fliid/McKenzie (Adine Flid/Adam MacKenzie) – Vandringsmann – Svaleheim
Khadja Nin – Afrika Obota – Ya…
Cinco En Clave – Pajarillo Verde (feat. Evelyn Vera Gallardo, Lidrick Solognier & Lucas Zegrí) – Turpial Guajiro (feat. Evelyn Vera Gallardo, Lidrick Solognier & Lucas Zegrí)
Vusi Mahlasela – Amdokwe – Miyela Afrika
Spacewalk – GUITAR RUN & RHODES (feat. Petit Madou & Charles Coulibaly) – GuitarSputnix
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata 2000 – Homeland
Adir Jan – Melê – Al Mast
TUL8TE – Shedeeny – Narein
Mulukèn Mèllèssè – Bènè Mot – Mulukèn Mèllèssè with The Dahlak Band

World Music Songs of Winter & Holidays (#1412)World Music Songs of Winter & Holidays (#1412)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
The Klezmatics – (Do the) Latke Flip – Flip (2025 Remastered Version) – Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah – Extended (2025 Remastered)
Meshugga Beach Party – Oh Hanukkah – Twenty Songs of the Chosen Surfer
The Temple Rockers – I Have a Candle – Festival of Lights
Sarah Aroeste – Hanuka, Hanuka – Hanuká!
Louis Prima Forever – Noël Blanc – Christmas in Swing
Taraf de Haïdouks – Cold Snowball – Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts
Forró In The Dark – Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer – Christmas EP
Vedan Kolod – Snowstorm – Wild Games
The Blue Hawaiians – Christmas On Big Island – Christmas On the Big Island
New York Twoubadou – Joyeux Noel – New York Twoubadou, Vol. 2
Célia Cruz – El Tamborilero – Feliz Navidad: Una Colección
The Afro-Semitic Experience – Descarga Ocho Kandelikas – Plea for Peace
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan – We Three Kings – Breaking Barriers (Christmas With Ustad Amjad Ali Khan)
Guimarães e seu Conjunto – Papai Noel – Dançando Com Papai Noel
Alisa Fineman – Ocho Kandelikas – Closing the Distance; Poems, Prayers & Love Songs
Arat Kilo, Mamani Keïta, Rusan Filiztek & Siar Hashimi – Snow in Addis – Sowal Diabi (From Kaboul to Bamako)
Kroke – Jezus Malusieńki – The World of Christmas Carols

Hour 2:
Gájanas – Bieggagaikkohat / Snow-blow – Čihkkojuvvon / Hidden
N’ Klabe – Aires De Navidad (Remix) – Aires de Navidad
Tomas Kocko & Orchestr – Kristus pán se narodil – Koleda
La Belle Image – Navidad Negra – Pachamama Coronada
Lina Boudreau – Noël Jazz – Putumayo Presents French Christmas
Kolpakov Duo – I Walk on the White Snow – Introducing Kolpakov Duo
Damir Imamovic – Snijeg pade (The Snow Has Fallen) – The World and All That It Holds
Mirtha Pérez – Navidad Sin Ti – Mirtha en Navidad
Punjabi Tadka – Bhangra Jingle Bells – Bhangra Jingle Bells
Jayram Acharya – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
La Marisoul & Los Texmaniacs – Amarga Navidad – Corazones and Canciones
April Stace – First Snow – Harp 46
The Women’s Choir of Lipov & Petr Galečka – Vanoce sa priblizily – Anthology of Moravian Folk Music, Vol. 5
Didier Laloy – Frost Waltz – Cryptonique
Ivan Lins – Noite Para Festejar – A Putumayo World Christmas/Um Novo Tempo
La Adictiva – Navidad Hoy Es Navidad – Navidad Adictiva
Terje Isungset – Snow Flake (feat. Julie Rokseth, Toivo Fjose & Amalie Holt Kleive) [Live in Manchester] – Ice Quartet

The Best World Music of 2025 Part 2 (#1411)The Best World Music of 2025 Part 2 (#1411)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Franck Biyong – Jela Kubwa Na Viboko – Radio Masoda
‘o Rom – Tutti Frutti – Radio Rom
Fanfare Ciocărlia & Adrian Raso – Transylvania Twist – The Devil Rides Again
Maëla Raoult – Nick & Raff’s towing – The Hen House
Samira’s Blues – Salam – Salam – EP
Eljuri – Fuerza – Así es el Mundo
hodíla ízba – Катись (Ride) – Where are you, Ivanka?
Tamar Ilana & Ventanas – Elvissa – Azadi
Femi Kuti – Work on Myself – Journey Through Life
Kadialy Kouyate – Jamba dongo – Toña
Damily & Tiliara Tsapiky Band – Tindrianay ze malemy – Fihisa
Majid Bekkas – Sidi Bouganga (with Hamid Drake) – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues (with Hamid Drake)
Hurja Halla – Tuonen Neito – Surma Hiihti
Etienne de la Sayette – Ibidi – Etienne de la Sayette & the Wild Horses Orchestra

Hour 2:
Jyotsna Srikanth – Manasa Sancharare – Carnatic Nomad
Jupiter & Okwess – Orgullo – Ekoya
Fanoos Ensemble – Watan (Homeland) (feat. Ahmad Fanoos, Mehran Fanoos, Elham Fanoos & Sohail Karimi) – Echoes of Afghanistan (feat. Mehran Fanoos, Elham Fanoos, Ahmad Fanoos & Sohail Karimi)
L Shankar – Dancing Beauty (feat. Abhijit Banerjee) – Full Moon
ODUCHU – Dugay Guys – Nostalgia
Hard Proof – Trash Talk – Code Noir
Freh Khodja – Ken Andi Habib – Ken Andi Habib
Sababa 5 – Nadir – Nadir
Zor – Байсын шулуун (Let’s be straight.) – Suuha-Hur
Balkan Taksim – Felinar – Acide Balkanique
Luiza – OXALÁ – Fantastik
Meklit – Ambassel – A Piece of Infinity
Ària Lua – Linda – Reconec
Divanhana – Rijekama – Radio Sevdah
Habib Koité, Aly Keita & Lamine Cissokho – Contrevent (feat. Mama Koné) [Live] – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm Studios

Best World Music of 2025 Part 1 (#1410)Best World Music of 2025 Part 1 (#1410)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Sauljaljui – vaivaik (Searching for My Path) – VAIVAIK
Assu – Albbas / Lynx – Luohteniegut
Amira Kheir – Rabie Aljamal (Spring of Wonder) – Black Diamonds
Trio Da Kali – Nana Triban – Bagola
Grecia Albán – TODO PASA – NUBES SELVA
Jan Kadereit & Gamelan Salukat – Áshira – Sun and Fire – ÁSHIRA
Raúl Paz – Otra Vez – Guajiro Chic
Guitari Baro – Kolonkan – Guitari Baro
Alune Wade – Same Fufu – New African Orleans
Mahotella Queens – Uyeke Amanga – Buya Buya
Noura Mint Seymali – Ch’tib (Naha) – Yenbett
Loko Gasy – Vonjeo – Mifankatiava
Cumbia Chicharra – Lunática – Quinto Mundo
Bonbon Vodou – Gourmandises amoureuses – Épopée Métèque

Hour 2:
Värttinä – Traavalehevoi – Kyly
Tribeqa – Dembele – Sumu
Habib Koité, Aly Keita & Lamine Cissokho – Benkan (feat. Mama Koné) [Live] – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm Studios
SENDUKI – Zingaròta (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia) – Stranìa
Nusantara Beat – Tamat – Nusantara Beat
Anna Sato & Toshiyuki Sasaki – Santoyorojima – LIFE GOES ON
Awa Khiwe – NgeMbombela (with Mokoomba) – African Women Arise
Kin’Gongolo Kiniata – Fina Fina – Kiniata
Vaudou Game – Ça ira – FINTOU
Afrodream – Bamako – Guiss Guiss
Antibalas – La Ceiba (excerpt) – Hourglass
Aïta Mon Amour – Hajti fi grini – Abda
The Arab Blues – Maghroud (excerpt) – Saba
KANKOU – Blanko (feat. Sefoudi Kouyate) – N’Darila

Songs of Blackness (#1409)Songs of Blackness (#1409)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Cabruêra – Samba Negro – Sons Da Paraíba
DJ Spinna – Barrio Negro – Brazilian Funk Mode
Airto Fogo – Black Soul – Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974-1981)
Gino Sitson – Ngoyak’ (Black Feeling) – Song Zin’… Vocadelic Tales
Amazonas – Black Magic Woman – Amazonas Play Santana
Ben Tavera King – New Dehli Noir (feat. Jessita Reyes) – Fever Dream s (feat. Jessita Reyes)
West Nkosi – Inkunzi Emnyama (Black Bull) – Rhythm of Healing – Supreme Sax and Penny Whistle Township Jive
Ilê Aiyê – Negro De Luz – Black Chant
Latcho Drom – Papillon noir – Deborah – 1999
Mohenjo Daro – Black River – Rajdhani Express
Kasbah Rockers – Black Pikala Noir – The Singles
Lolo Lovina – Paint it Black – RromAntics!
Black Flower – Ankor Wat – Future Flora
El Gato Negro – Como Bailo Yo – Cumbia Libre
Virginia Rodrigues – Sol Negro – Sol Negro

Hour 2:
Dragan Ristić – Negro – Romologija
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Black is Beautiful – Wenyukela
Minyeshu – Jopia / Black Ink – Black Ink
Ziggy Marley – Black Cat – Love Is My Religion
Tony Allen – Black Voices (12″ Mix) – HomeCooking (Bonus Track)
Ana Tijoux – Oro Negro – Vengo
Aurelio – Santo Negro – Garifuna Soul
The Garifuna Collective – Black Catbird – A Guide to the Birdsongs of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean
Addis Black Mamba – Yekatit – Addis Black Mamba
The Budos Band – Black Venom – The Budos Band III
Eparapo – Black Lives Matter (feat. Dele Sosimi) – From London To Lagos (Remixes) [feat. Dele Sosimi] – EP
Orchestre Black Dragons de Porto-Novo Dahomey – Kouanabo – Vive la Revolution
Tania Libertad – Negro Color – Negro Color
Liu Jian – Black Pearls – Black Pearls
Kobo Town – Beautiful Soul – Independence

Blues around the World (#1408)Blues around the World (#1408)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Mighty Mo Rodgers – Djeli / Griot / Storyteller – Griot Blues, Mighty Mo Rodgers & Baba Sissoko
Falie Kuyateh – Selati Nalim Koye – African Journey, A Search for the Roots of the Blues, Gambia Senegal and Mali
Kevin Brown & Moussa Kouyate – Banjul Calling – Kora Blues
Lala Njava – Blues Song – Malagasy Blues Song
Boubacar Traoré – Badialo – Kar Kar
Christine Salem – Komor Blues – Salem tradition
Calypso Rose – Calypso Blues – So Calypso !
Long-Ge – Playing Mahjong – Blues Around The World
Ali Farka Touré – Keito (with Ry Cooder) [with Ry Cooder] – Talking Timbuktu (with Ry Cooder)
Miriam Makeba – Soweto Blues – African Sunset
Tamikrest – Adagh – Adagh
Titina – Mote de Mindelo – Island Blues
Fanfara Kalashnicov – Oriental Blues – Fanfara Kalashnicov

Hour 2:
Mariem Hassan – Yalli Mashi Ani – El Aaiun Egdat
Miroslav Evačić – Cardas Blues – Magic from the Crossroads – World Music from Croatia
Sväng – Svänging the blues – Svängo Nuevo
Paul Pena – Kargyraa Moan – Genghis Blues
Modou Touré & Ramon Goose – Dune Blues – The West African Blues Project
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Moustafa – Jama Ko
TootArd – Syrian Blues – Laissez Passer
JeConte & The Mali All Stars – Nous aimons le mali (feat. Khaira Arby & Bassekou Kouyate) – Mali Blues
DJ RH – Indian Blues – Blackasia Volume 1
Kavita Shah & Bau – Joia – Cape Verdean Blues
Orchestre de la Paillotte – Kadia Blues – Golden Afrique Vol. 1
Alemayehu Eshete – Teredtchewalehu – Ethiopiques, Vol. 10 – Tezeta
Nuru Kane – Niang Balo – Exile
Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Fulani Blues – Terri Kunda
Majid Bekkas – Moroccan Blues (feat. Bouhssine Foulane) – Joudour

New Music from Around the World (#1407)New Music from Around the World (#1407)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Nusantara Beat – Tamat – Nusantara Beat
Loko Gasy – Mihavana – Mifankatiava
Tone Of Voice Orchestra, Trinelise Væring & Fredrik Lundin – Trommedans – Running from the Devil
Syran Mbenza – Germaine (feat. Malage De Lugendo, Wuta Mayi, Bahati la Douce & Luis Manresa) – Rumba Africa
Xabi Aburruzaga – Porrusamba (feat. Thaïs Morell & José Urrejola) – Bask
Putumayo & Sol Galarreta – Don Don Don – World Road Trip by Putumayo
Yalla Miku – Il Fait Trop Cuit ይፈትወኪ – 2
Josiel Konrad – Boca Nº 0 (Funk Carioca) – Tapioca
Tribeqa – Dembele – Sumu
Noura Mint Seymali – Ch’tib (Naha) – Yenbett
Suntou Susso – Jangfajang Kano – Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot
Sufi Dub Brothers – Karrar (feat. Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek) – Return of the Sufi Dub Brothers (feat. Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek)
Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal & Adrian Myhr – Mariam Mariamti – Spove

Hour 2:
Gilmar Gomes – Colorir – 11:11
Floating Sofa Quartet – Baghuset & Vraggodsvalsen – Tides
SENDUKI – Zingaròta (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia) – Stranìa (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia)
Mehrnam Rastegari – Let Me Be Happy – Dislocated Pulse
Antoine Villoutreix & Super Antena Tropical – Toi & Moi – Radio Liberté – EP
La Cumbia Chicharra – Lunática – Quinto Mundo
Bonbon Vodou – Gourmandises amoureuses – Épopée Métèque
Arnau Obiols – El món ha dit sí (feat. Pepino Pascual) – Ocelltambor
Guitari Baro – Hommage a La Rumba Congolaise – Guitari Baro
Tribeqa – Kouma – Sumu
‘o Rom – Radio Rom (feat. Shaone) – Radio Rom
Nancy Vieira – Saiko Dayo – Esperança
LISLIE – Menina Aguada – Fogo & Aguaceiro
Antibalas – La Ceiba – Hourglass

Global Songs of Darkness & Light (#1406)Global Songs of Darkness & Light (#1406)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Mynta – Dark Days – Meetings In India
Manika Kaur – Waheguru (Your Light) [feat. Talvin Singh] – Sacred Words
Dissidenten – Turn On the Light – Germanistan
Daisam Jalo – Light – Cycles (feat. Yasmin Hadisubrata)
Värttinä – Tumma (Dark) – Iki
J-San & the Analogue Sons – The Light – J-San & the Analogue Sons
Sipho Gumede – When Days Are Dark, Friends Are Few – Blues for My Mother
Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Buryat Band – Gathering Light – Blue Mongol (Roswell Rudd And The Mongolian Buryat Band)
Shabaka and The Ancestors – Run, The Darkness Will Pass – We Are Sent Here By History
Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble – Shine Your Light – Winners Never Quit
Funkees – Slipping into Darkness – Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, Vol. 2 (1972-1977)
Rocky Dawuni – Shine a Light – Branches of the Same Tree
Tasa – Twilight – Urban Turban

Hour 2:
Hadag Nahash – Many Lights – 6
Nana Simopoulos – After Dark – After the Moon
KIN TAII – Nocturnal Light – DRAGON
David Walters – Light – Soul Tropical
Zulya and the Children of the Underground – The Night Is Dark – 3 Nights
Banning Eyre – First Light – Bare Songs (Vol. 1)
Marjan Vahdat – Heart of Darkness – Our Garden is Alone
Terje Isungset – A Glimpse of Light – Winter Songs
Foday Musa Suso – Morning Light – The Dreamtime
The Mighty Mocambos – In the Dark (with Nichola Richards) – Showdown
Kobo Town – When Jonas Saw the Light – Where the Galleon Sank
Solas – Darkness, Darkness – The Edge of Silence
47Soul – Mo Light – Balfron Promise