Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 25, 2011. Artists featured are: Pressure Drop, Markku Lepisto, Baaba Maal, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Selffish.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 24, 2011. Artists featured are: Generation Bass, Bio Ritmo, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Toubab Krewe, Vieux Farka Toure, Ocote Soul Sounds.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 23, 2011. Artists featured are: Issa Bagayogo, Gustavo Santaolalla, Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck, Toubab Krewe, Ante Rem, Mzungu Kichaa, Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni Ba, Harouna Samake.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 22, 2011. Artists featured are: Oki Dub Ainu Band, Bassekou Kouyate & Nigoni Ba, Salif Keita, Kila, Jamshied Sharifi.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 21, 2011. Artists featured are: Oki Dub Ainu Band, Toubab Krewe, Ablaye Cissoko, Kaya Prjoect, Ali Farka Toure.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 18, 2011. Artists featured are: Bombino, Kerekes Band, Toubab Krewe, Gordon Sanchez, Euphoria, Nostalgia 77, Issa Bagayogo.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 17, 2011. Artists featured are: Ocote Soul Sounds, Habib Koite, Bamada, AfroCubism, Jamshied Sharifi, Seclou Keita Quartet, TJ Rhemi.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 1, 2011. Artists featured are: Either Orchestra, Moriba Koita, Bassekou Kouyate, Nigoni Ba, Issa Bagayogo, Vieux Farka Toure.
Sitting still and listening politely was not an option. Baaba Maal wanted his audience on their feet and dancing [...]
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for October 27, 2011. Artists featured are: Kerekes Band, Nguyen Le, Vieux Farka Toure, Selffish.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for October 26, 2011. Artists featured are: Yoshida Brothers, Mory Kante, Moriba Koita.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for October 25, 2011. Artists featured are: Ali Akbar Kahn, Issa Bagayogo, Jonthan Richman and The Modern Lovers, AfroCubism, Ali Akbar Kahn.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for October 24, 2011. Artists featured are: Bassekou Kouyate, Nigoni Ba, Moriba Koita, AfroCubism, Generation Bass.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for October 21, 2011. Artists featured are: Barrio Populaire, Darjee, Rudolph and Blitzen, Ante Rem, Moriba Koita, AfroCubism, Mario Grigorov.
It was a formidable task. Upon walking into the newsroom on Monday morning, our Global Hit producer April Peavey alerted me to a tricky transition in our program.