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Spin the Globe: Live Locally, Groove Globally Spin the Globe is a wide-ranging radio show covering traditional and contemporary music from across the planet. "World Music" is a term so vague it borders on useless, but it leaves the door open to explorations ranging from Tuvan overtone...
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Tunes from the Axis of Evil - a Spin The Globe playlist

A humanizing musical roundup from some of nations the current US administration bent on demonizing or overthowing. Inspired by research for an upcoming radio special.

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Artist

Title

Length

Sample

Traditional Music From Korea

Samullori

5:47

Simon Shaheen

Olive Harvest

4:18

Askura Alexander Shkuratov

Be Like the Sun

5:34

Zein Al-Jundi

Skaba

3:46

Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan

Birds

22:18

Abed Azrié

Ali

9:31

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Discoveries of 2005

A lot of new music enters the ears of Spin the Globe each year. Here is some of the music from artists and albums new to us this year. For more of our favorites, visit Read Liner Notes
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Artist

Title

Length

Sample

Fantazia

The Lost Place

4:21

Yerba Buena

Bla Bla Bla

6:03

Trio Mocoto

Marinella

4:00

Solomon & Socalled

Hassidish

3:02

Tactequete

Caxixis

6:50

SambaSunda

Sambasunda

5:13

Konono N°1

Kule Kule

4:31

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Global Hiphop from Spin the Globe

Too often, world hiphop groups focus so much on the lyrics that the music suffers, often sounding like cheap parodies of US-UK hiphop. Listeners outside the language won't find it engaging no matter how clever the lyrics are. These selections come from groups doing a good job incorporating local sounds into their music, a blend that's appealing whether you speak the language or not.

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Artist

Title

Length

Sample

Alif

Dakamerap

3:53

Sultana

Pek Yaman

3:16

Achisa

Afrapella

3:15

Lecker Sachen

Raus

4:25

Rappin Hood

Sou Negrão (I'm Black)

6:00

Bloque

Rap del Rebusque

4:25

Yerba Buena

Bote Bote Va

2:51

Aziza

Bundan Sonrasi (From Now On)

4:16

Tarika

Madindo [Transglobal Underground Remix]

5:17

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Fela's Legacy - a playlist from Spin the Globe

The musicial and political influence of Nigerian bandleader Fela Kuti reached far beyond the borders of his own nation. Like Bob Markey, he is today an icon of resistance, and the Afrobeat music he pioneered has spread across the globe.

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Artist

Title

Length

Sample

Antibalas

Hypocrite

5:05

Ex Centric Sound System

Bring Your Calabashe

4:35

Da Lata

Serious (feat Mamani Keita, Bemba Segue)

6:27

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Signs of Spring

If you live in the tropics, spring may be no big deal. But many of us in the temperate regions of the planet welcome the season as a literal and figurative rebirth, a time of hope and growth, light and warmth. Here are a few of the many songs that have been written about the season.

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Artist

Title

Length

Sample

DEBU

Angin Sepoi-Sepoi (Gentle Breeze)

4:29

Gjallarhorn

Suvetar/Goddess of Spring

5:13

Mariza

Primavera

4:42

Liu Fang

Spring Rain

7:00

Brass Attack

In your garden twenty fecund fruit trees w/Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars

3:53

Oum Kalsoum (aka Umm Kulthum)

Ghanna rabi'bi -lisan at - tayar (Le printemps a chanté dans la langue des oiseaux (The spring sung in the bird's language)

7:15

Maria Santiago

La Primavera

3:35

Robert Tree Cody

Spring Song

4:06

The Afghan Ensemble

Bahare Shaug (Joyful Spring)

5:28

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