WFMU's Special Archives for Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg

Special Archives for Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg on WFMU

Interviews, Live Music and other specials, all available on demand.

Most of the links below take you to the beginning of the program, and live sets usually start later on in the program.

This page last updated April 26, 2025

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg

Pascuala Ilabaca and Fauna. From April 5, 2025. Listen to the whole show: MP3 - 128K or Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Gabbi Dluzewski of Fränder
. From January 13, 2024. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Gaye Su Akyol: Turkish Music Reimagined. From September 23, 2023. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Falsa's Sufi Sounds. From July 1, 2023. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rob and Katie's Labor of Love. From September 3, 2022. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rob and Katie's Labor of Love

. From September 4, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Raghav Mani, Co-Producer of South Asian Dance Pop Comp Naya Beat

. From August 21, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Israeli Singer and Actor Liraz Finds Her Iranian Roots in Hollywood

. From August 7, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Moh Alileche Brings Amazigh (Berber) Music To the US

. From July 24, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Justin Adams on Co-Producing Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino's LP Meridiana and His Many World Musical Adventures

. From July 10, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Thibault Chaumeil from San Salvador: Occitan Vocal Power and Propulsive Percussion

. From May 15, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Elizabeth Rodriguez of OKAN : Compelling Afro-Cuban Sounds From Canada

. From May 8, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Magdalena Sobczak of Polish roots pioneers Warsaw Village Band on their chart-topping album Waterduction and more

. From April 17, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Côte d'Ivoire-born, San Francisco-based Singer Fely Tchaco On Her Inspiring New Album Yita

. From April 3, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Los Wembler's de Iquitos Tribute + More Family Bands

. From January 30, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Celebrating globalFEST and Golden Fest feat. Mames Babegenush's '20 Golden Fest set

. From January 9, 2021. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tres Kandelikas

. From December 12, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Annual Ragas Live Marathon Goes Virtual - and International!

From November 14, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Singles Going Steady: Rob and Katie Radio Ping-Pong

. From October 24, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tusk Festival: Senyawa: Unbounded Sounds From Indonesia

. From October 10, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tusk Festival: Moulay Ahmed Elhassani: Electric Roots From Morocco

. From October 3, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

New Music, S.P. Bala and More

. From September 26, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rob & Katie's Labor of Love

. From September 5, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Golden Hour of Anatolian Rock

. From July 25, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

An All-American / Un-American "World Covers" Fourth of July

. From July 4, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Vasilis Kostas: The Soul of Epirus: Music From Northwestern Greece

. From June 6, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mikko H. Haapoja: Traditional and Experimental Fiddle and Soundscapes from Finland

. From May 9, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Vildá: Two Nordic Traditions Unite: Sámi Joik and Finnish Accordion Music! Recorded at WOMEX

. From May 2, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Emilia Amper, Champion of Sweden's Nyckelharpa, Recorded at WOMEX, October 2019

. From April 25, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

La Patronal: Boisterous Village Brass Traditions From Peru

. From April 18, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Monsieur Doumani: Edgy New Roots Music From Cyprus, Recorded at WOMEX 2019

. From April 4, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Katja Šulc: Setting Poetry to Music

. From February 22, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Fafa Ruffino and Niariu From Les Amazones d’Afrique: New Voices From Africa, With a Message

. From February 8, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Zhou Family Band From Eastern China Live: Exuberance and Virtuosity

. From February 1, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sounds of Siberia: Mind-Blowing Jaw Harp and Overtone Singing Featuring Yuliyana Krivoshapkina and Nachyn Choreve + Lunar New Year China Spotlight

. From January 25, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Fest - Brooklyn's Spectacular Balkan Bacchanal

. From January 18, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Johanna Tzipkine on the Cosmic Rai of Sofiane Saidi and Mazalda and Algerian Music in France

. From January 11, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Korean Shamanic Folk-Funk Juggernaut Ak Dan Gwang Chil Recorded Live at WOMEX

. From January 4, 2020. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Lakha Khan: Master Fiddler From Rajasthan, India (Recorded Live at WOMEX)

From December 14, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Haruna Walusimbi and Mark Stone: Ugandan Roots Music and More
. From December 7, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ani Cordero On Her Powerful New Album El Machete and Indie Music From Puerto Rico
. From November 30, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live From Barbès: Sounds of Africa and the Americas: Kaethe Hostetter, Kuye, Natu Camara, Anbessa Orchestra
. From November 23, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bentenya: All-Women's Chindon Street Band From Japan

. From November 16, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Singles Going Steady on WFMU: Rob and Katie Dueling 45s. From October 19, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brooklyn Raga Massive's Neel Murgai & David Ellenbogen
. From October 12, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk's Love Affair with Yiddish Tango
. From September 28, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Electrifying Sound of Mali's Songhoy Blues
. From September 21, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pulsating Korean Percussion: Kim So Ra w/ Hyun Seung Hun
. From September 14, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Che Apalache: Latingrass From Buenos Aires
. From September 7, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mdou Moctar @ WFMU's Monty Hall + Rob & Katie's Labor of Love
. From August 31, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Veena Virtuoso Saraswathi Ranganathan + Brian Keigher of WMI
. From August 24, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Al Obando on Garifuna Collective's Vibrant Afro-Indigenous Music
. From August 3, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Artistry of Sessa / NYC's Brasil Summerfest
. From July 20, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Marja Mortensson: New Indigenous Nordic Sámi Music
. From July 13, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

A-WA: Exuberant Yemeni-Jewish Dance Music
. From June 29, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Nadah El Shazly: Adventurous Music From Cairo
. From June 22, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Senegal's Oumar Ndiaye Teams Up With Smokey Hormel
. From June 15, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tuareg Guitar Wizard Mdou Moctar
. From June 8, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mari Kalkun: New Music From Estonia, Rooted in Tradition. From May 11, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Atlas Maior: Middle Eastern Modes Meet Jazz Improv. From May 4, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Natu Camara: A Wonderful New Voice From West Africa. From April 20, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Wu Man, Pipa Superstar. From April 13, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Iberi Choir: Sublime Vocal Polyphony From the Republic of Georgia. From March 23, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

47SOUL Brings Shamstep From Palestine to the World. From February 23, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Youssra El Hawary: A Compelling New Voice From Egypt. From February 2, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Zina Bozzay on Vadalma's Debut Album Music of Elderflowers: Music From Hungary. From January 26, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Fest - Brooklyn's Spectacular Balkan Bacchanal. From January 19, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Featuring Live Recordings From the 2018 Golden Festival - Ahead of Next Week's Live Broadcast From Golden Festival 2019! From January 12, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Transpacific / Transglobal 2018 Hit Parade. From January 5, 2019. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Orquesta Akokán: Revitalizing Cuba's Classic Big-Band Mambo Sound. From December 29, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ana Alcaide, recorded at the 2018 WOMEX World Music Expo. From December 15, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kalakan: Dynamic New Directions in Basque Music, recorded at the 2018 WOMEX World Music Expo. From December 8, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Caracoles: Effervescent Sounds of the Canary Islands Recorded Live at WOMEX. From December 1, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Martín Vejarano on Cumbia River Band's debut LP Río. From November 24, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Msafiri Zawose's Tantalizing Tanzanian Music of Past, Present and Future. From November 17, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Singles Going Steady Week on WFMU:
Rob and Katie Dueling 45s: Indie Rock vs the Planet. From October 20, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Doctor Nativo's Guatemaya: New Mayan-Inspired Music From Guatemala. From October 13, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Preview of our Thurs (Oct 11) HONK NYC! @ Monty Hall Brass and Street Band Concert Extravaganza + Cocek! Brass Band Live! From October 6, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Delgres Live: A Unique Power Trio Connects the Caribbean, the Bayou, The Mississippi Delta and More. From September 29, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Carmen Marsico of Newpoli: Dynamic New Directions in Italian Roots Music. From September 22, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pascal Danaë of Delgres:
Guadalupe meets New Orleans via France. From September 15, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Spotlight on Flushing Town Hall,
Celebrating Queens' cultural diversity
with Sami Abu Shumays. From September 8, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Labor of Love: Radio Ping-Pong w/ Katie Gentile:
Indie Rock vs. World Music Cover Song Battle! From September 1, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Yuriy Gurzhy of RotFront & Russendisko's Day-After-Ukrainian-Independence-Day Audio Postcard from Ukraine via Berlin. From August 25, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Chalaw Basiwali with Anu Kaliting Sadiponga:
Basiwali: Taiwanese Indigenous Roots Music. From August 18, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Santoor Player Vinay Desai / Preview of the Drive East Festival of South Asian Performing Arts. From August 11, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Yvette Saatchi Perez of NYC's avant-rocking retro-Iranian band Mitra Sumara introduces the band's album Tahdig
and spins vintage Iranian tracks. From July 21, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jon Madof of Chant Records:
An Adventurous New Artist-Run Indie Label. From June 30, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The United States of Boogaloo's
Super Groovy Monty Hall Concert Preview! From June 23, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jason Candler of Street Band Legends, the Hungry March Band. From June 2, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live From Issyra African Gallery,
300 Observer Highway in Hoboken NJ:
Performances by Brian Prunka, Echoes of Antiquity, Ghanaian Gyil Gala and Oumar Ndiaye & Friends. From May 26, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Klezmer, Their Own Way: Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird (originally heard on Continental Subway with Dave Dichelle) From May 19, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ukrainian Village Voices: Luminous Choral Polyphony. From May 5, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

April Centrone - exploring music of the Arab world. From April 14, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Janne Halonen on Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble's Cross-Cultural Musical Creations. From April 7, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Eva Salina and Peter Stan:
Great Balkan Romani Songs. From March 24, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Dingonek Street Band: NY's Newest Brass Powerhouse! From February 17, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Klezmer fiddle luminary Alicia Svigals with pianist Ulli Geissendoerfer. From February 3, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mauro Durante of acclaimed Italian roots revivalists Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
introduces the band’s surprising new LP of songwriting collaborations, Canzoniere. From January 27, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Fest - Brooklyn's Spectacular Balkan Bacchanal. From January 13, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Drunken Foreigner Band:
Mind-Blowing Musical Excursions Inspired By Laotian and Isan Thai Music. From January 6, 2018. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tsibele: New Directions in Klezmer / Yiddish / East European Roots Music. From December 16, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Trad Attack!
Turbo-Charged Estonian Roots. From December 9, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Greek Judas: Psychedelic Sounds of the Greek Underworld. From December 2, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Polish Roots Revival Special Featuring Kapela Maliszów Live at WOMEX. From November 25, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Discoveries From WOMEX, Europe’s World Music Expo. With guests Anastasia Tsioulcas, Jordana Leigh, Tom Pryor and Katie Gentile. From November 11, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rob and Katie Dueling 45s: Indie Rock vs the Planet +
the Genre-Bending Sounds of Sandcatchers. From October 21, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brass band special ahead of Thursday night's HONK NYC! extravaganza at WFMU’s Monty Hall w/ Hungry March Band, bands from Brazil, NOLA and more! From October 7, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

David Ellenbogen on the Ragas Live Festival at the Rubin Museum, and Brooklyn Raga Massive. From September 30, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mexican Independence Day Special!
Guest DJ Junf Ga, host of tropical / world music show Radio Pocajú on Ibero FM in Mexico City. From September 16, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live From Issyra African Gallery,
300 Observer Highway in Hoboken NJ:
Performances by NYC Gaita Club, Tuki Buki Trio, Akoko Nante, Maracatu NY. From September 9, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Labor of Love with Katie Gentile: Australia and New Zealand Edition. From September 2, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Eclipse Total del Corazón. From August 19, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Voice of Suka:
Maria Pomianowska and her ensemble ReBorn bring extinct Polish fiddles back to life! From July 29, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Paíto y los Gaiteros de Punta Brava:
Keeping Afro-Colombian Traditions Alive. From July 15, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Daniel Bacchieri's Street Music Map. From July 8, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Red Baraat: Brooklyn's Masters of Dhol 'n' Brass. From July 1, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jen Shyu:
Multilingual Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Improviser, Singer, Storyteller, Dancer, Visionary. From June 24, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes in Park Slope - Global Sounds of NYC. From May 13, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mokoomba - Electrifying New Sounds from Zimbabwe. From May 6, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Riyaaz Qawwali interview: Sufi qawwali music and more, from the Lone Star State. From April 29, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sounds of Kolachi: Rock meets Pakistani Roots. From April 22, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Hicham El Kebbaj on the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essauoira, Morocco. From April 15, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pakistani Singer Sanam Marvi's Stirring Sufi Songcraft (Hour 2) +
Our April Fool's Format Change - World Music For Short Attention Spans (Hour 1) From April 1, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Querido Mundo: Ani Cordero’s songs of protest, and love. From February 25, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Navatman Music Collective:
South Indian Ensemble Vocal Music in NYC. From February 11, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival. From January 14, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The superb sitar stylings of Roopa Panesar
with lauded percussionists
Pirashanna Thevarajah and Nitin Mitta. From January 7, 2017. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

New Year's HONKing Eve!
HONK NYC! Audio & Video from Monty Hall. From December 31, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jagwa Music: Exhilarating Street Sounds of Tanzania. From December 17, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes in Park Slope - Sounds of Eastern Europe via NYC. From December 10, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

La Yegros: Futuristic Cumbia and Chamamé from Buenos Aires. From December 3, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

El Foukr R'Assembly: North Africa meets West Africa +
Weekend Pledge Drive. From November 12, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

El Combo Chimbita: Scintillating Psychedelic Cumbia. From November 5, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

New Haven goes Balkan: Orkestar BAM! From October 22, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

HONK NYC! at Monty Hall preview - with the Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan. From October 8, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Field Recording Twofer: Ian Brennan (Grammy-nominated Zomba Prison Project, Khmer Rouge Survivors and more) + Rob's recordings of Merasi Musicians of Rajasthan. From October 1, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Palestinian musician / composer Ramzi Aburedwan and Dal`ouna Ensemble. From September 17, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Michela Musolino of Rosa Tatuata and Terre Sangue Mare: Music of Sicily. From August 20, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Democratoz - Powerful roots, rock and rai tinged reggae from Algeria. From July 30, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mamadou Kelly and Ban Kai Na:
Rapturous Desert Guitar of Mali. From July 23, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bandistan Ensemble: Music of Central Asia, in Concert at the Asia Society. From July 16, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bryant Park Accordions Around the World: Producer Ariana Hellerman, musicians Shoko Nagai & Felipe Hostins. From July 9, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Abraham Gomez-Delgado of Zemog el Gallo Bueno:
Branching Out Unconventionally from Puerto Rican (and Peruvian) Roots. From May 28, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Lakou Mizik: Vibrant Sounds of Haiti
Live Session and Interview with Video. From May 21, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Osei Korankye's Ghana Seperewa Highlife. From May 7, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Corinna Škėma Snyder on Macedonian Music. From April 23, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

2015 Rainforest World Music Festival
at the splendiforous Sarawak Cultural Village,
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia-Borneo -
Day Three. From April 16, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pakistani Sufi-Rock Guitar God Mekaal Hasan. From April 9, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live From Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn:
Neel Murgai & Sameer Gupta + Sofie Salonika + Bulla en el Barrio + Innov Gnawa. From April 2, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

David Ellenbogen’s World Music Concert Treasure Chest. From March 26, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Söndörgö - Sizzling Tamburitza Sounds of Hungary. From March 5, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Evan Rapport on Central Asian Jewish Music. From February 27, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jacob Plasse of Los Hacheros, Torchbearers for the Golden Age of Latin Music. From February 20, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Richard Gehr on India's Saptak Festival of Hindustani Classical Music. From February 13, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Akoko Nante Ensemble - NYC's African Drum Juggernaut . From February 6, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

2015 Rainforest World Music Festival
at the splendiforous Sarawak Cultural Village,
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia-Borneo -
Day Two. From January 30, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival. From January 16, 2016. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

New York Macedonian Roots Band Odglasi. From December 12, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jonny Semi-Colón (a/k/a Jonathan Goldman of Spanglish Fly) spins some of the seminal vintage tracks that have inspired New York's leading boogaloo and Latin Soul band. From December 5, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Hanna Khoury of Philly Arab Culture Hotbed Al-Bustan. From November 21, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Radio Jarocho with Zenén Zeferino Huervo:
Enchanting Son Jarocho of Veracruz, Mexico. From October 31, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Brothers Nazaroff
Revisit a Folkways Klez-cult Classic! From October 24, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

HONK NYC! in NJ!
Five fabulous brass and street bands storm WFMU's Monty Hall! From October 17, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brass Bands Going Squonky:
A Brass Band Spectacular to Celebrate
HONK! NYC's Assault on Monty Hall
this Thursday night October 15th! From October 10, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Zedashe: Captivating Vocal Polyphony from the Republic of Georgia. From October 3, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

2015 Rainforest World Music Festival
at the splendiforous Sarawak Cultural Village,
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia-Borneo -
Day One. From September 26, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Big Mean Sound Machine: Afrobeat from Ithaca, NY. From September 19, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Eve Sicular of Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos. From September 12, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Banning Eyre, biographer of Thomas Mapfumo, with special guest musician Chartwell Dutiro. From August 29, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Return from the Rainforest. From August 15, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brasil Summerfest Festival Preview with Béco Dranoff. From July 25, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

El Habib Louai sings Alan Ginsberg and Amiri Baraka in Arabic, plus lots more. From July 18, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Singer, songwriter and folklorist Irka Mateo from the Dominican Republic. From June 27, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Las Alegres Ambulancias - Afro-Colombian Palenque Legends. From May 23, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live From Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn:
Kane Mathis, Karavika, Rana Santacruz, Breizh Amerika Project & Garifuna Musicians, Tipsy Oxcart. From May 16, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sophie Nzayisenga, Rwandan inanga virtuoso
w/ woodwind player / self-styled street parade artist Jeremy Danneman. From May 9, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll show from WFMU's Monty Hall - Video Simulcast! From May 2, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Far-Flung Roots Reimagined:
Tal National's Super-Charged Polyrhythms from Niger +
Yoshie Fruchter & Schizophonia's Revved-Up Cantorial Music from Brooklyn. From April 11, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

La Inédita: Chichamuffin from Peru. From April 4, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tal National in Concert: Electrifying Rock and Roots from Niger. From March 28, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mu Qian's Field Recordings: Music of Chinese Minorities. From February 28, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Galeet Dardashti on Judeo-Persian Musical Traditions. From February 21, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ghazals for Valentines Day: South Asian song-poems of devotion, with Kiran Ahluwalia. From February 14, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Horse Lords' Globally Tinged Rock Explorations. From January 31, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Golem's Cathartic Klezmer Rock Alchemy. From January 24, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival. From January 17, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Multi-Cultural France +
Highlights from Golden Fest 2014. From January 10, 2015. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

A Winter Night in Western Ukraine:
Enchanted Winter Songs with the Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia and friends
Plus Khroniky, an experimental folk opera. From December 20, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality: From Afrobeat to Ethio-Grooves and Everywhere in Between. From December 13, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

OY: West African Storytelling Through a Luminous Electronic Kaleidoscope. From December 6, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

James Lovell on Afro-Caribbean Garifuna Music and Language. From November 22, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

HONK NYC! video webcast: 6 insane brass bands storm WFMU's Monty Hall
Watch the video archive on this page, or here. From November 8, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Xylouris-White - New Dimensions in Drum and (Cretan) Lute. From November 1, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Hoba Hoba Spirit: Marock'n Roll. From October 18, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tri Minh's Quartet - New Directions in Vietnamese Music. From October 11, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

DJ Greg de Villanova Spins Classic Vinyl from Africa and the Americas. From October 4, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Las Décimas del Amargue & Other Songs of Love
with Raquel Z. Rivera and members of her group Ojos de Sofía. From September 27, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live From Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn:
Joel Forrester, Members of Brooklyn Raga Massive, Brandon Terzic’s Xalam Project,
La Internacional Sonora Balkanera. From September 13, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bombay Rickey's Multi-Culti Musical Mixology. From September 6, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Art of South Indian Violin, with Arun Ramamurthy. From August 9, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Quraishi - Master of the Afghan Rubab. From August 2, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rana Ghose on Charanjit Singh and New Indie India. From July 26, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ Jeremy Bloom - Musical Cross-Culturalism. From July 19, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Eyal Maoz & Edom - Heavy Sounds from Israel via NYC. From July 12, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

M'Bolo - Sizzling Senegalese Sounds. From July 5, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Vanya Zhuk and heavy mensches: Psychedelic Russian punk klezmer. From June 28, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Make Music NY Summer Solstice Remote Live From Meridian23. From June 21, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Janka Nabay's Bubu Music from Sierra Leone. From June 7, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Oumar Konate - Smoldering Electric Guitar from Northern Mali. From May 31, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Glass House Project: Lost Hungarian Jewish Music Reimagined. From May 24, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Leni Stern African Trio. From May 17, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Arpan: A New Generation of Indian Classical Virtuosos. From May 3, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

International Bellows Battle: Uri Sharlin (accordion, US/Israel) & Dogcat
vs Mangey Khan (harmonium, India) & Barmer Boys. From April 26, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Amarrass Records Radiates Rajasthani Roots and Arki Sound Mines Ethiopian Gold. From April 19, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Feedel Band - Washington DC's All-Star Ethio-Jazz Band. From April 12, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tipsy Oxcart: A New Generation of Balkan Musical Mayhem! From April 5, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Frank London & Lewis Kahn talk Judeo-Latin Music + a visit with Chinese fiddle master Guo Gan. From March 22, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival. From January 18, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Bombay Royale: Australia's Retro-Bollywood Idols
Plus Highlights from Golden Fest 2013. From January 11, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

DakhaBrakha Live at CUNY Elebash Hall
Plus more APAP / Globalfest Showcase Previews. From January 4, 2014. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

La Sabrosa Sabrosura. From December 28, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sound: The Encounter: New Directions in Iranian and Syrian Bagpipes, Drums and Woodwinds. From December 7, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Décimas: Music and Poetry of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, with Raquel Z. Rivera and Bryan Vargas. From November 30, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Garifuna music trailblazer Chichi Sosa. From November 2, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live From Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn:
Grupo Chonta, Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Uri Sharlin & Kinan Azmeh, Frank London & Deep Singh's Sharabi. From October 26, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

HONK! NYC: Brazilian Activist Brass Band Os Siderais. From October 19, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Stirring Sounds of Multi-Culti Paris:
Aziz Sahmaoui and University of Gnawa
at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors. From October 12, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Noura Mint Seymali & Jeiche Ould Chighaly - Electric Roots Music from Mauritania. From September 28, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Earlybird Stringband - bluegrass with a Norwegian twist . From September 14, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Innovative Iranian singer Mohsen Namjoo + Adam Pogoff & Bryan Chang, co-producers of Balkan music doc Brasslands. From September 7, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jaranatambo. From August 24, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Accordions Around the World / Vitor Goncalves. From August 10, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Festival au Desert Caravan for Peace Tour:
Tartit, Imharhan, Mamadou Kelly. From July 13, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Parno Graszt, Hungary's Romani Roots Powerhouse. From June 29, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Invasion of the Italian Roots Bands: Taluna + Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. From June 22, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Fanfare Ciocarlia Live at Pace. From June 8, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

<a href="http://dmitrislepovitch.com/">Dmitri Slepovitch</a> is an ethnomusicologist, author, educator, composer and musician - leader of the klezmer bands <a href="http://litvakus.com/">Litvakus</a> and <a href="http://minskerkapelye.narod.ru/">Minsker Kapelye</a>. If anyone knows about Litvak musical traditions - klezmer and Yiddish music from Lithuania and Belarus and the vicinity - it's Dmitri. In fact he wrote the book on it - <i>Traditional Jewish Music in Eastern Europe</i>. The book is in Russian though... So, we've invited Dmitri to FMU tonight to translate the story into English, illustrating with lots of recorded examples from his extensive collection. From June 1, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ghalia Benali Interview + Previews, New Music, Mixed Bag. From May 11, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sonia M'Barek in concert, FIAF World Nomads Tunisia Festival Opening Night. From May 4, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Season of Cambodia:
Kong Nay Live from the Asia Society, New York +
World Music Boston. From April 20, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes: Sumptuous Song Stylings of Turkey, Eastern Europe & Central Asia. From April 13, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mavrothi Kontanis and Mild Mannered Rebel. From March 30, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Martin Koenig's Vintage Balkan Village Vinyl. From February 16, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Alejandro Zuleta on Vallenato Music of Colombia. From January 26, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival. From January 19, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Golden Festival FMA Hits of 2012 + APAP, Globalfest, More 2012 Faves. From January 12, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Fatoumata Diawara Live at Pace + APAP, Globalfest Previews. From January 5, 2013. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Colombian Music Encuentro Pt 2 - plus a little Hanukkah. From December 15, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

African Music for the Holidays - Four Bands Live from Barbes. From December 8, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

WOMEX Greece 2012. From November 17, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live Broadcast of the Encuentro NYC Colombian Music Festival. From November 10, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis:
Greekadelia - the WFMU WOMEX Session. From October 27, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Dva + Jana Vébrová:
Imaginative New Music from Czech Republic. From October 6, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Musicians for Mali. From September 15, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Labor of Love - Ping Pong Planetary Rock with Katie Gentile. From September 1, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Istanbulive: Selda, Wonderland, SecretTrio @ Lincoln Center Out of Doors. From July 28, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Choban Elektrik. From June 30, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Msafiri Zawose + Kabbalah. From June 16, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mitra Sumara. From June 9, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sarah Aroeste. From May 19, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Barbès 10th Anniversary Live Broadcast w/ 5 Bands. From May 5, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Charanams. From April 21, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Attwenger. From March 31, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Erlend Viken. From March 24, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Shanren. From March 17, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mali Yaro and Goumbé Star with special guest Hadiza Mangou. From March 10, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Sway Machinery. From February 11, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

From the Mississippi to the Capibaribe with Scott Kettner of Nation Beat. From February 4, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival. From January 14, 2012. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ljova (Lev Zhurbin) and Inna Barmash. From December 17, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbès: Sanda Weigl + Alexandros Papadakis + TriBeCaStan + Raya Brass band. From December 10, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sol Okarina. From December 3, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kardeş Türküler with Arto Tunçboyacıyan and Ara Dinkjian. From November 12, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Dikanda. From November 5, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

45 RPM Love Battle with Katie Gentile. From October 29, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Cosmas Magaya. From October 22, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Matthias Loibner & Nataša Mirković - de Ro. From October 15, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. From October 8, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Unheard Music of the Uyghurs with Guest DJ Andrew Demetre. From October 1, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes - Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell, Freak Fandango, Forward Kwenda, CHIA's Dance Party. From September 17, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal Live +
other Cross-Cultural Collaborations. From September 10, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Labor of Love Ping Pong Planetary Rock with Katie Gentile. From September 3, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sexteto Tabalá de Palenque. From August 6, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Things We Did On Our Summer Holiday:
Beautiful Western Norway's Førde Festival. From July 16, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Anasma & Ranya Renée of NY Theatrical Bellydance Conference + Wedding Songs. From June 25, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pistolera. From June 18, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Zülfü Livaneli Interview + Concert Previews & Mixed Bag. From June 11, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Oran Etkin and Yakouba Sissoko. From June 4, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Hadar Noiberg + 'Ndiaz w/ Bill Cole + Barou/Pellen Duo. From May 21, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

M.A.K.U Sound System. From May 14, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Copal. From May 7, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Banda de los Muertos - the lost Barbès tapes... From April 30, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Duo Jalal. From April 23, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Elikeh + New Releases / Mixed Bag. From April 16, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

DJ Afro of Los Amigos Invisibles. From April 9, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbès with Banda de los Muertos, Maeandros, Spanglish Fly. From March 26, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ljova and Kontraband Purim Spectacular + Japan + Previews. From March 19, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Cristina Pato. From February 19, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Crate Digging Expeditions: Colombia (with Yale Evelev) From February 12, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Real Vocal String Quartet. From February 5, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sandra Velasquez from Pistolera + Egypt. From January 29, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Two Ensembles From Siberia:
Huun Huur Tu & Sibirskaya Vechora. From January 22, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival. From January 15, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band live / Golden Festival,
Globalfest & APAP Preview. From January 8, 2011. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pedrito Martinez Group + Seasonal Selections. From December 18, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kobo Town Live From WOMEX Plus Lots More Good Stuff. From December 11, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Samuel Thomas of Asefa / Sephardic Music. From December 4, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

WOMEX Post-Mortem with Gerald Seligman and Olivier Conan. From November 13, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Lo'Jo. From October 9, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Awena Burgess & Daniel Mizrahi from Balval, Toot'N Blink. From October 2, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guca Festival / Adam Pogoff. From September 25, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ahmet Erdogdular / New York World Festival. From September 18, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bibi Tanga and the Selenites. From August 28, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live in the Studio: Khaira Arby and her band. From August 21, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Catalina Maria Johnson:
The Spanish-Language Sounds of Chicago. From August 14, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Balkan Beat Box, Mucca Pazza, Asphalt Orchestra
Live from Lincoln Center Out of Doors. From August 7, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Vagabond Opera + New Music, Concert Previews, Mixed Bag. From July 31, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

South American Cumbia Extravaganza:
El Remolon, Chancha Via Circuito, Tremor, Chico Trujillo. From July 24, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou feature + Sol Okarina live. From July 10, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Fool's Gold Live at the Bell House. From July 3, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions. From June 26, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tinariwen live at the Bell House (plus a South African set in honor of the World Cup) From June 12, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Charming Hostess Bowls Project. From June 5, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Music from Brittany: Diese3 + Louise Ebrel & Ifig Flatres. From May 22, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko + Burkina Electric. From May 15, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes: Shusmo, Zikrayat & Falu. From May 1, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Scythian Stones / Kyrgyzstan vs. TriBeCaStan. From April 17, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Colombian Music in New York. From April 10, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from PDX With Hova, Belinda, Tony Coulter & Special Guests. From April 3, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

SXSW World Music Review. From March 27, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Turkish Rock: Hayvanlar Alemi, Replikas. From March 20, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rana Santacruz, New & Mixed. From February 27, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pitom, New & Mixed. From February 20, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tanya Tagaq, New & Mixed. From February 6, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

World Music Institute 25th Anniversary Archival Retrospective. From January 30, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Alan Lomax in Haiti + Cuban Cowboys. From January 23, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Golden Festival! From January 16, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Namgar + Nuala Kennedy. From January 9, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Cumbia at the Bell House: Very Be Careful + Chicha Libre. From January 2, 2010. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Curumin & Christmas. From December 19, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Debo Band + Pharaoh's Daughter. From December 12, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Puerto Plata. From December 5, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Cyminology. From November 28, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Vlada Tomova's Balkan Tales. From November 21, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ken Braun of Sterns Music on the great final years of Congolese legend Franco. From November 14, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Yale Evelev - Luaka Bop Turns 21. From November 7, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pink Puffers + Halloween. From October 31, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Muerte a Lou Dobbs 45 RPM Bilingual Love Battle with Katie Gentile. From October 24, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Wu Man on the Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival. From October 17, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rokia Traoré. From October 3, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes: Matuto, Djarara, Happyfunsmile, Smokey's Secret Family. From September 19, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Gato Loco de Bajo. From August 15, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Tel Aviv Show + Concert Previews. From August 8, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Alash Live + New Releases, Mixed Bag. From August 1, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bomba Estéreo Live + New Releases, Mixed Bag. From July 25, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Youssou N'Dour. From June 13, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brahim Fribgane / Muslim Voices Festival. From June 6, 2009. Listen to set "Brahim Frigbane LIVE on WFMU!": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Madame XD. From May 23, 2009. Listen to set "Madame XD Live in the WFMU Studio": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure with Banning Eyre. From May 16, 2009. Listen to set "Abdoulaye Alhassane Touré Live on WFMU": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

All-Night Indian Classical Concert Preview + Japan Golden Week. From May 2, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pistolera. From April 18, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes: Conj. Guantanamo, Nikolay Kolev, Brazilian Brass, Gaida, Diabetela. From April 11, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Cordero Live + Zizek DJs. From April 4, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Lucia Pulido + Esau Mwamwaya. From March 28, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mavrothi Kontanis. From March 21, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bea Palya and friends. From January 31, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from The Golden Festival. From January 17, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Watcha Clan. From January 10, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

La Troba Kung-Fu. From January 3, 2009. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

17 Hippies + Xmas. From December 20, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Timbila. From December 13, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Titubanda. From November 15, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Balval. From November 8, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Obama is Beautiful World! From November 1, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

45 RPM Love Battle with Katie Gentile. From October 25, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kal. From October 18, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mamak Khadem. From October 4, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Electric Kulintang. From September 27, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes: A pre-Navratri South Asian musical spectacular! From September 13, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tidawt + Polka Madre. From September 6, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from the Shores of Lake Owassa. From August 30, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Field Recordings from West Africa. From August 23, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

WFMU 50th Anniversary Radio Greats Weekend. From August 9, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Habib Koite. From July 26, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Andrea Kalima Zawose + Okello Kelo Sam + Robert Ajwang'. From July 19, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mehmet Dede of Drom: Music from Turkey and beyond. From June 21, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Merita Halili & Raif Hyseni + CTMD. From May 31, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes with Pistolera, Metrofolk, Yan Yalego and more. From May 17, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Indian slide guitar visionary Debashish Bhattacharya + Chhandayan - Indian music in NYC. From May 10, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Balkan Situations + Japan's Golden Week. From May 3, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Najma Akhtar and Gary Lucas. From April 26, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sami Abu Shumays of Zikrayat: Film Music of Egypt. From April 19, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Asha Bhosle. From April 12, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Garifuna music: Silvia Blanco and Aurelio Martinez. From April 5, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Roksonaki. From March 29, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Talat. From March 22, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Obo Addy. From March 15, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival featuring Tareq Abboushi & Malika Zarra From February 23, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kakande Live. From February 16, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble Live + Chinese New Year. From February 9, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

IASO Records / Dominican Roots / Globalfest / APAP showcases. From January 12, 2008. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Arctic Andalucia III: Svang at WOMEX + Global Xmas Faves. From December 22, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Arctic Andalucia II: Majorstuen Live at WOMEX. From December 15, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Transpacific Sound Paradise live from Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn. From December 8, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Arctic Andalucia I: Tanya Tagaq at WOMEX. From December 1, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Chonta Records / Colombian Encounter New York. From November 24, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

WOMEX 2007 Roundtable. From November 17, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Roots of Chicha with Olivier Conan of Barbes. From November 10, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kiran Ahluwalia. From October 13, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Budos Band. From September 29, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ken Braun of Sterns Music on Tabu Ley Rochereau. From September 22, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Dobet Gnahore. From September 15, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes w/ Chejere, Lucia Pulido & Jose Conde y Ola Fresca. From September 8, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Donne Roberts. From July 21, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

LAMC and alt.Latin with Claire Frisbie and Nuria Net of NYRemezcla. From July 7, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jasmine Dellal, Director, Gypsy Caravan. From June 30, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Festival of World Sacred Music, Fes, Morocco plus Boom Pam Live. From June 23, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Roberto Rodriguez. From May 26, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pablo Yglesias. From May 19, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Angelique Kidjo. From May 12, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Andrea Echeverri. From May 5, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Joe Boyd. From April 28, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes w/ Slavic Soul Party, Edmar Castaneda & Forro For All. From April 14, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Sounds of Taraab. From April 7, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Global Village Denmark New York. From March 31, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Antibalas. From March 3, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Erika Stucky. From February 24, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Andy Statman. From February 17, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Ansambl Mastika. From February 10, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Gamelan Dharma Swara. From February 3, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bjornsdotter-Reid. From January 27, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Dengue Fever + Denmark-NY. From January 20, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Extra Golden. From January 13, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Nikitov + Golden Festival Preview. From January 6, 2007. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Nili Belkind + Tom Pryor. From December 23, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pistolera. From December 16, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn: Art Bailey, Coba, Kaiku. From December 9, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia + Julian Kytasty. From December 2, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mr Bongo II. From November 25, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Los Amigos Invisibles. From November 18, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brooklyn Qawwali Party. From November 11, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kaleta + Concert Previews / Mixed Bag. From October 21, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Nation Beat. From October 7, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes w/ Coumba Sidibe + Rachid Halihal + La Cumbiamba. From September 16, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mexico Now / Ernesto Villa-Lobos. From August 26, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Nomo Live. From August 19, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ George Sempepos: Greece etc... From July 29, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rirkrit Tiravanija, Bruce Gaston + Fong Naam Live. From July 22, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kyrgyz Musicians. From July 8, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Zarandea plus. From June 17, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Goran Bregovic. From June 3, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes: Lamazi Kolektsia + Luminescent Orchestrii + Musette Explosion. From May 13, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJs Paula Jaakkola and Jaana Kantola of Kaiku. From April 29, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Raul Rothblatt / African Xylophone Fest Preview. From April 22, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Akis Perdikis and George Sempepos. From March 25, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bryan Vargas y ¡Ya Está! From February 4, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Niyaz + New & Mixed. From January 21, 2006. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn! From December 17, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Zemog El Gallo Bueno. From December 10, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Motion Trio + Mixed Bag. From November 19, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ Dave Buttle of Mr Bongo Records. From October 15, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

A Moving Sound Live. From October 1, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kiran Ahluwalia with Rez Abassi plus New Releases, Mixed Bag. From September 24, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Forro For All and Nation Beat: Live Performance. From July 30, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Guest DJ Pat Longo. From July 16, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kind of a rock show: Contramano live. From July 9, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Brass Band Spectacular starring Hungry March Band live! From May 21, 2005. Listen to set "The Hungry March Band performs live": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Percussionist Raquy Danziger & friends. From May 14, 2005. Listen to set "Raquy Danziger and the Cavemen perform live": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live from Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn! From April 30, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kaiku live + new releases / mixed bag. From April 16, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

African Xylophones: Famoro Dioubate & Raul Rothblatt + Bernard Woma. From April 9, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Klezmer violin great Alicia Svigals with Pablo Aslan & Alan Watsky. From March 26, 2005. Listen to set "Alicia Svigals, Pablo Aslan, and Alan Watsky perform live (second set)": Pop-up player! Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mariana Sadovska, Mixed Bag & Bollywood. From February 26, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Globetrotting Guitarist Bob Brozman Live! From February 19, 2005. Listen to set "Bob Brozman performs live": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ Corinna Snyder of Yasna Voices: Bulgarian vocal music and more. From February 12, 2005. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Akoya Live + New and Mixed. From January 29, 2005. Listen to set "Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble performs live": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Jose Conde. From January 22, 2005. Listen to set "Interview with Jose Conde": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Henri Guedon and African/Latin with Guest DJ Gregoire de Villanova. From January 15, 2005. Listen to set "Guest DJ Gregoire de Villanova": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Xmas 2004. From December 25, 2004. Listen to set "Christian Marclay live from the Tate Modern": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Två live plus new releases / mixed bag. From December 18, 2004. Listen to set "Två performs live": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mory Kante / Kora Plus / African Mix. From December 11, 2004. Listen to set "Interview with Mory Kante": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Gilles Peterson + Mixed Bag. From December 4, 2004. Listen to set "Interview with Gilles Peterson": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Golem live plus mixed bag. From November 20, 2004. Listen to set "Golem performs live": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

WOMEX: New World Music via Europe. From November 13, 2004. Listen to set "WOMEX: a peek into the future of world music": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Yasna Voices: Vocal music from Bulgaria and beyond, via Brooklyn. From October 16, 2004. Listen to set "Yasna voices live segment": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Klezmer for Change with guest Elizabeth Schwartz. From October 9, 2004. Listen to set "Freylakh the Vote (Klezmer for Change) performs live": Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Pure Flamenco with Brook Zern. From October 3, 2004. Listen to set "Brook Zern performs live": MP3 - 128K or Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show: MP3 - 128K or Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Vocal Polyphony from the Republic of Georgia with Jodi Hewat. From September 26, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Charlie Gillett / Radio Ping-Pong. From September 12, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Greece: An Alternative Olympic Soundtrack with George Sempepos. From August 15, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

70s Brazilian Funk and Soul-tinged music
Guest DJ: Sean Marquand. From August 1, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Music of Cuba with Guest DJ Ned Sublette. From July 18, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ Akenataa. From June 27, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Luis Dias and friends. From May 16, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Yoel Ben-Simhon. From May 9, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Japanese Music Special including an interview with Oki Kano. From May 2, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Hungarian music meets the world - with guests Kalman Magyar and Michel Montanaro. From April 18, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Ethnic/Electronic music with guest DJ: Ayo Osinibi. From April 11, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Reel Rhythms Film Festival. From March 28, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Hooray for Bollywood! From February 29, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest: Samite, plus mixed bag. From February 15, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Alicia Svigals with Pete Rushefsky and Susan Watts Hoffman. From February 1, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

La Cumbiamba performs live in the studio. From January 18, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ: Gerald Seligman. From January 11, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Senegalese Hip-hop:
Ben Herson of Nomadic Wax and rapper Shiffai. From January 4, 2004. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Klezmatics perform the Jewish music of Woody Guthrie
live in the studio. From December 14, 2003. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Dallam Dougou Live (plus a few new releases) From December 7, 2003. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ: Author and journalist Ed Morales. From November 9, 2003. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest: Klezmer / bluegrass clarinetist Margot Leverett. From October 19, 2003. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Nikitov Live. From October 12, 2003. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Gogol Bordello -- Unplugged. From December 29, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Smokey and Miho. From November 10, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Angele and Goce Dimovski. From November 3, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Musicians of The Festival of Mongolia Ensemble + New Releases. From July 28, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rolando Alexandre: Timbila from Mozambique. From July 21, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bastille Day with Bebe Eiffel Live. From July 14, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Lincoln Center Festival "Maghreb Mashreq" Preview. From July 7, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Music from Greece and beyond. From June 30, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Father's Day with Isle of Klezbos. From June 16, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Fula Flute with Sylvain Leroux and Bailo Bah. From June 9, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Music in "Spanglish" with guest DJ Ed Morales. From June 2, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

The Jawharp Show with Lena Strayhorn. From May 5, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

South African Freedom Day Special with Mel Puljic. From April 28, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Music & Censorship in Zimbabwe with Banning Eyre. From April 21, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Hatami Hoedown: It's Cherry Blossom time - Japanese roots and popular music. From April 7, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Bollywood Spectacular! An Academy Awards night salute to Bollywood: Wall-to-wall Indian Film Songs! From March 24, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Music from Scandinavia with Cliff Furnald. From February 17, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Lunar New Year: Music from Korea, Vietnam, China and Tibet. From February 10, 2002. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Kokolo: A great live set by the very multi-cultural Afrobeat/Afro-Cuban big band Kokolo. From November 18, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Ghanaian Xylophones Revisited: New Yorkers Valerie Naranjo and Barry Olsen return with Ghanaian xylophone music's elder statesman, Kakraba Lobi, to perform more riveting live xylophone and percussion pieces. From October 28, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Albert Kuvezin of Yat-kha and Esma: TSP's Pan-Slavic Correspondent Tristra Newyear chats with Russian / Tuvan musical maverick Albert Kuvezin. Plus, from the archives, a visit with Macedonian gypsy legend Esma. From October 7, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

The Mouth Show. Zimbabwean vocalist / throat singer / human beatbox Akim Ndlovu, founder of the group Dha-Fusion, demonstrates African and Asian traditional styles as well as vocal techniques of his own invention. And jawharpist Lena Strayhorn shows the many ways this portable yet powerful instrument is played around the world. From September 8, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Sussan Deyhim, the idiosyncratic Iranian-born singer talks about her life on the musical fringe and her latest works, the solo CD Madman of God and the video-soundtrack-montage Turbulent. In the 80s, Deyhim's work with partner Richard Horowitz foreshadowed today's electronica/world music hybrids. From June 23, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Ulla Pirttijrvi, Singer / Yoiker / Songwriter from Angeli in northern Finland. Yoiker? Yoik is the traditional vocalizing of the Sami, the indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia. From May 19, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Spotlight on Festival of Solitude, including performers such as homemade instrument artist Ken Butler and Ghanaian Master Drummer Kwaaku Kwaakye Obeng. From May 5, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

A preview of World Music Institute's Greek Music Festival, plus rare Euro-Med grooves with George Sempepos (of the legendary Greek-American band Annabouboula) From April 21, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Live acoustic set by Immigrant Suns: From the edgy immigrant and suburban underworlds of Detroit, performing their unique blend of "Balkan village indie-rock, Arabic garage folk, and avant world beat." Transpacific Sound Paradise. From April 14, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

A visit with Norwegian band Transjoik. Transjoik puts a modern twist on traditional vocal joiks and Shamanic culture of the Sami, the indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, fusing heavy beats with live and sampled yoiks and other guttural vocalization. From April 7, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Ukrainian vocalist / harmonium player Marjana Sadovska + downtown NYC multi-instrumentalist Matt Darriau (of Paradox Trio, Klezmatics and others) preview their March 2 Balkan Cabaret concert at Exit Art in Soho. From February 24, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Guest DJ Banning Eyre, author of In Griot Time (Temple University Press) and producer of the CD compilation of the same name spins music from West Africa and demonstrates a few West African styles on his guitar. From February 10, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Music from Haiti and the Dominican Republic with guest Sean Harvey, who wrote about those countries in the new Rough Guide to World Music. From January 20, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Percussionist Raquy Danziger specializes in playing hand-held frame drums. She's studied with Indian, Latin, Arabic, Irish, and Persian masters. She brought a few of her drums with her for a little frame-drumming show and tell. From January 13, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

The Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band performing live, plus recordings of all your favorite brass bands from Bollywood to Bulgaria. From January 6, 2001. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

A Golden Hour of African Gospel. From December 23, 2000. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

A visit with Sam Zaman (aka State of Bengal), the dj/producer/recording artist who's one of the leading figures on the Anglo-Asian scene. Zaman talks about remixing Nusrat, resurrecting Ananda Shankar, and releasing his own debut album VISUAL AUDIO. Plus plenty of State of Bengal tracks and remixes. From December 16, 2000. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Spotlight on the Rough Guide CD series and the encyclopaedic two-volume Rough Guide to World Music. With guest David Wechsler of The Rough Guides and phone-ins from several of the book's contributing journalists. From December 2, 2000. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) Special: Techno-cantorial, judeo-moroccan dub, central asian sephardic music, yiddish hip-hop, avant-klezmer, and more. (Show opens with a short set of Camerounian music to celebrate that country's victory in Olympic soccer) From September 30, 2000. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

Guest DJ Show: Matt Moran of Slavic Soul Party, Kolevi Six, Sideshow and other bands spins traditional and neo-traditional music from the Balkans. From September 9, 2000. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!.

India Day Special: Two solid hours of bhangra, Indian film and pop music, qawwali, brass bands, UK/Asian electronica, etc. From August 12, 2000. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Guest DJ Show: Pat Longo, drummer from the improv band Hippopatomus spins ultrarare, exotic and funky seventies vinyl. From August 5, 2000. Listen to the whole show: Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

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