STG kicked off Mothers Day Weekend (that’s a thing, right?) with songs of motherhood from around the globe. Plus a few old favorites and new releases sprinkled in during hour 2.

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Hour 1
Sia Tolno “mama” from African Woman

Teacher Jekyll “Bless the Mothers (feat. Ruth Mbalanda, Bertrand Péqueriau, Charlotte Méas, Aïnhoa da Cruz, Maxime Brottes, Jean Baptiste Boutte, DJ Don’s & Nicolas Grauwet)” from Mercado

Yellow Sisters “mama” from Zvěřinec

Kokolo “Mama Don’t Want No Gun” from More Consideration

Daymé Arocena “Madres” from Nueva Era

Prince Nico Mbarga “Sweet Mother” from Sweet Mother

Guillaume Sanje Mpacko “Mama’m Iyo (Beloved Mother)” from Praise and Celebration

Taraf de Haidouks “Mother, My Little Mama” from Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts

Limpopo “When My Dear Mother Was Seeing Me Off to the Army” from Traffic Jam In Moscow

Sidney Bean “Mothers of Today” from Bermuda: Gombey & Calypso 1953-1960

Set break — KAOS Community Billboard

Invisible System “Ebah (proud mothers)” from Invisible System in Mali

Zap Mama “The Mamas of the Mamas (Les Mamas Des Mamas)” from Sabsylma

Candido Oye-Oba “My Mother (Dedicated To All Mothers)” from Adura Power

Mory Kante “mama” from Sabou

Hour 2
Imarhan “Alwa” from Temet

Sons Of Kemet “My Queen Is Harriet Tubman” from Your Queen Is a Reptile

Molly Tigre “Yekermo Sew” from Molly Tigre

Kiran Ahluwalia “We Sinful Women” from 7 Billion

Karavan Sarai “Kiss Her Eyes” from Painted Sands

Angelique Kidjo “Once in a Lifetime” from Once in a Lifetime

Lucibela “Sant Antôn” from Laço Umbilical

Fatoumata Diawara “Mama” from Fenfo (Something to Say)

Set break — Spin The Globe world music concert calendar

Fat Freddy’s Drop “Mother Mother (excerpt)” from Blackbird

Ali Farka Touré “Hawa Dolo” from The Source

Bombay Rickey “Gopher” from Electric Bhairavi