Yes, another New Year to celebrate. I’m told we’re starting the year of the White Metal Rat — so… music from China and Chinese artists, other new year tunes, and a few songs about rats. And one song about a mouse.
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Continue reading 2020-01-24 Songs for the Chinese New Year
Including a song from each of the Top 10 new world music albums. Plus other great global sounds, new and old.
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Continue reading 2020-01-17 World Music Top 10
Only new releases this week, so tune in to hear some of the freshest sounds coming from all corners of the planet. Plus… a few cuts from new-to-me albums.
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Continue reading 2020-01-10 All New Global Sounds
Well, some of our favorite global songs of the year, anyway. It’s a problem when one gets to the radio station and realizes that half of his music didn’t make the journey. So consider this a fun, unranked collection of great tunes from 2019. If you have other favorites, feel free to leave a comment and let us know!
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Continue reading 2019-12-27 Favorite Global Songs of the Year
Global songs this week of the winter holidays: Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the Solstice. All lovingly curated into a spicy Spin The Globe gumbo for your listening pleasure.
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Continue reading 2019-12-20 Songs of Winter Holidays
Seffarine dropped by the KAOS studios for a chat and some fantastic live music. Plus more of the best new songs we’ve heard recently, from all over the planet.
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Continue reading 2019-12-06 Seffarine Live in-studio + New Music
For Black Friday, I chose to abstain from shopping. Instead, I selected some great tunes about black birds, black voices, black magic women, and black presidents and put together a radio show for you. It’s your global Black Friday soundtrack!
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Continue reading 2019-11-29 Global Tunes for Black Friday
Lots of new sounds have arrived at STG recently; before the year comes to a close, we’ll have a couple shows sampling some of the best new songs we’ve heard, from all over the planet. This is the first of these episodes.
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Continue reading 2019-11-2 New Global Sounds
Hear a song from each of the Top 10 new world music albums. Plus other global sounds, new and old.
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Continue reading 2019-11-15 Top 10 World Music Albums, November
Sometime back in the 1950s, some Jamaican musicians combined elements of jazz and R&B with calypso and mento, and ska was born. The new style thrived and spread, having offspring of its own (rocksteady and reggae). We hear ska from all over the planet this week, from its origins to its new home in Japan, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and beyond.
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Continue reading 2019-11-08 Global Ska