This Week's Playlist:

Shanren: Happy New Year / Left Foot Dance of the Yi / Riverboat / * (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Hanggai: Hong Galou / Baifang (0:05:13 Pop-up)

Khun Narin Electric Phin Band: Show Wong Khun Narin (Excerpt) / Khun Narin Electric Phin Band / Innovative Leisure / * (0:13:35 Pop-up)

Cambodian Space Project: When Are You Free / Whisky Cambodia / Metal Postcard Records (0:18:45 Pop-up)

Balval: Tell Us, Beautiful Girl / Ten Hand Band (0:22:33 Pop-up)

Golem: Vodka is Poison / Tanz / Corason Digital (0:26:34 Pop-up)

Pinata Protest: Vato Perron / El Valiente / Saustex (0:30:07 Pop-up)

Sonido Gallo Negro: Inca-A-Delic / Sendero Mistico / Glitterbeat / * (0:32:19 Pop-up)

Cumbia All Stars: La Cumbia de la Noche / Tigres en Fuga / World Village / * (0:35:16 Pop-up)

La Mecanica Popular: La Paz del Freak / La Mecanica Popular / Names You Can Trust / * (0:39:23 Pop-up)

Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca: Padre George / La Rumba SoYo / Cumbancha (0:42:34 Pop-up)

Aida Samb: Lula Nex / Sarabaa / Prince Arts (0:52:23 Pop-up)
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Win a pair of tickets to see Aida Samb and three other fine Senegalese singers this Friday at Meridian 23 - info on how to enter this and other giveaways at the top of this page.

Meta Meta: Rainha das Cabeças / MetaL MetaL / Mais Um Discos (0:56:30 Pop-up)

Dona Onete: Moreno Morenado / Feitiço Caboclo / Mais Um Discos / * (1:02:25 Pop-up)

Meridian Brothers: El Gran Pájaro de los Andes / Salvadora Robot / Soundway (1:06:10 Pop-up)

Chancha Via Circuito (ft. Miriam Garcia): Coplita / Amansará / Wonderwheel Recordings & Crammed Discs / * (1:10:47 Pop-up)

Rhyton: Topkapi / Kykeon / Thrill Jockey / * (1:14:30 Pop-up)

Xylouris White: Old School Sousta / Goats / Other Music Recording Co. / * (1:22:16 Pop-up)

Savage Republic: Barbizon Exposure / Aegean / Mobilization Records / * (1:25:51 Pop-up)

Olcay Bayir: Mia Smyrnia Sto Parathiri / Neva / Harmony / Riverboat / * (1:28:17 Pop-up)

BrAgas: Mi Uegra / Yallah! / Indies Scope (1:31:32 Pop-up)

Sondorgo: Marice / Tamburocket / Riverboat (1:34:58 Pop-up)

The Nile Project (featuring Kullina Wahed): Nyaruach Jal / Aswan / Nile Project (1:44:25 Pop-up)
TICKET GIVEAWAY: The Nile Project makes its NYC Debut at the multi-artist three-stage Globalfest world music showcase at Webster Hall next Sunday - follow the instructions at the top of this page to get in the running to win a pair of tickets.

Simo Lagnawi: Sma / The Gnawa Berber / Riverboat (1:49:16 Pop-up)

Imharhan Timbuktu: Ehela Damohélé / For the Women / Akal Warled / Clermont Music (1:52:13 Pop-up)
Ehela Damohele is in a rhythm of the Tuareg classical and epic song repertoire. The verses speak about women in the nomadic tradition.

Tinariwen: Chaghaybou / Emmaar / Anti- (1:58:41 Pop-up)

Noura Mint Seymali: El Mougelmen / Tzenni / Glitterbeat / * (2:02:54 Pop-up)

Angelique Kidjo: M'Baamba / Eve / 429 Records (2:18:56 Pop-up)

Alsarah & The Nubatones: Fugu (Shams Alhurria) / Silt / Wonderwheel (2:06:33 Pop-up)

Sally Nyolo: Bidjegui / Tiger Run / Riverboat (2:17:52 Pop-up)

Dobet Gnahore: Tania / Na Dre / Contre Jour (2:24:12 Pop-up)
GIG: APAP showcase @ Drom this Friday night, with Kellylee Evans. 7 pm.

Kaveri Special: Rantakoira / Kaveri Special (2:27:49 Pop-up)

Las Alegres Ambulancias: La Petronita Livare / Chimakongo / Avokado Artists Recordings (2:31:55 Pop-up)

Bixiga 70: Kalimba / Bixiga 70 / Mais Um Discos (2:36:04 Pop-up)
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Bixiga 70 makes its NYC Debut at the multi-artist three-stage Globalfest world music showcase at Webster Hall next Sunday - follow the instructions at the top of this page to get in the running to win a pair of tickets.

Las Cafeteras: El Chuchumbe / It's Time (2:40:28 Pop-up)
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Left-coast jarocho-inspired Las Cafeteras perform as part of a big lineup at Drom on Saturday and on a more intimate bill with Chicano Batman at the Shope in Bushwick on Sunday - get in the running for tickets to one or both by emailing me per the instructions at the top of this page.

Aurelio Martinez: Chichanbara / Landini / Real World / * (2:45:04 Pop-up)
GIG: The Garifuna singer performs at a free multi-artist Mundial Montreal / Cumbancha APAP showcase at Drom, 85 Ave A on Friday and at a ticketed event at Joe's Pub with MAKU Sound System next Saturday at 11:30 pm.

OY: Marketplace / No Problem Saloon / Crammed Discs (2:49:39 Pop-up)