Around the World
2025 Playback - Part 1
Not so much a chart - more a collection or confection. (Some of) the best albums, (some of) my favourites, (some of) the rest. More next week.
On MixCloud
Running Order:
Artist Song Album
Hour 1
1 Youssou N’Dour Tout pour briller Éclairer le monde - Light the World
2 Moana & The Tribe Huakirangi (feat. Shellie Morris) ONO
3 Cassie Anne MacDonald & Maggie Jane MacDonald Bow Down Gold And Coal
4 Alonette Hidden Treasure Compass
5 Samba Touré Takawe Baarakelaw
6 Sylfide Jagter vintersol Blåt lys
7 Adrian Quesada & Trish Toledo Hoy Que Llueve Boleros Psicodélicos II
8 Dogo Du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band Avoudé Avoudé
9 Syran Mbenza Rumba O Demba (feat. Wuta Mayi) Rumba Africa
10 Ildikó Kali Marmana Jore Jore
11 João Selva Onda Onda
12 Jupiter & Okwess & Flavia Coelho Les bons comptes Ekoya
13 Grecia Albán VIRGEN Y VOLCÁN NUBES SELVA
14 Paivi Hirvonen Paivi Hirvonen Maa Palaa
15 Baklava & Elena Baklava Bayrak Flag Знаме Yorukluk
Hour 2
1 Seckou Keita Chaque Jour Homeland - Chapter 1
2 Nusantara Beat Kalangkang Nusantara Beat
3 Elsa Mouratidou Όσο βαρούν τα σίδερα Epsilon & Theta
4 Natalia Lafourcade Cocos en la Playa Cancionera
5 Lina & Marco Mezquida Ausência em Valsa O Fado
6 Seun Kuti, Egypt 80’ & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley Dey Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) [Deluxe Edition]
7 Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia Jolene The Devil Rides Again
8 Warsaw Village Band Cold Dew (Zimna Rosa) Sploty (Kapela Zi Warszawa & Bassalyki)
9 Radio Tarifa PICABA EN VANO LA NOCHE
10 Noura Mint Seymali Lehjibb Yenbett
11 BaianaSystem & Claudia Manzo Agulha O Mundo Dá Voltas
12 Barbora Xu Gamlin The Garden of Otava
13 Stefano Saletti Mediterranima (feat. Eleonora Bordonaro, Riccardo Tesi & Nando Citarella) Mediterra-nima
14 Kasiva Mutua Ndikweteela Desturi
15 Kasse Mady Diabate & Hawa Kasse Mady Diabaté LABAN DJORO TOUMARO
16 Le Vent du Nord Le Pari de Jeanne Voisinages
Where and when to hear Around the World
Friday:
Akaroa World Radio 2:00 pm local New Zealand Time (3:00 am GMT 4:00 am CET)
NAR-GROUP Germany – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
Mosel Radio – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
NAR-Alf – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
Waterwaves Radio: 9:00 pm GMT (22:00 CET)
Saturday:
Best City Radio (Belfast) 6:00 am
Power 101FM Malawi: 11:00 local time
Flirt FM (Galway’s Community of Interest & Student Station) 101.3 10:45 am - 12 45 pm
RCFM (Radio City FM) Duisburg, Germany 3:00 – 5:00 pm CET
U Radio - Sri Lanka 8:00pm - 10:00 pm local time
World FM 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
Essential Radio Midnight to 2:00 am GMT (1:00 am CET)
Sunday:
West Coast FM Namibia 10:00 pm to 12:00 noon Central Africa Time (2:00 to 4:00 GMT)
Power 101FM Malawi: 12:00 local time
NFRS Osaka Japan: 12:00 noon local time (3:00 am UK time 4:00 am CET)
973FM in Singapore and 11:00 pm local time (3:00 pm/15:00 hours UTC – Universal Time).
Circl8 Chester: 12:00 noon
Best City Radio (Belfast) 3:00 pm
The Illuminate Network 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Websound Radio (Larne) 8:00 pm
DCRFM (Dover Community Radio 7:00pm
Slice Audio 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Holywood Radio - Various times
Monday:
Armagh City Radio 00:00 pm local time (01:00 pm CET)
SparkFlame Radio: 00:00 am GMT (01:00 CET)
Circl8 Chester: 12:00 noon
GCR2 - Global Community Radio, USA 4:00pm EST
KBOG Bandon, Oregon, USA 97.9 FM 4:00pm EST
KBSR Burns, Oregon, USA 91.1 FM 4:00pm EST
The OBS Variety Network, Camp Hill, Alabama, USA 4:00pm EST
Stirling Community Radio 8:00 pm GMT (9:00 pm CET)
Waterwaves Radio: 9:00 pm GMT (22:00 CET)
BR2 Pure Gold Radio – Costa Blanca, Spain 10:00 pm local time (CET)
Akaroa World Radio 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
World FM 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
Tuesday:
Shire Extra: 8:00 pm GMT (21:00 CET)
Waterwaves Radio: 9:00 pm GMT (22:00 CET)
Wednesday:
World FM 4:00 am local New Zealand Time (5:00 pm Tuesday GMT, 6:00 pm CET)
Slice Audio 4:00 am local time GMT (5:00 am CET)
Life Right Radio (London) 7:00 pm
Best City Radio (Belfast) 10:00 pm
Radio Skye (Radio Garden) 10:00 pm GMT (11:00 pm CET)
Thursday:
Waterwaves Radio: 9:00 pm GMT (22:00 CET)