Spin the Globe Playlist for 1 January 2010
Best Global Music of 2009

Selections from our favorite global releases of 2009. Read more about our favorites here. And may you have a wonderful new year full of grooving globally. Happy new year.

Artist – Song – Album

Hour 1
Dhol Foundation – Colours of Punjab (theme) – Big Drum Small World
Salsa Celtica – Auld Lang Syne – El Camino
Madera Limpia – Boca Floja – La Corona
Moana & the Tribe – Whaura – Wha
Oreka TX – Jai Adivasi – Nomadak TX
Seheno – Omeko Anao – KA
Mahala Rai Banda – Ding Deng Dong – Ghetto Blasters
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara – Kele Kele (No Passport No Visa) – Tell No Lies
Khaled – Hiya Ansadou – Liberte
Forro in the Dark – Bandinha – Light a Candle
Staff Benda Bilili – Je T’aime – Tres Tres Fort
Boban I Marko Markovic – Kazi Baba – Devla
Ziggy Marley – Hold Him Joe – Family Time
Kitka – Kakhur Nana – Cradle Songs
The Shin – Potato Story – Black Sea Fire

Hour 2
Bela Fleck – Ah Ndiya feat. Oumou Sangare – Throw Down Your Heart
Larry McDonald – Brother Man w/ Shaza & Terri Lion – Drumquestra
Cacique’97 – Eu Quero Tudo – Cacique’97
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Jamana Be Diya (feat. Kasse Mady Diabate, Toumani Diabate) – I Speak Fula
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Hello Bonjour – Global Lingo
KAL – Romozom – Radio Romanista
Oumou Sangare – Wele Wele Wintou – Seya
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – Agnon Dekpe – Echos Hypnotiques
Dengue Fever – Tip My Canoe – Sleepwalking through the Mekong
Ba Cissoko – Nina – Sena
Fanfare Ciocarlia – So Te Kerau – Live
Mulatu Astatke – Emnete – New York, Addis, London