Spin the Globe Playlist for 12 February 2010
Carnaval! Mardi Gras! Carnival!

Music from Rio, New Orleans, Trinidad, and wherever else people are celebrating Carnival / Carnaval / Mardi Gras this week. Plus a heap of concert previews and other music in hour 2.

Artist – Song – Album

Hour 1
Dhol Foundation – Colours of Punjab (theme) – Big Drum Small World
The Wild Magnolias – On a Mardi Gras Day – Life is a Carnival
Samba Squad – Maracatu Funk – Batuque
3Canal – Blue – Best of Rituals 2001
Trio Mocoto – Os Orixas – The Now Sound of Brazil
Zachary Richard – Iko Iko – Rough Guide to Louisiana
Coolbone – The Saints – Brass-hop
Steve Riley & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers – La Danse de Mardi Gras – Rough Guide to the Music of Louisiana
Salome de Bahia – Cada Vez – Brasil
King Posse – Retounen – Carnival
Wild Tchoupitoulas – Hey Mama (Wild Tchoupitoulas) – The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Bat Makumba – Vai Explodir – Boteco
Bat Makumba – Sambalele – Boteco
B’Negao – A Verdadeiro Danca Do Patinho – Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil: Rio de Janeiro

Hour 2
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Hello My Baby w/Zap Mama – Long Walk to Freedom
Siora – Papirossen – Vision of the Dry Bones
Angelique Kidjo – Mama Golo Papa – Djin Djin
Tinariwen – Matadjem Yinmixan / Why All This Hate Between You? – Amam Iman: Water Is Life
Bismalahi Gargar – Aids Wadila – Imagine Africa
Zakir Hussain & the Rhythm Experience – Rapanagatun – Zakir Hussain & the Rhythm Experience
Fishtank Ensemble – Arabu Andaluz – Super Raoul
Luminescent Orchestrii – Mur Stojmeno – Neptune’s Daughter
Pablo Escovedo – Pete Kelly’s Blues – Pablo Escovedo Live
Vusi Mahlasela – Ntate Mahlasela – The Voice
The Sahel Band – Sahel – The Sahel Band Feat. Kane Mathis
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Kala Djula – advance single from Ali & Toumani