Spin the Globe Playlist for 22 January 2010
Music from the Hottest Places on Earth

As a mid-winter break for those of us in the northern climes, we took a musical visit to the hottest places on the planet this week. You can find a list complete with temperatures here. What did we learn? That no matter how cold it gets here in the Pacific Northwest, I’m not planning a summer vacation to Al ‘Aziziyah, Libya (136 degrees F!).

Artist – Song – Album

Hour 1
Dhol Foundation – Colours of Punjab (theme) – Big Drum Small World
Caceres – Triste Febrero – Rough Guide to Argentina
Los de Abajo – Pepepez – Los de Abajo
Musafir – Moria Badnawa – Dhola Maru
Ganga Giri – Bertie Beatle – Beats Around the Bush
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Kainda-e-Qalandar – Nazrana-e-Aqeedat
Mohammad Abdu – Ya Keif – Inti El Hawa
Brenda Fassie – Sum’ Bulala – Memeza
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu – Mulatu of Ethiopia
Boom Pam – Gross – Boom Pam
Delta Nove – Tororo – The Future Is When
Dalinda – Maahboubi Khanni / My Beloved Deceived Me – Turquoise

Hour 2
[dunkelbunt] & Cloud Tissa – Kebab Connection – Balkan Grooves
The Spy from Cairo – Ala Shan – Secretly Famous
Sauti Sol – Asante Sana Baba – Mwanzo
SambaDa – Sangue Africano Remix – Gente!
Umalali – The Sun Has Set – The Garifuna Women’s Project
Soweto Gospel Choir – Ingoma – Grace
Lhasa – Con Toda Palabra – The Living Road
Siora – Vaynikehu – Vision of the Dry Bones
Zingaros – Sher – Cirkari
The Sahel Band – Yarabi – The Sahel Band
Ojos de Brujo – Bailaores – Techari
Masters of Haiti – Ti Chans (Pou Ayiti) – Rough Guide to Haiti