Playlist 01.09.2026
DJ NIGEL WOOD
World Music DJ
DJ NIGEL WOOD
Playlist 01.09.2026
Playlists
On last week’s show:
Kotoa are a five-piece band from SE London.
Kay Slice is a Rotterdam resident of Ghanaian heritage.
Kora Koumakan are an Afro-Manding group from Guinea Conakry.
The Dur-Dur Band were the pioneers of Somalian funk and disco in the 1980s.
Strut Records, the home of the Nigeria 70s collections, now move into the 1980s.
British/Trinidadian poet-musician Anthony Joseph expounds his afro-futurist vision.
Rosa Brunello is an Italian bass-player and composer.
The Candomblé collection includes ’80’s field recordings from Salvador and contemporary works, such as the two here.
The English Shovel Dance Collective offer a lament and a benediction for the fox.
Hungarian trad outfit Erdofű join forces with Janusz Prusinowski’s Kompania from Poland.
Officina Zoè bring wider influences to their Salento traditions on their 11th album.
Cajun Dead draws on Acadian and Appalachian folk and West African griot testimony.
Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison marry Hebridean traditional song with electronics and field recordings.
Jeremiah Chiu, of the group SML and the duo with Marta Sofia Honer, is a composer of electronica.
Adam Rudolph, American percussionist and composer, works with Turkish and European musicians.
Bhajan Bhoy is Ajay Saggar, UK-based musical artist with an ambient direction.
Sheila Chandra will soon release live recordings from before she retired from ill health in 2010.
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Here is the playlist for "Ear to the globe" broadcast on Tuesday September 1st. The programme goes out every Tuesday at 10pm to midnight on 103.2FM and is available live at www.dublincityfm.ie and thereafter on Mixcloud
1. Kotoa: “Good will follow”. From the EP “Out Of The Dark” (Wah Wah 45 2026).
2. Kay Slice feat. Pat Thomas: “Kwame Nkrumah”. Single from “I Take U Highlife” (forthcoming on Agogo).
3. Kora Koumakan: “Sombe N’Nafan”. From the EP “Kora Koumakan” (Jambulance Movement Records 2026).
4. Dur-Dur Band: “Run malaysku sheego”. Single from the forthcoming compilation “Dur-Dur Volume 3 (1988) & 4 (!989)” (Analog Africa).
5. I.C.Rock: “Advice/Oge chi kanma”. From the forthcoming compilation “Nigeria 80” (Strut).
6. Anthony Joseph: “The Ark”. From “The Ark” (Heavenly Sweetness 2026).
7. Rosa Brunello: “Living upstream”. From “We Are Surging Waters” (Domanda Music 2026).
8. Jonas Albrecht: “All my love”.
9. Gabi Guedes feat. Savio de Queiroz: “Deitado na Barra”. Both from the compilation “Candomblé - Sacred Rhythms in Brazil” (Flee 2026).
10. Shovel Dance Collective: “Tally ho - hark away”. Single from the forthcoming album “Everything In Readiness” (tak:til/Glitterbeat).
11. Balogh Melinda, Erdõfű, Janusz Prusinowski Kompania: “Csikos pasiak”. From “Miedza - Mezsgye - Balk” (Fonó 2026).
12. Offina Zoè: “Furiusa”. From “Mari e Marienne” (Linfa 2026).
13. Cajun Dead et le Talkin’ Stick: “Road to perdition: Inheritance that bankrupts us”. From “Volume 1: Inheritance & The Talkin’ Stick” (Cajun Dead et le Talkin’ Stick 2026).
14. Arun Sood & Angeline Morrison: “Oran molaidh”. From “Donn/Dubh” (Real World 2026).
15. Jeremiah Chiu: “Plastic mind - elastic machines”. From the forthcoming album “Edge Conditions” (International Anthem).
16. Adam Rudolph: “Dreaming of the skyway”. From the forthcoming album “Invisible Threads” (Omni Sound).
17. Bhajan Bhoy: “Mind melt”. From the forthcoming album “Electrisol” (Cardinal Fuzz).
18. Sheila Chandra: “Lament of McCrimmon - Song of the banshee”. From the forthcoming album “Echo” (Real World).
Thanks for listening.
*Recommendations below!
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Current Album Recommendations (in no particular order):
1. Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers: “Ruido Tovar” (Ansonia).
2. V.A: “Nigeria 80 - Afrobeat, Highlife, Juju, Soul, Boogie, Reggae” (Strut).
3. V.A: “Candomblé - Sacred Rhythms in Brazil” (Flee).
4. Fatoumata Diawara: “Massa” (No Format).
5. Officina Zoè: “Mari e Marenne” (Linfa).
6. Minyo Crusaders: “From Japan With Love” (Mais Um).
7. Seu Jorge: “The Other Side” (Amor in Sound).
8. Orquesta Akokan: “América!” (Daptone).
9. Anthony Joseph: “The Ark” (Heavenly Sweetness).
10. Arun Sood & Angeline Morrison: “Donn/Dubh” (Real World).
Sound Tracks of the Week:
1. Dele Sosimi: “You no fit touch am - brekkyt remix” (Wah Wah 45).
2. Minyo Crusaders: “Shimotsui bushi”. From “From Japan With Love” (Mais Um).
3. Anthony Joseph: “James”. From “The Ark” (Heavenly Sweetness).
4. Baba Zula: “Kutsal zeytin halayı”. From “XXX” (Glitterbeat).
5. Rising Appalachia: “Battering ram”. From “Trade My Troubles”
