Playlist 15.09.2026
DJ NIGEL WOOD
World Music DJ
DJ NIGEL WOOD
Playlist 15.09.2026
Playlists
On last week’s show:
Lekan Animashaun, Fela sideman, has a long piece on the “Nigeria 80” collection.
Somalia’s disco-funk pioneers, the Dur-Dur Band, release more from their ’80s archives.
Alune Wade, Senegalese bassist, charts the connections between West Africa, the Caribbean and the States.
Kotoa are a London quintet mixing afro-funk, jazz and soul.
Algerian “Gasba” music, originally from ceremonies and rituals, is based on the Bedouin reed flute.
Meryem Koufi & Mehdi Haddab tackle the ancient “nouba” of the Algiers school.
Tuğçe Şenoğul is an independent singer-songwriter from Istanbul.
Lamia Yared is a Lebanese singer and oud-player specialising in classical Arabic and Ottoman music.
Slovenian trio Širom played an absorbing and fascinating set in Dublin’s Bello Bar last Thursday.
Thorn Wych is an idiosyncratic US artist who makes her instruments from found wood and branches.
Daniel Melingo, one-time Argentinian rock artist and latterly tango supremo, has left us. We follow him into the tango underworld…. R.I.P.
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Here is the playlist for "Ear to the globe" broadcast on Tuesday September 15th. 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. Lekan Animashaun: “Se rere”. From the compilation “Nigeria 80” (Strut 2026).
2. Dur-Dur Band: “Adigaa I dhalanrogey (You’ve changed me)”. From “Dur-Dur Volume 3 (1988) & 4 (1989)” (Analog Africa 2026).
3. Alune Wade feat. Kyekyeku: “Asase yaa”. From “Family Affair” (Crescendo Sunu Production 2026).
4. Kotoa: “Butterfly house”. From the EP “Out Of The Dark” (Wah Wah 45 2026).
5. Cheikh Mohamed Matahri & Cheikh Khelifa: “3raftha khada3a”.
6. Cheikha Djenia Maasakria: “Daseha fi galbi”. Both from “My Heart Is Dust Before Him: 21st Century Gasba From Algeria” (Hive Mind 2026).
7. Meryem Koufi & Mehdi Haddab: “Aroubi mezmoum”. From “Nuba Nova Vol. 2” (Buda Musique 2026).
8. Tuğçe Şenoğul: “Atlas”. From “Atlas” (Tuğçe Şenoğul 2026).
9. Lamia Yared: “Sento d’amor la fiamma”. From “Zalzalian Crossings” (Seyir Muzik 2026).
10. Širom: “A washed out boy taking fossils from a frog sack”. From “A Universe That Roasts Blossoms For A Horse” (tak:til/Glitterbeat 2019).
11. Širom: “Curls upon the neck, ribs upon the mountain”. From “In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper” (tak:til/Glitterbeat 2025).
12. Thorn Wych: “There is nothing in the well”.
13. Thorn Wych: “Out of the eater came something to eat”. Both from “Aesthesis” (Tompkins Square 2026).
14. Melingo: “Noche transfigurada”. From “Santa Milonga” (Pelo Music 2005).
15. Melingo: “Hecate”. From “Oasis” (Buda Musique 2020).
16. Melingo: “Cha digo!”. From “Maldito Tango” (Mañana/Naïve 2007).
17. Melingo: “Lucio el Anarquista”. From “Corazón & Hueso” (World Village 2011).
18. Melingo: “La Maceta”. From “Linyera” (World Village 2014).
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”
