Playlist 19.05.2026
DJ NIGEL WOOD
World Music DJ
DJ NIGEL WOOD
Playlist 19.05.2026
Playlists
On last week’s show:
Ukraine’s finest, a great voice from Campania, and Barcelona’s up-and-coming start us off. Tinariwen were in town, and next-in-line Tamikrest release the new album. African sounds from Mali, Cameroon, Ghana and South Africa. Seu Jorge with Beck do Nick Drake, Airto and Flora, Alabaster confronts the Nakba, and Jeff Parker is happy…..LA’s Seven Crows see us out.
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Here is the playlist for "Ear to the globe" broadcast on Tuesday May 19th. 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. Dakhabrakha: “Rozhestvo”.
2. Dakhabrakha: “Vesilna”. Both from “Ptakh” (Dakhabrakha 2025).
3. Hiram Salsano & Mercello De Carolis: “Fronni d’alia”.
4. Hiram Salsano & Mercello De Carolis: “Hirundini”. Both from “Hirundini” (MaDe Sound Records 2026).
5. Trevol: “Pasdoble dels turistes”. From “Folk D’Extraradi” (Segell Microscopi 2026)
6. Tinariwen: “Erghad afewo”.
7. Tinariwen: “Tad adounya”. Both from “Hoggar” (Wedge 2026).
8. Tamikrest: “Tapsakin”.
9. Tamikrest: “Iman derhan nasn”. Both from “Assikel” (Glitterbeat 2026).
10. Mah Damba: “Bakary djan”. From “Taabolo Koura” (One World 2026).
11. Coco Mbassi: “Bhafrika ’25”. From “Ewekedi Part 1” (Coco Mbassi 2025).
12. Dumama: “Layer after layer”. From “Towards An Expanse” (Soundway 2026).
13. Nana Osei Twum Barima feat. Roland van Campenhout: “Belgium and rain”. From the forthcoming album “Journey To The Unknown” (Zephyrus).
14. Seu Jorge feat. Beck: “River man”. From “The Other Side” (Amor in Sound 2026).
15. Airto Moreira & Ricardo Bacelar feat. Flora Purim: “Voo da tarde”. From “Maracanos” (Jasmin 2026).
16. Neves e Silva: “Roménia”. From “Ladeiras de Santa Teresa” (Far Out 2026).
17. Peter Somuah: “A turn”. From “Walking Distance” (ACT 2026).
18. Alabaster DePlume: “Bringing up the Nakba”. From the EP “Dear Children Of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue” (International Anthem 2026).
19. Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet: “Like swimwear (Part 2)”. From “Happy Today” (International Anthem/Nonesuch 2026).
20. Seven Crows: “Amanda on the bed”. Single from the album “Powers Of Observation” (Teahouse Records 2026).
Thanks for listening.
*Recommendations below!
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Current Album Recommendations (in no particular order):
1. Balu: “Borumba” (Vu Prod.).
2. Kronos Quartet: “Glorious Mahalia” (Smithsonian Folkways).
3. BCUC: ‘The Road Is Never Easy” (Outhere).
4. Neba Solo & Benego Diakité: “A Djinn And A Hunter Went Walking” (Nonesuch).
5. Gaoussou ’Sobra’ Kouyate: “Niaba”. From “Sobra Dance” (One World).
6. Irreversible Entanglements: “Future, Present, Past” (Impulse!).
7. Kareyce Fotso: “Gwà” (Contre Jour).
8. Sarathy Korwar: “There Is Beauty, There Already” (Otherland).
9. Tinariwen: “Hoggar” (Wedge).
10. Catrin Finch: “Notes To Self” (Bendigedig).
Sound Tracks of the Week:
1. Coco Mbassi: “Mbémbé. From “Ewekedi Part 1” (Coco Mbassi).
2. Tarwa N’Tiniri: “Al aalam”. From “Zaman” (Atty Records).
3. Hiram Salsano & Marcello De Carolis: “Olio”. From “Hirundini” (MaDe Sound Records).
4. Seu Jorge feat. Marisa Monte: “Quando chego”. From “The Other Side” (Amor in Sound).
5. Daughters of Donbas: “Foreign land”. From “Songs Of Stolen Children” (Daughters of Donbas/Six Degrees).
