Playlist 30.06.2026
DJ NIGEL WOOD
World Music DJ
DJ NIGEL WOOD
Playlist 30.06.2026
Playlists
On last week’s show:
King Ayisoba identifies the problem of “property”, followed by music from Congo, Brazzaville, Mali and Ghana, Spanish and Brazilian bands. Shooglenifty with a lament for the children of Gaza, and throat singers from Mongolia and Finland; the bagpipe singers of Oman, jugbands and blues from 1925 and after, Maisy Owen, and Lady Maisery goes into a field and lays down.
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Here is the playlist for "Ear to the globe" broadcast on Tuesday July 30th. 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. King Ayisoba: “Property”. From the album “Pure Confusion” (Mais Um 2026).
2. Les Mamans du Congo: “Ngoma ngoma”. From “Wa sangi” (Jarring Effects 2026).
3. Fatoumata Diawara: “Farana”. Both from “Massa” (No Format 2026).
4. Berima Amo: “Love be sweet”.
5. Berima Amo: “Konongo kaya”. Both from “Rhythms Of Love” (ARC Music 2026).
6. Jembaa Groove feat. Tim Lyre & the Cavemen: “Be a lover”. From the forthcoming EP “Be A Lover” (Agogo).
7. Baile Entero: “Seguidillas”. From forthcoming album (Lovemonk).
8. Super Panela: “Sangre nueva”. From “Sangre Nueva” (Maaula Records 2026).
9. Luana Flores: “Coragem na fe”. From “Brasil Calling No. 26” (Brasil Calling 2026).
10. Zuco 103: “Passa o copo”. From “Mais Além” (Zuco Sound 2026).
11. Seu Jorge: “Caboclo”. From “The Other Side” (Amor In Sound 2026).
12. Moyses dos Santos feat. Theo Croker: “Spirit”. From “Maria” (Far Out 2026).
13. Shooglenifty: “Dig deep”. From the forthcoming album “Stamina Island” (Shoogle Records).
14. Shooglenifty: “Bairns O’Gaza” (EP on Shoogle Records 2026).
15. Antti Paalanen: “Pojanpojanpoika”. From “Haitarimarinadi” (Rockadillo 2026).
16. Shubiao Quartet: “Ene sai”. From “Ayalal” (Shubiao Quartet 2026).
17. Gergana Dimitrova & Lisa Gerrard: “Dropping into a dream”. From “Sun And Moon” (Besant Hall 2026).
18. Oman Bagpipe Singers: “You move like the leaves, tilting like a tree in the wind”. From “Songs Of Returning And Leaving” (Glitterbeat 2026).
19. New Orleans Owls: “Stomp off - let’s go”.
20. Cow Cow Davenport: “Cow cow blues”. Both from “Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square present 1925 Songs” (Tompkins Square 2026).
21. Big Joe Williams: “Don’t leave me here”.
22. Elizabeth Cotten: “Vastopol”. Both from “Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings” (Smithsonian Folkways 2026).
23. Maisy Owen: “On my way down”. From “Dark On A Sunny Day” (Tompkins Square 2026).
24. Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge, Sid Goldsmith: “I’m going in a field”. From “Wake Fire: A Summer Album” (LM Records 2026).
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. Gergana Dimitrova & Lisa Gerrard: “Sun And Moon” (Besant Hall).
3. BCUC: ‘The Road Is Never Easy” (Outhere).
4. Fatoumata Diawara: “Massa” (No Format).
5. Shye Ben Tzur & Jonny Greenwood: “Ranjha” (World Circuit).
6. Les Mamans du Congo: “Wa Sangi” (Jarring Effects).
7. Seu Jorge: “The Other Side” (Amor in Sound).
8. Tamikrest: “Assikel” (Glitterbeat).
9. Nana Osei Twum Barima; “Journey To The unknown” (Zephyrus).
10. 3’Ain: “Unland” (Choux de Bruxelles).
Sound Tracks of the Week:
1. Toto La Momposina: “El Pescador”. From “Tambolero” (Real World).
2. Premi Johal/Kuljit Bhamra: “Pyar vadhao”. From the collection “Kuljit Bhamra: Desi - The Soul of Punjab” (ARC Music).
3. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express: “Ranjha”. From “Ranjha” (World Circuit).
4. Hannah Peel & Beibei Wang: “Mantis vs Horse”. From “The Endless Dance” (Real World).
5. 3’Ain: “Nachtschade”. From “Unland” (Choux de Bruxelles).
