This Week's Playlist:

Matuto: Matuto Chant / The Devil and the Diamond / Motema Music / * (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Beausoleil: Two-Step de Port Arthur / From Bamako to Carencro / Compass / * (0:04:19 Pop-up)

Camper Van Beethoven: La Costa Perdida / La Costa Perdida / 429 Records / * (0:07:09 Pop-up)

Calexico: Corona / Convict Pool / Quarter Stick (0:12:10 Pop-up)

Los Mascarones: Corrido del Braceo / Various Artists: Rolas de Aztlan: Songs of the Chicano Movement / Smithsonian Folkways (0:14:30 Pop-up)
I failed to mention the important point that this track is from a collection of songs from the Chicano protest movement.

Parno Graszt: Muro Kiki / Reggelig Mulatok, Don't Stop Till The Break of Dawn / Fono (0:17:28 Pop-up)

Janusz Prusinowski Trio: Wiwat Halina / Serce (Heart) / Sluchaj Uchem (0:25:42 Pop-up)

Litvakus: Dobranotch and Karahods / Litvakus EP / Litvakus (0:39:58 Pop-up)

Simcha Jewish Music Theater: Oy Mama Schlag / Private Recording / No Label (0:53:47 Pop-up)

Simcha Jewish Music Theater: Esquisses Hebraiques / Private Recording (Live Concert) / No Label (1:06:20 Pop-up)

Belarus Musicians: Kazak Zhydorachka / Field Recxording / No Label (1:16:17 Pop-up)

Hoda and Bella: Folk Song / Field Recording / No Label (1:22:05 Pop-up)

Minsker Kapelye: Khupe Marsch / A Fayerl Far Dem Hartsn (A Sparkle for the Heart) / Minsker Kapelye (1:24:00 Pop-up)
A klezmer take on the Verdi's Aida march

Minsker Kapelye: Polka Suite (excerpt) / The Locals / Di Ortike / Tutejsi / College of Eastern Europe (1:27:28 Pop-up)
This cd is accompanied by a 46 page book designed and created by Ivan 'Muertos' Dribas, a talented computer and video game artist. "The Locals" is the result of more than a decade of research undertaken by Dmitri Slepovitch and Nina Stepanskaya, In fact, this is the first ever album based specifically on the musical tradition of the Litvaks.

Adam Orinsky: Hustki / Private Recording / No Label (1:37:48 Pop-up)

Minsker Kapelye: Viglid / Various Artists: Kalyhanki (Lullabies) / Unicef (1:43:02 Pop-up)

Litvakus: Drinking Song / Litvakus EP / Litvakus (1:53:58 Pop-up)

Litvakus: Khaterma / Litvakus EP / Litvakus (2:01:02 Pop-up)

King Ayisoba: I Want To See You My Father / Modern Ghanaians / Makkum / * (2:08:17 Pop-up)

King Ayisoba: Don't do the Bad Thing / Modern Ghanaians / Makkum / * (2:12:00 Pop-up)

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou: Adjro Mi / Volume 3: The Skeletal Essences of Voodoo Funk / Analog Africa / * (2:16:24 Pop-up)
New anthology

Antoine Dougbé: Honton Soukpo Gnon / Legends of Benin: Afro-funk, Gavacha, Agbadja, Afro-beat / Analog Africa (2:23:13 Pop-up)

Bebe Manga: Ami O / Various Artists: Afrique 50 ans de musique, 50 ans d'indépendances : 1960-2010 / RFI, Syllart Productions and Discograph (2:30:57 Pop-up)

Hector Lavoe: Che Che Colé / Anthology / Fania / * (2:35:56 Pop-up)
New Anthology

Lukas Ligeti: Balafon Dance System / Afrikan Machinery / Tzadik (2:43:07 Pop-up)

Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe: Chakuto Tobisari / Convergence / Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe (2:53:36 Pop-up)

A Tribe Called Red: Red Skin Girl (Northern Cree Remix) / A Tribe Called Red / Masalacism Records (2:54:54 Pop-up)