Dobranotch are a Russian brass-driven band with a Gypsy, Balkan and Russian repertoire.
The Minyo Crusaders are a Japanese band doing an irresistible line in cumbia and reggae.
Fémina are an female Argentinian trio produced by Quantic, with their fan, Iggy Pop, on board.
Ziminino are Rio de Janeiro artist Ricô Santana with producers Rafa Dias and Boima Tucker.
Saulo Duarte is a guitarist/singer from the north of Brazil, now resident in São Paulo.
Ekiti Sound is producer/vocalist Leke aka CHiF, from Lagos based in London.
DJ Panko, onetime member of Ojos de Brujo, remixes some of Palenque’s Afro-Colombian recordings.
Ifriqiyya Electrique transform the Banga ceremonies from southern Tunisia into a “post-industrial ritual”.
Black Flower are a Brussels five-piece with Afro-funk and Ethio-groove influences.
Africa Express have just recorded in Johannesburg, with an album to come in the summer.
The reggae session includes Jahcoustix, aka Dominik Haas, on his eighth album, Suriname native, Samora, and Ghanaian afro-roots ambassador, Rocky Dawuni.
The veteran Jamaican Inna de Yard collective remake some classic reggae hits of yesteryear.
[dunkelbunt] is a German producer with a transglobal agenda.
Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell sing powerful songs rooted in the painful history of the US black experience.
Assu is a trio singing and playing the joiks of the Scandinavian Sami community.
Pauanne are a Finnish band drawing on archive recordings from the Finnish literature society.
The Gloaming are both adventurous and forward-looking, and also deeply rooted in Irish tradition.
Refugees For Refugees, with members from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tibet and more, launch their second album.
Here is the playlist for "Ear to the globe" broadcast on Monday April 1st. The programme goes out every Monday at 10pm to midnight on 103.2FM and is available live at www.dublincityfm.ie
1. Dobranotch: “Ya Rayah”.
2. Dobranotch: “Son”. Both from “Mercedes Kolo” (CPL-Music 2019).
3. Minyo Crusaders: “Mamurogawa Ondo”. From “Echoes of Japan” (Mais Um Discos 2019).