Here is the playlist for "Ear to the globe" broadcast on Tuesday July 9th. The programme goes out every Tuesday at 10pm to midnight on 103.2FM and is available live at www.dublincityfm.ieand thereafter on Mixcloud
Beginning the coverage of this year’s global musical banquet, The Womad Festival at Charlton Park, UK (July 25-28). Half of the programme is dedicated to artists appearing.
1. Baaba Maal: “Yerimayo - Celebration”. From “Being” (Marathon 2023).
2. Gonora Sounds: “Go Bhora”. From “Hard Times Never Kill” (Dust-to-digital 2022).
3. Pat Thomas: “Gye wani”. From the compilation “Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds in the Diaspora 1980-93” (Soundway 2024).
:4. Zawose Queens: “Mapendo”. Brom “Maisha” (Real World 2024).
5. Nana Benz du Togo: “Tossi”. From “Ago” (Komos 2023).
6. Sampa the Great feat. WITCH: “Can I live?”. From “As Above, So Below” (Loma Vista 2022).
7. DAM feat, Jamil Nafar: “Street poetry”. From “Dabke on the Moon” (Cooking Vinyl 2013).
8. Ndox Electrique: “Jamm Yé Matagu Yalla”. From “Tëdd ak Mame Coumba Lamba ak Mame Coumba Mbang” (Bongo Joe 2023).