Rooted in ancient traditions, the music of Mali will transport you to a distant and unforgettable land.

Episode 23.05
Airdate: January 23-29, 2023

Featuring:
1. Moussa Diallo - Maninda (from the album “Chiwara/Mali” on Sundance Records/Putumayo)
2. Boubacar Traore - Kanou (from the album “Kongo Magni / Mali” on Marabi / Putumayo)
3. Ramatou Diakite - Gembi (from the album “Maba / Mali” on Second Moon Records / Putumayo)
4. Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate - Queen Bee (from the album “Kulanjan” on Hannibal)
5. Issa Bagayogo - Bana (from the album “Tassou Ma Kan: Electro Beat From Bamako / Mali” on Mali Music / Putumayo)
6. Bonnie Raitt & Habib Koite - Back Around (from the album “Silver Lining” on Capitol)
7. Damon Albarn & Afel Bocoum - Sunset Coming On (from the album “Mali Music” on EMI Music)
8. Amadou & Mariam with Manu Chao - Senegal Fast Food (from the album “Dimanche A Bamako” on All Other / Radio Bemba)
9. Salif Keita - Moussolou (from the album “Moffou” on Universal Records)
10. Oumou Sangare - Yala (from the album “Oumou.” on World Circuit)
11. Toure Kunda - Fala [African version] (from the album “Mali” on Putumayo)
12. Habib Koite - Saramaya (from the album “Foly! / Mali” on Contre Jour / Putumayo)

Destination Mali

Tune in this week to the Putumayo World Music hour as we are taken on a musical journey through the different regions of Africa, guided by a selection of relaxing and uplifting acoustic songs that will inspire and raise their spirits.

Airs from April 22nd to April 28th, 2024

Featuring:
1. Winyo - Odongo (from the album "African Café" on Putumayo)
2. Yoro Ndiaye - Namm naa leen (from the album "African Café" on Putumayo)
3. Eneida Marta - Mindjer (from the album "Acoustic Africa" on Putumayo)
4. Oliver Mtukudzi - Mukana (from the albums "African Café" & "World Café" on Putumayo)
5. Ray Lema with Ballou Canta, Fredy Massamba and Rodrigo Viana - Leila (from the album "African Café" on Putumayo)
6. Jaja Bashengezi - Ndule (from the album "African Café" on Putumayo)
7. Franco & Le TPOK Jazz - Likambo Ya Ngana (from the album "African Café" on Putumayo)
8. Takeifa - Teke Teke (from the albums "African Café," "African Playground" & "African Dreamland" on Putumayo)
9. Souad Massi - Raoui (from the album "Women of Africa" on Putumayo)
10. Rokia Traoré - Laidu (from the album "African Café" on Putumayo)
11. Diogal - Sore (from the album "Acoustic Africa" on Putumayo)
12. Kaissa - To Ndje (from the album "Women of Africa" on Putumayo)
13. Toto Bona Lokua - M’aa Kiana (from the albums "African Café" & "African Dreamland" on Putumayo)

African Cafe

Dance to soca from Trinidad, Compass from Haiti, and ska from Jamaica on The Caribbean episode of the PWMH hour! 

Air Dates:
June 10th-16th, 2024

Featuring:
1. Baron - Party Time (from the album "The Message" on JW Productions)
2. Raul Paz - Mua Mua Mua (from the album "Mulata" on Cuba Libre Music)
3. Ska Cubano - Chango (from the albums "Ska Cubano" & "The Caribbean" on Casino Sounds / Putumayo)
4. Mika - Bèl Fanm (from the albums "Mika" & "The Caribbean" on MYC Productions / Putumayo)
5. Jab Jab - Rev It Up (from the album "The Caribbean" on Putumayo)
6. Michel Blaise - Fem'm Sa (from the album "A L'aise Comme Blaise" on Antilles Mizik)
7. Coalishun - Thundah (from the albums "Kickin Up Dust" & "The Caribbean" on Coalishun Records / Putumayo)
8. Skatalites - Freedom Sounds (from the albums "From Paris With Love" &  "The Caribbean" on World Village Sounds / Putumayo)
9. Militant - Hot & Groovy (from the album "The Caribbean" on Putumayo)
10. Marcé & Toumpak - Bon Tche (from the albums "Pé épi kouté" & "The Caribbean" on Hibiscus Records / Putumayo)
11. Haiti Twoubadou - Medley Tradisyonel (from the album "Haiti Twoubadou vol. 3" on Come Il Faut)
12. Bélo - Lakou Trankil (from the album "Lakou Trankil" on Comme Il Faut) 
13. Waldo Mendoza - Pasa un Tiempo Viejo (from the albums "Bendito Tiempo" & "The Caribbean" on Egrem /Putumayo)
14. Kingston Ladies - Train Is Coming (from the album "Ladies' Turn" on Passage Productions)

The Caribbean

Join Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth in this week's episode of the Putumayo World Music hour as they explore funky global tunes. 

Airs from June 17th - June 23rd, 2024

Featuring:
1. Kiko Veneno - Lo Que Me Importa Eres Tu (featured on the album "Esta muy bien enso del carino" on RCA)
2. Madeka - Mokote (featured on the album "Miwa" on Passport Music)
3. Gal Costa - Habib (from the albums "Aquele Frevo Axe" & "New World Party" on Putumayo / BMG)
4. Bally Jagpal - Pheli War (from the album "Asian Playground" on Putumayo)
5. Dorothy Masuka - Mzilikazi (from the album "Mzilikazi" on Gallo Jazz)
6. Crown - Umqedile (from the album "Crown" on Gallo)
7. Paulinho Moska - Seja O Que Deus Quiser (from the albums "Contrasenso" & "Putumayo Presents: Festa Brasil" on EMI / Putumayo)
8. Chico Cesar - Papo Cabeca (from the album "Chico Cesar" on Putumayo)
9. Issa Bagayogo - Nogo (from the album "Timbuktu" on Six Degrees)
10. Nakodje - Kumpo Yente (from the album "Nakodje" on Iris Music)
11. Aby N’Dour - Xel (from the album "New World Party" on Putumayo)

Make It Funky

In this week’s Putumayo World Music Hour, Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth explore the global impact of an instrument you may have sitting in your living room: the guitar!

Episode 24.27
Airdates: July 1 - July 7th, 2024

Featuring:
1. Ali Farka Touré - “Savane” (From the album “Savane” on World Circuit/Nonesuch) 
2. Toumani Diabaté - “Boulevard De L’Independendance” (From the album “Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra” on World Circuit/Nonesuch)
3. Rodrigo y Gabriela - “Tamacún” (From the album “Rodrigo y Gabriela” on ATO)
4. Harry “Haruomi” Hosono - “Sanji No Komoriuta” (From the album “Tokyo Lounge Vol. 4” on Crown)
5. Joe Camilleri - “Hell to Pay” (From the album “Bakelite Radio” on Head Records/Mushroom Music)
6. Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective - “Weyu Larigi Weyu (Day by Day)” (From the album “Watina” on Cumbancha)
7. Los Pinguos - “Esperanza” (From the album “Serenta” on Los Pinguos)
8. Maki Afri-K - “(Untitled) Track 1” (From the album “Afro-Caribbean Lounge” on Palenque Records)
9. Amin - “Spicks and Specks” (From the album “Under the Same Sky” on Stereo Jasrac)
10. Luca Mundaca - “Nao se Apavore” (From the albums “Luca Mundaca” on Lumeni Productions and “Women of the World: Acoustic” on Putumayo)
11. Max Lasser - “2 Talk” (From the album “Between” on Impact Music)
12. Modeste - “Eritreritra” (From the album “Modeste” on Space Shop)
13. Ernest Ranglin - “Below the Bassline” (From the album “Music from the Coffeelands” on Putumayo)

World Guitars

In this week’s Putumayo World Music Hour, Rosalie Howarth and Dan Storper explore the rhythms that enslaved people brought from Africa to the new world. There, they combined with European and American influences to create styles like Jazz, the Blues, and even Rock and Roll. African rhythms continue to inspire new genres of music like Electronica and Hip Hop.

Episode 24.28
Airdates: July 8th - July 14th, 2024

Featuring:
1. Zap Mama - “Rafiki” (From the album “A Ma Zone” on Luaka Bop)
2. Issa Bagayogo - “Saye Mogo Bana” (From the albums “Timbuktu” on Six Degrees and “African Groove” on Putumayo)
3. Madeka - “Miwa” (From the album “African Groove” on Putumayo)
4. Dady Mimbo - “Bouba (Cool)” (From the album “African Groove” on Putumayo)
5. Julien Jacob - “Kalicom” (From the albums “Shanti” on WEA France and “African Groove” on Putumayo)
6. Badenya - Les Freres Coulibaly - “Boroto” (From the albums “Seniwe” on Trance and “African Groove” on Putumayo)
7. Oom - “Anoma” (From the album “New World Party” on Putumayo)
8. Wes - “Lem Lem” (From the album “Sinami, The Memory” on Sony Music France)
9. Bob Holroyd - “Rafiki” (From the album “Without Within” on Six Degrees)
10, Hardstone - “Uhiki” (From the albums “Nutin But De Stone” on Kelele Records and “African Groove” on Putumayo)
11. Gigi - “Kahn” (From the album “Gigi” on Palm Pictures)
12. Aboutou Roots - “Hip Hop Yousoumba” (From the album “Protégé Toi” on Mega Box Productions)
13. A Peace of Ebony - “Vadzimu” (From the album “African Groove” on Putumayo)

African Groove

Join Rosalie Howarth and Dan Storper in this week's episode of Putumayo World Music Hour as they journey to New Orleans for a spicy stew of Mardi Gras Mambo. 

Episode 24.29
Airdates: July 15th - July 21st, 2024

Featuring:
1. Poncho Sanchez - “Goin’ Back to New Orleans”  (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
2. Kreyol - “Preservation Hall Jazz Band” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
3. Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon - “Every Day is Not the Same” (From the album “New Orleans Party” on Putumayo)
4. Los Po-Boys-Citos - “Jive Samba” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
5. Trombone Shorty - “St James Infirmary Blues” (From the album “Two Trumpets Two Eras” on Wise and Barking)
6. Bo Dollis & Wild Magnolias - “Coconut Milk” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
7. Neville Brothers - “Yellow Moon” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
8. The Iguanas - “Panama Tones/Nuevo Boogaloo” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
9. Otra - “Nature Boy” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
10. Dr. John - “Mos’ Scocious” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
11. Zazou City - “Mañanita” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
12. Luther Kent & the Dukes of Dixieland - “Mardi Gras Mambo / Iko Iko” (From the album “New Orleans Mardi Gras” on Leisure Jazz)
13. New Orleans Heartbreakers with Big Al Carlson - “Jambalaya” (From the album “New Orleans Mambo” on Putumayo)
14. Cubanismo - “Mardi Gras Mambo” (From the album “Latin Playground” on Putumayo)

New Orleans Mambo

Join Rosalie Howarth and Dan Storper in this week's episode of Putumayo World Music Hour to hear artists from around the world cover a variety of well known songs. Some are faithful to the original recording, and some are completely turned upside down. 

Episode 24.31
Airdates: July 29th - August 5th, 2024

Featuring:
1. Luka Bloom - “Natural Mystic” (From the album “Amsterdam” on Big Sky Records)
2. Geoffrey Oryema - “Listening Wind” (From the album “Spirit” on Sony France)
3. Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers - “Knockin' on Heaven's Door” (From the album “Gonna Take You Downtown” on Rounder)
4. Duo Ouro Negro - “Agora Vou Ser Feliz” (From the album “Kurikutela! 40 Anos, 40 Exitos” on EMI)
5. Basilis Kazoullis - “O Pugmachos (Boxer)” (From the album “I Lyra Sas Parousiazei” on Lyra)
6. Gratien Midonet - “Ne Me Quitte Pas” (From the album “Potlach” on Pastel Prod)
7. Jarabe de Palo - “Chica de Ipanema” (From the album “Samba Pa' Ti” on Warner)
8. Jehro - “Master Blaster” (From the album “Shantytown Carnival” on Superfruit)
9. Seu Jorge - “Changes” (From the album “The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions” on Hollywood Records)
10. The Reggae Rockers (featuring Bradley Brown) - “Don't Think Twice” (From the album “Blowin' in the Wind (A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan)” on Madacy Entertainment Group)
11. Kaya - “Stir It Up” (From the album “Chante Marley” on Dodo Sound)
12. Mo' Horizons - “Hit The Road Jack” (From the album “Remember Tomorrow” on Stereo Deluxe and “Cover the World” on Putumayo)
13. Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin' - “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher (Higher and Higher)” (From the album “Turn the Page” on Rounder and “Cover the World” on Putumayo)

World Covers

Join Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth as they travel to Brazil and play contemporary tracks that fuse the classic Brazilian genres of samba and bossa nova with soul, funk, and electronica on this week’s episode of the Putumayo World Music Hour.

Episode 24.34
Airdates: August 19th - August 25th, 2024

Featuring:
1. Bossacucanova - “Consolacao” (From the album “Revisited Classics” on Six Degrees and Ziguiriboom)
2. Marcello - “Beleza” (From the album “Beleza” on Pygmalion Records)
3. Miriam Maria - “Banguela” (From the album “Rosa Fervida Em Mel” on MCD)
4. Bab & Rolando 808 - “Mas Que Nada (Melodic Side)” (From the album “Trip Do Brasil” on Sony France)
5. Carlinhos Brown - “Lagoinha” (From the album “Bahia do Mundo - mito e verdade” on EMI)
6. Rosalia De Souza - “Nicola Conte Apresenta” (From the album “Quando o Samba e Samba” on Schema)
7. Aleh - “Soul Da Bem” (From the album “Mpbsoulsambagroove” on Nikita Music)
8. Barrio Jazz Gang - “Linda Cancao” (From the album “Funky Juice and Regroovable Jazz” on Funky Juice Records)
9. Lenine - “Meu Amanha (Intuinootil)” (From the album “Na Pressao” on BMG)
10. Fernanda Abreu - “Jack Soul Brasileiro” (From the album “Radio X” on EMI)
11. Silvia Torres - “Bananeiro” (On Melodie)
12. Mundo Livre S/A - “O Misterio Do Samba” (From the album “Por Pouco” on Abril Music)
13. Zuco 103 - “Outro Lado (From the album “Outro Lado” on Six Degrees)
14. Technozoide - Horizontes (From the album “Bad Innosense” on Trama)

Brazilian Groove

In this week’s Putumayo World Music Hour, Dan Storper and Rosalie Howarth meet up in a metaphorical French Café to explore the past and present of French popular music. Paris cafés have always been the centers of bohemian culture; artists, poets, musicians, and revolutionaries would meet in the cafés of Paris for lively discussion and live music. 

Episode 24.38
Airdates: September 16th - September 22nd, 2024

Featuring:
1. Carla Bruni - “Quelqu’un M’a Dit” (From the album “Quelqu’un M’a Dit” on Naive)
2. Joe Dassin - “Les Champs-Elysées” (From the album “Ses Plus Grands Succès” on Sony Music)
3. Barbara - “Si La Photo Est Bonne (From the albums “Master Serie” on Polygram and “French Café” on Putumayo)
4. Serge Gainsbourg - “Marilou Sous La Neige” (From the albums “L’Homme A Tête De Chou” on Philips and “French Café” on Putumayo)
5. Air featuring Françoise Hardy - “Jeanne” (From the album “Pop Romantique (French Pop Classics)” on Emperor Norton Records)
6. Noir Desir - “Le vent nous portera” (From the album “des Visages des Figures” on Universal)
7. Jane Birkin - “Elaeudanla Téïtéïa” (From the albums “Versions Jane” on Universal and “French Café” on Putumayo)
8. Enzo Enzo - “Juste quelqu’un de bien” (From the albums “Deux” on RCA and “French Café” on Putumayo)
9. Georges Brassens - “Je M’Suis Fait Tout Petit” (From the albums “Georges Brassens” on Mercury France and “French Café” on Putumayo)
10. Keren Ann - “Au Coin Du Monde” (From the albums “La Disparition” on Capitol)
11. Maxime Le Forestier - “San Francisco” (From the album “Essentielles” on Polydor)
12. Paris Combo - “Fibre De Verre” (From the albums “Attraction” on Polydor/Universal Music Label and “French Café” on Putumayo)
13. Patrick Bruel - “La Java Bleue” (From the album “Entre Deux” on BMG)
14. Brigitte Bardot - “Un Jour Comme un Autre” (From the albums “Bubble Gum” on Philips and “French Café” on Putumayo)
15. Sanseverino - “Mal O Mains” (From the albums “Le Tango des Gens” on Saint George/Sony and “French Café” on Putumayo)
16. Baguette Quartette - “En Douce” (From the album “French Café” on Putumayo)

French Café

Join Rosalie Howarth on this week’s episode of the Putumayo World Music Hour as she explores one of the world’s most popular and enduring genres: Celtic music. 

Episode 24.39
Airdates: September 23rd - September 29th, 2024

Featuring:
1. Cara Dillon - “She’s Like the Swallow” (From the albums “Cara Dillon” on Rough Trade and “Celtic Crossroads” on Putumayo)
2. Urban Trad - “Rodgrod Med Flode” (From the album “Elem” on Universal Music)
3. Kate Rusby - “The Goodman” (From the album “Underneath the Stars” on Compass Records)
4. Modena City Ramblers - “Canzone Dalla Fine Del Mondo” (From the albums “La Grande Famiglia” on Polygram and “Dublin to Dakar: A Celtic Odyssey” on Putumayo)
5. Natalie MacMaster - “In My Hands” (From the album “In My Hands” on Rounder)
6. Na Lua - “Os Tempos Son Chegados” (From the albums “Os Tempos Son Chegados” on Boa Records and “Dublin to Dakar: A Celtic Odyssey” on Putumayo)
7. Cheb Mami - “Azwaw 2” (From the albums “Meli Meli” on Ark 21 and “Dublin to Dakar: A Celtic Odyssey” on Putumayo)
8. The Border Collies - “Dilin o Deamhas (From the album “Unleashed!”)
9. Salsa Celtica - “Experenza” (From the album “El Camino” on Fonovisa/Serie Ori Digital)
10. Calexico with Amparo - “Roka” (From the album “Garden Ruin” on Quarterstick Records/Bug Music)
11. Baka Beyond - “Hush Hush” (From the album “Rhythm Tree” on March Hare Music)
12. Lasairfhion a Ni Chonaola - “Casadh an tSuggain” (From the album “Celtic Dreamland” on Putumayo)
13. Capercaillie - “Barra Clapping Song” (From the album “Roses and Tears” on Vertical Records)
14. Alcatraz - “Bibopalwla’r Delyn Aur” (From the album “I’r Brawd Hwdini” on Sain)

Celtic Around The World

Hosted by former KFOG personality Rosalie Howarth and Putumayo founder Dan Storper, the Putumayo World Music Hour (PWMH) is an internationally syndicated radio show that takes listeners on a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures.

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