The time change won’t alter the commitment to airing music that celebrates diverse cultures, women, and cultural traditions from around the world linked to everyday life. Each weekend you hear varied musical norms that reveal humanity’s unique differences, and our universal similarities expressed through world music designed to draw us together in celebration.
The premiere features music by Ba Cissoko, Fernhill, RobinElla, Angelique Kidjo, Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tito Paris, St. Olaf Choir, Pharoah Sanders, Tinariwen, Mary Jane Lamond, Bob Marley, Ibrahim Ferrer, Khaled, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and more.
You can also hear the broadcast streamed on WPR’s NPR News & Music Network at wpr.org. Playlists are subject to changes without notice.
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