Splinters & Candy Posts

July 21, 2014

Today’s episode explores a variety of music from Colombia, Brazil, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Puerto Rico, Mali and Guinea. Check out an hour of global musical diversity guaranteed to surprise you.

July 14, 2014

This edition features music from Brazil, the Netherlands, Argentina and Germany as we celebrate the final weekend of World Cup action. Then we travel to the USA, Thailand, Angola, India, England, Afghanistan and Australia. An exciting hour of world music awaits.

July 9, 2014

Libation predominantly features elements of highlife, maringa and palm wine mixed with baskeda and gumbe – relatives of reggae and soukous. The band tackles issues of love, relationships, religion, poverty and social inequality throughout the record.

July 7, 2014

Today we feature several tracks from the World Cup semifinalists: Brazil, Germany, Argentina and the Netherlands. Along the way we also travel to Mauritania, Hungary, Bulgaria, USA, Colombia, Israel and Senegal.

July 2, 2014

Ani Cordero has released a mature record featuring Latin American songs of love and protest. Her album, Recordar, includes covers of phenomenal topical songs with messages that remain relevant today.