Around The World In 3 Hours (2026)

31/08/2026

39 great new releases from around the world to listen to in September. As always, surprises guaranteed!

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
September 2026

• Foodman • Hikarigasashikomu (Hyperdub) • Japan
• Remon Nakanishi • Till The Ravens Rise At Dawn (Doyasa!) • Japan
• Various Artists • Oman Bagpipe Singers: Songs of Returning and Leaving (Glitterbeat) • Oman
• Faris Ishaq • Jasad (Self-released) • Palestine
• Aly Eissa • Eggshells (Motvind Records) • Egypt
• Kefaya & Elaha Soroor • Our Freedoms Must Be Won (Radio International) • Italy, Afghanistan, England
• Nubras Ensemble • Nubras (Liburia) • Italy, Spain, Romania
• Elettro Mascarimiri • Tradisco (ARRA Produzioni) • Italy
• Camilla Pisani • Konstellationen (Aesthetical) • Italy
• uni uni • Valveilla (Haapojan Studio) • Finland
• Maria Kalaniemi & Timo Alakotila • Morgondimma (Åkerö) • Finland
• Sofie Birch • Bivabippabualukka (Stroom) • Denmark
• 2K88, Lauren Duffus, Rainy Miller, Bianca Scout • Everything Always Changes, For We’re Truly Here (Fixed Abode/Unsound) • Poland, England
• The Waterboys • Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman's Blues Recordings (Chrysalis Records) • Scotland, England
• Jonathan Pearson & Alex Barrass • A Trip To Stocksfield (Self-released) • England
• Beth Orton • The Ground Above (Partisan Records) • England
• Alison Cotton • The Gods Laugh (tak:til/ Glitterbeat) • England
• Leo • Cicada Burnt (Peak Oil) • England
• Nia Archives • Emotional Junglist (Universal Island Records) • England
• Dux Content • Lifestyle (PC Music) • England
• Yard Act • You’re Gonna Need a Little Music (Island) • England
• The Durutti Column • Renascent (London Records) • England
• Damien Dempsey • Holywell (Sony Music Ireland) • Ireland
• Rattling Ark • Top Of A Mountain (Self-released) • Ireland
• Aàgut • Trama (Self-released) • France
• Sensible Soccers, Danilo Plessow, Peaking Lights • EP #2 - The Remixes (8mm Records) • Portugal
• Bruno Berle • Sem Fronteiras (Far Out Recordings) • Brazil
• Lau Ro • Lau (Mexican Summer) • Brazil, England
• Rizomagic • Cumbión Planetario (Soundway Records) • Colombia
• Lido Pimienta • Caribenya (Anti-) • Colombia, Canada
• Booker Stardrum, Evan Shornstein • OOPS! (Sudden Quarterly) • USA
• BASIC • BASIC (Domino) • USA
• Horse Lords • Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! (RVNG Intl.) • USA
• Various Artists • Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present... 1925 Songs (Tompkins Square) • USA
• Parts & Labor • Set of All Sets (Ernest Jenning Record Co) • USA
• Peals • The Compound 76 (Thrill Jockey) • USA
• Bywater Call • Broken Souvenirs (Self-released) • Canada
• Genesis Owusu • Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge (Ourness) • Ghana, Australia
• Various Artists • Sounds Of Malawi Vol 1 (Hen House Studios) • Malawi

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31/07/2026

37 great new releases from around the world to listen to in August. As always, surprises guaranteed!

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
August 2026

• Ali Sethi, Gregory Rogove • Room Jhoom (Zubberdust Media) • Pakistan, USA
• Mahan Mirarab • Unspoken (ACT Music) • Iran, Austria
• Shahab Tolouie • Ci vediamo, Goldoni! (Self-released) • Iran, Czech Republic
• Bahar Movahed • Together Yet Alone (Adhyâropa Records) • Iran, USA
• Hiram Salsano, Marcello De Carolis • Hirundini (MaDe Sound) • Italy
• Nuhara • Rama (Trovarobato) • Italy
• Gigi Masin • Movement (Sacred Bones Records) • Italy
• Ashèblasta • Apulian Unpopular Music (Self-released) • Italy
• New Era Quartet • Bridge to Sevdah (Snail Records) • Italy
• Naked & Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió • Neked (Adriatica) • Hungary, Serbia
• Neha! • Svetu (CPL-Music) • Slovakia
• Antti Paalanen • Haitarimarinadi (Rockadillo) • Finland
• 3´ain • Unland (Choux de Bruxelles) • Belgium
• L’Alba • Vivu (Buda Musique) • France
• Robinson Khoury MŸA • Transara (ACT) • France
• Tako Toki • Un Dimanche á Monaco (Muju Records) • France
• Laura Misch • Lithic (One Little Independent) • England
• Rita Vian • Liga Dura (Arruada) • Portugal
• Six S*x • ULTRA (Dale Play Records) • Argentina
• Fleurs Noires • Tangos Aumentados (Paraty) • Argentina, France
• Deafkids • Cicatrizes do Futuro (Neurot Recordings) • Brazil
• Mexican Institute of Sound x Meridian Brothers • Ruido Tovar (Ansonia Records) • Mexico, Colombia
• Lila Downs • Cambias Mi Mundo (Sony Music Entertainment México) • Mexico
• Dorian Wood • Canto De Todes (New Amsterdam Records) • USA
• Marisa Anderson • The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music Vol. 1 (Thrill Jockey) • USA
• Fire-Toolz • Lavender Networks (Warp Records) • USA
• Yesterdayneverhappened • search bar (Daybreak) • USA
• ear • Rumspringa (A24) • USA
• KatzPascale • Elegy (Sonic Guck) • USA
• Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai • Parallel Universe, Volume 1 (Airfono) • Egypt, Belgium, England
• The Handover • New Old Medicine (Sublime Frequencies) • Egypt, Belgium
• Fatoumata Diawara • Massa (Nø Førmat!) • Mali
• Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate • Sobra Dance (One World Records) • Mali
• Nana Osei Twum Barima • Journey To The Unknown (Zephyrus) • Ghana, Belgium
• Odd Okoddo & Ogoya Nengo • Palagoma (From Cool Waters) • Kenya
• Msindaba Jazz Band • Msindaba Jazz Band (Imetoka Collective) • Tanzania
• Bongeziwe Mabandla • Ndingubani (Black Major) • South Africa

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01/07/2026

39 great new releases from around the world to listen to in July. As always, surprises guaranteed!

Around The World In 3 Hours is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
July 2026

• Distant Birds • VOL. 01 & 02 (Earshift Music) • Australia
• Ts Bayandalai • Wind of Oirat (Night Defined Recordings) • Mongolia, China
• ZÖJ • May The Devil's Ear Be Deaf (Parenthèses Records) • Iran, Australia
• Hamraaz • Abar Kuh (Audio Maze) • Iran, Armenia, Netherlands
• From the Lips to the Moon • From the Lips to the Moon (Akazib Records) • Iran, England
• Miltos Boumis • Echoes of a Journey (Self-released) • Greece, England
• Paolo Angeli, Tenore Murales de Orgosolo • Vinti ‘e Maju (ANMA/ReR Megacorp) • Italy
• Katalena • Meja (ZARŠ) • Slovenia
• Tercet Imperial • Prymat (Instant Classic) • Poland
• Vilma Jää • Loitsui ja taikoi (Lördag) • Finland
• Hytta Trio • Vindespel (Krets) • Norway
• Smerz • Easy EP (Escho) • Norway
• Gichard • Chins for Lefty (Night School) • Scotland
• Pigeon • Outtanational (Memphis Records) • England
• Knats • A Great Day in Newcastle (Gearbox Records) • England
• Alabaster DePlume • Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue (International Anthem Recording Company) • England
• Martyn • Music for Existing (3024) • Netherlands, USA
• Camille Camille • Enchanted Sea (Labelman) • Belgium
• Cocanha • Flame Folclòre (Les Disques Bongo Joe) • France
• Leïla Martial • Jubilä 432 (Full Rhizome) • France
• Yerai Cortés • Popular (Sony Music) • Spain
• Romeu Bairos • Romê das Fürnas Vol. 2: A Segunda Comunhão (Self-released) • Portugal
• Sandra Snares • Bota Fogo (Panama Papers) • Portugal
• Rojo Hub • Cabeçalho (Self-released) • Brazil
• Seu Jorge • The Other Side (Amor in Sound) • Brazil
• Las Añez • Dualismo Mágico (Self-released) • Colombia
• TYGAPAW • Together You Gather All Power Applied Worldwide (Tresor Records) • Jamaica, USA
• Arturo Sandoval • Sangú ($TM Records) • Cuba, USA
• Julieta Venegas • Norteña (Altafonte) • Mexico
• Andervel • Ironclad & Palm Trees (Self-released) • Mexico
• Adrian Quesada • Trio Asesino (ATO) • USA
• The Klezmatics • We Were Made For These Times (Asphalt Tango Records) • USA
• Tori Amos • In Times of Dragons (Universal) • USA
• Ana Roxanne • Poem 1 (Kranky) • USA
• Tarwa N-Tiniri • Zaman (Atty) • Morocco
• Tamikrest • Assikel (Glitterbeat) • Mali
• Mah Damba • Taabolo Koura (One World Records) • Mali
• Girma Woldemichael • Nafqóté (Self-released) • Ethiopia
• Himba Hymn • Ghosts of Namibia's Skeleton Coast (Sublime Frequencies) • Namibia

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31/05/2026

38 great new releases from around the world to listen to in June. As always, surprises guaranteed!

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
June 2026

• OOIOO, Lightning Bolt • The Horizon Spirals/The Horizon Viral (Thrill Jockey) • Japan, USA
• Shubiao Quartet • Ayalal (Self-released) • Mongolia, France
• M.I.A. • M.I.7 (Ohmnimusic) • Sri Lanka, England
• Hamraaz • Abar Kuh (AudioMaze) • Iran, Armenia, Netherlands
• Tigran Hamasyan • War Time Poem (Naïve) • Armenia
• Mariana Sadovska & Vesna • ЖИВИ! You should live! (CPL-Music) • Ukraine, Germany
• Elina Duni, Rob Luft • Reaching For The Moon (ECM) • Albania, Switzerland
• Blue Hour • Selva (Self-released) • Germany
• Suistamon Sähkö • Lunta tupaan (Playground Music) • Finland
• Fauna • Taiga Trans (Glitterbeat) • Sweden
• Gangar • Dreng (Heilo) • Norway
• Kneecap • Fenian (Heavenly) • Northern Ireland
• Powell • WDR EP2 (Diagonal Records) • England
• Esya • Chasing Desire (AOK Records) • England
• Jim Moray • Gallants (Managed Decline) • England
• Tim Jones & Ben Morgan-Brown • Strange Greeting (Self-released) • England
• Tram • Alligator (Les Entêtés) • France
• Félicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou • Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems (RVNG Intl.) • France, Belgium
• Anna Ferrer • PA (La Castanya) • Spain
• Luiza • Luiza (ChapterTwo Records) • Brazil, France
• Naná Rizinni • Epiblast (Bridge The Gap) • Brazil, England
• Marina Lima • Ópera Grunkie (Fullgás) • Brazil
• Rosa Pi***la • Incorregible (Eck Echo) • Mexico
• Buena Vista All Stars • Una Noche en la Habana (Gianni Music Group) • Cuba
• David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven • Home For Dinner (Org Music) • USA
• Setting • Setting (Thrill Jockey) • USA
• K8A • Woradj Alle: Impressions of Ethiopia for Solo Violin and Electronics (Domino Sound Records) • USA
• Divka • Folk Fatale (Self-released) • Canada
• Yiddish Glory • The Silenced Songs of World War II (Six Degrees Records) • Canada
• Acácia Maior • Vindo do Espaço (Tabanka Records) • Cape Verde, Portugal
• Fidju Kitxora • Ti Manxe (Casa Mimosa) • Cape Verde, Portugal
• Argan & The Kasbah Rockers • The Anouach Amdakel Tssilim Medley (Barraka El Farnatshi Prod.) • Morocco
• Yassine Nana • Modern Pop From Mauritania (1984-1987) (Les Disques Bongo Joe) • Mauritania
• Mohamed Doumbia • Enregistrement Live No Limit Bamako (Sahel Sounds) • Mali
• T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rhthmo ft. Melomé Clement • West African Beat: Rare 7s and Eps from Benin and Niger (Acid Jazz Acquisitions) • Benin
• Antoine Dougbé et l‘Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou • Antoine Dougbé et l‘Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou (Analog Africa) • Benin
• Azuka Moweta & His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa • Kenechukwu (Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque Records) • Nigeria
• Kareyce Fotso • Gwà (Contre-Jour) • Cameroon

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02/05/2026

39 great new releases from around the world to listen to in May. As always, surprises guaranteed!

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
May 2026

• Field Commander Ali • The Next From Field Commander (World of Echo) • Australia
• The Three Seas • Antaḥkaraṇa (Earshift) • Australia, India
• Hiro Ama • Booster Pack EP (PRAH) • Japan, England
• Indonesian National Orchestra • Live at Bimhuis (Musik Bagus) • Indonesia
• Tehrani Drom & Parisa Karimi Molan • Unveiled (Lulaworld Records) • Iran, Canada
• Sami Yusuf • Ecstasy (Andante Records) • Azerbaijan, England
• Sarāb • Mīt warde (V2 Records) • Syria, France
• Charif Megarbane & Ali • Tirakat (Habibi Funk) • Lebanon, Indonesia
• Thomas Konstantinou • Omnipresent (Ethos) • Greece
• Akkajee • Pölynkerääjä (Self-released) • Finland
• Stine Janvin, Morten Joh • Or Gare - funeral procession music from Ryfylke, Norway (Krets) • Norway
• Hans P. Kjorstad • Dålågjel (Motvind Records) • Norway
• Rahu • On the Dancefloor (CPL-Music) • Latvia
• Rosie Upton • Threads And Yarns (WildGoose) • England
• Stevens & Pound • Ascending (Idiom Records) • England
• Magnus Mehta • What Does It Mean? (magnusrecords) • England
• Ão • Malandra (Mayway) • Belgium
• Le Bal Jacquin • Au Bout Du Bout (Modulor) • France
• Mai Mai Mai • Karakoz (Maple Death Records) • Italy
• Magali Sare • Descasada Vol. 1 (Segell Microscopi) • Spain
• Yamila • Noor (Umor Rex) • Spain
• Sofía Rei • Antónima (GroundUP Music) • Argentina
• Lucas Santtana • Brasiliano (Nø Førmat!) • Brazil
• Antropoceno • No Ritmo da Terra (Flowing Downward) • Brazil
• Vitor Araújo & Metropole Orkest • Toró (Risco) • Brazil, Netherlands
• Ana Carla Maza • Alamar (ACM Global Music Publishing) • Cuba, Spain
• Kronos Quartet • Glorious Mahalia (Smithsonian Folkways) • USA
• Clifton Chenier • King Of Louisiana Blues And Zydeco (Smithsonian Folkways) • USA
• Roger Davidson & the Frank London Orchestra • Villages of Old (Soundbrush) • USA
• Dälek • Brilliance of a Falling Moon (Ipecac Recordings) • USA
• ADULT. • Kissing Luck Goodbye (Dais Records) • USA
• Center of the River • Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (Self-released) • Canada, USA
• Angine de Poitrine • Vol. II (Self-released) • Canada
• Oum • Dialddar (Ternaire / Modulor) • Morocco
• Saly Kouyaté • Mali Kelen (Remote / Studio Mali) • Mali
• Balu • Borumba (Vu Prod) • DR Congo
• Kinact • Kinshasa In Action (Nyege Nyege Tapes) • Uganda
• BCUC • The Road is Never Easy (Outhere Records) • South Africa
• L8 Antique • Ntu Futurism (Next Music) • South Africa

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31/03/2026

42 great new releases from around the world to listen to in April. As always, surprises guaranteed!

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
April 2026

• Shuta Hasunuma • A New Dawn (Milan Records) • Japan
• Youn Sun Nah • Lost Pieces (Warner Music) • South Korea
• Anita Tatlow, Runaway Horses • The Shore From Above (Echoes Blue Music) • Hong Kong
• Naïssam Jalal • Landscapes of Eternity (Les Couleurs du Son) • Syria, France
• Praed • Al Wahem (Ruptured Records) • Lebanon, Switzerland
• Toni Geitani • Wahj (Self-released) • Lebanon, Netherlands
• Mi3raj • Callings Of The Owed (Ruptured Records) • Egypt
• Maryam Saleh • Syrr (Simsara Records) • Egypt
• Umut Adan & Zebânis • Başka Bahar (Six Degrees) • Türkiye, Italy
• Ilhan Ersahin • Istanbul Sessions: Mahalle (Nublu Records) • Türkiye, Sweden, USA
• Psyché • Psyché II (Four Flies Records) • Italy
• Iztok Koren, Raphael Roginski • Nocturnal Consolations (Instant Classic) • Slovenia, Poland
• AySay • Mal (V2 Records) • Denmark, Türkiye
• The Willow Trio • The Bestiary (DUST) • Scotland
• Mandy, Indiana • URGH (Sacred Bones) • England, Germany
• Amy Hopwood • Gone To Flowers (Self-released) • England
• Murkage Dave • Brut Thoughts (The Outlet) • England
• James Blake • Trying Times (Good Boy) • England
• Shabaka • Of the Earth (Self-released) • England
• Dub Colossus • Dub Will Keep Us Together (Real World X) • England
• Catrin Finch • Notes To Self (Bendigedig) • Wales
• Huw Marc Bennett • Heol Las (Albert's Favourites) • Wales
• Colleen • Libres antes del final (Thrill Jockey Records) • France
• LEÏ • Amarre (Self-released) • France
• Luis Gimenez Amoros & Manzur ensemble • Makamatik (KRB) • Spain
• Ana Crismán Arpa Flamenca • Arpaora (Andalouse Alhambra) • Spain
• Nuevos Ríos • Nuevos Ríos (ZZK Records) • Colombia, France
• Eric Bibb • One Mississippi (Repute Records) • USA
• Rafael Anton Irisarri • Points of Inaccessibility (Black Knoll Editions) • USA
• Gnarls Barkley • Atlanta (Atlantic) • USA
• The East Pointers • Schoonertown (Nettwerk) • Canada
• Tanya Tagaq • Saputjiji (Six Shooter) • Canada
• Souad Massi • Zagate (Backing Track) • Algeria, France
• -M-, Toumani Diabaté, Balla Diabaté, Lamomali • Totemix (Wagram Music) • Mali, France
• Tinariwen • Hoggar (Wedge) • Mali
• Ablaye Cissoko, Kiya Tabassian, Constantinople • Estuaire (Ma Case) • Senegal, Iran, Canada
• Various Artists • Music For A Revolution Vol.2 - Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label (1968-1980) (Radio Martiko) • Guinea
• Aly Keïta Trio • Balafon Evolution (One World Records) • Ivory Coast, Netherlands, Italy
• Lamisi • Let Us Clap (Real World Records) • Ghana
• Various Artists • Léve Léve Vol. 2: Sao Tomé & Principe Sounds 70s-80s (Les Disques Bongo Joe) • Sao Tomé & Principe
• Tilaye Gebre • Tilaye’s Saxophone with the Dahlak Band (Muzikawi) • Ethiopia
• Kabeaushé • I.S.U.I.L.P (Monkeytown) • Kenya, Germany

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28/02/2026

42 great new releases from around the world to listen to in March. As always, surprises guaranteed!

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
March 2026

• Manizeh • Mahku (Leiter) • Pakistan, England
• DakhaBrakha • Ptakh (Self-released) • Ukraine
• Altın Gün • Garip (Glitterbeat) • Türkiye, Netherlands
• Stelios Petrakis • Lyric (Buda Musique) • Greece
• Maria Kalaniemi, Pekko Käppi • Tåreportens Pärla (Åkerö) • Finland
• Benedicte Maurseth • Always and Never the Same (Aurora Records) • Norway
• Ben Bekele • Zawsze Coś (U Jazz Me Records) • Poland
• Hania Rani • Sentimental Value (Gondwana Records) • Poland
• Dani Larkin • Next of Kin (Wipe Out Music) • Northern Ireland
• Golden Toad • Unite The Worms (Tip Top Recordings) • England
• Sleaford Mods • The Demise of Planet X (Rough Trade) • England
• Westside Cowboy • So Much Country ‘Til We Get There (Adventure Recordings) • England
• John Butcher • Away, I Was (Relative Pitch Records) • England
• Dialect • Full Serpent (RVNG Intl.) • England
• PVA • No More Like This (It’s All For Fun) • England
• Yom • Cosmogonia (Planètes Rouges) • France
• Barezzi • ¡Barezzi! (Homerecords.be) • Belgium
• Lea Maria Fries • Cleo (Deluxe Edition) (Heavenly Sweetness) • Switzerland
• Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino • Il Mito (Ponderosa Music Records) • Italy
• Raül Refree, Maria Mazzotta • San Paolo di Galatina (Galileo Music) • Spain, Italy
• Malvariche • Te canto las 40 (Self-released) • Spain
• Afonso Sêrro • Piano Impromptus (Ovo Estrelado Records) • Portugal
• Expresso Transatlântico • Trópico Paranóia (Self-released) • Portugal
• Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical • Galaxia Tropical (Analog Africa) • Peru
• Health • Conflict DLC (Loma Vista Recordings) • USA
• Tyler Ramsey, Carl Broemel • Celestun (Duo Quest) • USA
• Cassie Watson Francillon • Bardo (Self-released) • USA
• Earth, Black Noi$e • Geometry of Murder: Extra Capsular Extraction Inversions (Fire Records) • USA
• De La Soul • Cabin In The Sky (Mass Appeal Records) • USA
• Clifton Chenier • King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco (Smithsonian Fokways Recordings) • USA
• Imarhan • Essam (City Slang) • Algeria
• Kunbe • Fanga (Adjololo Records) • Mali, France
• Neba Solo & Benego Diakité • A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking (Nonesuch Records) • Mali
• Mama Sissoko • Diamond Fingers (One World Music Production) • Mali
• Hami Hamoo • Siya (Accords Croisés) • Burkina Faso, Iran, France
• Nsikak David • Strings of Solace (Mother Africa Reigns Supreme (MARS)) • Nigeria
• Tita Nzebi • Réminiscence (Bibaka) • Gabon
• Muluken Mèllèssè • Éthiopiques 31: Muluken Mèllèssè With The Dahlak Band (Buda Musique) • Ethiopia
• Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests • Éthiopiques 32: Nalbandian l’Éthiopien / The Ethiopian (Buda Musique) • Ethiopia, USA
• Bobo & Behaja • Aia Haja? (Carton Records) • Madagascar
• Damily • Fanjiry (Les Disques Bongo Joe) • Madagascar
• Brendon Moller • Shadow Language (Samurai Music) • South Africa, USA

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01/02/2026

39 great new releases from around the world to listen to in February. As always, surprises guaranteed!

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS is a 3-hour monthly playlist of music from around the world on Spotify, where you can listen to the most exciting latest releases. World music. Music from the world. Music from here, there and everywhere. Out there, out here. From Argentina to Canada, from Alaska to Kiribati, via South Africa, Portugal, Norway, Russia, New Zealand and everywhere in-between. A world of music without borders and without ranks, curated by Miguel Santos.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 HOURS
February 2026

• Wata Igarashi • My Supernova (Dekmantel) • Japan
• Noriko Martín • Más allá de las llamas (Dulcimer Songs) • Japan, Spain
• Jasdeep Singh Degun • Jogkauns (Real World) • India, England
• Amir ElSaffar • New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal (Maqam Records) • Iraq, USA
• Spove • Spove (Fiol) • Syria, Norway, France
• Anton Anishchanka • Krope (Shatkavalka) • Belarus
• LITÁ folk band • Móre (Self-released) • Ukraine
• Oberkas Travel • Oberkas Travel (Tańce) • Poland
• Aleksi Perälä • Grace 15 (Self-released) • Finland
• Mhairi Hall, David De La Haye • Underwater Cairngorms (Hudson Records) • Scotland, England
• Claire M Singer • Gleann Ciùin (Touch) • Scotland
• Olan Monk • Songs For Nothing (AD 93) • Ireland
• Brown Boots Boogie Band • Dancing Boots (Self-released) • England
• Josienne Clarke • Far From Nowhere (Corduroy Punk) • England
• Alpha Maid • Is this a queue (AD 93) • England
• Jurango • Taíno Gold (Livity Sound Recordings) • England
• Fuzzy Lights • Fen Creatures (Meadows) • England
• Emergence Collective • Swimming in the Early Hours (Redundant Span) • England
• Júlia Kozáková • Manusa II (CPL-Music) • Slovakia
• La Cumbia Chicharra • Quinto Mundo (Self-released) • France
• Rosalía • Lux (Columbia Records) • Spain
• Xabi Aburruzaga • Bask (DND) • Spain
• Vanyfox • Melodias e Choros (Remixes) (Moonshine) • Portugal
• Sonico • Rovira 100 (El Antitango Records) • Argentina, Belgium
• Da Cruz • Som Sistema (Boom Jah Records) • Brazil, Switzerland
• Alejandra Cárdenas • A Body Like A Home (Other People) • Peru, Germany
• Susana Baca • Live at WOMAD 2023 (Real World Records) • Peru
• Lucretia Dalt • Caes (RVNG Intl.) • Colombia
• Omar Sosa • Sendas (Otá) • Cuba, Spain
• Machine Girl • PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X (Future Classic) • USA
• Makaya McCraven • Techno Logic (XL Recordings) • USA
• Philip Glass & Tenzin Choegyal • Be the Sky (Orange Mountain Music) • USA, Tibet, Australia
• Sarathy Korwar • There Is Beauty, There Already (Otherland) • USA, India, England
• Jake Xerxes Fussell, James Elkington • Rebuilding (Fat Possum) • USA
• Djembe Tekno • Teriya (Snick Snack Music) • Mali, Norway
• Hamouna Isewlan • Təlle Talyadt (Remote / Studio Mali) • Mali
• Zal Sissokho, Laurent Perrault-Jolicoeur • Racines (Disques Nuits d'Afrique) • Senegal, Canada
• Gangbé Brass Band • From Ouidah to Another World (Salt’n Ginger) • Benin
• Madala Kunene & Sibusile Xaba • kwaNTU (New Soil x Mushroom Hour Half Hour) • South Africa

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