Around The World In 3 Hours

31/08/2025

41 great new releases from around the world to listen to in September. And I find, that I'm smiling gently as I near September, the warm September of my years...

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 2025

SUBSETdubs • Feeding the Anatoki (The Dub Factory) • New Zealand, Australia
Tropical F**k Storm • Fairyland Codex (Fire) • Australia
Puman • Spring (Sea of Wood) • China
Oduchu • Nostalgia (Stallion Era) • Tuva
SHIRAN & Bakal • Electro Baghdad (Batov Records) • Yemen, Iraq
Maurice Louca • Barĩy (Fera) (Simsara) • Egypt
Elena Baklava • Yorukluk (CPL-Music) • North Macedonia
Igor Božanić • Žega (Pop Depresija) • Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sekvoya • Gathering of Enchanted Herbs (Zero Nove Nove) • Serbia
Raphael Roginski & Ružičnjak Tajni • Bura (Instant Classic) • Poland, Serbia
Trobozanke • Šokačko Kolo: Music from Eastern Croatia (Antonovka Records) • Croatia
Obadu • Uccu (Folktronica) • Hungary
Duo Ruut • Ilmateade (Self-released) • Estonia
Ensemble Gamut • MI (Alba Records) • Finland
Groupa • Kind of Folk, Vol. 5: Poland (All Ice Records) • Sweden, Norway, Poland
Hampus Lindwall • Brace For Impact (Ideologic Organ) • Sweden, France
Biosphere • The Way Of Time (AD 93) • Norway
GRÓA • Drop P (One Little Independent) • Iceland
Ward Dhoore • It Was All Heart (Trad Records) • Belgium
Joakim • In C (TIGERSUSHI) • France
Groove Factory • Nexus (Mustradem) • France
le volume courbe • Planet Ping Pong (Duophonic Super 45s) • France, England
Brìghde Chaimbeul • Sunwise (tak:til/Glitterbeat) • Scotland
Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe • Lateral (Verve Records) • England
Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe • Luminal (Verve Records) • England
Isiah Hull • Pocomania (Young Records) • England
Luigi Cinque & Hypertext O´rchestra • Kromosoma Maris (MRF5) • Italy
Vanyfox • Melodias e Choros (Moonshine Music) • Portugal
BALTHVS • Flesh and Soul (Mixto Records) • Colombia
Various Artists • Edna Martinez Presents Pico: Sound System Culture From the Colombian Caribbean (Strut) • Colombia
Blackout ja x Ted Ganung • Carnival Vibes (The Remixes EP) (Deeper Vision Recordings) • Jamaica, USA
Edna Vazquez • Te Esperaba (Heinz Records) • Mexico, USA
Suzanne Vega • Flying With Angels (Cooking Vinyl) • USA
George Crotty • Heart Music (Self-released) • Canada
Habib Koité, Lamine Cissokho, Aly Keïta • Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm Studios (Contre-Jour) • Senegal, Ivory Coast
Tigray Tears • The World Stood By (Toy Gun Murder) • Ethiopia
NANA BENZ DU TOGO • Sé Nam (Komos) • Togo
Francis Bebey • The Africa Seven Edits (A7 Edits) • Cameroon
Madalitso Band • Ma Gitala (Bongo Joe Records) • Malawi
WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc) • Sogolo (Partisan) • Zambia
Chaka Chawasarira • Useza (NYEGE NYEGE) • Zimbabwe



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31/07/2025

42 great new releases from around the world to listen to in August. Under an August moon shining above...

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 2025

01. gyrofield • Suspension of Belief (Kapsela) • China, Netherlands
02. Ganavya • Nilam (LEITER) • India, USA
03. 47SOUL • Dualism Pt. 1 (Cooking Vinyl) • Palestine
04. Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble • Maqam Pilgrims (Mapamundi Música) • Egypt
05. Stefano Saletti • Mediterranima (Materiali Sonori) • Italy
06. Zingarua • Serotonina (Maninalto!) • Italy
07. Abul Mogard • Quiet Pieces (Soft Echoes) • Serbia, Italy
08. Laibach • Alamut (Mute) • Slovenia
09. Alicia Edelweiss • Furie (Glitterhouse) • Austria, England
10. Barbora Xu • The Garden Of Otava (Nordic Notes) • Czech Republic
11. Päivi Hirvonen • Maa Palaa (Nordic Notes) • Finland
12. Stemmer i Voks • Stemmer i Voks (GO' Danish Folk Music) • Denmark
13. Nils Frahm • Night (Leiter) • Germany
14. to rococo rot • The Amateur View (Expanded Edition 2025) (City Slang) • Germany
15. Matthieu Saglio, Camille Saglio • Al Alba (Actmusic) • France
16. Tempvs Fvgit • Da Caminu (Self-released) • France
17. Quade • The Foel Tower (AD 93) • England
18. Rainy Miller • Joseph, What Have You Done? (Fixed Abode) • England
19. Julian Gaskell & his Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Broadside Bangers (Self-released) • England
20. Moin • Belly Up (AD 93) • England
21. Quinie • Forefowk, Mind Me (Upset The Rhythm) • Scotland
22. Milkweed • Remscéla (Broadside Hacks) • Northern Ireland
23. Varo • The World That I Knew (1498481 Records DK2) • Ireland
24. Oriol Marès & Talal Fayad Quartet • Estuarium (AudioMaze) • Spain, Syria
25. Danças Ocultas • Inspirar (Uguru, Galileo Music) • Portugal
26. Various Artists • Não Estragou Nada (Princípe) • Portugal
27. Haroldo Bontempo • Voz e Violão (Self-released) • Brazil
28. Kayatibu • Ni Hui: Voz da Floresta (Da Lata Music) • Brazil
29. Lido Pimienta • La Belleza (Anti-) • Colombia, Canada
30. Beirut • A Study of Losses (Pompeii Records) • USA
31. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson • What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch Records) • USA
32. Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet • HausLive 4 (Hausu Mountain) • USA
33. Hieroglyphic Being • Dance Music 4 Bad People (Smalltown Supersound) • USA
34. Oktopus • Brahms, Balkans & Bagels (Self-released) • Canada
35. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia • The Devil Rides Again (Asphalt Tango Records) • Canada, Romania
36. AMMAR 808 • Club Tounsi (Glitterbeat) • Tunisia
37. Hawa & Kasse Mady Diabate • Toumaro (One World Records) • Mali
38. Neba Solo • Tuma Duma (Blanc Manioc) • Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast
39. Obongjayar • Paradise Now (September Recordings) • Nigeria
40. Francis Bebey • Trésor Magnétique (Africa Seven) • Cameroon
41. Votia • Vie Kaz (ajabu Sweden) • Reunion Island
42. Various Artists • Zulu Guitar Blues (Matsuli Music) • South Africa



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30/06/2025

41 great new releases from around the world to listen to in July. Like a summer with a thousand Julys.

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 2025

01. Shuta Hasunuma, Ichiko Aoba, Tamaki Roy • "Design Ah! Neo" 1 (NHK) • Japan
02. Ensemble Chakâm • Les Vents Brûlants (Self-released) • Iran, Palestine, France
03. Shahab Tolouie Trio • Oxymoron (Self-released) • Iran, Czech Republic
04. Araz Salek • Peripheries of Nahavand (Worlds Within Worlds) • Iran, Canada
05. Ozan Baysal • Tel ve Ten (ARC Music) • Türkiye
06. Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, Lamia Bedioui • Watersong (ECM) • Greece
07. Teija Niku & Juha Kujanpää • Aamunkoitto (Zen Master Records) • Finland
08. Värttinä • Kyly (Rockadillo Records) • Finland
09. Rebekka Karijord • The Bell Tower (Bella Union) • Sweden
10. Erlend Apneseth • Song Over Støv (Hubro Norway) • Norway
11. Use Knife • État Coupable (Viernulvier Records) • Belgium
12. Lagon Nwar • Lagon Nwar (Airfono) • France
13. Brain Damage, Emiko Ota, Mad Professor • Oide Oide (Jarring Effects) • France, Japan, England
14. Alabaster DePlume • A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole (International Anthem) • England
15. RED SNAPPER • Barb and Feather (Lo Recordings) • England
16. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs • Death Hilarious (Rocket Recordings) • England
17. Ra di spina • Vocazioni (Audioimage) • Italy
18. Luis Gimenez Amoros • Bahía Levant (KRB) • Spain
19. Barananu • Funghi (Self-released) • Portugal
20. La Negra • Deus Só (World Records) • Portugal
21. Disstantes • Cybertropico (E.I.) • Brazil
22. Edson Natale, Paulo Brandão • Ruidagem: A Garagem das Sete Lembranças (Spin Music) • Brazil
23. Pacha Wakay Munan • El Tiempo Quiere Cantar (Buh Records) • Peru
24. Estrellas del Caribe • La Terapia de Palenque (POLEN RECORDS) • Colombia
25. FRENTE CUMBIERO • Inconcreto & Asociados (Discos Biche) • Colombia
26. Natalia Lafourcade • Cancionera (Sony Music) • Mexico
27. Karen y Los Remedios • Silencio Remixes (ZZK Records) • Mexico
28. Iry LeJeune • Viens Me Chercher (Yep Roc Records) • USA
29. Unknown Mortal Orchestra • IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar) • USA
30. CYRNAI • Calamity of Beauty (Memoir of Sound) • USA
31. Sami Galbi • Ylh Bye Bye (Bongo Joe) • Morocco, Switzerland
32. Scúru Fitchádu• Griots i Riots (Nubian Riot!) • Cape Verde, Portugal
33. Alune Wade • New African Orleans (Enja / Yellowbird) • Senegal, France
34. Kanazoé Orkestra • Balabeatz (Antipodes) • Burkina Faso, France
35. Kwashibu Area Band • Love Warrior’s Anthem (Soundway Records) • Ghana
36. ESINAM & Sibusile Xaba • Healing Voices (W.E.R.F. Records) • Ghana, South Africa, Belgium
37. Ibiyewa • Vendredi Magnifique (homerecords.be) • Benin, Belgium
38. Femi Anikulapo-Kuti • Journey Through Life (Partisan Records) • Nigeria
39. Various Artists • Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare' Townships 1975-1980 (ANALOG AFRICA) • Zimbabwe
40. Famo Mountain • For Those Left Behind (Glitterbeat) • Lesotho
41. The Malombo Jazz Makers • Down Lucky's Way (Tapestry Works) • South Africa



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16/06/2025

Some photos of mine appear on the latest Songlines magazine

31/05/2025

35 great new releases from around the world to listen to in June. Another bride, another June, another sunny honeymoon, another season, another reason, for makin' whoopee.

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 2025

01. Marlon Williams • Te Whare Tiwekaweka (Self-released) • New Zealand
02. Charles Maimarosia • Hote' Hote' (Wantok Musik) • Solomon Islands, Australia
03. Divide and Dissolve • Insatiable (Bella Union) • Australia
04. KUUNATIC • Wheels of Ömon (Glitterbeat) • Japan
05. Gamelan Salukat, Jan Kadereit • Áshira (One World) • Indonesia, Denmark
06. Tenzin Choegyal • Snow Flower (Rainbow Valley) • Tibet
07. Sudeshna Bhattacharjee, Mosin Khan Kawa • Mohini (Motvind) • India, Norway
08. Rizwan Moazzam Qawwali • At the Feet of the Beloved (Real World) • Pakistan
09. Farnaz Ohadi • Breath / Aliento (Air Music) • Iran, Spain, Canada
10. Amir ElSaffar, Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch • Inner Spaces (Ornithology Productions) • Iraq, USA, Italy
11. Kinan Azmeh, CityBand • Live in Berlin (Dreyer Gaido) • Syria
12. Ensemble Marani • Sharatin (შარათინ) (Buda Musique) • Georgia, France
13. Arvo Part • Silentium (Mississippi Records) • Estonia
14. Wimme, Tapani Rinne • Ivgu (Rockadillo) • Finland
15. Kvedarkvintetten • Tagal (Grappa Musikkforlag) • Norway
16. Dubblestandart • Bass 4 A Nervous Planet (Echo Beach) • Austria
17. Manuel Hermia, Simon Leleux • Metanoïa (Igloo Records) • Belgium
18. Arat Kilo • Danama (Accords Croisés) • France
19. John Wright • Promenade (Buda Musique) • England, France
20. Lisa Knapp, Gerry Diver • Hinterland (Ear To The Ground) • England, Ireland
21. Brigan • Luna, Cera E Vino (Liburia) • Italy
22. Alicia Acuña • Puñalá (Self-released) • Spain
23. Lina, Marco Mezquida • O Fado (Galileo Music) • Portugal, Spain
24. DJ Narciso • Diferenciado (Príncipe) • Portugal
25. Guilherme Granado Goat Unity • Ghost Parades (KEROXEN) • Brazil
26. Pambelé • Dámelo (La Ruche / Rush Hour) • Colombia, France
27. Arthur Russell • Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come In and Out (Audika Records) • USA
28. Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith • Defiant Life (ECM) • USA
29. Anouar Brahem • After the Last Sky (ECM) • Tunisia
30. Youssou Ndour • Eclairer le Monde - Light the World (The Orchard) • Senegal
31. Salif Keita • So Kono (NØ FØRMAT!) • Mali
32. Wura Samba • Ajo Rebirth (Sambabe Records / Ajazco Records) • Nigeria
33. KIN'gongolo Kiniata • Kiniata (Helico) • DR Congo
34. Kingdom Molongi • Kembo (NYEGE NYEGE) • Uganda, DR Congo, Portugal
35. René Lacaille • Ti Galé (Lamastrock) • Reunion Island



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30/04/2025

42 great new releases from around the world to listen to in May. Sweet and lovely sweeter than the roses in May.

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 2025

01. Pitch Black • Freqs in Flux (Rude Mechanical Remixes) (Dubmission) • New Zealand
02. Hiroshi Yoshimura • Flora (Temporal Drift) • Japan
03. Ichiko Aoba • Luminescent Creatures (Psychic Hotline) • Japan
04. Yama Warashi • At My Mother's Piano (PRAH Recordings) • Japan
05. Kim Oki • Hip Hop Retreat (Donmansuki Film) • South Korea
06. Anoushka Shankar • Chapter III: We Return To Light (LEITER) • India, England, USA
07. Muslim Shaggan • Asar (Honiunhoni) • Pakistan
08. Ori Shalva • Georgian Sounds of Canada (Self-released) • Georgia, Canada
09. Kazdoura • Ghoyoum (August 4 Records) • Syria, Lebanon
10. Derya Yildirim • Yarın Yoksa (Big Crown) • Türkiye
11. Rastak • Tales of Earth and Sun (Self-released) • Türkiye
12. Mehmet Polat Quartet • Roots in Motion (Aftab Records) • Türkiye, Netherlands
13. Hajda Banda • Niepraudzivaya (Karrot Kommando) • Poland
14. Orkiestra Galicja • Drogi (Karrot Kommando) • Poland
15. Áššu • Luohtenlegut (Nordic Notes) • Finland
16. Ánnámáret Luohteilbmi • Luođit (Self-released) • Finland
17. Pauanne • Joku Raja Rakkaudessakin (Nordic Notes) • Finland
18. Mads Hansens Kapel • Mer' Vi Ha' Mer' (GO' Danish Folk Music) • Denmark
19. Simin Tander • The Wind (Jazzland) • Norway
20. Malmin, Med Åshild • Vetrhus (Krets) • Norway
21. Porridge Radio • The Machine Starts To Sing (Secretly Canadian) • England
22. SNAPPED ANKLES • Hard Times Furious Dancing (The Leaf Label) • England
23. Kap Bambino • No Domination (Cleopatra Records) • France
24. Beatriz Rosário • Alfa (Sony Music Entertainment Portugal) • Portugal
25. OMIRI • Modas novas e algumas velhas (Repasseado) • Portugal
26. Joana Gama, Luis Fernandes • Strata (Holuzam) • Portugal
27. María López • Daydreaming (Segell Microscopi) • Spain
28. La Baula • Cançons a l'Ombra (Segell Microscopi) • Spain
29. Pedro Vian, Maâlem Najib Soudani • Mogador (Modern Obscure Music) • Spain, Morocco
30. Various Artists • Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 3 (Vampisoul) • Peru
31. Los Pirañas • Una Oportunidad más de triunfar en la vida (Glitterbeat) • Colombia
32. El León pardo • Viaje Sideral (AYA Records) • Colombia
33. Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos • Sol (Olindo Records) • Venezuela, France
34. Dub Syndicate • Out Here on the Perimeter (1989-1996) (On-U Sound) • Jamaica, England
35. Ana Carla Maza • Caribe Deluxe (ACM Global) • Cuba
36. Lucy Liyou • Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name (Orange Milk) • USA
37. Lonnie Holley • Tonky (Jagjaguwar) • USA
38. Rafiq Bhatia, Chris Pattishall • Each Dream, A Melting Door (Anti Records) • USA
39. Various Artists • Sweet Rebels: The Golden Era Of Algerian Pop-Rai (WEWANTSOUNDS) • Algeria
40. Samba Touré • Baarakelaw (Glitterbeat) • Mali
41. Trio Da Kali • Bagola (One World Records) • Mali
42. Ballake Sissoko, Piers Faccini • Our Calling (NØ FØRMAT!) • Mali, England



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