| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 25 May 2002 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| HOUR ONE | ||||||||
| Ethiopia | Gigi | Mengedegna | Ejigayehu Shibabaw | Gigi | Heavy | 2 | 5:33 | Palm |
| Senegal | Toure Kunda | Samala | Ismaïla Touré, Sixu Tidiane Touré | Les Freres Griots | - | 3 | 3:54 | Celluloid |
| Egypt/Sudan | Ali Hassan Kuban | Hadouda | Ali Hassan Kuban | The Rough Guide to Ali Hassan Kuban | - | 4 | 5:14 | Rough Guides |
| Cape Verde | Fantcha | Sodade de Mundo | Manuel de Novas | Criolinha | - | 6 | 5:36 | Tinder |
| Cape Verde | Teofilo Chantre | Nha Fe | Teofilo Chantre | Cape Verde | - | 4 | 4:08 | Putumayo |
| Brasil | Astrud Gilberto | Xaxado do Safado | Astrud Gilberto | Jungle | - | 5 | 3:42 | Magya |
| Brasil | Bebel Gilberto | Sem Contenção | B. Gilberto, G Arling, R Cameron/B. Gilberto | Tanto Tempo | - | 4 | 3:10 | Six Degrees |
| Cuba | Sin Palabras | Salsita | Sin Palabras/Julio Font | Latin Groove (V) | Light | 2 | 4:02 | Putumayo |
| Brasil | Carlinhos Brown | Water My Girl | C. Brown | Omelette Man | - | 6 | 3:00 | Metro Blue |
| Jamaica | Michael Rose | Storm is Coming | M. Rose | Never Give It Up | - | 11 | 3:35 | Heartbeat |
| Jamaica | The Gladiators | Follow You | Albert Griffiths | Something a Gwaan! | Light | 8 | 3:49 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Mikey Spice | Loving In Your Eyes | B. O'Hare, C. Dodd/M. Johnson | Happiness | - | 7 | 3:32 | RAS |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Greece | Roberto Leydi, Kostas Papadakis, Stelios Lainakis | Dourou Dourou | n/a | Vocal Music in Crete | - | 10 | 2:44 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Morocco | Hassan Hakmoun (w/Paula Cole) | This Gift | H. Hakmoun, P. Cole, J. Sharafi/S. Harris | This Gift | - | 4 | 4:37 | Triloka |
| India | Trilok Gurtu | Peace of the Five Elements | T. Gurtu | The Beat of Love | Medium | 11 | 5:02 | Blue Thumb |
| India | Emam & Friends | Oh Mata | Emam | Portraits in Sound (V) | - | 7 | 4:06 | X.25 |
| Morocco | Sawt el Atlas | Le Soleil de ma Vie | K. El Habchi, K. Cockenstock/K. El Habchi, A. El Habchi | Donia | Medium | 5 | 4:07 | Tinder |
| Zimbabwe | Oliver Mtukudzi | Magumo | O. Mtukudzi | Vhunze Moto | Heavy | 6 | 5:36 | Putumayo |
| S. Africa | The Soul Brothers | Ujaheni | D. Masondo, M. Ngwena | The Rough Guide to the Soul Bros. | Light | 14 | 4:43 | Rough Guides |
| Ghana | Amanzeba Nat Brew | Baawo | Amanzeba Nat Brew | The Rough Guide to Nigreia & Ghana | - | 13 | 7:09 | Rough Guides |
| Mali | Ali Farka Toure | Howkouna | Ali Farka Toure | Niafunké | - | 10 | 5:55 | Hannibal |
| Mali | Habib Koité & Bamada | Wassiye | H. Koité | Ma Ya | - | 1 | 4:47 | Putumayo |