| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 4 January 2003 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| HOUR ONE | ||||||||
| Brasil | Virginia Rodrigues | Manhã de Carnaval | Luis Bonfa, Antonio Maria | Sol Negro | - | 4 | 3:04 | Hannibal |
| USA | Sonando | Pent-UpHouse | Sonny Rollins/arr. Sonando | La Rumba Esta Buena | - | 3 | 5:14 | Pinguiro |
| Brasil | Gonzaguinha | Má-gica | Gonzaguinha | É | - | 2 | 3:07 | World Pacific |
| Spain | Gerardo Núñez | Sevilla | Gerardo Núñez | Viva Flamenco (v) | - | 9 | 3:46 | Narada World |
| Nigeria | King Sunny Ade | Orisun Iye | King Sunny Ade | E Dide | - | 4 | 2:55 | Mesa |
| Zimbabwe | Oliver Mtukudzi | Wongororo | O. Mtukudzi | Vhunze Moto | Light | 5 | 7:13 | Putumayo |
| Senegal | Toure Kunda | Saporta | Ismaïla Touré, Sixu Tidiane Touré/arr. Dondieu Divin | Mouslaï | - | 6 | 3:15 | Mesa |
| Senegal | Youssou N'Dour | Doole | Y. N'Dour, Kabou Gueye, Pape Dieng, Habib Faye | Coono du Réér | Heavy | 10 | 5:50 | Nonesuch |
| Jamaica | Israel Vibration | Jammin' | C. Spence | Jericho | - | 10 | 4:17 | RAS |
| USA | Uprising | Children of War | A. Raymond, W. Raymond, One Drop | Unconquered Lions | - | 1 | 3:46 | Uprising |
| Jamaica | Mikey Dread | Roots and Culture | Mikey Dread | Best Sellers | - | 14 | 6:08 | Rykodisc |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| UK | Macka B. | Squeeze Me | Macka B. | Single | - | 1 | 3:49 | RAS |
| Chile | Gondwana | Ignorancia | Quique Neira | Made In Jamaica | Heavy | 4 | 4:37 | RAS |
| Peru | Anduy barrio community | La Vaquerita | Trad. | Trad. Music of Peru 7: The Lima Highlands | - | 3 | 2:14 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Mexico | Huayucaltia | Te Vás | C. Hurtado/A. Ezkauriatza | Horizontes | - | 2 | 4:53 | ROM |
| Scotland | Mouth Music | Co Ni Mire Rium | Trad.,arr. M. Swan | Mouth Music | - | 2 | 4:34 | Rykodisc |
| Scotland | Capercaillie | Coisich A Ruin | Trad., arr. Capercaillie | Live in Concert | Medium | 12 | 3:18 | Survival |
| USA | Dave Stringer | Shivo'ham Shivo'ham | Dave Stringer/Shankaracharya | Brink | Medium | 3 | 6:54 | Valley Entertainment |
| Morocco | Orchestra Baobab | Ndongoy Daara | Barthélemy Attiso, Laye Mboup | Specialist in All Styles | Light | 5 | 5:19 | World Circuit |
| Senegal | Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar | Lay Suma Lay | Y. N'Dour | The Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar | Light | 5 | 4:29 | RGNet |
| Mali | Amadou et Mariam | Dounia | Amadou Bagayoko | Sou Ni Tilé | - | 7 | 3:17 | Tinder |
| Benin | Angélique Kidjo | Wombo Lombo | Kidjo/Hebrail | Fifa | - | 2 | 4:15 | Mango |
| Egypt | Natacha Atlas | Soleil D'Egypte | Zebda/Magyd Cherfi | Ayeshteni | - | 5 | 3:12 | Mantra |