| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 03 January 2009 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| Morocco | Jamshied Sharifi | The Ship Sails; The Ocean is Gone | J.Sharifi | One | Heavy | 3 | 5:14 | Ceres |
| US/Algeria | Steve Shehan & Baly Othmani | Taré | S.Shehan/B.Othmani | Assarouf | - | 9 | 4:49 | Triloka |
| UK | Dr. Didg | Devon | n/a | Out of the Woods | - | 4 | 5:04 | Rykodisc |
| Brasil | Rosa Passos | Doce Presença | Ivan Line/Vitor Martins | Romance | Heavy | 1 | 3:57 | Telarc |
| Angola | Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho | Camaleão | Mestre Moraes | Brincando na Roda | - | 4 | 3:56 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| USA/Bolivia | Alex de Grassi & Quique Cruz | Encuentros | A.deGrassi, Q.Cruz | Tatamonk | - | 6 | 6:04 | Tropo |
| Jamaica | Israel Vibration | African Unification | C.Spence | Jericho | - | 8 | 5:39 | RAS |
| New Zealand | Katchafire | Close Your Eyes | J.Ferguson, J.Bell | Slow-Burning | Light | 5 | 2:51 | Mai Music |
| USA | Rahsul | He Moved Away | Rahsul | Culture Man | - | 11 | 3:33 | Bammboo |
| Jamaica | Yellowman | Island Jam | Winston Foster | Message to the World | - | 10 | 3:27 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Carlton Livingston` | Broken Heart | Carlton Livingston` | Emotions | - | 9 | 3:54 | Grapevine |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Jamaica | Barrington Levy | Silver Words | K.Booth | Divine | - | 1 | 3:45 | RAS |
| Cape Verde | Lura | Raboita di Rubon Manel | Orlando Pantera | Di Korpu ku Alma | Light | 11 | 4:47 | Lusafrica/Escondido |
| S. Africa | Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens | Jive Motella | R.Bopape | Mbaqanga | - | 5 | 3:22 | Verve World |
| Mali | Vieux Farka Toure | Sangare | V.F.Toure | Vieux Farka Toure | Medium | 1 | 4:42 | World Village |
| Senegal | Youssou N'Dour | Tukki | Y. N'Dour, K. Gueye, Mody Ba | Rokku mi Rokka | Medium | 7 | 4:10 | Nonesuch |
| Phillipines | Charmaine Clamor | Pamulinawen | Trad. | My Harana | - | 4 | 3:17 | FreeHam |
| US/Cuba | David Buchbinder | Rumba Judia | H.Duran | Odessa/Havana | - | 5 | 3:40 | Tzadik |
| Cuba | ¡Cubanismo! | Rampart Street Rumba | J.Alemany | Mardi Gras Mambo | - | 9 | 4:34 | Hannibal |
| Mali | Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orch. | Tapha Niang | Trad., arr. T. Diabate/Moussa Diabate | Boulevard de L'Independance | Light | 8 | 6:51 | World Circuit |
| Madagascar | Vavoka | Manigne | Gabin | Introducing Vavoka | - | 8 | 3:48 | Introducing |
| S. Africa | Sweet Honey in the Rock | Would You Harbor Me | Trad. | Sacred Ground | - | 3 | 2:59 | EarthBeat |
| Cuba | Los del Caney | Son Flamenco | T.Zuñigo, R.Torr | ¡Latino! ¡Latino! (V) | - | 7 | 3:07 | Putumayo |
| Spain/France | Gipsy Kings | Pajarito | Gipsy Kings | Tierra Gitana | - | 7 | 3:06 | Nonesuch |