| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 06 Apr 2008 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| HOUR ONE | ||||||||
| Jamaica | Culture | Rally Round | Joseph Hill | Live in Africa | - | 12 | 3:31 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Ronnie Davis and Idren | Respect Your Elders | Ronnie Davis | Come Straight | - | 10 | 3:50 | Nighthawk |
| USA | Joseph Israel | Mankind | Joseph Fennel | Gone are the Days | Light | 5 | 3:59 | New Door |
| Jamaica | Gregory Isaacs | Wish Me Luck | Carlton Hines | Unlocked | - | 8 | 3:35 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Frankie Paul | Stormy Night | Paul Blake | Hard Work | - | 9 | 3:50 | RAS |
| USA | Filé | La Vie Marron | D.Garnier | La Vie Marron | - | 1 | 3:44 | Green Linnet |
| USA | The Klezmatics with Chava Alberstein | Ergets Shtil/Baym Taykh | Leyb Naydus, Mani Leyb/Chava Alberstein | The Well | - | 3 | 3:42 | Xenophile |
| Algeria | Khaled | Mauvais Sang | Khaled Hadj Brahim | Arabic Groove (V) | - | 9 | 6:08 | Putumayo |
| Mali | Tinariwen | Imidiwan Winakalin | Ibrahim ag Alhabib | Aman Iman | Medium | 7 | 4:25 | World Village |
| Mali | Vieux Farka Toure | Wosoubour | Vieux Farka Toure | Vieux Farka Toure | Medium | 8 | 3:36 | World Village |
| Cameroon | Sally Nyolo | Semengue | Sally Nyolo | Multiculti | - | 6 | 4:11 | Tinder |
| Ethiopia | Gigi | Guramayle | Ejigayehu Shibabaw, arr. Bill Laswell | Illuminated Audio | - | 8 | 5:10 | Palm |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Cuba | Ibrahim Ferrer | Melodia del Rio | Ruben Gonzalez | Mi Sueño | Light | 3 | 2:50 | World Circuit |
| Cuba | Grand Afro Cuban of Generoso Jimenez | A Bailar Tomason | G.Jimenez, Osmani V. Blanco | Generoso que Bueno Toca Usted | - | 10 | 5:08 | Pimienta |
| Cuba | Cesar Pedroso | Te Molesta que Sea Feliz | C.Pedroso | Pupy y los que Son , Son | - | 6 | 3:31 | Pimienta |
| Cuba | Pancho Quinto | La Gorra | Lazaro Rizo/L.Rizo, Octavio Rodriguez | Rumba Sin Fronteras | - | 1 | 5:53 | Riverboat |
| Senegal | Youssou N'Dour | Xel | y. N'Dour, M.Calo, K. Gueye | Rokku mi Rokka | Heavy | 10 | 4:52 | Nonesuch |
| Madagascar | Wa-Zimba | Vonjeo | Wa-Zimba | Mande Wazy | Light | 9 | 4:31 | Tinder |
| Mali | Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orch. | Africa Challenge | T.Diabate | Boulevard de L'Independance | Heavy | 5 | 5:46 | World Circuit |
| S. Africa | Johnny Clegg & Juluka | Zingane Zami | J.Clegg | A Johnny Clegg & Juluka Collection | - | 8 | 3:46 | Putumayo |
| USA | Rebeca Mauleon | Fuego | Rebeca Mauleon | Latin Fire | - | 3 | 5:01 | Rumbeca |
| Brasil | Djavan | Amazon Farewell | Djavan/Brock Walsh, Mark Vieja | Puzzle of Hearts | - | 6 | 5:27 | Columbia |
| Colombia | Toto la Momposina | Oye Manita | Sonia Bazanta/E.Gutierrez, S.Bazanta | Colombia (V) | - | 6 | 3:32 | Putumayo |