| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 20 December 2008 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| Japan | Agatsuma | Accustom | Agatsuma | Beams | - | 4 | 1:19 | Domo |
| USA | Steve Schuch & the Night Heron Consort | Here We Come a-Wassailing | Trad., arr. S.Schuch | A Putumayo World Christmas (V) | - | 2 | 2:12 | Putumayo |
| Greece | Kristi Stassinopoulou | Sol Invictus | S.Kalyviotis, K.Stassinopoulou | EchoTropia | - | 6 | 3:17 | Tinder |
| Israel | Don Byron | Oi Tata | Trad., arr. D.Byron | Festival of Light (V) | - | 4 | 4:16 | Six Degrees |
| Morocco | Hassan Hakmoun | Syada Ana | H.Hakmoun | The Gift | - | 1 | 4:15 | Triloka |
| USA | Alan Scott Bachman, et. al. | Gaudete | n/a | Christmas: Rhythms of the Holy Land | 3 | 3:30 | Desert Wind | |
| Morocco | Jamshied Sharifi | My Grandfather, the Tree | J.Sharifi | One | Heavy | 8 | 2:36 | Ceres |
| Senegal | Youssou N'Dour | Sportif | Y. N'Dour, M.Ba, K. Gueye | Rokku mi Rokka | Heavy | 6 | 3:26 | Nonesuch |
| Madagascar | Tarika | Retany | n/a | Beasts, Ghosts, & Dancing with History | 5 | 3:43 | Artemis | |
| Benin | Angelique Kidjo | Zan Vevede (O Holy Night) | Trad. | World Christmas (V) | - | 4 | 3:23 | Metro Blue |
| USA | Chicago Afrobeat Project | Carcass | CABP | (A) Move to Silent Unrest | Medium | 7 | 4:08 | CABP |
| Mali | Vieux Farka Toure | Wosoubour | V.F.Toure | Vieux Farka Toure | - | 8 | 3:36 | World Village |
| Bahamas | Joseph Spence | Santa Claus is Comin' to Town | n/a | Mas! A Caribbean Christmas Party (V) | 8 | 2:54 | Rykodisc | |
| Jamaica | The Gladiators | Follow You | Albert Griffiths | Something a Gwaan! | - | 8 | 3:48 | RAS |
| Barbados | Banks Soundtech Steel Orch. | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Christmas Around the World (V) | 6 | 3:43 | Putumayo | ||
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Jamaica | The Itals | Surrender | K.Porter | Modern Age | - | 5 | 4:03 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Israel Vibration | Reggae On The River | Albert Craig | Forever | - | 5 | 4:25 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Ipso Facto | Shine Sun | D.McDuffy | Get Ready | - | 4 | 5:56 | MouthPiece |
| Spain | Los Reyes | White Christmas, Part II | I.Berlin | Gypsy Christmas | - | 11 | 2:58 | ISBA |
| Cuba | Lazaro Valdes | Cumbanchero | L.Valdes | De Tal Palo .. tal Valdes | Light | 1 | 3:54 | Pimienta |
| USA | Los Lobos | The Christmas Song | n/a | Just Another Greeting From East L.A. | 3 | 2:26 | Warner Bros. | |
| Argentina | Astor Piazzola | Milonga Loca | A.Piazzola | Tango: Zero Hour | - | 4 | 3:05 | Nonesuch |
| Brasil | Virginia Rodrigues | Canto pra Exu | Trad. | Nos | - | 1 | 1:21 | Hannibal |
| Brasil | João Bosco | I'll Be Home for Christmas | K.Gannon, W.Kent, J.Bosco | A Brasilian Christmas (V) | - | 6 | 2:42 | Astor Place |
| Mali | Toumani Diabate | Ismael Drame | Trad., arr. T. Diabate | The Mandé Variations | Light | 5 | 5:45 | World Circuit |
| USA | Bheki Mseleku | The Messenger | Bheki Mseleku | Celebration | - | 6 | 4:26 | World Circuit |
| Congo | Sam Mangwana | Manjani | S.Mangwana | Galo Negro | - | 2 | 3:14 | Putumayo |
| Mali | Amadou et Mariam | Dounia | A. Bagayoko | Sou Ni Tile | - | 7 | 3:17 | Tinder |
| S. Africa | Zim NgQawana | Beautiful Love | Zim NgQawana | Africa Straight Ahead (V) | - | 4 | 4:42 | Heads Up |