| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 23 May 2009 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| Brasil | Claudio Roditi | Dinner by Five | C.Roditi | Brazilliance X4 | - | 6 | 5:13 | Resonance |
| Cuba | Roberto Fonseca | Mil Congojas | J.P.Mirand | Zamazu | Light | 11 | 3:16 | Enja |
| Colombia | Marta Gomez | La Finca | M.Gomez | Cantos de Agua Dulce | - | 1 | 4:57 | Chesky |
| Puerto Rico | Caña Brava | Eres Mentirosa | Ringo Martinez | The Rough Guide to Merengue (v) | - | 1 | 5:07 | RGNet |
| New Zealand | Katchafire | Done Did It | L.Bell, J.Bell, J.Ferguson, A.Adams-Tamatea, G.Bell | Revival | - | 8 | 3:46 | Mai Music |
| Jamaica | Link 'n Chain | Blue Skies | P.Williams, T.Douglas, D.Campbell | S.T.O.P. | - | 10 | 3:21 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Israel Vibration | Never Gonna Hurt Me Again | n/a | Live Again! | - | 5 | 3:43 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Mystic Revealers | Stand Up Strong | Anthony Wilmot | Space and Time | - | 7 | 4:15 | RAS |
| India | Trilok Gurtu | Tuhe | T. Gurtu | The Beat of Love | - | 8 | 5:34 | Blue Thumb |
| UK/Africa | Baka Beyond | Wandering Spirit | M.Cradick | East to West | - | 5 | 5:15 | Narada World |
| Bulgaria | The Bulgarian State Radio/TV Female Vocal Choir | Messetchinko Lio | arr. K.Kyurkdjiyski | Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares, V.2 | - | 7 | 3:09 | Nonesuch |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Morocco | Jamshied Sharifi | Ghanima | J.Sharifi | One | Heavy | 7 | 5:23 | Ceres |
| Zaire | Lokua Kanza | Sallé | L.Kanza | African Angels (V) | - | 2 | 3:43 | Amiata |
| Mali | Habib Koite & Bamada | Massake | H.Koite | Afriki | Heavy | 10 | 3:53 | Cumbancha |
| S. Africa | Hugh Masekela | Mamoshaba | H.Masekela | Time | - | 5 | 5:47 | Columbia |
| S. Africa | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Nami Ngaze Ngamthola | J.Shabalala | Two Worlds, One Heart | - | 10 | 3:41 | Warner Bros. |
| Mali | Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orch. | Mamadou Diaby | T.Diabate/Soumaita Kanoute | Boulevard de L'Independance | Light | 7 | 6:43 | World Circuit |
| Zimbabwe | Chiwoniso | Gomo | A.Chisvo, K.Farquharson/M.Kujeke, C.Maraire | Rebel Woman | Medium | 3 | 4:25 | Cumbancha |
| Mali | Tinariwen | Imidiwan Winakalin | Ibrahim ag Alhabib | Aman Iman | Medium | 7 | 4:25 | World Village |
| Niger | Toumast | Amidinine | Moussa Ag Keyna | Ishumar | Light | 9 | 3:44 | Realworld |
| Cuba | Marcos Portillo Dominguez and group | Babaluaiye | Trad. | Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957 (V) | - | 10 | 3:20 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Cuba | Roberto Carcasses | Descargasses | R.Carcasses, P.Terry | Invitation | - | 7 | 4:23 | Velas |