| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 27 December 2008 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| Senegal | Baaba Maal | Fanta | B.Maal | Mi Yeewnii | - | 6 | 4:20 | Palm |
| Senegal | Orchestra Baobab | Jirim | N.Dieng, arr. B.Attisso | Made In Dakar | Medium | 9 | 4:48 | World Circuit |
| S. Africa | Miriam Makeba | Mas Que Nada | J.Menezes | Reflections | - | 4 | 3:17 | Heads Up |
| Zimbabwe | Chiwoniso | Nerudo | C.Maraire, I.Hillman, K.Farquharson/C.Maraire | Rebel Woman | Medium | 10 | 4:21 | Cumbancha |
| USA | Alisa Fineman | Mah Gadlu | Trad./A.Fineman | Closing the Distance | - | 8 | 3:43 | Cup of Kindness |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian State Radio & TV Female Vocal Choir | Erghen Diado | Trad. | Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares | - | 8 | 2:50 | Nonsuch Explorer |
| Finland | Ulla Pirttjarvi | ruossa eanan | Trad. | ruossa eanan | - | 5 | 3:45 | atrium |
| USA | Burning Sky | Native Funk | A.White, M.Bannister, K.Bizahaloni | A Native American Odyssey (V) | - | 5 | 4:11 | Putumayo |
| USA | Human Contact | Electric Zikr | n/a | Galactic Agents | - | 5 | 4:39 | New Earth |
| Algeria | Toumast | Ammilana | Moussa Ag Keyna | Ishumar | Light | 4 | 5:11 | Realworld |
| Peru | Inti-Illimani | La Indiferencia | H.Salinas, P.Manns | Amar de Nuevo | - | 4 | 3:47 | Xenophile |
| Cuba | Roberto Fonseca | Clandestino | R.Fonseca | Zamazu | Light | 3 | 4:42 | Enja |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Brasil | Rosa Passos | Altos E Baixos | Suely Costa/Aldir Blanc | Romance | Heavy | 9 | 5:07 | Telarc |
| Brasil | Gilberto Gil | Marina | Dorival Caymmi | Realce | - | 5 | 4:16 | WEA Latina |
| Brasil | Suba | Voce Gosta | Suba | Sao Paulo Confessions | - | 2 | 4:21 | Six Degrees |
| Belize | Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective | Gaganbadiba | L.Agustine, A.Palacio, J.Duran | Watina | Light | 6 | 4:19 | Cumbancha |
| USA | Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban | Mambo Sinuendo | Ry Cooder, Juachim Cooder, Manuel Galban | Mambo Sinuendo | - | 6 | 2:29 | Perro Verde |
| Jamaica | Bunny Wailer | Rasta Dub | Bunny Wailer | Dubd'sco | - | 6 | 3:25 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Josey Wales | Le'go Me Hand Gate Man | n/a | Outlaw | - | 9 | 3:56 | Live & Learn |
| Jamaica | Black Uhuru | Bassline | Derrick Simpson | Mystical Truth | - | 2 | 3:47 | Mesa |
| Jamaica | Charlie Chaplin | Promise Land | C.Chaplin, F.Holt, D.Pinckney | Old & New Testament | - | 2 | 3:31 | RAS |
| Mali | Habib Koite & Bamada | N'tesse | H.Koite | Afriki | Heavy | 2 | 4:31 | Cumbancha |
| Mali/Germany | Cissoko + Goetze | Bouba | Ablaye Cissoko | Sira | - | 7 | 5:14 | Obliqsound |
| Congo | Faya Tess & Lokua Kanza | Bana | F.Tess | Acoustic Africa (V) | - | 6 | 3:38 | Putumayo |