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Music without borders!
Global Odyssey is about music without borders. Music without borders refers not only to music without regard to the political boundaries of present-day nations but also to the restrictions placed on traditional world music shows. Each Global Odyssey show is completely different from the previous one, reflecting a tapestry of constantly-changing threads of music from all corners of the world. Typically, there is a set of music of a spotlight artist for each week; often an in-depth exploration of a different topic (genre of music, country of origin, etc.) is included. New and recent releases from around the music world are also featured, often by little-known musicians who are rarely heard in the US.
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Modern Bands: Dengue Fever (Los Angeles), The Cambodian Space Project (Australia) Anthologies of ’60’s-’70’s Khmer Rock: Cambodian Rocks (1974), Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia (2010), Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia (2014), Cambodian Soul Sounds, vol. 2- The Rock Tapes (2015), Cambodian Nuggets (2019) Online/ modern reissues: The Cambodian Vintage Music Archive Inc […]
Musicinafrica.net is a clearinghouse of music, particularly of Subsaharan Africa run by a non-profit organization. It includes playlists of various genres and regions with links to YouTube videos, etc. Watanmusic.com is a commercial website and mobile app for exploring music by and for Afghanis Hotpress.com is a website dedicated to Irish culture which posts a […] […]
Hello! This is Craig from Global Odyssey. Join me Christmas Day for a special show 10 AM-1 PM. Instead of the traditional large Christmas gathering at home, let KYRS be your holiday gathering! I will be doing an eclectic music mix with an emphasis on Celtic music and will be encouraging everyone listening to call […] […]
A question arose regarding the origin of the music I played labelled as by Umoja. This is due to the multiple uses of this term over time. On wikipedia the only musical reference to Umoja is a recording in 2006 by the Dutch rock band Blof and while this looks interesting it is not what […] […]
Show Playlists
Spotlight: second of two part series on the roots of MPB (Brazilian pop) […]
Spotlight: roots of MPB (Brazilian pop) part 1: Samba, Bossa Nova and Jovem Guarda […]
Spotlight artist Ahmed Al-Fatlawi […]
Spotlight artist Asha Puthli plus dub music […]
Spotlight artist: Quincy Jones! […]
Spotlight: Dreams & Dreamers! […]
Spotlight artist: Jimmy Cliff plus 1st Nations music! […]
Special Hispanic Heritage Month show […]
Spotlight: New release “Chain of Light” by Nusrat Fath’ Ali Khan and Party plus Salsa Dance Party! […]
Spotlight artist Ezra Collective plus Eastern European Post-punk revival! […]
Spotlight: Rodrigo y Gabriela’s Echoes live! Plus global reggae […]
Spotlight artist Breabach plus The Latin Shade of Soul! […]
Spotlight artist: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard! Plus downtempo electronica from the Indian subcontinent! […]
Amapiano 2024! […]
Spotlight: Fela Kuti & Afrika 70’s 1972 release Shakara! […]
Spotlight artist CéU plus new releases in Latin Jazz […]
Spotlight artist John Mayall plus Italian New Wave from the 1980’s! […]
Spotlight artist Enrique Iglesias plus a look at Sertanejo, the “Country” music of Brazil […]
One hour “zen” show post extended coverage of RNC convention […]
Spotlight artist: Amadou & Mariam […]
Spotlight artist BTS plus electronica mashup! […]
Spotlight artist: Peter Tosh plus psychedelic cumbia! […]
Spotlight artist: Baka Beyond plus music of Israel and Palestine! […]
Spotlight: music from all eras/ genres “dedicated” by the songwriter to someone else! […]
Spotlight artist Maria Gadú plus Jamaican Soul! […]
Spotlight: New wave of indigenous Taiwanese artists! […]
Spotlight artist: Christine and the Queens. Plus Pacific reggae and “sun-ny” music! […]
Spotlight artist: Indonesia’s Payung Teduh/ Parade Hujan plus global ska! […]
Spotlight artist: Flower Travellin’ Band plus funk and jazz from Lebanon! […]
Spotlight artist: Susheela Raman plus music for Walpurgisnacht/ Beltane and “around the world at 120 beats per minute”!! […]
Spotlight artist Khrungbin plus Japanese Trip-Hop!!! […]
Spotlight artist The Specials plus Khmer rock then and now! […]
Spotlight artist Aya Nakamura plus “International Guitar Hero” and current Amapiano hits! […]
Spotlight artist Cesária Évora plus “Latin ska”! Last Friday show before moving to Tuesday evening, join me there! […]
Spotlight artist: Gaby Moreno plus: unappreciated and underrated women in music […]
Irish music of all genres for St. Patrick’s Day! […]
Spotlight artist: Thomas Mapfumo plus classical music from India/ Jazz fusion! […]
Spotlight artist: DakhaBrakha plus Anatolian psych-rock revival! […]
Spotlight artist: Bob Marley & the Wailers plus music for Black History Month and Global Punk Rock! […]
Spotlight artist: Yahritzia y su Esencia plus Coupé-décalé DJ set! […]
Spotlight artist: Cal Tjader plus “Carnival in Port of Spain”- Soca music from Trinidad […]
Spotlight artist: Pagan Folk band from Germany Faun! Plus a look at Boogaloo (Latin Soul fusion music from NYC in the late 1960’s) […]
Spotlight artist: Márcio Local! Plus: Dancehall and Reggae jam for a winter’s day! […]
The Roots of Naija Music: Nigerian Musical Diversity in the 1970’s and 80’s […]
Spotlight artist Cheb Mami […]
Spotlight artist: Carlos Lyra plus 3/4 time signature music for 12/31/23 (i.e. 123, 123)! […]
Spotlight artist: music programmer Quantic! Plus, new releases from Kenya […]
Spotlight artist: Linda Ronstadt plus contemporary music of the Sami people! […]
Spotlight artist: 3 musical groups all known as “Amarok”! Plus Chicago blues from the 1970’s […]
Spotlight artist contemporary Irish folk band Lankum plus Progressive rock then and now and music from Barranquilla, Colombia! […]
Spotlight artist Stonebwoy plus music of Brazil and new releases in Salsa! […]
Spotlight artist Ibrahim Maalouf plus Siren Jams from South Auckland New Zealand and Global Funk! […]
Spotlight artist Carmen Rizzo plus music from Ghana! […]
Internet-only show […]
Spotlight artist: X Japan! Plus electronica from the 1980’s […]
Spotlight artist: Burkina Faso percussion and dance troupe Farafina Plus Central Asian Folk Metal! […]
Spotlight artist: Dengue Fever. Plus Dancehall part 1: ’80’s-90’s […]
Spotlight: The album Siembra then (1978) and now: the most popular salsa album revisited. Plus: Hawaiian slack key guitar and Celtic rock!! […]
Spotlight on K-Pop! […]
Spotlight artist: Antonio Carlos Jobim plus recent releases in Mexican rock! […]
Spotlight artist Juan Campodónico […]
Spotlight artist: Brenda Fassie plus music al history of bachata […]
Spotlight artist Mon Laferte plus “focus on música brasileira” and summer mix G.O. style! […]
Spotlight artist: TEKE::TEKE plus duets featuring Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga and a set of roots reggae! […]
Spotlight artist: Bebel Gilberto plus Panamanian soul and funk from the ’60-70’s and global hard rock! […]
Happy Bastille Day! French and Francophone music from around the world […]
Spotlight artist: Christina Aguilera […]
Spotlight artist: Bruce Cockburn plus adventures in 3/4 time! […]
Spotlight artist: Grammy winner Kabaka Pyramid […]
Spotlight artist: Dungen plus musical offspring of famous fathers for Fathers’ Day […]
Spotlight artist: Tanghetto. Plus some not-so-Zen New Age music […]
Hour one: Contemporary music from Indigenous Taiwanese artists Hour two: Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot plus Brazilian House music […]
Spotlight artist: Palestinian/ Israeli electronic duo Zenobia’s new EP Warriors Never Die Plus: songs with women’s names in the title and a look at modern kulintang music […]
Cinco de Mayo show!!! […]
Spotlight artist Katzenjammer plus a set of various shades of cumbia! […]
Spotlight artist: the legendary singer’/guitarist from Senegal Baaba Maal; plus recently released singles of Soca music from Trinidad […]
Special Spring Fund Drive show: International covers and requests! […]
Special show for Spring Fund Drive: all songs about money! […]
Spotlight Artist Karol G plus new releases in amapiano! […]
Pre-April Fools Day April Fools Day show! […]
Spotlight artist Gaye Su Akyol plus music for Women’s History Month and music of Spring […]
Spotlight artist Barão Vermelho plus Irish rock/pop/ alternative […]
Spotlight artists: Colombia electro-pop with Ela Minus and Lucrecia Dalt Plus music of the rainbow and a look at the genre of Zouglou! […]
Spotlight artist Tommy Emmanuel plus new releases from South Africa […]
Spotlight artist: Finnish musician Islaja plus Anatolian rock then and now […]
Spotlight: “Possessiveness and Jealousy” […]
Spotlight artist: La Lupe plus surf rock then and now! […]
Spotlight artist: Idris Elba plus a mash up of flute music with new releases from Croatia […]
Spotlight artist Manu Chao plus new releases of the East African genre of Bongo Flava […]
Spotlight artist: Taiwan’s Abao plus a musical exploration of “saudade” […]
Pre- New Years Eve Dance Party! 💃🕺🏻 […]
Spotlight Artist: Gotan Project plus music for the winter solstice, tango and more […]
Spotlight artist: Colombian cumbia/ folk singer Totó La Momposina; plus music about “mamas” […]
Spotlight artist: timba music by Havana D’Primera plus a set of ska/ roots reggae […]
Spotlight artist: Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant plus songs of “thanks, gracias, grazie, takk, mesi….” […]
Spotlight artist: Afro=Peruvian music by Novalima plus dark Nordic folk […]
Spotlight artist Yma Sumac plus music from the state of New Jersey […]
Spotlight Artist Gilberto Gil plus Roots Reggae set […]
Spotlight Artist Ana Tijoux plus modern klezmer/ Roma/ Balkan mashup […]
Spotlight Artist: Kali Uchis Plus rock music from India […]
Spotlight artist Cesária Évora plus Irish Soul […]
Spotlight Artist Brazilian pop star Luan Santana plus City Pop old and new from Japan and 3 African songs each called Thank You Mr. DJ. Show marks two years of Global Odyssey on KYRS […]
Spotlight Artist: The Monophonics plus new Ukrainian rock/ 1970’s rock mashup! […]
Spotlight Artist: A. R. Rahman’s music of Bollywood plus music of the 9’s and Mambo! […]
Spotlight Artist: Argentinean rock band Babasónicos plus recent Sertanejo releases […]
Spotlight: Music from Saharan Cellphones/ Whatsapp plus Global Soul […]
Spotlight Artist: Terror/ Cactus plus “Invocation of the Rain”. Global Odyssey show #100! […]
Spotlight artist: Ghanaian Afro-soul vocalist Gyakie plus global rock music […]
Spotlight Artist: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra plus breaking down Mambo and Cha-Cha-Cha and Nu Disco from Brazil! […]
Spotlight: Second of two part look at Live at WOMAD 1982 […]
Spotlight artist: Tim Maia plus amapiano from South Africa […]
Global Summer Beach Party!! […]
Spotlight artist: Bedouin Burger plus music of Ghanaian diaspora […]
Spotlight artist Dead Can Dance plus global soul and music of la resistencia […]
Spotlight: Part 1 of concert recording “Live at WOMAD 1982” plus more covers […]
Spotlight Artist Cheb Khaled plus new releases and new global electronic music […]
Spotlight Artist: Oumou Sangaré plus Piseiro music from Bahia, Brazil […]
Spotlight Artist: Spain’s Amparanoia plus music for Africa Day and Global funk and disco […]
Spotlight Artist: Korean rock band HYUKOH plus a tour of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran and “Songs for Maria” […]
Spotlight: Part 2/2 of Music of Japan […]
Spotlight: Music of Japan part 1 of 2 […]
Spotlight Artist La Dame Blanche plus music from Africa […]
Spotlight Artist: Carlos Santana featuring on other artist’s albums plus part one of two part series on new music from Nigeria and a set of “Fool”-ish music for April first. […]
Covers show for Spring Fund Drive […]
A brief history of global music in America for Spring Fund Drive: 1942-1980 […]
Spotlight Artist Caetano Veloso plus reggae covers of popular music and 2021 Global music Grammy winners […]
Spotlight Artist: Combo Chimbita plus new releases from Ireland and a set of contemporary Ukrainian music […]
Spotlight Artist Baris Manço plus the story of the genre of Boogaloo and second of two part series of new music from Nigeria […]
Spotlight artist: Rolia Koné plus music from Central Asia […]
Spotlight Artist: Argentinian Daniel Melingo plus music of Palestine […]
Spotlight Artist: Yungchen Lhamo plus Plena music of Puerto Rico and “Give Peace a Chance” in co-operation with the European Broadcast Union […]
Spotlight artist: Seattle’s Mer-Ka-Ba plus contemporary Ukrainian music […]
Spotlight Artist Afro-Cuban French duo Ibeyi […]
Spotlight: music covers from the 1959 movie Black Orpheus plus music of Syria […]
Spotlight artist: Son Rompe Pera plus music of Colombia […]
Spotlight Artist: Kikagaku Moyo plus indie rock from Jordan and sampling of Manu Chao’s Me Gustas Tu […]
Spotlight Artist: Tony Allen plus music of Ethiopia […]
Spotlight Artist: Zuco 103 plus two songs named Khwaab […]
Spotlight Artist: ONUKA plus “Battle of the Bands” Jordan vs. Chile […]
Spotlight: Fela Kuti, Africa ’70 and Ginger Baker Live! 1971 Plus: two versions of Tito Puente’s Ran Kan Kan and new released from around the world […]
New Year’s Eve Dance Party […]
(Mostly) Celtic Community Christmas Show […]
Spotlight Artist Katchafire plus music for the season of mercy […]
Spotlight artist Han Han plus music of Cape Verde and “C’est la vie” […]
Spotlight Artist Bareto plus “Familiar melodies in unfamiliar settings” […]
Spotlight Artist: Buffy Sainte-Marie plus Hawaiian slack-key guitar music […]
Spotlight Artist: Irina Mikhailova plus traditional music of the Andes and electronic kulintang music […]
Spotlight Artist Marilia Mendonça and Patroas […]
Spotlight artist Los Fabulosos Cadillacs plus Soca music from Trinidad […]
Spotlight: Axé music from Bahia state of Brazil plus “Musica del Diablo” […]
Spotlight Artist Pink Martini […]
Spotlight Artist Susana Baca plus “Battle of the Bands Japan vs. Argentina” […]
Spotlight Artist A.R. Rahman plus world jazz music […]
Spotlight Artist: Johnny Clegg plus Sicodelia (Psych rock from Chile) and Punk rock from China […]
First anniversary; new releases/ world dance music […]
Spotlight artist: The Skatalites plus rock battle Norway vs Mexico and Folk- electronica from Argentina […]
Spotlight Artist: Fulanito plus Amapiano music from South Africa and beyond […]
Spotlight Artist: Lee “Scratch” Perry plus music of Brazil […]
Spotlight Artist: Eddie Palmieri […]
Spotlight Artist: Fatoumata Diawara […]
Spotlight Artist: Steel Pulse […]
Spotlight: music associated with Royal Chicano Air Force […]
Spotlight Artist: Altin Gun […]
Spotlight Artist: Hedi Mojtahedy plus world soul music and world new releases […]
Spotlight Artist: Lucky Dube plus the music of Cumbia! […]
Spotlight artist: Helado Negro plus “cool” music from around the world […]
Spotlight Artist: Anoushka Shankar […]
Spotlight Artist: Issa Bagayogo plus music of Lebanon […]
Spotlight Artists: alternative rock from Poland (De Press) and South Africa (Blk Jks) […]
Spotlight Artist: Selena plus Music from Spain and global guitar music […]
Spotlight Artist Niyaz plus music from East Asia and East Asian diaspora […]
Spotlight Artists: La India & Naiara Azevedo plus Mongolian Folk Metal and Road to the Western Lands […]
Spotlight Artist- Talvin Singh plus music of Finland […]
Spotlight Artist: Milton Nascimento plus new Dancehall releases […]
Spotlight Artist Tinariwen plus Nuevo Flamenco from Spain […]
Spotlight Artist Orishas plus worldwide dub music […]
Spotlight Artist Astor Piazzola plus Latin Dance Party! […]
Spotlight: Nusrat Fat’h Ali Khan plus music from Japan […]
Spotlight Artist Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca. Also new Arabic language music […]
Spotlight Artist: Zap Mama. Plus Brazilian female vocalists […]
Spotlight artist: Seun Kuti plus French pop/ rock […]
Spotlight Artist: Bunny Wailer plus new releases by Hispanic women […]
Spotlight Artist: Afro-Celt Sound System plus music from Turkey […]
Spotlisht: Johnny Pacheco plus rock/ pop from India Listen to show below […]
Spotlight: Chick Corea plus Reggae […]
Spotlight Artist: Sibongile Khumalo plus Pagode from Brazil This program can now be downloaded, follow link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p_hPpX7uKzxyLJ1PkRLTJCiO1CFm93i9/view?usp=sharing […]
Spotlight Artist: Pete Rodriquez. Also world-wide Afrobeat and related […]
Spotlight: Buju Banton […]
Spotlight: Salif Keita. Also neo-tango […]
Spotlight feature: covers by Angelique Kidjo […]
New Years Dance Party! […]
Community Christmas Show […]