Run List Al compás del mundo #210, 12-4-25 - African instrumental music 01 Diely Moussa Kouyate - Bamananke (Guinea) 02 Francis Bebey - Easter (Cameroon) 03 Mohamed Saïdou Sow - Kor-Soumayé (Guinea) 04 Lemaditsy - Talily (Madagascar) 05 Dumisani Maraire & Ephat Mujuru - Chemutengure (Zimbabwe) 06 Hafez Abdu ar-Rahman - an-Nekri wa ash-Shajan (Sudan) 07 Ballake Sissoko - Sy (Mali) 08 Haja - Te Hody (Madagascar) 09 Keletigui Diabaté - Koulandian (Mali) 10 Celestine Ukwu and his Philosophers National - Okwukwe Na Nchekwube (Nigeria) 11 Johannesburg Street Band - Thimlela (South Africa) 12 Grand Papa Diabaté - Lamban (Guinea) 13 Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew (Ethiopia) 14 Mory Kante - Woloukoro (Guinea) I’m ready to admit to thirty seconds of consternation in naming this week’s show. Is “African” sufficiently precise? Am I guilty, like so many, of designating the continent as a single entity – as in “Places I’d like to visit include Paris, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Africa...” Would I ...

  Al compás del mundo is a multi-cultural radio program on streaming platform Radioactiva.TX out of Tequisquiapan, Mexico. And when I say “multi-cultural” I mean what I say! In the program’s Spanish language intro I point out “You never know what you’re going to hear.” In an effort to feature something different every week, past programs include music from Colombia, Black and White blues, psychedelia, jazz and complements, bluegrass-folk, 1950’s rock ‘n roll, the music of French speakers, South and North Africa, Cuba, Eastern Europe, New Orleans sounds, Latin American protest music, the British rock invasion, Palestinian and Arab music, and much etc. When I don’t focus on a particular region or style, I will throw out a potpourri of everything under the sun. In short, eclectic is the byword.  List for show #209, 11-27-25 - Iran and Kurdistan Today’s program will present an hour’s worth of the music of Iran (Persia and Iran are synonymous and each has ancient historic roots.) I...