Best 20 World Music Podcasts

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon. more

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, an online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. more

Music of the World is an exploration of diverse and beloved music from all over. Music of the World Live airs first Saturdays of the month and features live music, often Indian classical or sound healing, interviews and a live studio audience from 10-11 AM. more

Radio 5MBS broadcasts World Music Music from all around the world every Wednesday at 7-8pmWorld music is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.World music's inclusive nature and elasticity as a musical category pose obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in Roots magazine's description of the genre as 'local music from out there' more

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Cha-Cha Music Review Podcast is a music review podcast where I get to critique, review, analyze and rate new songs from top African artists on a weekly basis. It also features series like Cha Cha Music Review Series, Cha Cha Album Review Series, Cha Cha Spotlight Series, Cha Cha Let's Talk Music Series, Cha Cha Top 10 Series, and Cha Cha Hitmakers Series. more

Mitch and Robyn Park are a husband-and-wife team who have been going since 1996, playing a weekly program of music from near and far, land and sea, past and present, town and country, with special emphasis on traditional folk songs that tell a story: ballads, shanties, blues, gospel, bluegrass, and contemporary songs of the British Isles, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, in English and Gaelic. more

Conversations and musical interludes with artists, industry professionals and supporters of the Americana/Global Roots Music scene. This podcast is curated by Diana Linn, Member of Folk Alliance International and the Americana Music Association and Host of the Tasty Brew Music Radio show. more

The essential online guide for contemporary music news in India and across the globe...

David Calder presents the music he loves in The Folk Music Hour, to rekindle listeners' interest in acoustic music in the Anglo-American tradition, including NZ folk song, and world folk music such as that heard at WOMAD in New Plymouth's beautiful Brookland's Park. He is a long-standing performer of NZ folk and maintains a love affair with US old-time music nurtured since Doc Watson's LPs first made it to these shores. A natural entertainer since his debut on radio at age six, David thinks radio is the perfect performance medium. more

Commentary, interviews, history and chart data about popular music charts in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other countries around the world. more

Iconic English-language podcast specializing in Brazilian music old and new, on air (and online) since December 2004. Join curators MdC Suingue and Kika Serra in their exploration of Brazil's diversity through its music: from MPB to Tropicalia, from Samba to Soul, from Indie to Choro - always beyond the clichés. All that with a bit of context, a bit of history, a bit of humor thrown in. Enjoy the ride! more

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