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@sanctuary0630.bsky.social

🚀 Your passport has limits. Music doesn’t.

A Japanese indie artist, a song with no borders, and a world full of ears.

Where are you listening from? 🌏

🎧 “NO BORDERS” — Ryoka Aoi

open.spotify.com/track/3DiIke...

#GlobalMusic #IndieMusic

NO BORDERS

涼花蒼 · BEYOND BORDERS · Song · 2026

open.spotify.com

November 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM

Shahriyar Jamshidi

@dilanensemble.bsky.social

Very pleased to be a part of the Chicago-based World Music Foundation livestream “Together Sessions” event. Many thanks to the executive director of WMF, John Gardner, for having me to present Kurdish #Kamāncha and musical heritage of #Kurdistan.

#GlobalMusic #KurdishMusic #Independentmusician

October 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM

The Family Grave

@thefamilygrave.bsky.social

Thanks to Zeno.fm for including @thefamilygrave.bsky.social as one of their featured artists this week 😍 🎵 👇🏻 👌🏻
#independentmusic
#globalmusic

October 25, 2026 at 10:04 AM

OlyScott 🌧️📷🎙️🐈‍⬛⚽

@olyscott.bsky.social

It's a mixed-up world, so the only reasonable response is a mixed-up radio show featuring music from everywhere (but not all at once).

Listen here: www.mixcloud.com/SpinTheGlobe...

#globalmusic #communityradio #kaos #worldmusic #celebratediversity #grooveglobally

World Music Mix (#1456)

www.mixcloud.com

October 24, 2026 at 12:54 AM

OlyScott 🌧️📷🎙️🐈‍⬛⚽

@olyscott.bsky.social

Spin The Globe observes World Food Day by spinning global songs about food and meals this week. Plus new releases and other great sounds in hour 2.

Listen here:
www.mixcloud.com/SpinTheGlobe...

#diversity #globalmusic #communityradio #worldmusic #worldfoodday #endhunger

Global Songs Of Food (For World Food Day) (#1455)

www.mixcloud.com

October 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM

FookyFBSandcat

@funkypuffin56.bsky.social

A.i. (Ancestral Intelligence)
Short Mix of Indigenous HipHop Artists
#HipHop #GlobalMusic

youtu.be/qJjwnM--wXk?...

A.I. (Ancestral Intelligence) ft. Luanko, Drezus, Mare Advertencia, Renata Flores, & more

YouTube video by International Indigenous Hip-Hop Festival

youtu.be

October 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM

Klebson Santana

@klebson03.bsky.social

youtu.be/7FjUMghU1ds?... #PriscilaSenna #TBTDaMusa #BregaRomântico #Brega #MúsicaBrasileira #YouTubeMusic #BrazilianMusic #BrazilianMusicWorldwide #MusicGlobal #GlobalMusic #MusicLovers #ThrowbackThursday #BregaPernambucano #RainhaDoBrega

Priscila Senna - 15 Anos (Ao Vivo Em Recife) [DVD COMPLETO]

YouTube video by Priscila Senna

youtu.be

October 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM

Ron Majiros

@majiros.substack.com

🏢 GLOBAL WATCH: Radio isn't dead — it's being REBORN outside the US.

While we chase playlists, stations in Brazil, Nigeria, and India still break careers.

A regional hit travels. Do you have a radio strategy anywhere?
#Radio #GlobalMusic #Discovery

October 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM

worldmusiccentral.bsky.social

@worldmusiccentral.bsky.social

Irish Artist Bróna McVittie Reimagines W.B. Yeats with “The Stolen Child”
worldmusiccentral.org/brona-mcvitt...
#worldmusic #globalmusic #celticmusic #irishmusic

an illustration of a woman among plants.

October 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM

worldmusiccentral.bsky.social

@worldmusiccentral.bsky.social

Turkish Psychedelia: BaBa ZuLa Tops World Music Charts Europe for October 2026
worldmusiccentral.org/baba-zula-to...
#worldmusic #globalmusic #turkishmusic

Radiant psychedelic illustration, with sun rays, a tree and mushrooms.

October 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM

worldmusiccentral.bsky.social

@worldmusiccentral.bsky.social

Stella Papalamprou Reaches no. 1 on Transglobal World Music Chart with Protanixin
worldmusiccentral.org/stella-papal...
#worldmusic #globalmusic #greekmusic

An image of Stella ina blue dress inside a warehouse.

October 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM

OlyScott 🌧️📷🎙️🐈‍⬛⚽

@olyscott.bsky.social

It was tough narrowing the new batch of global music down to just two hours, but I did it for you. Diverse sounds from China, Iran, Mali, Taiwan, Madagascar, Vietnam, and beyond.

Listen here:
www.mixcloud.com/SpinTheGlobe...

#worldmusic #globalmusic #communityradio #celebratediversity

A collage of four colorful album covers from the music featured in this radio show, from artsts Jaribu Afrobeat Arkestra, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat, XTX & Ok King, and Seffarine.

October 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM

Gayle Olson

@gocybernaut.bsky.social

Celebrate International Music Day!

Turn up the volume and travel the world through sound. Discover global music, cultures, artists, and radio from around the planet. 🎧

gocybernaut.com/internationa...

#InternationalMusicDay #GlobalMusic

September 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM

Stephen Emmer

@stemmer.bsky.social

For your Grammy consideration:

Asymmetrical Dot by Stephen Emmer.

A unique blend of traditional Indonesian gamelan and contemporary European classical music.

Stream the Best Global Music Album contender via the link in bio

#recordingacademy
#fyc
#asymmetricaldot
#stephenemmer
#globalmusic

September 26, 2026 at 10:25 AM

OlyScott 🌧️📷🎙️🐈‍⬛⚽

@olyscott.bsky.social

As autumn settles in here in the northern hemisphere, STG harvests a cornucopia of #globalmusic about the season.

Listen here:
www.mixcloud.com/SpinTheGlobe...

#communityradio #spintheglobe #autumn

Global Songs of Autumn and Harvests (#1452) by SpinTheGlobe

As autumn settles in here in the northern hemisphere, STG harvests a cornucopia of global music about the season. Visit KAOS radio: http://www.KAOSradio.org Connect with STG: https://www.facebook.co...

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September 26, 2026 at 3:10 AM

Ron Majiros

@majiros.substack.com

🔧 PRO TIP: Your royalties are leaking money — all over the world.

Registrations, PRO signups, distributor splits vary by country. Most indies never collect a cent from overseas plays.

One hour auditing your registrations = free future money.
#Royalties #MusicBusiness #GlobalMusic

September 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM

Ron Majiros

@majiros.substack.com

🏙️ GLOBAL SCENE: Afrobeats is the biggest genre story on the planet.

Nigeria and Ghana went from 'emerging' to setting the global pop tempo.

The lesson? The next big sound rarely comes from L.A. or NYC.

Who outside your city are you listening to?
#Afrobeats #GlobalMusic #Discovery

September 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM