| In the first hour, we get an early preview of Ottawa summer sounds. These bands are all coming to Bluesfest. Mekrurya and Eshete are coming as part of an Ethiopiques tribute band. |
| Budos Rising The Budos Band - The Budos Band II - Daptone |
| Scorpion The Budos Band - The Budos Band II - Daptone |
| Negus Negast The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun - Strut 
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| Shellela Getatchew Mekurya - Ethiopiques Volume 14: Negus Of Ethiopian Sax - Buda |
| Yeweyn Haregitu Alemayehu Eshete - Ethiopiques Volume 9: Alemayehu Eshete - Buda |
| Yesew Bet Yesew New Alemayehu Eshete - Ethiopiques Volume 9: Alemayehu Eshete - Buda |
| Ladon Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula - Sub Pop |
| Amy Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula - Sub Pop |
| Ungudi Wele Wele Konono No. 1 - Congotronics - Crammed Discs |
| Coming Buddha Yat Kha - Tuva Rock |
| Second hour: odds and ends |
| Su Determinu Tenores de Oniferi - Polyphonic Singing From Sardinia |
| The Same Blood Tony Allen - Afrobeat ...No Go Die - Shanachie |
| Lullaby For Lagos The Whitefield Brothers - Earthology - Stones Throw |
| Live it Up Sila and the Afrofunk Experience - Black President |
| Salome I.K. Dairo And His Blue Spots - Ashiko |
| Africa Pharoah Sanders - Africa - Timeless |
| Ud Taksim; Mevlevi Ayin The Necdet Yasar Ensemble - Music of Turkey |
| In the final hour, we look at the new releases in Smithsonian Folkway's Music of Central Asia Series. Volume 7 contains music from Uzbekistan and northern Tajikistan, Volume 8 features the Kronos Quartet with Afghan and Azerbaijiani musicians, and volume 9 showcases virtuosic rubab and santur, as played by Homayun Sakhi and Rahul Sharma. |
| Dhun: Misra Kirwani Homayun Sakhi - Music of Central Asia Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Qashlarin Kamandir Kronos Quartet - Music of Central Asia Vol. 8: Rainbow - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Ranoni Gördim Farhod Davletov - Music of Central Asia Vol. 7: In the Shrine of the Heart - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Qushtar Sirojiddin Juraev - Music of Central Asia Vol. 7: In the Shrine of the Heart - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Eh Dilbari Jononim Nodira Pirmatova - Music of Central Asia Vol. 7: In the Shrine of the Heart - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Raga Kirwani Homayun Sakhi - Music of Central Asia Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur - Smithsonian Folkways |
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