Selected features by Tom on PRI’s The World, National Public Radio, and the BBC:

Rosalia de Souza

Afro Latin via Cotonou

Maraca

Haya (China)

Nguye Lê

Sa Ding Ding

Souad Massi

Tito Puente

Roberto Fonseca
Roberto Occhipinti
Dhafer Youssef
Pomegranates & Raks Raks Raks (pre-revolutionary Iranian rock)
Sense of Wonder (review of Pakistani “Lollywood” soundtracks)
Natacha Atlas
Tito Puente
Tito Rodriguez
Issac Delgado
Yma Sumac
Lokua Kanza
Yeahwon Shin
Baaba Maal

Eric Whitacre