Marco Werman and The World's studio director, April Peavey, share their favorite albums from 2014.
These are the songs played between segments on The World for July 17, 2014
These are the tunes played on The World for Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
These are the tunes played between reports on The World for May 8, 2014.
Here are the songs played between segments on The World for Friday, December 20, 2013.
Marco Werman had the chance to speak with Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who had landed from Mali's capital Bamako just three days earlier. Like most of her musical colleagues back home right now, music takes a backseat to the daily concerns of war.