The tunes played between segments on The World for May 16, 2014 include:
SONG: Estrenando
ARTIST: La Chiva Gantiva
CD TITLE: Vivo
CD LABEL: Crammed Discs
SONG: Alma Vacia
ARTIST: Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
CD TITLE: The Offense of the Drum
CD LABEL: Motema
SONG: Shango Wa
ARTIST: Angelique Kidjo
CD TITLE: Eve
CD LABEL: 429 Records
And a grad student from Berklee College of Music told us how he got to play for Jimmy Page at his commencement ceremony. So, I found this funky dub version of Kashmir and played it as a cutaway.
SONG: Kashmir
ARTIST: Vitamin Dub
CD TITLE: Dub Tribute to Led Zeppelin
CD LABEL: Vitamin Records
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