The tunes played between segments on The World for August 19, 2014 include:
SONG: Chant of Ages
ARTIST: Zebrina
CD TITLE: Hamidbar Medaber
CD LABEL: Tzadik Records
Reporter Alina Simone wanted us to hear this Soviet love song after her piece about the online dating adventures of Anya Ulinich:
SONG: Весна на Заречной улице
ARTIST: Unknown
From the 1956 Soviet film Vesna Na Zarechnoy Ulitse (Spring on Zarechnaya Street)
SONG: Mine, Mines
ARTIST: Chulius & The Filarmonico
CD TITLE: Shorts and Sandals
CD LABEL: Nacional Records
SONG: Boulkassoumbougou
ARTIST: Benyoro
CD TITLE: Benyoro
CD LABEL: Benyoro
The World is an independent newsroom. We’re not funded by billionaires; instead, we rely on readers and listeners like you. As a listener, you’re a crucial part of our team and our global community. Your support is vital to running our nonprofit newsroom, and we can’t do this work without you. Will you support The World with a gift today? Donations made between now and Dec. 31 will be matched 1:1. Thanks for investing in our work!