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Spin The Globe

Live Locally, Groove Globally

About Me

I'm a world music radio program heard every Friday on KAOS-fm, Olympia Community Radio broadcasting at 89.3 FM and streaming live via www.kaosradio.org . DJ Earball started broadcasting at KAOS in 1998, making Spin The Globe one of the station's longest running shows, and a hub for world music fans to get information on new releases and upcoming events.
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Spin The Globe airs Fridays from 10am-noon Pacific Time, and the Spin The Globe website features CD and show reviews, cultural info, a concert calendar, and links to free mp3s.
dj earball also shares world music info & tunes via the SoundRoots.org blog
To submit your music for consideration on Spin The Globe, send your CD(s) and bio material to:
Spin The Globe - World Music Director
KAOS 89.3 FM
CAB 301, TESC
Olympia WA 98505 USA

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Where Spin The Globe / SoundRoots fans are from:

My Interests

global music, culture, religions, traditions, food; progressive politics; thoughtful conversation; exploring the natural world; photography; interviewing; audio production.

I'd like to meet:

world music promoters, fans, musicians, journalists cultural visionaries, and the spiritually minded

Music:

Global sounds, from Algerian Rai to Tuvan throat-singing to Zimbabwean mbira. Plus great pop, funk, jazz, and any fine instrumental music. Plus other new discoveries from SoundRoots.org

Books:

The Rough Guide to World Music
Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World by Bart Plantenga
Raga Mala: The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar
The Drumcafe's Traditional Music of South Africa by Laurie Levine
Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Songcatchers: In Search of the World's Music by Mickey Hart

Heroes:

Alan Lomax, Fela Kuti, Octavia Butler, Hanuman, Charlie Gillett, Mary Baker Eddy, Nelson Mandela, Miles Horton...

My Blog

World Music Top 10, September 2008

Here's the SoundRoots / Spin The Globe Top 10 World Music Albums chart for September 2008. The Brazil-meets-Klezmer album Legends of the Preacher hits 1 this month, followed closely by Chicago-based B...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:50:00 PST

Music of the Caribbean + Kobo Town interview

Playlist for Spin the Globe on radio KAOS20 June 2008For the summer solstice we took a Caribbean vacation... one for your ears if not your body (archive link is ...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:42:00 PST

Playlist: June Top 10 with Emmanuel Jal at 1

Playlist for Spin The Globe on radio KAOS13 June 2008This week's show features highlights from our favorite new global CDs (for more info on the albums, check o...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:50:00 PST

World Music Live - Spin The Globe playlist 6 June 2008

World Music Recorded Live - Spin The Globe playlist6 June 2008Artist - Song - Album hour 1 Oliver Mtukudzi - Hear Me Lord - Shanda ...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:13:00 PST

World Music Top 10, June 2008

SoundRoots / Spin The Globe Top 10 World Music Albums - May 2008 1. Emmanuel Jal: Warchild 2. various artists: Bollywood ...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:24:00 PST

Serbia Meets Sudan - STG playlist 30 May 2008

Spin the Globe Playlist30 May 2008We paired up a couple of politically troublesome but musically rich locations this week, alternating music from Serbia and Sudan in the first hour of the show, and mo...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Sat, 31 May 2008 10:56:00 PST

World Music Top 10, May 2008 - STG Playlist 23 May 2008

Spin The Globe Playlist23 May 2008This week's show featured selections from our favorite global releases for May 2008. You'll see them counted down at the top of the playlist, followed by other new re...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:53:00 PST

Spin The Globe news - 22 May 08

Spin the Globe: Live Locally, Groove GloballyFridays 10-noon (Pacific) on KAOS 89.3 FM Olympia, and streaming live==================================================THIS FRIDAY ON SPIN THE GLOBE: This ...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:05:00 PST

Favorite World Music Albums of 2007

Spin The Globe/SoundRootsFavorite World Music Albums of 2007The Top 101. Kobo Town: IndependenceIt may have come out in 2006, but I discovered this in 2007 and can't pry my ears away from it. Great, c...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:51:00 PST

Top 10 World Music Albums - November 2007

SoundRoots / Spin The GlobeTop 10 World Music Albums - November 20071. Shantel: Disco Partizani!Germany's Balkan beatmeister shines on this infectious party album.2. various artists: Rough Guide to La...
Posted by Spin The Globe on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:32:00 PST