| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| Show Start | Talk | |||
| Dead Can Dance [New Zealand, Ireland] | Anastasis | Anastasis | Pias | |
| Niyaz [USA, Iran] | Mazaat | Sumud | Six Degrees | |
| Nneka [Nigeria, Germany] | Still I Rise | Soul is HEavy | www.deconrecords.com | |
| Balkan Beat Box [USA] | Money | Give | www.natgeomusic.net | |
| Urban Tuban [Sweden] | Rollin' and Tumblin' | Urban Turban | Silence | |
| Seth Augustus [Bay Area] | Veil Drop | Incarnation Blues | www.sethaugustus.com | |
| Hanggai [Mongolia, China] | Gobi Road | he Who Travels Far | 4Q World Connection | |
| Meklit & Quinn [Ethiopia, USA] | Neighborhood #1 | Meklit & Quinn | PFR | |
| Tlahoun Gessesse [Ethiopia] | Sema | The Very Best of Ethiopiques | Manteca | |
| Orchestre Super Borgon de Parakou [Benin] | Wegne' Nda M'banda [Bariba Soul] | Analog Africa #11 - The Bariba Sound | Analog Africa | |
| Toumast [Niger] | Ikalane Wlegh (these countries are not mine) | Ishumar | Ryko | |
| Fatoumata Diawara [Mali] | Kanou | Fatou | World Circuit | |
| Staff Benda Bilili [Congo] | You've Done the Wrong Thing | Bouge Le Monde | Crammed Discs | |
Playlist: Music of the World with Stephen Kent for August 30, 2012 - 11:00am
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