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Global Village, Mon.-Fri. 9p.m.
Thistle & Shamrock, Saturday, 8pm
Afropop Worldwide, Saturday, 11pm
KMUW HD2 – The 24-hour music service, which features Global Village serval times a day weekdays. Friday is ‘World Music Day’ with more music and shows,  including The Putumayo World Music Hour and ‘The Global Village Top 30,’ highlighting the latest and best world music new releases being played on Global Village.

Online Resources

World Music Central -- One of the most extensive sites online for world music news and information.
Global Rhythm -- Website for this world music magazine offers information, music, and news.
Afropop -- Website for popular public radio show has additional information and resources on African and African-related music.
National Geographic World Music
Mondomix  -- Website in several languages, including English, with music, articles and other resources.

Magazines

Global Rhythm
-- A magazine devoted to world music.
Dirty Linen -- A folk magazine with extensive world music coverage. 
Sing Out!  -- A folk magazine that regularly covers world music.
fRoots and Songlines -- Two U.K. based world music magazines. 
Latin Beat -- Focuses on Latin music. 
The Beat -- Reggae, African and African-related music.
          
Books

GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS ABOUT WORLD MUSIC
Rough Guide to World Music

The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to World Music 
Musichound World: The Essential Album Guide
The Dictionary of Global Culture  

BOOKS ABOUT LATIN MUSIC
Latin Jazz: The Perfect Combination
Cuban Fire: The Story of Salsa and Latin Jazz
Tropicana Nights
The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond
 Black Music of Two Worlds: African, Caribbean, Latin and African-American Traditions
Latin Jazz: The First of the Fusions – 1880s to Today
The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin Music on the United States
Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music In New York
The Rough Guide to Latin: 100 Essential CDs
Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
The Rough Guide to Cuban Music
Afro-Cuban Jazz

Where To Find World Music

World Music Network
CDRoots --An extensive inventory of hard to find world music imports.
Descarga -- One of the best sites for Latin music of all kinds.
Dusty Groove  -- Specializing primarily in soul and funk, but also offering an interesting range of Latin, Brazilian, reggae and “Global Groove” titles.

Not Finding It Here?

Try Googling the name of an artist or style or ‘music of…’ with the name of a country or region and you’ll bring up a host of sites with more information. Many artists also offer CDs directly through their own websites.

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