Hackney Globe Trotter

In his weekly show on SOAS Radio, Russ Jones plays a world beat mix up, covering everything from Cumbia to Soukous, gypsy , latin hip hop, reggaeton, dubstep, raverton, afro beats, vintage classics and beyond.

A proper mix, fix up globe trotting selection for today's show. Music from all over and covering all bases. From modal to raver, jump blues to rocksteady, cumbia, ragga, boogie, brazilian, kuduro, afro and soul. A celebration a great music new, old and international .

Brazil, Solomon islands, Amsterdam, Tibet, Peru, Colombia, Nigeria, Cuba, Benin, Bristol and Brighton. Hackney Globe Trotter takes an 'around the houses' musical excursion from exotic to tropical with a little bit of raver. It's all good.

Big tropical selection today with new and vintage cumbia, 3ball, champeta, chica reggae and new music from Cuba. Plus tunes from Turkey, Cambodia, Mali and Palestine.

HGT radio is 'Uptown Top Ranking' in a dubbed out style and fashion for another show of Otherworldly beats, grooves and songs. Including new music from Prince fatty, The Pyramids, Dub Colossus Makina del Karibe, Joyce and more. A one hour round the world from Hackney and back musical odyssey.

Play a song or two for you - It's the HGT show and the usual, unusual world, ghetto, jazz, dancehall, soul, raver, latino, afro 1 hour musical selection straight from the streets of Hackney to the world wide web

2012 Here we go for the brand new all live Wednesday afternoons at SOAS Radio. A big selection as always for the HGT show from tropical to dub to cumbia to Iranian pop with a few ravers, vintage classics and future hits thrown in for good measure. It's Hackney broadcasting to the world.......

HGT 78. 2011 the best of. A round up of some of the top tunes of the year gracing the itunes folder of Hackney GT HQ. As always too much music and not enough time but here is a little selection of the cream of the crop of afro, latino, gypsy, soul, jazz, wobble, ragga, reggae, cumbia (of course), brazilian, arabic, retro, modern, ravers and bangers to come out or be reissued this year. Something for literally everyone - So that means no excuses! Tune in live or check the podcast and happy Christmas and new year to one and all

The end of the year is nigh and not many shows left for 2011 but as always more than enough new music to cram in to one hour for another episode of Hackney Globe Trotting with excursions this time round to Brazil, Germany, USA, Japan, Argentina, Cuba and beyond. Grab your musical passport and get ready for a little bit of cultural horizon expansion. Leaving planet Hackney very shortly. Last call..........

It might be cold and dull in London town today but we are having some ice cream cumbia to top a great selection from Iranian folk funk to gypsy drum and bass, dancehall pop, Q-Tip bossa mash -ups, wobble grime, classic lost Brazilian gems to tribal latino bangers to make for a truly sunshine global musical celebration.

HGT Radio no. 74. Ended up with a whole load of new cumbia and tropical flavours in the itunes folder this week so decided it was time for latino, ghetto, cumbia, chica, electro champetta round-up and we are taking no prisoners. Hold tight.

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