response 7 of 40:

Jul 2 16:10 UTC 2000

I was meaning to start this item myself just so I could jump up and down 
about http://www.wen.com.  Their "radio" section might not count as 
radio, exactly; they are weekly or monthly programs, assembled and presented
by DJs and editors who are fairly well known in the world music field.
They're more like "radio on demand" than a live broadcast.
 
I came here looking for the two-hour monthly show by Ian Anderson -- not 
the guy from Jethro Tull, but a musician in his own right who also edits
Britain's FOLK ROOTS magazine.  Like the magazine, his show wanders all 
over the place: the June show starts with Asian Dub Foundation, 
wanders through Greece for a while, then some blues, then some 
British traditional folk songs, then there's a sequence of "Punks 
Playing Folk/Roots Music" which includes tracks from David Johansen, 
Joe Strummer, and the Mekons.   And I haven't gotten through the second
hour yet.
 
The other DJ who has really caught my attention is Charlie Gillett.
Gillett is renowned for a two-hour show broadcast in London on 
"Saturday Night," and those shows are stockpiled here.  A recent one 
included David Byrne and Susana Baca in the studio with him.
But so far my favorite is Gillett's "World Music Charts Countdown,"
sort of like the old Casey Kasem show except that most of the music
is from Africa.  The May show has been one of the great listening 
experiences of my life, introducing me to Geoffrey Oryema from Uganda
(a classic pop singer), Kristi Stassinopoulou from Greece, and 
Amadou & Miriam from Mali.  I've played the may show about five times in 
the last week.