mondo pop 25

A cozy midwinter vibe for January’s show,, selecting the cosiest and most warming songs I can find. Vintage highlights include sultry Brazilian samba, Italian crooning, Taiwanese dream pop, a Zambian rock ballad and Windmills of Your Mind…in Swedish. Throw into the mix brand new tunes from Turkey, Portugal, Belarus and Venezuela, and you’ve got yourself a warm blanket of winter joy. And I paying tribute to the stylish maestro of Japanese electronic music and our cover star for this month, the recently departed Yukihiro Takahashi of Yellow Magic Orchestra.