If you go radio - go SR Världen

Wherever I´ve gone in the world I´ve always brought with me my favourite swedish web-radio station, and I´ve even managed to spread the word and have friends all over who listen to it now. It may sound patriotic at first, and when i say that the station SR Världen (world) plays popular music it sounds very mainstream and non-me and rather un-appealing altoghether. But in saying popular music I`m not talking about much of the swedish or even european kind, but it includes top plays from anything from Brazil to Kenya, Irak to the US, and it is anything from rai to reggae, flamenco, kletzmer or jazz.

Its a great way to discover new music, and its so easy now when u can get all the songs listed on the website. To listen go to http://www.sr.se/ and klick on "Lyssna på webradio" on the top left. A new window opens and klick on "kanaler" to get a menu with all the stations. SR Världen is the very last.

It has made me spend many a krona on albums that have stuck in my head, and the reason I´m writing this now is because I´ve just been out emptying the mailbox, recieving a CD I´ve been meaning to buy for a long time, and completely fell for through this station. It is Simone Moreno´s Samba Makossa, and its great. She´s a beautiful woman from Brazil, where her musical roots are, but she´s been living in Sweden the past 4 years, and it makes for really cool mixes and collaborations in some of the songs.