In November 2026, students in the BSU Honors seminar The Planet Sings learned about the role of Putumayo in the development of World Music. They delved into the vast web site of the label and returned to class with stories about a couple dozen of its artists from throughout the planet.
Students explored the music produced directly by Putumayo and additional music by those artists, many of whom have moved far beyond their collaborations with the label -- exactly the kind of multiplier effect that the late founder Dan Storper had hoped for.
Nor surprisingly, the students returned to class with an impressive array of artists, varying by genre, language, age, country of origin and more. These playlists are provided so that readers of this blog can share in both the learning and enjoyment that came from this global sampling. The planet does, indeed, sing! It also allows students in each section of the class (which met back-to-back in the same room) to enjoy some of what was experienced in the other.
The videos are presented in the order in which they had been published to YouTube. You can click each video below to start an autoplay of the dozen or so videos in each section, or you can click on the Playlist title to browse all of the videos and make your own selections.
Section 1 met 9:30-10:45
Section 2 met 11:00-12:15
Coming soon: The following links point to the Putumayo articles that initiated each student's research.
Section 1 (alpha by student / artist profile / selected song)
Brianna Blake
Wesli (Haiti / Canada)
Ayayay (Official Music Video 4k)
Isabella Blake
Susana Ballesteros (Spain)
Ya Me Cuido Yo
Eleazar Joshué (Venezuela)
Cervatilla Hermosa
El Hijo de Bújo & Shonny (Colombia/Somalia)
Mudar la Piel
Sebastian Gonsalves
Pedro Emílio (Brazil)
Coisa Gostosa (Visualizer)
Corinne Horsman
Tracundum (Brazil)
Jacumã
Sophia Johnson
Dani Cruz (Brazil)
Canto de sol (Visualizer)
Tori Jorge
Emmano (Brazil)
Rainha do Mar (Saudação a Iemanjá)
Sophia Maurello
Rebecca Jean (Canada/Haiti)
Zetwal kap file (Les étoiles filantes en créole)
Rocky Dawuni (Ghana)
Beautiful People
Nadira Shonar
Rasha Nahas (Palestine)
Ghanneeli
Nadira also shared these slides about the musician
Hadija Tavares
Madalena Palmeirim (Portugal)
Morna Mansa
Alicia Thorne
Assol Garcia (Cabo Verde)
Tiki Taki
Angelina Varao
Dayhan Díaz (Cuba)
El Huevo o la Gallina
Braydon Wall
Jean Jean Roosevelt (Haiti / Canada)
Peyi Mizik
Section 2 (alpha by student / artist profile / selected song)
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