Episode 73 this week features SERGE GAINSBOURG as our FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK! Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg, was the son on Jewish Ukrainian immigrants who fled to France during Nazi occupation during WW2. He learned the piano growing up, which set him off on a career steeped in music. He had tenacity, he had determination, he had pas…

On episode 72 of the show Geoff and I are traveling to the Middle of the East to jam out to our FEATURED ARTIST - KOUROSH YAGHMAEI!! Kourosh grew up in Tehran, learning to play the Rock songs of the Ventures, Monkees, Rolling Stones and the Beatles, and performing at his school, at social events and even on Iranian television! It wasn't until he st…

On episode 71 of our show this week Geoff and I dive into Cambodia to check out our featured artist this week... PAN RON! Putting out hundreds of songs in such a short amount of time, Pan Ron was prolific and powerful, solidifying herself as one of the leading singers in the East. Not only did she write and sing the majority of her songs, she was e…

This is Episode 70 of Scarlo's International House of Music, and Geoff and I are tipping the hat to Jackie Mittoo this week! Jackie Mittoo was one of the musical directors for Studio One records - one of the most important Reggae music labels in Jamaica! And don't let me forget to tell you he's also one of the funkiest keyboardists you'll ever hear…

This week Geoff and I recognize with special specialness LOS DANDY'S! Episode 69 is full of that great WORLD FUNK FLAVA, ready to get you swingin' your head and tappin' your toes... and dare I say... MOVING YOUR HIPS? Aside from these extraordinary Mexican loverboys we're featuring, we've got great songs from Brazil, Japan, Singapore, Benin, Italy.…

On this week's show Geoff and I dive DEEP into ELECTRONIC AFRICAN MUSIC! Here we explore songs that dip the toes and DIVE right into all facets of Electronic. Some of it is dance-y, some of it is poetic, some of it is straight FUNKY while some other songs merely flirt with synths and drum machines. Easily one of my favorite episodes so far, not onl…

This week on our show ADNAN OTHMAN gets the Featured Artist Special Treatment (tradmark pending*)! Adnan Othman connected with his audience by playing in Major chords, which was how a lot of popular Western music was played at the time, but was able to also fulfill the desire of those who wanted to hear music sung in their own language! Wildly popu…

On our show this week Geoff and I explore Super-Political Psych-Folk warrior SELDA! An extremely outspoken liberal activist in Turkey, Selda was the student of engineering physics until she decided to pursue musical service to the Turkish people. With her powerful and passionate voice, she highly criticized the government and even after the coup d'…

This week Geoff and I put on our Mambo Shoes (is that a thing?) and feature BENY MORÉ!!! Beny Boy was a cuban-born singer/guitarist who moved to Mexico City where he found fame and fortune, but not without a long hard road of street hustling and performing in small, tiny clubs. He touched the lives of many with his beautiful voice, uplifting person…

This week on Episode 64... our featured artist is none other than FRANCOISE HARDY! The French yé-yé princess who inspired the likes of Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg, and Mick Jagger! But it didn't stop there... Peter Sellers and Jean-Luc Godard also featured her in their films... but then there was television! And fashion! This woman has done it all,…

Episode 63 this week features the Brazilian Funk + Soul maestro TIM MAIA! We talk about his involvement in the cult Rational Culture, his affect on world music, and how cool it is that people are still talking about how cool he is! We also hear great jams from Amanaz, Tito Puente, Anibal Velazquez, The Green Arrows... and SO MUCH MORE! You won't wa…

Episode 62? Forget it! Try EPISODE AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY!!! This week we're ringing in the next birth year of our country with some good 'ol fashioned Country Western Funk! Hear the musical stylings of David Allan Coe, Link Wray, Lee Hazelwood, Earl Scruggs and MANY MORE! Not to mention our ARTIST OF THE WEEK: CHARLIE BROWN! Not the goofy bald kid wit…

Geoff and I get down with the FUNKINESS of Afro Funk and High Life this week for EPISODE 61! Our featured artist is Ghanian Highlife and Afro Funk legend EBO TAYLOR! Incredible voice, smooth guitar stylings, and master collaborator, Ebo Taylor has worked with everyone from Fela Kuti to CK Mann to Pat Thomas... and more! At the age of 81 he is still…

On Episode 60 of the show Geoff and I only BARELY scratch the surface of the mega-prolific sounds of M. ASHRAF! M. (Manzoor) Ashraf is the most famous "Lollywood" composer to date, having composed over 2,800 songs for over 400 films! Talk about a busy dude! This week you'll also hear great jams from Kourosh Yaghmaei, Ebo Taylor, The Apostles, Magma…

This week Geoff and I explore the mystical Psychedelic Pop sounds of Iranian goddess GOOGOOSH! Born to perform, Googoosh (born Faegheh Atashin) started on the stage at the young age of 3. From there, she grew to be a massive singing success and movie star! She toured all through Iran and even through Europe until the Iranian Revolution, which silen…

Geoff and I bow down this week on Episode 58 of the show to the great Erkin Koray! Erkin Koray was famously known for bringing Rock N Roll to Turkey, starting his career by playing Elvis Presley and Chubby Checker songs in local clubs. He then developed what is more commonly known as Anatolian Rock, or Turkish Rock. This is the sweet, sweet melding…

Geoff and I explore WORLD BEAT/PSYCHEDELIC/GARAGE on Episode 57 of Scarlo Wapittaluigi's International House of Music! Some of the COOLEST JAMS from ALL OVER THE WORLD! Songs from Mozambique to France to Uruguay to Japan... and all the way back around again! You won't want to miss this KILLER episode! Oh yeah! And our FEATURED ARTIST is LOS SALVEJE…

This week Geoff and I take some time to honor SHIN JUNG-HYEON and his band YUP JUNS! Hailing from South Korea, Shin Jung-hyeon is considered the GODFATHER of PSYCHEDELIC ROCK in Korea. His new, crazy sound at the time blew everyone's minds, and it will blow yours too! Check out Episode 56 in ALL OF IT'S GLORRYYYY!!! Facebook: http://facebook.com/in…

Episodic FUNKY WORLD MUSIC listening party show ready set to BLOW YOU AWAY for the 55th TIME! We've got the JAMS from France! Angola! Pakistan! Italy! In fact, we've got so much Italy we're honoring EQUIPE 84 as our FEATURED ARTIST! Come hear their special sauce RIGHT HERE on the SHOW! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internationalhouseofmusic Twitter…

Geoff and I are here to bring some of that Punk, some of that Blues, some of that... Jazz? Oh yeah! Our first featured artist on the show is MULATU ASTATKE of ETHIOPIA! Of course we also bust out some great jams from France, Belgium, India, Kenya, Mexico, Colombia, and... Hollywood? Why not!? Enjoy! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internationalhouseo…

Geoff and I are KICKING OFF SEASON 2!!! Season 2 is obviously YEAR 2, starting another round of 52 weeks of KILLER WORLD MUSIC! Our featured artist this week is LUCIO BATTISTI with the song "MIO DIO NO" from his album AMORE E NON AMORE. Can you dig it? Yes you can! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internationalhouseofmusic Twitter: http://twitter.com/…

Holy smokes we did it! EPISODE 52 marks ONE YEAR of GREAT WORLD MUSIC!!! We're talkin' over FIVE FULL DAYS of incredible music from ALL OVER THE WORLD! This has been a helluva journey so far, taking us on a magic carpet ride, of sorts, from the jungles of Nigeria to the deserts of Pakistan, from the mountains of Chile to the bustling metropoleis of…

Geoff and I cram another 17 great WORLD MUSIC songs into an hour full of delight! You're gonna love hearing songs from Ebo Taylor, France Gall, Ananda Shankar, Baris Manco... and so much more! Don't miss another GREAT SHOW! Facebook: www.facebook.com/internationalhouseofmusic Twitter: www.twitter.com/scarlowapitt IG: www.instagram.com/scarlo_wapitt…

Geoff and I are on the heels of one year of the show, and we're celebrating EPISODE 50 this week in STYLE! We've got some of the heavy hitters you've come to love mixed in with some of our favorite deep cuts! Hear tracks from Fela Kuti, Nooshafarin, Augustus Pablo, and Serge Gainsbourg... alongside bangers from Van Shipley, The Yokohama Knights, Su…

On Episode 49 of Scarlo Wapittaluigi's International House of Music we explore more REGGAE FIYAAHHHH checkin' out little flavors of the world of Reggae! Everything from Dancehall to Ska to Calypso to Soul... and everything in between! Suedehead? We got it! Rude Boy? We gon' RUMBLE! Don't miss these feel-good jams while the weather starts to warm up…

What is it about World Music that makes us so excited? Is it the funky beats? The groovy guitar licks? Those drums? Maybe it's that we don't really know what they're saying and it doesn't matter cuz that INCREDIBLE SOUND just flows through our body SO SMOOTHLY! Check it out for yourself! This episode features music from Egypt, Japan, Chile, Italy, …

Scarlo is back in action after a week of the flu... but no dang influenza is gonna keep him down! He's got that GREAT WORLD MUSIC that you love, spinning tracks from Japan, Mexico, Kenya, Nigeria, Turkey and SO MUCH MORE! We're also gearing up for the ONE YEAR PARTY! Listen to the show to hear more info! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internationalh…

With Scarlo sick with the flu, Geoff has stepped up (taken over?) the show this week with some of the SICKEST (pun intended) WORLD FUNK MUSIC he could find! Geoff digs those FUNKY FRESH JAMS so much he even believes in the HEALING POWER OF FUNK! You're in for a helluva ride this week with cuts from Tim Maia, Jackie Mittoo, Eumir Deodato, RD Burman,…

On episode 45 of the show we explore ITALIAN BEAT MUSIC! Yes, that classic British Invasion sound went ALL OVER THE PLACE and this week we find ourselves BEATing the BOOT and all the best Italian-only songs from the late 60's! Check out jams from Luisa Casali, Bad Boys, Squali 66, Carmen Villani, I Memphis, I Cosmici, and SO MANY MORE! Join us whil…

Bringing you, once again, the BEST WORLD MUSIC from that GOLDEN ERA of SOUND! The 50's, 60's and 70's were the PLACE TO BE to hear amazing music... And it was happening everywhere! Check out these jams from Nigeria, Italy, Brazil, Japan, Thailand, India, France... and SO MUCH MORE! This episode is NOT TO BE MISSED! Facebook: http://facebook.com/int…

Episode 43 is out to give it to ya for the 43rd time! We've got 17 songs to rock your World (Music)! Great songs from the 50's, 60's and 70's with the GROOVIEST FUNK, the HIPPEST POP, and the SWINGIEST PSYCH. Songs from France Gall, Asher Boshle, Erkin Koray, The Mops... and many, many more! Come Check It Out! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internat…

This week Geoff and I dig DEEP into our collection to find you MORE of the BEST WORLD MUSIC from the 50's, 60's, and 70's! We've got everything from Fela Kuti from Nigeria to Los Gatos from Argentina to The Green Arrows from Zimbabwe and all the way back around this big 'ol globe again! Check it out and remember to SHARE and SUBSCRIBE! Facebook: ht…

Geoff and I are back to our regularly scheduled programming with more GREAT WORLD MUSIC from the 50's, 60's and 70's! All the best songs you didn't know you wanted to hear all wrapped up in a tidy little one-hour show for you to get your day/week/year/life going right! Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the show! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internati…

This week we take time to remember one of Nigeria's greatest, most influential musicians: Mr. William "The Chief" Onyeabor. Spanning over eight years, William Onyeabor released nine albums, but never once played a live show. It wasn't until recently that the founder of Luaka Bop! and frontman to the Talking Heads, David Byrne, rediscovered his incr…

THIS WEEK brings us Episode 39 of the show! We pay a little tribute to the late, great William Onyeabor and make plans for an episode dedicated entirely to him NEXT WEEK! But... THIS WEEK hoo-boy have we got another doozy for you! JAMS from Brazil, Nigeria, France, Japan, Spain, Iran, and MORE! Check it out! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internatio…

SO STOKED!!! AHHHH!!!! I've been wanting to do a show like this for a while now, and finally I present to you (since I'm good and ready) [drum roll please]... ... ... BEG! BORROW! & STEAL!: The Covers Episode! That's right, we're gonna hear classic rock cover songs by some of the world's best - and worst! This episode was so much fun to do and I'm …

Geoff and I get this year started RIGHT with another great episode of SCARLO WAPITTALUIGI'S INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF MUSIC! This week on our show we hear songs from Brazil, France, Italy, Ghana, China, ... and so much more! We're gonna travel all around this GAT DANG GLOBE and see WITCHA NEVA KNEW YA WANNA SEE CAN I GET A AMEN!? Facebook: http://face…

Start this INCREDIBLE NEW YEAR off with an AFRO-FUNK/HIGHLIFE/SOUL/ROCK/JAZZ EXPLOSION! What better way to hear about new music than by subscribing to the BEST WORLD MUSIC PODCAST dedicated to bringing YOU the best INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTARS right to your ear holes! Hell, some of them aren't superstars at all! But we got 'em! Cuz everyone's a star at…

Who needs more holiday music when you can just hang out with some of the COOLEST, CHILLEST, and VIBIEST World Music from the 50's, 60's, and 70's! Geoff and I take a break from all the Holiday jams for truly one of the BEST episodes of Scarlo Wapittaluigi's International House of Music has offered up yet! Kick back, relax (or don't, I'm not gonna t…

EPISODE 34 is all about bringing those border-land wallflowers out into the spotlight! That's right, we're gonna hear songs from musicians from the farthest reaches of the American border - Hawaii, South Texas, New Orleans, the Caribbean, Chicago, Los Angeles... and more! Groove to some REAL EXOTIC vibes! A little bit of hula, a little bit of jump,…

Welcome to another WONDERFUL, EXCITING episode of SCARLO WAPITTALUIGI'S INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF MUSIC! This week Geoff and I are SO excited to bring you more of that great WORLD MUSIC SOUND from the 50's, 60's and 70's! We're going wayyyyyy underground to scrape up some of the coolest tunes for you. This is the stuff that was under a pile that was o…

HELLLLLOOOOOOOO and welcome to ANOTHER GREAT EPISODE of SCARLO WAPITTALUIGI'S INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF MUSIC! This week Geoff and I are bringing you even MORE of the best WORLD MUSIC from the 50's, 60's, and 70's! Chock-full of buttered up psych-out favorites from R.D. Burman, Amadou Ballake, Selda, Benny Soebardja, Bola Johnson, Erkin Koray, and SO …

What better way to kick your week up a notch than to hear MORE of the best WORLD MUSIC from the 50's, 60's and 70's! We've got an INCREDIBLE show for you this week chock-full of Psychedelic Rock, Pop, Afrobeat, Calypso, Funk and MORE! Only the best for you because you deserve it! Don't forget to SHARE and tell all your friends! Facebook: http://fac…

Geoff and I are getting back in the swing of things by having AN ABSOLUTE BLAST (as always) playing you MORE of the BEST WORLD MUSIC from the 50's, 60's and 70's! This week we've got an excellent POT POURRI of great tunes! Lots of Latino music, lots of Middle-Eastern music, with a dash of everything else peppered in. I GUARANTEE you're gonna love i…

Dealing with post-election blues, but we're not gonna let it keep us from dancing! Dance therapy over here! ALL NIGHT LONG! Shake shake shake ya hips! Geoff does the oogie boogie, I do the twist... This week to get us feeling good again we've got THE BEST Afrobeat, Afrofunk, Afro Disco, Rock, AND Swing all from the continent with the mostest and be…

:cue patriotic music: This election day, get away from all the stress for a little bit with some of the best world music from the 50's, 60's, and 70's! As always, Geoff and I have picked out some great songs from Nigeria, France, Perú, Italy, Mexico, Ethiopia... and much more! You'll hear songs from Fela Ransome Kuti & Nigeria 70, Mahmoud Ahmed, Na…

This week we get visited by Count Spookula and his arsenal of spooky Italian Horror movie music! Hear great songs from Goblin, Ennio Morricone, Nico Fidenco, and many more! The best horror music from Italian cinema all in one show! Facebook: http://facebook.com/internationalhouseofmusic Twitter: http://twitter.com/scarlowapitt IG: http://instagram.…

Well, I've got good news and I've got bad news. The bad news first: I'm sick! Which means I don't do a whole lot of talking (secretly good news?). The good news, though, is that this week we're celebrating 26 EPISODES!!!! Why is that so cool, you ask? Well, to simply put it... if I do one episode a week... and there are 52 weeks in a year... That m…

On this week's show we're Geoff and I dive head-first into MORE of that great world music from the 50's, 60's and 70's! The GOLDEN era of music! Hear songs from Venezuela, Haiti, Spain, Turkey, Ethiopia, and much more! Jorge Ben, Mahmoud Ahmed, Googoosh, Selda... all the best! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/internationalhouseofmusic Twitter: htt…

This week on the show you're going to hear MORE of the BEST world music from the 50's, 60's and 70's (and even a little bit of 80's, okay??) Check out music from Wganda Kenya, Mehrpouya, Black Sugar, Eddie Palmieri, Anibal Velazquez, and many more! Don't forget to share, review and subscribe! Thank you to everyone tuning in EVERY WEEK! Facebook: ht…