Mongrando Radio Italia

Mongrando Radio Italia is a curious beast: a world music station broadcasting from Italy that refuses to be pigeonholed. One moment you're listening to a tarantella from Puglia, the next a Congolese rumba. The programming is refreshingly unpredictable, though occasionally the transitions between tracks can feel jarring. It works. Mostly. The DJs clearly have encyclopedic knowledge of Italian folk traditions: you'll hear obscure recordings from the 1970s revival alongside contemporary global artists like Ludovico Einaudi or the Balkan brass of Boban Marković. This isn't background music. It dem…