The songs played between segments on The World for May 21, 2014 included:

   SONG: Waldomiro Pena (file: Waldo)
   ARTIST: BossaCucaNova
   CD TITLE: Our Kind of Bossa
   CD LABEL: Six Degrees
 

   SONG: Street Freedom (file: Street)
   ARTIST: KPM
   CD TITLE: New York Trouble/Electric Progression
   CD LABEL: Tummy Touch
 
 

In Michael Jacober's story about cooking Jamaican jerk:

SONG: Grooving Kingston 12 (Trench Town)
ARTIST: Bob Marley & The Wailers
CD TITLE: Grooving Kingston 12
CD LABEL: UM/Hip-O

   SONG: The Absinthe-Minded Gypsy (file: Absinthe)
   ARTIST: Adrian Raso and Fanfare Ciocarlia
   CD TITLE: Devil's Tale
   CD LABEL: Asphalt Tango Records

   SONG: A-Taklax (file: Taklax)
   ARTIST: Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band
   CD TITLE: FBB
   CD LABEL: Siba Records

Music from Thailand that ended today's show:

   ARTIST: Thepporn Petchubon
   CD TITLE: The Sound of Siam Volume Two
   CD LABEL: Soundway Records