The tunes played between segments on The World for August 19, 2014 include:
SONG: Chant of Ages
ARTIST: Zebrina
CD TITLE: Hamidbar Medaber
CD LABEL: Tzadik Records
Reporter Alina Simone wanted us to hear this Soviet love song after her piece about the online dating adventures of Anya Ulinich:
SONG: Весна на Заречной улице
ARTIST: Unknown
From the 1956 Soviet film Vesna Na Zarechnoy Ulitse (Spring on Zarechnaya Street)
SONG: Mine, Mines
ARTIST: Chulius & The Filarmonico
CD TITLE: Shorts and Sandals
CD LABEL: Nacional Records
SONG: Boulkassoumbougou
ARTIST: Benyoro
CD TITLE: Benyoro
CD LABEL: Benyoro
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