Various Artists Palenque Palenque! Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 (Soundway Records, 2010) This outstanding collection reveals the new hybrid Afro Colombian music…
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Taino Memories
Irka Mateo Anacaona (1999) Dominican musician and researcher Irka Mateo has been studying Taino culture for years. The Tainos were the indigenous people living in…
View More Taino MemoriesGood Times for Sergio Mendes
Sergio Mendes Bom Tempo (Concord Records CRE-31575-02, 2010) After an overwhelming presence of America rappers in previous albums, Sergio Mendes has sought the assistance of…
View More Good Times for Sergio MendesCooking Chilean Cumbia
Chico Trujillo Chico De Oro (Barbes Records, 2010) It’s Colombia that usually gets the credit for being the epicenter of cumbia and while that South…
View More Cooking Chilean CumbiaPlaying for Change Live Experience
Playing for Change Live (Playing for Change Records/Concord PFC-31974-00) The Playing for Change phenomenon was taken to the road and the result is the live…
View More Playing for Change Live ExperienceEchoes of Senegal
Various Artists Senegal – Echo Musical (Syllart, 2010) Senegal – Echo Musical is part of the African Pearls collection that is bringing back the…
View More Echoes of SenegalSouth Africa As Is and As It Was
Putumayo Presents South Africa (Putumayo PUT 301-2, 2010) Next Stop… Soweto: Township Sounds From The Golden Age Of Mbaqanga (Strut STRUT054CD, 2010) Next Stop… Soweto…
View More South Africa As Is and As It WasStill Making a Difference
Salif Keita La Différence (Emarcy Records/Decca, 2010) Mali has given the world so many great musicians that it’s difficult to point out one who could…
View More Still Making a DifferencePersian Pulses
Ramin Rahimi & Friends The Pulse of Persia: Iranian Rhythms – Global Influences (ARC Music, 2010) All right all you percussion junkies, Ramin Rahimi has…
View More Persian PulsesCuracaoan Expressions
Oswin Chin Behilia Liber (Otrabanda Records, 2010) Oswin Chin Behilia’s Liber is bright and breezy as a warm Caribbean breeze and utterly effervescent as a…
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