The Rough Guides Collection

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List Price: £8.99 (GBP)
  • Lowest New Price: £0.74
  • Lowest Used Price: £0.01
  • Total New: 16
  • Total Used: 10
  • Total Collectible: 0
  • Total Refurbished: 0
  • Artist : Various Artists
  • Binding : Audio CD
  • EAN : 0605633090222
  • Label : World Music Network
  • Manufacturer : World Music Network
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Product Group : Music
  • Publisher : World Music Network
  • Release Date : 2001-06-11
  • SKU : 1759229
  • Studio : World Music Network
  • UPC : 605633090222

For anyone still unaware of the riches awaiting discovery in the vast kingdom of world music, The Rough Guides Collection will make a perfect place to start. After conquering the travel-guide market, the Rough Guide empire is now doing the same with its CDs, profiling the music of every corner of the globe. This taster-disc begins with an up-to-the-minute dance number led by Fela Kuti's drummer, and ends with a timeless lament from the Klezmer group Kroke, and it takes in a kaleidoscope of other musics along the way. From the laid-back sound of Mozambican "marrabenta", via the lazy swing of calypso, to the sweet innocence of Cuba's "Guantanamera"; from a Highland lullaby to the breeziness of Italian "tenore" singing to the organetto; from the Goldfinger theme put through a drum & bass blender, to the acoustic purity of the Malian kora and balafon. And there's plenty of fusion, the most notable being a Mississippi blues delivered in an Okinawan setting. Listen up--then set off and explore. --Michael Church

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

  • Disc 1

    • 1: Get together - Tony Allen
    • 2: Loi - Koffi Olomide
    • 3: Mahanhela - Mabulu
    • 4: Joe Le Taxi - Sharleene Boodram
    • 5: Jaro - Impact All Stars feat. Tommy McCook
    • 6: En Guantanamo - Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro
    • 7: Mabarane - Sheer All Stars
    • 8: Pyar Ka Hai Bairi - Sangeeta
    • 9: Akata Sun Dunchi - Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman
    • 10: James Bond theme - The Surf Champlers
    • 11: Griogal Cridhe - Mac-Talla
    • 12: Maggio - Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana
    • 13: Antin Mikko - JPP
    • 14: Bassa - Momo Wandel Soumah
    • 15: Salimata - Ifang Bondi
    • 16: Que Pena - Samuelito Almonte Y Su Conjunto Tipico
    • 17: The secrets of the life tree - Kroke

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