Archive for the "Compilation album" category

Waiting for Cuba

July 19th, 2008

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There aren’t many places that Americans can’t go. An U.S. passport is like a golden ticket to the world. So, it seems strange to have a nation just 90 miles off our coast that’s off-limits.

Putumayo’s Cafe Cubano ...

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Cape Verde Calling

May 13th, 2008

Do the blues speak to you? Do hot Brazilian-style beats and funky African rhythms get your hips moving? If so, cast your ears across the ocean to Cape Verde, an island nation off the coast of Senegal. The Rhode Island-sized country was originally a Portuguese colony, a weigh-station for the …

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A World Music Smoothie—Fresh and Perfectly Blended

November 13th, 2007

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Crammed Discs20 Ways to Float through Walls is both wildly eclectic and totally fabulous.  With contributions from Gypsies, Tuaregs, Brazilians, Brits, Belgians, and others, the album is a seriously entertaining world tour.  The disparate mix offers something …

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