Looking for a low-key concert to close out your summer? Cumbancha artist Luisa Maita is on tour right now, criss-crossing the United States. Maita’s easy style and smooth vocals won her the title of Best New Artist at the 2011 Brazilian Music Awards. Check out Maita’s mellow, sultry track “Lero-Lero” and the more up-tempo “Alento” below, and […]
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Summer Sizzle
Heat up the last month of your summer with two of Putumayo‘s most recent albums: Rumba, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha and Bossa Nova Around the World. Start the party with Rumba, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha and a mojito in hand. Cuba and Colombia figure heavily in the album, full of perky horns and hip-tickling drum beats. Fans […]
Can Your Carrot Carry a Tune?
This musical group gives a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘play with your food.’ The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra literally crafts their instruments out of fresh vegetables. The wind section is led by a hollowed-out carrot recorder. Percussionists slap eggplant slices together and pound on pumpkin drums. Instead of scratching records, this group scratches cabbage […]