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Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Bellydance Café |
| World Music Network |
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| The Rough Guide series takes us straight into the feel of a Middle Eastern street café, you just want to there savouring the sounds, smells and atmosphere. Compiler Nili Belkind has picked 18 tracks which takes us from Morocco (Mayodi) across Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Greece and includes seven tracks from Egypt. My pick is Mokhtar Al Said & El Ferka El Masaya’s ‘Souhair’s Tabla’ - simple but evocative. Graham Radley, 06/07 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Calypso Gold |
| World Music Network |
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| Compiled by Jean Michel Gibert we get 20 glorious Trinidadian tracks that bring us from the orchestras of the 1920’s to the calypso boom time of the 1950’s. Featured artists include King Radio, Lord Kitchener, Calypso Rose, The Mighty Bomber and Houdini. Yes this is Calypso Gold. Graham Radley, 07/08 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Indian Lounge |
| World Music Network |
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| Compiled by the excellent DJ Ritu there's tracks from James Asher, Apache Indian, Bombay Dub Orchestra, Atif, Bally Sagoo & Gunjan, Tribali, Niraj Chag, Debashish Bhattacharya, Ajoy hakrabarty, Lopa, Sonorous Star and Karen David. Recommended, a nicely balanced collection.
Graham Radley, 09/07 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Latin Funk |
| World Music Network |
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| Excellent dance floor filler with beaty, bouncing tracks fromj Jose Cone y Ola Fresca, Joe Bataan, Anitibalas, Quantic, X Alfonso, Los Amigos Invisibles, The Spam Allstars, Bobi Cespedes, Baku, Bitman & Roban, Nortec Collective, Ozomatli, Up, Bustle & Out & Los Mocosos. That'll keep your feet busy won't it?
Graham Radley, 11/07 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Salsa Clandestina |
| World Music Network |
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| This takes salsa away from the dreadful dance classes and back to the streets, raw and edgy. 15 great tracks which include Ozomatli, Spam Allstars, Alex Wilson, Cuban Cowboys, Los Amigos Invisibles and two for special note – Baku and ‘Desde Cuba Hasta Afghanistan’ and Roberto Rodriguez featuring Irving Fields ‘Wolfie’s Corner’ remix. Great compilation. Graham Radley, 09/07 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Salsa Dura NYC |
| World Music Network |
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| Terrific CD this, fast and hard from the streets and clubs of Brooklyn, Spanish Harlem and the Bronx with dance floor attitude. There can be no better way to start things off than Eddie Palmieri and 'L Que Traigo Es Sabroso II' with tracks following in hot pusuit from Wayne Gorbea, Los Soneros Del Barrio, Jimmy Delgado, Chino Nunez, Chico Alvarez, Jimmy Bosch, George Delgado, Las Estrellas Cobo, Ricky Gonzalez and ending with Joe Quijano & his Conjunto Cachana winding things down with 'I Get a Kick Out Of You' Excellent.
Graham Radley, 03/07 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide To The Music of Mali |
| World Music Network |
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| No shortage of options here in terms of artists and to prove that we get Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Amadou & Mariam, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore, Vieux Farka Toure , Tinariwen and Afel Bocoum. Excellent selection of artists and of course superb music. Graham Radley, 07/08 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide to Ultimate Musical Adventures |
| World Music Network |
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| Thirteen tracks that open up brilliantly with Cuban Cowboys (El Capitan) and closes equally brilliantly with Dengue Fever’s ‘We Were Gonna’ Along the way there are tracks from Ravi Bal & Daljit Mattu, Francis Beeby, Ozomatli, Wayne Gorbea, Rhany, Sami ali, Idan Raichel’s Project, Jolly Mukherjee & Sridevi, Tribali, Geraldo Pino & The Heart Breaks and Corey Harris with Ali Farka Toure - now that’s what you call a compilation CD! Graham Radley, 06/08 |
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Various Artists - The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East |
| World Music Network |
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| 15 tracks with the opener from one of my favourites, Gigi with 'Enoralehu' further African tracks include Kekele, King Sunny Ade, Oliver Mtukudzi and Baaba Maal while the Middle East tracks include Ofra Haza, Amr Diab and Mariem Hassan. Good collection.
Graham Radley, 04/07 |
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Various Artists - The Soul Of Disco Vol. 2 |
| Z Records |
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| Joey Negro and Sean P are back with another selection of disco delights. The sleeve notes estimate that to buy the originals featured here would set you back over £2000! With the likes of the northern soul favourite 'How Can I Tell Her' by Curtis Anderson, Sparkle's funky New York styled 'Let Yourself Go', the awesome 'Can I Take You Home' by Mel Shepperd and Sabatta's George Kerr produced 'Man For My Lady' you know this is the real deal. As if that wasn't enough you also get the remixed version 'Movin On' from GD & The Big J, here credited as 'Summer Groove' by The Joneses, Charles Mann's 'Sho Nuff No Funny Stuff Love' and a great version of David Bendeth's 'Feel The Real' by Adrenalin. The standouts for me though are the killer groove of 'We Had Enough' from Arnie & The Lovlettes and Vance & Suzzanne's 'I Can't Get Along Without You' as sampled on the house track 'Eyes Of Love' by Brother Of Soul (Guidance 2000). Andy Allen, 07/06 |
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