Various - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Greece flac album

The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia is a world music compilation album originally released in 2004. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the release covers the music of Ethiopia, focusing largely on 1960s pop. The compilation was curated by Francis Falceto, who also produces Buda Musique's Éthiopiques series. Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, was the producer. This album was followed by a second volume, focusing on music of the early 21st Century, in 2012.

Compilation album by Various artists. its role in creating the sense of age now attributed by Western world music listeners to Ethiopian music (which she calls "uncanny"), and how most tracks on the Rough Guide album are in fact by the Ethiopian diaspora and foreigners.

A nice mix of some familiar faces (Marta Sebestyn, the Trio Bulgarka, Ivo Papasov) with some less familiar entries from the various expanding worlds of Eastern European music - which saw a traditional revival in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and then a kind of fusion insurgency that produced some particularly quirky blends.

Enhanced CD containing a bonus data track with information from Rough Guides on travel and the music of Greece. Mac & PC compatible. Label Code: LC 11067. Other Versions (1 of 1) View All. Cat.

World Music Network/ Riverboat Records are to be applauded for their continued championing of world music, and this excellent 25th Anniversary release should appeal to a wide spectrum of listeners. Some quarter of a century ago, back in 1994, World Music Network released The Rough Guide to World Music in the UK, its first world music compilation. The antecedent to World Music Network was Riverboat Records, founded in 1989 by Stanton and still going strong; it is from their catalogue that all tracks on this release have been culled.

Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the release covers the music of Morocco, which had been receiving new-found attention on the world music circuit in the early 2000s. The compilation was curated by Andy Morgan, former manager of Tinariwen and organizer of the Festival in the Desert. Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, was the producer The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco. Compilation album by. Various artists.

This album explores the Afro-Cuban roots of salsa and features the best rumba, guaguanco, son, jazz and more from this incredibly rich musical island. Also included it a bonus CD by Sierra Maesta, their album 'Son: Soul of a Nation'. Cuba has had a greater impact on popular music and dance worldwide than any other country in Latin America. This album explores the Afro-Cuban roots of salsa and features the best rumba, guaguanco, son, jazz and more from this incredibly rich musical island.

Before I listened to the Rough Guide to Greek Café I looked at a picture of the cover and thought, "I wonder if the emphasis will be on the word café or on the word Greek. A lot of the Greek music that I'd heard, when it wasn't pop music, tended to be hard and ringing. It was music played to a circle-dance rhythm, with a regular stress that told the dancers when to emphasise a step.

Occasionally, a Rough Guide compilation hits the bull's-eye and this is a case in point. The best in film, music, TV & radio straight to your inbox. Independent culture newsletter.