PUTUMAYO PRESENTS AFRICAN BLUES

Artist: Various Artists Album: Putumayo Presents African Blues Released: 2012 Genres: World Music, African, Blues Format: mp3

1Mali Latino - Ni Koh Bedy - (Mali)

2Adama Yalomba - Djamakoyo - (Mali)

3Diabel Cissokho & Ramon Goose - Totoumo - (Senegal)

4Amar Sundy - Camel Shuffle - (Algeria)

5Issa Bagayogo - Djigui - (Mali)

6Taj Mahal Meets the Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar - Dhow Countries - (United States)

7Kalaban Coura - Mali - (Morocco)

8Koudede - Alam'i - (Niger)

9Playing For Change featuring Tinariwen - Groove in G - (Various)

10Muntu Valdo - Timba - (Cameroon)

Powerful African voices and rhythms demonstrate the deep connection of the blues to its African roots. -- Putumayo.com

The blues has long been about storytelling, about raising a voice from the margins and edges of American life. As it spread from the Deep South to Chicago and beyond, the blues incorporated a powerful musical groove which has influenced music around the world. Now, musicians are reaching across the Atlantic and finding that they have a common story to tell in shades of blue. Putumayo’s African Blues chronicles the return of the blues to its African motherland. It also demonstrates the burgeoning connections between West and East African musicians and performers from the blues’ traditional heartland in the U.S., as well as converts in Europe—and shows how these connections are revolutionizing traditions on both continents. -- Putumayo.com

...what makes Putumayo Presents African Blues particularly fascinating is that it's a type of frequently attempted fusion that often ends up drab. I would describe this set as delicate, airy, sure-footed and strong all the way through. --Milo Miles, npr.org

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• Music of the Andes
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• Australian Playground
• Instrumental Dreamland
• American Playground
• Cowboy Playground
• Latin Dreamland
• World Singalong