OCTOBER 15 2007
Vieux Farka Toure "Remixed" Following close on the heels of his acclaimed debut, Vieux Farka Toure collaborates with a select team of top producers presenting brilliant illustrations of his signature desert blues. VFT Remixed is a fully-realized, classic mix of big-beat dance floor crushers, hip-hop infused funk, trancey landscapes and dubbed-out electronica. Featuring Cheb i Sabbah, Karsh Kale, and Nickodemus. -AMAZON.COM
Cafe Tacuba "Sino" CAFÉ TACUBA, The greatest rock band in Mexico and -- to some ears -- possibly even the world, returns with "Sino," its first studio record in four years... "Café Tacuba, has been Mexico's pre-eminent rock band for [over a] decade, and it keeps getting better and more ambitious... Café Tacuba dares to treat rock as art... better than almost all other rock these days... one of the most important bands in the hemisphere. a smart, cosmopolitan band with a broad streak of lighthearted surrealism." -AMAZON.COM
Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante "Introducing" An introduction, but one that features over 20 years of music from New York salsero Wayne Gorbea -- a key figure in the underground salsa dura movement for the past few decades! Wayne plays piano with a hard, jazzy flair -- one that hearkens back to the best hard salsa players of the 70s scene in New York -- and which really sets fire to the other members of the group.
Various Artists "Tango Around The World" The elegant style and restrained passion of tango has made it one of the most recognized and popular forms of music and dance around the world. Its romantic allure has earned it such a wide following that there are now tango clubs from Seattle to Sydney. Over the past decade, djs and contemporary musicians have taken tango in new directions with electronic-based compositions known as "new tango." Putumayo has traveled the globe to find many of the best tango and tango-influenced songs the world has to offer.
Various Artists "Bachata Roja" The story of classic bachata is about more than barroom shenanigans as heard on Bachata Roja, a new collection of acoustic gems spanning three decades. Bachata began with the death of a dictator, wrestled with social stigma, and wound up with international fame thanks to an electric guitar advent. But before bachateros plugged in, they performed acoustic guitar music at rural dance parties and in urban cabarets of ill repute.