Artist.......: VA Album........: Unwired Acoustic Music From Around The world Label........: World Music Network Genre........: Ethnic Catnr........: RGNET1023CD source.......: CDDA rip.date.....: May-26-2006 str.date.....: May-25-1999 quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo Url..........: n/a track title time 01. Manu Dibango And Cuarteto Patria - Carnaval 05:51 02. Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi - Cheka Ukama 05:22 03. Rasha - Azara Al Hay 06:31 04. Aster Aweke - Tizita (Memories) 04:51 05. Duquende - Lo Bueno y Lo Malo 04:27 06. Adriana Varela - La Casita de Mis Viejos 03:41 07. Maximo Jimenez - Vuelo en Libelula 03:00 08. The Klezmatics - Di Krenitse (The Well) 04:12 09. Niekku - Yksi Ruusu 05:47 10. Shivkumar Sharma And Hariprasad Chaurasia - 05:59 Love 11. Mansour Seck And Baaba Maal - Djam Leelii 06:03 12. Toumani Diabate - Alla l'Aa Ke 07:19 13. Cesaria Evora - Bia 03:14 14. Guo Yue And Joji Hirota - Red Ribbon 06:31 15. Savourna Stevenson - Dawn 03:12 Runtime 76:00 min Size 99,9 MB Release Notes: Although its focus is acoustic-oriented world music, Unwired doesn't limit itself to traditional sounds ù in fact, much of the compilation consists of contemporary, even cutting-edge pop from various continents. Covering a lot of territory, this excellent CD take us to various parts of Africa with selections by Toumani Diabate and Baaba Maal, as well as to Spain with Duquende's "Lo Bueno y lo Malo" (an appealing example of the type of nuevo flamenco that has been the rage in Spain since the 1970s), and to Latin America with Argentinean tango vocalist Adriana Varela's dramatic "La Casita de Mis Viejos" and Colombian vallenato artist Maximo Jimenez's "Vuelo en Libelula." (Quite different from cumbia, vallenato is an exuberant, accordion-based style that comes from Colombia's Atlantic coast.) India is represented by Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia's "Love," while instrumental Finnish folk is represented by the all-female quintet Niekku's "Yski Ruusu." One of the best songs on the album is Sudanese singer Rasha's "Azara Al Hay," a haunting, jazz-influenced gem. Not the least bit predictable, Unwired is well worth obtaining.