Round the world, with music
Posted November 27th, 2007 by Sheila
It’s not even December yet, and I’m already sick of “Santa Baby” on the radio.
Nothing like a blast of Beninese/New York singer Angelique Kidjo to take care of that — have you heard her remake (with Joss Stone) of the Stones’ “Gimme Shelter?”
Fortunately, the Perceptive Travel gang is really into world music, so if you’re bored by your current collection, take a look at the Nov/Dec 07 issue of the online magazine for the World Music Reviews.
Columnist Graham Reid listens to recent gems by Thione Seck from Senegal, Hossam Ramzy & Samy El Bably working Cairo bellydance tunes, Malouma with some Sub-Saharan blues and various artists on Marabi Africa. There are click-to-buy links in the sidebar if you want to check out any or all of the albums.
Another place to look for interesting music (tied to iTunes, so you’ll need the Apple software) is the National Geographic Traveler Web site. In the July/August 2007 version of the magazine, I noticed an “Italian Rhapsody” playlist next to an article about Tuscany, so I went to investigate further and also found Traveler downloads for Brazil, Hawaii, Miami, Paris, South Africa and Southern California.
Lastly, through some of my Twitter friends I discovered Last.fm, a social music site where you download some software, indicate your current tastes and then share your musical interests with others.
Randomly surfing a “world music” tag brought me Cheb Balowski (Mirant les noticies,) Femi Kuti (Truth Don Die) and Sergent Garcia (Guantanamo City.)
Beats the heck outta “Santa Baby.”
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