Monday, April 09, 2007

RHYTHMS DEL MUNDO - CUBA




RHYTHMS DEL MUNDO - CUBA IS A FANTASTICO CD WITH JIMTHEGREEK'S MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. YOU HAVE SIXTEEN GREAT IVORY BANGING, GUITAR PICKING, HORN TOOTING, SOULFUL SINGING CUBAN SON STYLE TUNES ON THIS MOST EXCELLENT CD! THERE ARE SOME NIFTY HORN ZIPPED UP TUNES HERE.

IT STARTS OUT WITH A CATCHY VERSION OF COLDPLAY'S CLOCKS. SOME OF MY FAVES ARE: ARCTIC MONKEYS - DANCING SHOES, IBRAHIM FERRER - AS TIME GOES BY & COCO FREEMAN/U2 -I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. EVERY TUNE IS EAR PLEASING GOOD. A SPECIAL TREAT IS OMARA PORTUONDO'S COVER OF KILLING ME SOFTLY. SHE IS CUBA'S VERSION OF ETTA JAMES IN MY BOOK. THIS CD ALSO HAS JACK JOHNSON, STING, KAISER CHIEFS, MAROON 5, DIDO ALONG WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB MUSICIANS.

THERE ARE NO SONG SKIPPING TUNES ON THIS MUST HAVE IN THE I-POD / CD COLLECTION. WHEN YOU BUY IT, THERE IS AN ADDED BONUS; YOU ARE ALSO MAKING A DONATION TO APE - ARTISTS PROJECT EARTH. A CHARITY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

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