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Ali Farka Toure Savane Album : Savane Artist : Ali Farka Toure Release Date : 2006 Label : World Circuit Number of Discs: 1 Genre : World Total time : 00:58:37 Total size : 82,5 MB Individual track details : 1. Erdi 2. Yer Bounda Fara 3. Beto 4. Savane 5. Soya 6. Penda Yoro 7. Machengoidi 8. Ledi Coumbe 9. Hanana 10. Soko 11. Gambari 12. Banga 13. Njarou @ 192 Kbit/s mp3 Comments: Robin Denselow Friday July 14, 2006 The Guardian Whenever a final album is released after the death of a great performer, it is often reviewed far more kindly than it might have been had the artist still been alive. There is no such problem with Ali Farka Touré's Savane. There may be other recordings of his that have yet to be released (including sessions with the world's finest kora player, Toumani Diabaté, recorded at the time of their memorable concert together at the Barbican last year), but this is the last solo album by the best-known and best-loved guitarist in Africa, and it's simply outstanding. He described it as "my best album evera" and he was absolutely right. Even compared to the much-praised earlier work by Mali's "godfather of the desert blues", this is a set that's remarkable for its sheer variety and passion, along with the expected but still thrilling guitar work, and some less predictably fine vocals. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/318540593/W_Africa_2006_FarkaSavane__192.rar

Louis Delgado El Sueño De Al-Zaqqâq Artist: Louis Delgado CD title: El Sueño De Al-Zaqqâq Release date : 1997 Number of discs : 1 Total size : 77 ,5 MB Total time : 00:56:23 Tracks: 1. Balansiya 2. The Greeting 3. The Nocturnal Dawn 4. The New Moon 5. Drinking At Dawn 6. The Belt And The Bracelet 7. The Light Of Axarquia 8. Roses In The Pool 9. The Look 10. Dawn Over The Sea 11. The Route Of Black Ivory 12. Epitaph @ 192 VBR mp3 On his first Intuition Nubenegra release El Sueño de Al-Zaqqâq, Spanish musician and producer Luis Delgado sets the works of twelfth century Moorish poet Ibn Al-Zaqqâq into music. Thus an expert of Moorish culture still present in today's Spain through its breathtaking architecture, Delgado mixed the sound of original Arabic instruments such as Ud, Bendir, Nay, Turkish Qanun, Tajira, Darbuka, and many more (mostly part of his own private collection of over two hundred instruments) with ambient sounds created with digital instruments of more contemporary times. The poems are interpreted by the haunting voices of Aurora Moreno and Mohamed El Arabí Serghini; entwined with the wonderful music of Luis Delgado they take us to places in which it seems only pleasant to live: El Sueño de Al-Zaqqâq easily seduces the listener into dreaming along, of a world full of wonder. download: http://rapidshare.com/files/291937752/W_Delgado_1997_Sueno__192.rar

Vaya Con Dios - Night Owls Album : Night Owls Artist : Vaya Con Dios Release Date : 1990 Genre : Pop Total time : 00:39:50 Total size : 62,9 MB Tracks : 1. Nah Neh Nah 2. Far Gone Now 3. Sunny Days 4. Sally 5. Something's Got a Hold On 6. I Don't Want to Know 7. What's a Woman? 8. Night Owls 9. Pack Your Memories 10. With You 11. Travelling Light 12. Quand Elle Rit aux Eclats @ VBR mp3 Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/274046779/R_Vaya_1990_NightOwls.rar

Ali Farka Toure Album : Ali Farka Toure Artist : Ali Farka Toure Release Date : 1988 Label : Mango Number of Discs: 1 Genre : World Total time : 00:58:02 Total size : 80 MB Tracks : 1. Timbarma 2. Singya 3. Nawiye 4. Bakoytereye 5. Tchigi Fo 6. Amanddrai 7. Kadi Kadi 8. Yulli 9. Bakoye 10. Amandrai Live @ 192 Kbit/s mp3 Amazon.com essential recording This self-titled debut is an amazing collection, spotlighting the Malian guitarist in his full solo acoustic glory for a beautiful, intimate music that recalls American blues. The beauty of Ali Farka Toure lives in Toure's light, nimble touch on the strings as well as his flexible, reedy voice, which both perfectly complement his gentle, ambling rhythmic style. Tastier highlights include the cantering "Tchigi Fo," with haunting call-and-response sung in Songhai, and the oddly pastoral "Kadi Kadi," a sweet folk song about an encounter with a young woman and her gift of a gold chain. The Arabic praise song "Bakoye" is a comely love song that pulses with Ali's low, bubbling fingerpicking over which his voice soars in a lovely bucolic melody. "Amandrai," in both a studio and live version, is the kind of bluesy tune that's made Toure famous and earned him comparisons to Lightnin' Hopkins and John Lee Hooker. And in later releases, we indeed witness the Malian master collaborating with such Western artists as the Chieftains and Taj Mahal, but this loner of a debut features the guitarist's talents in a quietly understated, purely African light. --Karen Karleski Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/318505871/W_Africa_1988_Farka__192.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Hiromi – Another Mind Album : Another Mind Artist : Hiromi Uehara Release Date : 2003 Label : Telarc Genre : Jazz Total time : 01:10:21 Total size : 97 MB Tracks : 1. XYZ 2. Double Personality 3. Summer Rain 4. Joy 5. 010101 - (Binary System) 6. Truth and Lies 7. Dancando No Paraiso 8. Another Mind 9. The Tom and Jerry Show - (bonus track) @192 mp3 Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/271672779/J_Hiromi_2003_AnotherMind__192.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Istanbul Oriental Ensemble & Burhan Öçal Caravanserai Album : Caravanserai Artist : Istanbul Oriental Ensemble & Burhan Öçal Release date : 2001 Number of discs : 1 Label : Network Germany Genre : Ethnic Total size : 119 MB Total time : 01:04:42 Tracks : 1 Katar 2 Carsida 3 Boskirda Dugun 4 Gelinin Oynamasi 5 Basbasa 6 Ates Basinda 7 Askin Sarabi 8 Ya Kerim 9 Kor Gibi Darbuka 10 Orient Ekspres 11 Bonus - Caravanserai 12 Bonus - Roman Oyun Havasi @256 Kbit/s mp3 Amazon.com There's no mistaking the royal pedigree. This luxurious, highly ornamented mixture of hand drums, kanun zither, violin, oud, and clarinet is as sumptuous as a fatty-food feast, heady as a pot of frankincense, and intoxicating as a shot of 151-proof rum. Percussionist Burhan Öçal and his rip-roaring ensemble specialize in the forgotten Gypsy music of Thrace with roots in an older repertoire designed to pamper the Ottoman sultans. Apart from preserving Turkish musical traditions during periods of Islamic opposition to music, Gypsy performers also added outside elements to the stew. Thus Ferdi Nadaz's microtonal clarinet flights on "Askin Sarabi" recall the Bulgarian wedding music rave-ups of Ivo Papasov, while the melodic motifs of "Bozkirda Dugun" suggest Yiddish klezmer. Scattered violin flourishes echo Indian sarangi phrases, and "Halli Dokuyan Kiz" with its sensuous zither and violin textures could easily pass for East African taarab. Holding it all together are the belly-dancing rhythms that punctuate the refined atmosphere with a healthy dose of hip-wiggle. Every note seems to promote well-being, but not without an accompanying naughty wink. --Bob Tarte Part1: http://rapidshare.com/files/126139965/Wt_2001_Caravanserai__256.part1.rar Part2: http://rapidshare.com/files/126141700/Wt_2001_Caravanserai__256.part2.rar

Vaya Con Dios Tracks: 1. Don't Cry For Louie 2. Moonshiner 3. Lord Help Me Please 4. Lay Your Hands 5. Lulu's Song 6. Just A Friend Of Mine 7. I Sold My Soul 8. One Silver Dollar 9. Philadelphia 10. Remember 11. Puerto Rico 12. Johnny Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/274044385/R_Vaya_1988_VCD__192.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Chavela Vargas Noche Bohemia Album: Corridos de la Revolution Artist: Chavela Vargas Label: Orfeon/Sony Music Genre: Ranchera Date of release: 1999 Time: 00:42:05 Total size: 47,8 MB Individual Track Details: 1- macorina 2-Anillo de Compromiso 3- presentimiento 4- a prisión perpetua 5- que te ha dado esa mujer 6- ojos tristes 7- simon blanco 8- flor de azalea 9- Tata Dios 10- se me hizo facíl 11- me lleva el diablo 12- arrancame la vida @128 Kbit/s mp3 In the late 1950s and early 1960s in Mexico, singer Chavela Vargas dressed in men’s clothes, drank and smoked cigars like any man, carried a gun with her, and was notorious for her love of women. Some even say that she once kidnapped a woman at gunpoint, but Vargas denies that rumor. However, she doesn’t deny that she gained her slight limp from jumping out of a window because a woman disappointed her in love. If that’s true, Vargas in her youth was every bit as romantic as the music she sang. A legend in Mexican ranchera music—traditional folk music filled with lusty songs about women and romance and heartbreak—Vargas publicly came out as a lesbian in 2000 at the age of 81, the same year she was awarded Spain’s Great Cross of Isabel la Católica, the country’s highest honor for artistic production. Speaking to Madrid’s El País newspaper in October 2000, Vargas declared, “I’ve had to fight to be myself and to be respected. I'm proud to carry this stigma and call myself a lesbian. I don't boast about it or broadcast it, but I don't deny it. I've had to confront society and the Church, which says that homosexuals are damned. That's absurd. How can someone who's born like this be judged? I didn't attend lesbian classes. No one taught me to be this way. I was born this way, from the moment I opened my eyes in this world. I've never been to bed with a man. Never. That's how pure I am; I have nothing to be ashamed of. My gods made me the way I am.” Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/273359707/W_Chavela_1995_Bohemia__128.rar

Yoshida Kyodai - Soulful Album : Soulful Artist : Yoshida Kyodai Release date : 2002 Number of discs : 1 Genre : Traditional Total Time : 00:52:26 Total size : 120 MB Tracks : 01. Tabidachi (Starting On A Journey) 02. Hyakka Ryouran (Blooming) 03. Madrugada 04. Storm 05. Namonaki Oka (A Hill With No Name) 06. Tsuraru Jyangara Bushi (Kenichi Version) 07. Labyinth (Modern Second Movement) 08. Moyuru (Sprouting) 09. Fukaki Umi No Kanata (Beyond The Deep Sea) 10. Tsuraru Jyangara Bushi (Ryoichiro Version) 11. Storm (TM Mix) @ 320Kbit/s mp3 Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/319399264/W_Japan_2003_YoshidaSoulful__320.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/319403284/W_Japan_2003_YoshidaSoulful__320.part2.rar

Antologia do Fado Vol.1 Tracks: 01. A Casa da Mariquinhas (Alfredo Marceneiro) 4:09 02. Não Venhas Tarde (Carlos Ramos) 3:32 03. Saudade Silêncio e Sombra (Tereza Tarouca) 3:58 04. Deixa Falar o Mundo (Manuel de Almeida) 2:58 05. Valentim (Amália Rodrigues) 2:20 06. Túnica Negra (Frei Hermano da Câmara) 2:21 07. Lisboa à Noite (Tony de Matos) 2:58 08. Rua do Capelão (Ada de Castro) 3:40 09. Canção da Rosa Branca (António Pinto Basto) 3:52 10. Chafariz d' El-Rei (Argentina Santos) 2:46 11. Aquela Janela Virada Pró Mar (Tristão da Silva) 3:27 12. Peço Perdão à Vida (Maria Teresa de Noronha) 2:57 13. Foi na Travessa da Palha (Lucília do Carmo) 2:43 14. A Moda das Tranças Pretas (José e Vicente da Câmara) 2:00 15. Saudade Vai-te Embora (Fernanda Maria) 3:00 16. Por Morrer Uma Andorinha (Carlos do Carmo) 3:43 17. Canção Verde (Tereza Tarouca) 3:14 18. Como Te Quis e Te Quero (Manuel de Almeida) 2:53 19. Povo Que Lavas no Rio (Amália Rodrigues) 4:31 20. Ó Tempo Volta Pra Trás (António Mourão) 3:21 @192 Kbit/s mp3 Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/297381351/Antologia_do_Fado_Vol.1__192.rar

Tiken Jah Fakoly Mangercratie Artist: Tiken Jah Fakoly CD title: Mangercratie Release date: 1996 Label: Blue Silver Number of Discs: 1 Genre: Reggae Time: 00:33:58 Total size: 46,6 MB Tracks: 1. Delivrance 2. Plus Jamais Ca 3. Descendant 4. Don 5. Mangercratie (On a Tout Compris...) 6. Djeli 7. Crazy World 8. Descendant [Dub] @192 Kbit/s mp3 Background information: Since his debut album Djelys (1993), Tiken Jah Fakoly has become one of Africa’s most powerful musical voices. That is partly thanks to his engaged brand of reggae and social commentary. The Ivorian’s trenchant words, either in his native Malinke or in French, go to the heart of the ills dogging his continent - and the cynical connivance of the West behind them. In 2007, Fakoly released his eighth recording L’Africain. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/303627512/R_Reggae_1999_Mangercratie.rar

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Album : Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Artist : Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Release date : 1990 Label : Warner Bros. Number of discs : 1 Genre : Bluegrass Total size : 110 MB (mp3), 242 MB (FLAC & CUE) Total time : 00:47 :43 Individual track details : 1. "Sea Brazil" (Béla Fleck) – 3:43 2. "Frontiers" (Fleck) – 6:08 3. "Hurricane Camille" (Fleck) – 2:38 4. "Half Moon Bay" (Fleck) – 5:09 5. "The Sinister Minister" (Fleck) – 4:38 6. "Sunset Road" (Fleck) – 5:04 7. "Flipper" (Fleck) – 4:21 8. "Mars Needs Women: Space is a Lonely Place" (Fleck) – 5:01 9. "Mars Needs Women: They're Here" (Fleck) – 3:30 10. "Reflections of Lucy" (Fleck/John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:38 11. "Tell It to the Gov'nor" (Fleck) – 4:06 @ 320 Kbit/s mp3 & FLAC & CUE Personel: Béla Fleck - banjo Howard Levy - harmonica, keyboards, Jew's harp, güiro Roy "Future Man" Wooten - Synth-axe/Drumitar Victor Wooten - bass Béla Fleck and the Flecktones was the first album by the band of the same name, released in 1990. A live version of "The Sinister Minister", a track from this album, won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1997. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/320626682/links_Fleck___The_Flecktones.txt Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Burhan Öçal – Jardin Ottoman Album : Jardin Ottoman Artist : Burhan Öçal Release date : 1996 Label : L’empreinte Digitale Number of discs : 1 Total size : 62,1 MB Total time : 00:48:30 Tracks: 1. Taksim 2. Pesrev 3. Nideyim Sahn 4. Taksim 5. Vucud Ikliminin Sultanisin Sen 6. Takism 7. Bir Gonlume 8. Taksim 9. Bir Sebeple Gucenmisin 10. Sahane Gozler 11. Persev 12. Cini Giyusuna 13. Taksim 14. Persev 15. Cam-I Askin 16. Taksim 17. Pesrev 18. Sem-I Ruhuna 19. Sem-I Ruhuna 20. Ben Bu Aska Chant @VBR mp3 Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/148053007/Wt_1996_BurhanOttoman.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Fouta L’eau et le feu Artist: Fouta CD title: L’eau et le feu Release date: 2000 Number of Discs: 1 Genre: Reggae Type: MP3 format sound Quality: 128 Kbit Time: 00:59:35 Total size: 55,1 MB Tracks: 1 - Beat Box 2 - Roots 3 - Le Loup 4 - La Pression 5 - La Menace 6 - Where is the Truth 7 - Take it cool man -dub 8 - Luntikal Dub 9 - Jump up! 10 - Wicked Ska 11 - Mais c'est la ... 12 - Percus 13 - La ruée vers l'art L’histoire de Fouta commence en 1995 à Montpellier, le groupe s’appel alors Foutamilia. Quelques années passent, la formation se voit modifiée et le nom du groupe s’en trouve raccourcit : Fouta est naît. La troupe se compose de Rhum J. Au chant et percus, Jean Marc Guitare rythmique et chœur, Azali PP à la Basse et au chœur, Farid au Trombone et Cousto à la Batterie Pétrus. Après une longue absence sur les scènes, dût à l’enregistrement de leur nouvel album « L’eau et le feu » sorti chez High Groove et distribué par MSI tout cela parrainé par la Chalice Prod., ils reviennent avec l’intention de mettre le feu aux scènes hexagonale.. http://membres.lycos.fr/fouta/ Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/274981387/R_Fouta_2000__L_eau__128.rar

Marià Teresa O mar… Album : O mar… Artist : Marià Teresa Release date : 2004 Number of discs : 1 Total size : 52 MB Total time : 00:56 :38 Individual track details : 1. O Mar Enrola Na Areia 2. Argonauta 3. Fadinho Da Tia Maria Benta 4. Rua Do Capelao 5. Rosinha 6. Nem As Paredes Confesso 7. O Regresso 8. Gaivota 9. Grandola 10. Portugal-Fado Tropical 11. Olhos Castanhos 12. Laurindinha 13. Mae Preta-Barco Negro 14. Um Fado @ 128 Kbit/s mp3 Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/285836900/W_Fado_2004_MariaTheresaO_mar__128.rar

Chavela Vargas Corridos de la Revolution Album: Corridos de la Revolution Artist: Chavela Vargas Label: Orfeon/Sony Music Catalog #: ORF 10032 Genre: Ranchera Date of recording: 1970 Date of release: 1994 Time: 00:40:46 Total size: 93,7 MB Individual Track Details: 01. - Gabino Barreras - 3:25" 02. - Los dos hermanos - 3:00" 03. - Anselma Guzman - 3:42" 04. - Valentin de la sierra - 2:59" 05. - Heraclio Bernal - 3:24" 06. - Juan charrasqueado - 3:35" 07. - Simon Blanco - 4:16" 08. - Lucio Vazquez - 4:13" 09. - Felipe Angeles - 3:32" 10. - Valiente Quintero - 4:24" 11. - Benjamin Arguilero - 3:49" 12. - Benito Canales - 3:08" @256 Kbit/s mp3 In the late 1950s and early 1960s in Mexico, singer Chavela Vargas dressed in men’s clothes, drank and smoked cigars like any man, carried a gun with her, and was notorious for her love of women. Some even say that she once kidnapped a woman at gunpoint, but Vargas denies that rumor. However, she doesn’t deny that she gained her slight limp from jumping out of a window because a woman disappointed her in love. If that’s true, Vargas in her youth was every bit as romantic as the music she sang. A legend in Mexican ranchera music—traditional folk music filled with lusty songs about women and romance and heartbreak—Vargas publicly came out as a lesbian in 2000 at the age of 81, the same year she was awarded Spain’s Great Cross of Isabel la Católica, the country’s highest honor for artistic production. Speaking to Madrid’s El País newspaper in October 2000, Vargas declared, “I’ve had to fight to be myself and to be respected. I'm proud to carry this stigma and call myself a lesbian. I don't boast about it or broadcast it, but I don't deny it. I've had to confront society and the Church, which says that homosexuals are damned. That's absurd. How can someone who's born like this be judged? I didn't attend lesbian classes. No one taught me to be this way. I was born this way, from the moment I opened my eyes in this world. I've never been to bed with a man. Never. That's how pure I am; I have nothing to be ashamed of. My gods made me the way I am.” Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/273181043/W_Chavela_1970__Corridos__256.rar Not Chavela Vargas, but funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtKB_CIgAqM

Mahotela Queens Kazet Artist: Mahotella Queens CD title: Kazet Release date: 2006 Number of Discs: 1 Genre: World Type: MP3 format sound Quality: 192 Kbit Time: 00:48:54 Total size: 67,1 MB Tracks: 1. "Amazemula" ("Monster") 2. "Nomshloshazana" (A woman's name) 3. "Hakenyake" 4. "Kazet" 5. "Muntu Wesilisa" ("We're Talking to You") 6. "Ndodana Yolahleko" 7. "Kade Ulalaphi" 8. "Mbube" ("The Lion") 9. "Ubusuku Nemini" 10. "Amabhongo" 11. "Thandanani" ("Love One Another") 12. "Ukhathazile" (A woman's name) 13. "Safa Yindlala" ("They Died Hungry") 14. "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ("God Bless Africa") More info: The Mahotella Queens are South Africa's foremost afro-pop singing group. The Queens -Hilda Tloubatla, Mildred Mangxola, and Nobesuthu Mbadu- first sealed their place in the legend of urban South African music in the early 1960's when, with Simon Nkabindé Mahlathini (the "Lion of Soweto") and the musicians of the Makgona Tsothle Band ("The Band Who Knows Everything"), they invented Mbaquanga. Mbaquanga (the Zulu word for a kind of dumpling, implying the homemade quality of the music's origin) is a strong and explosive potion of various types of traditional music (Zulu, Sotho, Shangaan, Xhosa) mixed with Marabi (South African jazz), American r&b, soul and gospel. Throughout the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens played beer halls and township dances in South Africa. Their original sound came to be dubbed the "indestructible beat of Soweto", and their solid four-to-the-floor dance rhythm and soaring vocal harmonies came to embody the spirit of the oppressed peoples of the townships. They soon hit the international stage as heroes of the cultural resistance to apartheid and as idols to South Africa's black community during the dark years. They took a break in the mid-'70s to raise families, but reunited in the beginning of the eighties. In 1987, producer West Nkosi - saxophonist, penny-whistle player, and conductor of the Makgona Tsothle Band - took advantage of a stay in Paris to cut the record "Paris -Soweto" for the French label Celluloid, resulting in the Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens' international hit "Kazet". The album "Kazet" is a compilation of recordings that had recently been recorded in South Africa and in Paris, and included the South African national anthem "Nkosi Sikelel' i Afrika" in addition to new compositions such as "Amazemula" ("Monster"), "Nomshloshazana" (A woman's name) and "Ubusuku Nemini" and classics like "Kazet". Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/98843917/Mahotela_Queens_-_Kazet.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Eek-A-Mouse Bubble Up Yu Hip Album : Bubble Up Yu Hip Artist : Eek-A-Mouse Release Date : 1981 Label : Thompson Sound Genre : Reggae Total time : 00:28:32 Total size : 39,2 MB Tracks : 1. I Need Your Loving 2. Modelling Queen 3. My Girl 4. Reggae Music 5. Every Girl Is A Virgin 6. Bubble Up You Hip 7. Where Is My Baby 8. Walking Sexy 9. Do You Remember Those Days Of Slavery @192 Kbit/s mp3 Mouse's first album, produced by Linval Thompson for his Thompson Sound label. Backed by The Roots Radics Band and remixed by Joe Gibbs. This is the rarest Eek-A-Mouse recording. Most of the songs were later renamed and re-recorded for later albums. Some very cool stuff on this record. Pure roots Eek. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/303134953/R_Reggae_1980_EekMouseBubbleUp__192.rar

Madredeus Um amor infinito Album : Um amor infinito Artist : Madredeus Label: EMI Release date : 2004 Number of discs : 1 Total size : 91,8 MB Total time : 01:09:45 Tracks: 1. Oluz Da Alegria 2. Cantador Da Noite 3. Uma Estatua 4. Um Amor Infinito 5. Palavras Ausentes (Junto A Ti) 6. Vislumbrar O Canto Encantado 7. Moro Em Lisboa 8. Os Males Do Mundo 9. Ao Crepusculo Onde E Que Esta O Meu Amor? 10. O Olival A Passo, A Trote E A Galope 11. Reflexos De Ouro 12. Suave Tristeza As Vezes Another first rate Madredeus album full of beautiful guitarwork and stunning vocals from Teresa Salgueiro. This is up there with some of their best and certainly more consistent than some of their recent efforts. If you are unfamiliar with this group, they are a traditional Portuguese group who play fado music with a modern slant. It is essentially a mix of folk and opera. The tone is often quite melancholy but in a good way and all the musicians are very accomplished, in particular Teresa, whose voice is simply one of the finest female voices in the world. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/285939435/W_Fado_2004_MadreAmorInfinito__320.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/285942645/W_Fado_2004_MadreAmorInfinito__320.part2.rar

El Manisero ( The Peanut Vendor) Album: 25 versiones classicas de El Manisero Artist: Various Artists Label: Tumbao Cuban Classics Date of release: 1997 Genre: Latin Time: 01:14:01 Total size: 170 MB Tracks : 01. Rita Montaner - 1928 02. Trio matamoros - 1929 03. Antonio Machin - 1930 04. Louis Armstrong - 1930 05. Sexteto Okeh - 1931 06. Imperio Argentina - 1932 07. Enric Madriguera - 1934 08. Xavier Cugat - 1935 09. Miguelito Valdes - 1937 10. Lecuona Cuban Boys - 1941 11. John Kirby - 1943 12. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - 1947 13. Perez Prado - 1948 14. Noro Morales - 1949 15. Alfredito - 1953 16. Abelardo Barroso - 1955 17. Jerry Fielding - 1956 18. Johnny Pacheco - 1958 19. Chico O'Farrill - 1958 20. Obdulio Morales - 1959 21. Bebo Valdes - 1960 22. Pepe Delgado - 1961 23. Pete Terrace - 1962 24. Charlie Palmieri - 1962 25. Bola de Nieve – 1964 @ 320 Kbit/s mp3 The Peanut Vendor (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia): The Peanut Vendor (original title: El Manisero) is a popular Cuban song in style usually known as Cuban rumba (the more correct name of the song's style is son pregón). Maní, maní, maní… Si te quieres por el pico divertir, Cómprame un cucuruchito de maní. El manisero se va, el manisero se va. Me voy, te digo que me voy… The arrangement of El Manisero by a Jewish emigrant to Cuba, Moisés Simmons was recorded by a popular Cuban singer Rita Montaner in Havana in 1928. In 1930 the adaptation of Montaner’s version was recorded in New York by Don Azpiazu and his Havana Casino orchestra, sung by Antonio Machín. It was featured in the Hollywood film The Cuban Love Song (1931) and quickly picked by a dozen other orchestras in the United States and Europe. The song was a top hit on the record in 1931. Because of its cultural importance, in 2005 The Peanut Vendor was included into the United States National Recording Registry by the National Recording Preservation Board, stating: "It is the first American recording of an authentic Latin dance style. This recording launched a decade of “rumbamania,” introducing U.S. listeners to Cuban percussion instruments and Cuban rhythms." Part1: http://rapidshare.com/files/197799577/W_1997_ElManisero__320.part1.rar Part2: http://rapidshare.com/files/197802561/W_1997_ElManisero__320.part2.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Miriam Makeba Sangoma Artist: Miriam Makeba CD title: Sangoma Label: Warner Bros./Wea Release date: 1990 Original release: 1988 Number of Discs: 1 Genre: Ethnic Type: MP3 format sound Quality: 320Kbit Time: 00:42:57 Total size: 98,2 MB Tracks: 1 Emabhaceni 2 Baxabene Oxamu 3 Ngalala Phantsi 4 Ihoyiya 5 Kulo Nyaka 6 Baya Jabula 7 Mabhongo 8 Ingwemabala 9 Mosadi ku Rima 10 Angilalanga 11 Ungakanani 12 Ngiya Khuyeka 13 Nyankwabe 14 Sambuyoma 15 Congo 16 Nginani Na 17 Imam Uyajabula 18 Nyamuthla 19 Icala 20 Masakhane 21 Amaliya 22 Pata Pata 200 23 Cause We Live For Love 24 Lewawechi 25 Homeland 26 Afrika is where My Heart Lies 27 In Time Amazon.com A sangoma is a traditional healer, one who channels the ancestral spirits who advise the living. On this impeccably produced CD, Miriam Makeba returns to her roots, singing the songs of her childhood, and in the process seeks to heal the wounds of apartheid and 30 years of exile from her South African home. The songs here are parables, lullabies, and gathering songs, deeply spiritual and moving. They are songs of struggle and perseverance delivered by Africa's best-loved voice. Mama Africa (Makeba's nickname) is joined by a group of soulful women singers. Some songs feature understated percussion; others are gloriously unadorned a cappella. This is an essential timeless album from one of the world's greatest singers. --Jeff Grubb Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/293724585/W_Africa_1988_MiriamMakebaSangoma__320.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Luis Delgado Al Andalus Album : Al Andalus Artist : Luis Delgado Release date : 1993 Number of discs : 1 Total size : 118 MB Total time : 00:51:20 Tracks: 01. La huida de abd al Rahman 02. Los broncistas de medina al Zahara 03. Memorias del visir de finanzas 04. La matanza de los omegas 05. Tres aluminares y versos de ali ibn musa 06. Ela baño de la princesa sabiha 07.Los almoravides salvan Zaragoza 08. Ha llegado un nuevo poeta a palacio 09. La orfebreria en los reinos de taifas 10. La armada de Ibn Hazm 11. Amanece en la sala dos hermanas 12. La mezquita de Cordoba 13. Gentes del libro 14. Una oración en timmal 15. Marrakesh Sevilla y Rabat 16. La poesia de Ibn Zamrak en la daraxa 17. Y la Alhambra quedo a oscuras @ 320 Kbit/s mp3 This recording is the original sound track of the documentary one made in the occasion of the exhibition “the Islamic Arts in Spain”, organized by the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the Patronage of the Alhambra of Granada in 1992. Evocación of the rich andalusí musical culture, so vital and fruitful transcendencia to both sides of the Straits, made by that has become, from the series “Alquibla”, in the most celebrated creator of these types of music. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/291905865/W_Delgado_1993_AlAndalus__320.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/291917126/W_Delgado_1993_AlAndalus__320.part2.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Chavela Vargas con el cuarteto Lara Foster Album: Chavela Vargas con el cuarteto Lara Foster Artist: Chavela Vargas Label: RCA Victor Genre: Ranchera Time: 00:40:46 Total size: 93,7 MB Individual Track Details: 01. No volvere 02. Desdeñosa 03. La Llorona 04. Las niñas Isabel 05. Rayando el Sol 06. El dia que me dijiste 07. Manzanita 08. Un Mundo Raro 09. Paloma Negra 10. Golondrina Viajera 11. La Charrasca 12. Adios Paloma @320 Kbit/s mp3 In the late 1950s and early 1960s in Mexico, singer Chavela Vargas dressed in men’s clothes, drank and smoked cigars like any man, carried a gun with her, and was notorious for her love of women. Some even say that she once kidnapped a woman at gunpoint, but Vargas denies that rumor. However, she doesn’t deny that she gained her slight limp from jumping out of a window because a woman disappointed her in love. If that’s true, Vargas in her youth was every bit as romantic as the music she sang. A legend in Mexican ranchera music—traditional folk music filled with lusty songs about women and romance and heartbreak—Vargas publicly came out as a lesbian in 2000 at the age of 81, the same year she was awarded Spain’s Great Cross of Isabel la Católica, the country’s highest honor for artistic production. Speaking to Madrid’s El País newspaper in October 2000, Vargas declared, “I’ve had to fight to be myself and to be respected. I'm proud to carry this stigma and call myself a lesbian. I don't boast about it or broadcast it, but I don't deny it. I've had to confront society and the Church, which says that homosexuals are damned. That's absurd. How can someone who's born like this be judged? I didn't attend lesbian classes. No one taught me to be this way. I was born this way, from the moment I opened my eyes in this world. I've never been to bed with a man. Never. That's how pure I am; I have nothing to be ashamed of. My gods made me the way I am.” Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/97057434/Chavela_Vargas_-_con_el_Cuarteto_Lara_Foster.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

Keziah Jones – Nigerian Wood Album : Nigerian Wood Artist : Keziah Jones Release Date : 2008 Number of Discs : 2 Genre : Funk Total time : 01:00:42 + 00:39:48 Total size : 79,8 + 40,6 MB Tracks : CD1 01. Nigerian Wood 02. African Android 03. My kinda girl 04. Long distance Love 05. Beautifulblackbutterfly 06. Pimpin' 07. Lagos vs New York 08. 1973 (jokers reparations) 09. Unintended consequenses 10. Blue is the Mind 11. In love forever 12. My brother CD2 01. Yansh Control 02. Omo Balogun 03. Nigerian Funk 04. Coltrane Nko? 05. International Area Boy 06. Omo Lewon Lewon 07. Idupe 2 08. L'Oke Ati Petele 09. Nigeria We Hail Thee 10. Garan Garan @ VBR Kbit/s mp3 Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/285448509/R_Keziah_2008_NigerianWood.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/285451510/R_Keziah_2008_NigerianWood.part2.rar Links checked on 04/10/08 by link checker bot

The Gladiators Back to Roots Album : Back to Roots Artist : The Gladiators Release Date : 2000 Label : Tabou 1 France Cathalog #: TB1 CD25 Genre : Reggae Total time : 01:04:13 Total size : 84 MB Individual track details : 1. Prayer To Jah 2. The Race 3. Guts 4. Marcus Garvey Time 5. Rich Man, Poor Man 6. No Wrong Idea 7. The Warriors 8. God Bless 9. Streets Of Freedom 10. Follow The Rainbow 11. On The Other Side 12. Chatty Chatty Mouth 13. Talking Blues 14. Rude Boy Ska @ 224 Kbit/s the gladiators released this album after being critized for losing their influential position in the roots world. in other words, the album was the group's attempt to prove their status as one of reggae's best band. and they did just that with this album. there are some old songs from the group's other albums as well as new ones on this album. the group does not hide that fact that they are highly influenced by bob marley. there are remakes of bob's songs (chatty mouth and talking blues) on the album. however, and i think it was a good move on the part of the group, they do not try to impersonate marley as so many reggae artist try to do but fail. i also recommend the gladiator's trench town (which was their first release and is a better introduction than back to my roots) Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/304493356/R_Reggae_2000_GladiatorsRoots.rar