Track 1
Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela) - Hugh Masekela (South Africa)
Hugh Masekela (born Johannesburg, April 4, 1939) is a South African flugelhorn and cornet player. In 1961, as part of the anti-apartheid campaign, he was exiled to the United States where he was befriended by Harry Belafonte. He has played primarily in jazz ensembles, with guest appearances on albums by The Byrds and Paul Simon. In 1987, he had a hit single with "Bring Him Back Home" which became an anthem for the movement to free Nelson Mandela. After apartheid ended, Masekela returned to South Africa where he now lives.
Track 2
Tiki Tiki - Phinda (South Africa)
Phinda Mtya-Matlala was born October 10, 1967 in Port Elizabeth, in South Africa's Eastern Cape province is an afro-jazz singer, producer, composer, writer and actress who's music is an infusion of gospel, afro-pop and blues.
Track 3
Bat Macumba - Gilberto Gil (Brazil)
Gilberto Gil (born 26 June, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter, and Brazil's former Minister of Culture. Gil is best known for his late 1960s tropicalismo recordings, including "Roda", "Lunik 9", and "Domingo No Parque". Elis Regina recorded many of his songs. He began his career as a bossa nova musician, but soon began writing songs that reflected a new focus on political awareness and social activism, along with fellow singer Caetano Veloso.
Track 4
Ai Se Eu Te Pego - Michel Teló (Brazil)
Michel Teló (Medianeira, January 21, 1981) is a Brazilian singer and composer. Teló was part of two music groups but was in Group Tradition that his career as a singer took off. The group's biggest hits, were "Goodbye", "The Cauldron", "Forever My Life", "The Brazilian", and "I Want You". In addition to being a singer-songwriter he is also a dancer and plays the accordion and harmonica. Teló received international fame when many football players used the signature dance to "Ai se eu te pego" during goal celebrations, spreading the song's popularity.
Track 5
Chase the Devil - Max Romeo (Jamaica)
Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith, 22 November 1947, St. D'Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica), is a reggae and roots reggae recording artist who has achieved chart success in his home country, and in the UK. The singer who put the rude in rude boy, Max Romeo was responsible for launching an entirely new sub-genre of reggae, whose overtly suggestive lyrics caused an outcry but took a massive hold of the music scene regardless.
Track 6
Tringo Dub - Dub Colossus (Ethiopia/UK)
Recorded by a group of adventurous Ethiopians and Nick Page, one half of the British group Temple Of Sound, Dub Colossus is a unique attempt to mix traditional East African music with the most experimental reggae sounds. Recorded first in Addis Ababa, it was completed in a two-week session at the Real World studios in Wiltshire, thanks to the involvement of the B&W Music Club.
Track 7
Rap do Tem que Ter - Flavia Coelho (Brazil)
Flavia Coelho is a young Brazilian singer, who's made a huge impact across Europe with her new album Bossa Muffin. As the title suggests, she draws on the traditions of the samba and the bossa nova and the melodies of the forro from north-eastern Brazil, but she and her red-hot band work in ragga and hip-hop to create a stylish yet mischievous mix that takes the new Brazil to the world.
Track 8
O Sapo - João Gilberto (Brazil)
João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931 in the town of Juazeiro, Bahia) is a Brazilian musician and considered one of the creators, with Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, of bossa nova. A self-taught guitarist and singer, Gilberto moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1950 and joined the vocal group Garotos da lua ("The Boys of the Moon") as their lead singer.
Track 9
La Boa - Los Mocosos (USA)
Imagine for a moment that you're a music critic. You're checking out the new CD by Los Mocosos, and you're thinking, "okay, this is fun. Some good old barrio-style rock." Then suddenly you're hearing reggae and funk and rap. Before you know it you're reaching for the hyphen key way too much: "a triumph of Latino-ska-funk-rock" just sounds silly, even if it's true. That's Los Mocosos. If America still prides itself on being a melting pot, then this just might be the ultimate American band.
Track 10
Bones Bugalu - Gabriël Rios (Puerto Rico/Belgium)
Gabriël Rios was born in 1978 in Puerto Rico and grew up under the caribean sun listening to a wide range of music. Latin, Classical, Pop, Rock and Hip-hop. Young Gabriël learned to play the guitar. A true musical talent, he managed to combine all these influences in to his own style and sound. As a teenager he met the love of his and he decided to follow his blond Belgian angel. He moved to Belgium where went to art school and formed a band called The Nothing Bastards.
Track 11
Propuesta Indecente - Romeo Santos (USA)
Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer, featured composer and lead singer of the Bachata group Aventura. As a member of Aventura, Santos has been a key figure in popularizing Bachata, with hits reaching near the top of the Billboard Latin charts and the top of charts in Europe. In 2002, the band's song "Obsesión" was number one in Italy for sixteen consecutive weeks. Santos was born in The Bronx, New York, United States to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. At twelve years of age, he became a member of the church choir.
Track 12
Sentimientos - Andrés Linetzky & Ernesto Romeo (Argentina)
From Avellaneda, 28 years old, student of the Maestros Horacio, Salgan and Rodolfo Mederos. Andres is the Pianist of the Tango, Orchestra of the City of Buenos Aires, and Director of the Vale, Tango Group. Linetzky started studying music at age 6. He was almost an adult-he was a student at the Popular Music Conservatory-when he changed from studying jazz to tango. "My soul is tango, I am tango, " Linetzky said.
Track 13
99 Luftballons - Nena (Germany)
Nena is the stage name of German singer and actress Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960 in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany). Nena was also the name of the band with whom she released the 1984 English recording of her most well-known song "99 Red Balloons" (orginally released in Germany in 1983 as "99 Luftballons") Nena acquired her nickname, which means "baby girl" in Spanish, at the age of 3 during a vacation to Spain. Her first band was called The Stripes (1979). They had a very minor hit with the song "Ecstasy", but never managed to achieve broad success.
Track 14
Da Da Da - Elastica (UK)
Elastica were a Britpop band formed in London, England in 1992 and made up of: Justine Frischmann (vocals and guitar), Donna Matthews (guitar and vocals), Annie Holland (bass), and Justin Welch (drums). Later members included Shelia Chipperfield (bass), Dave Bush (keyboards), Paul Jones (guitar), and Sharon Mew (keyboards and vocals). Their first single was 1993's "Stutter", which was a word-of-mouth hit largely due to the promotional efforts of Radio 1 DJ and Deceptive Records label boss Steve Lamacq.
Track 15
Steamin' Blues -The Hot 8 Brass Band (USA)
The Hot 8 Brass Band is a New Orleans based brass band that blends hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with a traditional New Orleans brass sounds. It was formed in 1995 by tubist Bennie "Big Peter" Pete, merging two earlier bands, the Looney Tunes Brass Band and the High Steppers Brass Band. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Hot 8 Brass Band was propelled to wider prominence by an appearance in Spike Lee's 2006 documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.
Track 16
Oh, Mam - Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys (USA)
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are a Cajun band band from southern Louisiana. The band formed in 1988 and has since recorded 10 albums, nine of which are on Rounder Records. The bands members include: Steve Riley (accordion), David Greely (fiddle), Sam Broussard (guitar), Brazos Huval (fiddle/saxophone/bass) and Kevin Dugas (drums). An additional member, Jimmy Domengeaux played guitar with the band up until his death in 1999. Domengeaux was killed in a motorcycle accident in southwestern Louisiana.
Track 17
Ping Pong - Javi P3Z Orquesta (Spain)
Javi Pez is a Spanish DJ and producer.
Track 18
(Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre (UK)
Labi Siffre (born June 25, 1945) is an English poet, songwriter and singer. Born the fourth of five children, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital Hammersmith, London to a Barbadian / Belgian mother and a Nigerian father, Siffre was brought up in Bayswater and Hampstead and educated at a Catholic monastery school, St Benedict's School, in Ealing. Jazz and Blues records provided his musical education: Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and Charlie Mingus among many. Jimmy Reed and Wes Montgomery loomed large as guitar influences; Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed and Mel Tormé as vocal influences.
Track 19
Auld Lang Syne - Salsa Celtica (Scotland)
Salsa Celtica - an 11 piece world music fusion band coming from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1995. They have released four studio albums so far.
Track 20
Nelson Mandela - Special AKA (England)
The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English "2 Tone" ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a danceable ska beat with punk's energy, underpinned by an informed political and social stance. The group was formed by songwriter/keyboardist Jerry Dammers, with Terry Hall (vocals), Lynval Golding (guitar, vocals) and a rhythm section featuring Horace Panter (bass) and John Bradbury (drums).
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