Putumayo World Music
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Putumayo World Music is a New York City
based record label
, now specialising in compilations of music from various nations, regions or musical styles which may be classified as world music
.
and a department
in Colombia
. The Putumayo river
delineates the border between Colombia
and Peru
. The name is said to be the name of a bird (Heron).. Dan Storper named his clothing company after travelling in the area.
, Dan Storper stopped in San Francisco. At the Golden Gate Park
he heard the African band Kotoja. He was impressed by the music and the way it gathered many different people.
This made him reflect on how he presented music in his stores. He made a compilation of music he had gathered on his journeys and gathered a positive response. This lead him to give out his first release in 1993.
. Her art is both folky and modern, and, according to the Putumayo website, "represents one of Putumayo's goals: to connect the traditional to the contemporary."
, Caribbean
, Asia
), music types (Reggae
, Folk
, Latin, Jazz
) and other themes (Lounge
, Groove, Party).
The Putumayo Kids division was created in 2002. Since the release of World Playground CD in 1999, Putumayo Kids has achieved honours from Parents’ Choice Awards and the National Parenting Publications Association, and has grown to be one of the more important children's record labels.
Putumayo launched the Putumayo World Music Hour in 2000, a commercially-syndicated world music radio show. Rosalie Howarth of KFOG
hosts the Music Hour. The weekly show is heard internationally on over 150 commercial and non-commercial stations.
The company claims to be committed to helping the communities in the countries where the music they profit from originates, resulting in donations to non-profit organizations including Oxfam
, Mercy Corps
, Make-A-Wish and Amnesty International
. However, limited information about the company's philanthropic activities is available on Putumayo's official website, and the company does not publish its financial information.
Through Putumayo's 10 offices around the world and a network of more than 3,000 book, gift, clothing, coffee and other specialty retailers in the US the label claim to distribute their CDs in more than 80 countries around the world.
As of 30th August 2011, on the release of African Beat and Latin Beat, Putumayo's compilations will be available digitaly.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, now specialising in compilations of music from various nations, regions or musical styles which may be classified as world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
.
Etymology
Dan Storper took the name Putumayo from his company Putumayo Clothing Company. Putumayo is a riverPutumayo River
The Içá or Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, west of and parallel to the Yapura. It forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the frontier with Peru...
and a department
Putumayo Department
Putumayo is a department of Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.The word putumayo comes from the Quechua language. The verb putuy means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and mayo is a variant of mayu, meaning river...
in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. The Putumayo river
Putumayo River
The Içá or Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, west of and parallel to the Yapura. It forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the frontier with Peru...
delineates the border between Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. The name is said to be the name of a bird (Heron).. Dan Storper named his clothing company after travelling in the area.
History
In 1991, on his way home from BaliBali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
, Dan Storper stopped in San Francisco. At the Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a...
he heard the African band Kotoja. He was impressed by the music and the way it gathered many different people.
This made him reflect on how he presented music in his stores. He made a compilation of music he had gathered on his journeys and gathered a positive response. This lead him to give out his first release in 1993.
Artwork
Every release features the distinctive art of Nicola HeindlNicola Heindl
Nicola Heindl is an English artist best known for her work on Putumayo World Music album covers.Heindl grew up outside London before studying illustration at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design. After college, she worked as a commercial artist, working as an illustrator and occasional...
. Her art is both folky and modern, and, according to the Putumayo website, "represents one of Putumayo's goals: to connect the traditional to the contemporary."
Putumayo Presents
Typically a Putumayo World Music compilation is presented as a theme under the title “Putumayo Presents:” The themes can be regional (South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
), music types (Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, Folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, Latin, Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
) and other themes (Lounge
Lounge music
Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera — other than where they are listening to it...
, Groove, Party).
The Putumayo Kids division was created in 2002. Since the release of World Playground CD in 1999, Putumayo Kids has achieved honours from Parents’ Choice Awards and the National Parenting Publications Association, and has grown to be one of the more important children's record labels.
Putumayo launched the Putumayo World Music Hour in 2000, a commercially-syndicated world music radio show. Rosalie Howarth of KFOG
KFOG
KFOG is an FM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting on 104.5 and sister station KFFG 97.7 FM MHz. The 97.7 transmitter is located near Cupertino, California, and it is a simulcast of 104.5 KFOG....
hosts the Music Hour. The weekly show is heard internationally on over 150 commercial and non-commercial stations.
The company claims to be committed to helping the communities in the countries where the music they profit from originates, resulting in donations to non-profit organizations including Oxfam
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
, Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a global aid agency engaged in transitional environments that have experienced some sort of shock: natural disaster, economic collapse, or conflict. People working for it move as quickly as possible from bringing in food and supplies to enabling people to rebuild their economy with...
, Make-A-Wish and Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
. However, limited information about the company's philanthropic activities is available on Putumayo's official website, and the company does not publish its financial information.
Through Putumayo's 10 offices around the world and a network of more than 3,000 book, gift, clothing, coffee and other specialty retailers in the US the label claim to distribute their CDs in more than 80 countries around the world.
As of 30th August 2011, on the release of African Beat and Latin Beat, Putumayo's compilations will be available digitaly.
Discography
- 1993
- 101/103 The Best of World MusicWorld musicWorld music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
: Volume 1 - World Vocal (April 1993) - 102/104 The Best of World Music: Volume 2 - World Instrumental (April 1993)
- 105/107 The Best of Folk MusicFolk musicFolk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
: Contemporary Folk (August 1993) - 106/108 The Best of World Music: African (August 1993)
- 101/103 The Best of World Music
- 1994
- 109/110 Kotoja: The Super Sawalé Collection (July 1994)
- 111/113 The Best of World Music: ReggaeReggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
(July 1994) - 112/114 The Best of World Music: World Dance Party (July 1994)
- 115-2 Shelter: The Best of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters (November 1994)
- 116-2 A Putumayo Christmas (November 1994)
- 117-2 The Dougie MacLeanDougie MacLeanDougie MacLean OBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist.His career started with a traditional band, The Tannahill Weavers, in 1976. His solo career started in 1981 and since then he has recorded numerous albums...
Collection (November 1994)
- 1995
- 118-2 The Laura Love Collection (March 1995)
- 119-2 Women of the World: International (October 1995)
- 120-2 Women of the World: CelticCeltic musicCeltic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
I (October 1995)
- 1996
- 121-2 The Touré KundaTouré KundaTouré Kunda is a Senegalese musical group whose 20-year career encompasses recordings in six languages and collaborations with well-known musicians such as Carlos Santana...
Collection (19 March 1996) - 122-2 The Dalom Kids and SplashSplash (group)Splash was a dance music duo who had a top ten club hit with "I Need Rhythm" in 1990 . Splash were signed to WEA records and released one album "Just A Party" which included a cover of the Mantronix hit "Got To Have Your Love".-External links:*...
Collection (19 March 1996) - 123-2 A World Instrumental Collection (19 March 1996)
- 124-2 A Touré Kunda, Dalom Kids / Splash and World Instrumental Sampler
- 125-2 A Celtic Collection (2 July 1996)
- 126-2 One World (2 July 1996)
- 127-2 A Johnny Clegg and JulukaJulukaJuluka was a South African music band formed in 1969 by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. Juluka means "sweat", and was the name of a bull owned by Mchunu.-Career:...
Collection (2 July 1996) - 128-2 Women’s Work (May 1996)
- 121-2 The Touré Kunda
- 1997
- 129-2 Islands (4 February 1997)
- 130-2 Travel the World with Putumayo World Music (8 April 1997)
- 131-2 ¡Latino! ¡Latino! (22 July 1997)
- 132-2 Caribbean Party (22 July 1997)
- 133-2 Women of the World: Celtic
- 134-2 Women of the World: Celtic II (9 September 1997)
- 135-2 Music From the Coffee Lands I (7 October 1997)
- 1998
- 136-2 Romantica (13 January 1998)
- 137-2 Women of Spirit (10 March 1998)
- 138-2 Ricardo LemvoRicardo LemvoRicardo Lemvo is a DR Congolese singer of Angolan descent, based in Los Angeles. His music combines Cuban salsa with African rumba and soukous....
and Makina Loca: Mambo Yo Yo (19 May 1998) - 139-2 Afro ~ Latino (19 May 1998)
- 140-2 Sam MangwanaSam MangwanaSam Mangwana, born February 21, 1945, is a Congolese musician, born to a Zimbabwean migrant father and an Angolan mother. He is the frontman of his bands Festival des maquisards and African All Stars....
: Galo Negro (19 May 1998) - 141-2 Celtic Tides (29 September 1998)
- 142-2 Reggae Around the World (30 June 1998)
- 143-2 Cairo to Casablanca (25 August 1998)
- 144-2 A Native American Odyssey: Inuit to Inca (10 November 1998)
- 1999
- 145-2 Mali to Memphis (26 January 1999)
- 146-2 Habib KoitéHabib KoitéHabib Koité is a Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. His supporting cast, Bamada, is a super-group of West African talent, including Kélétigui Diabaté playing balafon.- Musical style :...
& Bamada: Ma Ya (26 January 1999) - 147-2 Dublin to Dakar: A Celtic Odyssey (23 February 1999)
- 148-2 A Mediterranean Odyssey (6 April 1999)
- 149-2 Cuba (25 May 1999)
- 150-2 Brasileiro (25 May 1999)
- 151-2 Africa (13 July 1999)
- 152-2 Oliver Mtukudzi: Tuku Music (13 July 1999)
- 153-2 Caribe! Caribe! (22 June 1999)
- 154-2 World Playground I (24 August 1999)
- 155-2 The Equation: Hazy Daze (28 September 1999)
- 156-2 Cape Verde (12 October 1999)
- 157-2 New World Party (9 November 1999)
- 158-2 Ricardo LemvoRicardo LemvoRicardo Lemvo is a DR Congolese singer of Angolan descent, based in Los Angeles. His music combines Cuban salsa with African rumba and soukous....
and Makina Loca: Sao Salvador (22 February 2000) - 159-2 Italian Musical Odyssey (24 October 1999)
- 2000
- 160-2 ZydecoZydecoZydeco is a form of uniquely American roots or folk music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century from forms of "la la" Creole music...
(25 January 2000) - 161-2 Louisiana Gumbo (25 January 2000)
- 162-2 Republica Dominicana (22 February 2000)
- 163-2 South African Legends (25 April 2000)
- 164-2 Miriam MakebaMiriam MakebaMiriam Makeba , nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award winning South African singer and civil rights activist....
: HomelandHomeland (Miriam Makeba album)Homeland is a 2000 album by South African singer Miriam Makeba. It was released in 2000 on CD by world music label Putumayo. It includes a duet starring Makeba and Zenzi Lee in a renovated version of Makeba's trademark hit song "Pata Pata" , entitled "Pata Pata 2000"...
(9 May 2000) - 166-2 Mo’ Vida (23 May 2000)
- 167-2 Puerto Rico (23 May 2000)
- 168-2 Oliver Mtukudzi: Paivepo (13 June 2000)
- 169-2 Festa Brasil (27 June 2000)
- 170-2 Chico CésarChico CésarChico César is a Brazilian singer-composer-songwriter.-Albums:* Aos Vivos * Cuzcuz-Clã* Beleza Mano * Mama Mundi * Respeitem meus cabelos, brancos...
(27 June 2000) - 171-2 Rita Ribeiro: Perolas Aos Povos (27 June 2000)
- 172-2 Latinas (25 July 2000)
- 174-2 Mariana Montalvo: Cantos del Alma (25 July 2000)
- 176-2 Equation: The Lucky Few (11 July 2000)
- 180-2 Music from the Tea Lands (22 August 2000)
- 181-2 A Putumayo World Christmas (26 September 2000)
- 182-2 A Jewish Odyssey (26 September 2000)
- 160-2 Zydeco
- 2001
- 183-2 Carnival (9 January 2001)
- 184-2 CajunCajunCajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles...
(9 January 2001) - 185-2 Gypsy Caravan (13 February 2001)
- 186-2 Gardens of Eden (13 March 2001)
- 187-2 Mexico (10 April 2001)
- 188-2 Jamaica (8 May 2001)
- 189-2 Arabic Groove (12 June 2001)
- 190-2 Colombia (10 July 2001)
- 191-2 African Odyssey (11 September 2001)
- 192-2 Habib KoitéHabib KoitéHabib Koité is a Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. His supporting cast, Bamada, is a super-group of West African talent, including Kélétigui Diabaté playing balafon.- Musical style :...
& Bamada: Baro (24 July 2001) - 193-2 World Playground II (11 July 2001)
- 194-2 Music from the Coffee Lands II (9 October 2001)
- 2002
- 195-2 SambaSambaSamba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
Bossa NovaBossa NovaBossa Nova may refer to:*Bossa nova, a style of music*Bossa Nova , a dance form associated with the music*Bossa Nova , a 2000 film*Bossa Nova - album by John Pizzarelli...
(8 January 2002) - 196-2 Mississippi BluesBluesBlues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
(12 February 2002) - 197-2 Latin Groove (12 March 2002)
- 198-2 World LoungeLounge musicLounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera — other than where they are listening to it...
(9 April 2002) - 199-2 Oliver Mtukudzi: Vhunze Moto (24 April 2002)
- 200-2 Congo to Cuba (21 May 2002)
- 201-2 Latin Playground (11 June 2002)
- 202-2 Asian Groove (27 August 2002)
- 203-2 RumbaRumbaRumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no...
FlamencoFlamencoFlamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
(24 September 2002) - 204-2 Afro-Portuguese Odyssey (22 October 2002)
- 205-2 CalypsoCalypso musicCalypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song...
(19 November 2002)
- 195-2 Samba
- 2003
- 206-2 Global SoulSoul musicSoul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
(14 January 2003) - 207-2 African Playground (19 February 2003)
- 208-2 Cover the World (19 February 2003)
- 209-2 Euro Lounge (11 March 2003)
- 210-2 African GrooveAfrican GrooveAfrican Groove is an album released by Putumayo World Music on 22 April 2003. It consists of tracks by various artists, mixing the styles of African dance music with electronica and hip-hop....
(22 April 2003) - 211-2 French Caribbean (20 May 2003)
- 212-2 Dreamland (20 May 2003)
- 213-2 SalsaSalsa musicSalsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
Around the World (24 June 2003) - 214-2 The Oliver Mtukudzi Collection: The Tuku Years (8 July 2003)
- 215-2 American BluesBluesBlues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
(26 August 2003) - 216-2 Brazilian Groove (9 September 2003)
- 217-2 The Putumayo World Music 10th Anniversary Collection (21 October 2003)
- 218-2 Christmas Around the World (7 October 2003)
- 219-2 French Café (11 November 2003)
- 206-2 Global Soul
- 2004
- 220-2 Sahara Lounge (20 January 2004)
- 221-2 World Reggae (24 February 2004)
- 222-2 Sing Along with Putumayo (23 March 2004)
- 223-2 Women of Africa (27 April 2004)
- 224-2 Nuevo Latino (25 May 2004)
- 225-2 Greece: A Musical Odyssey (29 June 2004)
- 226-2 Caribbean Playground (27 July 2004)
- 227-2 World Groove (24 August 2004)
- 228-2 Women of Latin America (21 September 2004)
- 229-2 Blues Lounge (5 October 2004)
- 230-2 Music from the Chocolate Lands (9 November 2004)
- 231-2 South Pacific Islands (23 November 2004)
- 2005
- 232-2 New Orleans (25 January 2005)
- 233-2 Kermit RuffinsKermit RuffinsKermit Ruffins is a jazz trumpeter, singer and composer from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He has been heavily influenced by Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan and Eddy Jefferson. Ruffins accompanies a large portion of his songs with his own vocals, and he says that the highest note he can hit...
(1 February 2005) - 234-2 Acoustic Brazil (25 February 2005)
- 235-2 Afro-Latin Party (22 March 2005)
- 236-2 Mali (3 May 2005)
- 237-2 North African Groove (7 June 2005)
- 238-2 Italian Café (21 June 2005)
- 239-2 Swing Around the World (5 July 2005)
- 240-2 American Folk (9 August 2005)
- 241-2 Latin Lounge (6 September 2005)
- 242-2 French Playground (4 October 2005)
- 243-2 Celtic Crossroads (4 October 2005)
- 244-2 Asian Lounge (8 November 2005)
- 2006
- 245-2 The Caribbean (10 January 2006)
- 246-2 Reggae Playground (24 January 2006)
- 247-2 Brazilian Lounge (21 February 2006)
- 248-2 Turkish Groove (21 March 2006)
- 249-2 ParisParis (Putumayo album)Paris is a 2006 compilation of French chanson music by label Putumayo. It contains tracks by various artists.- Track listing :All tracks are performed by their respective composers, unless indicated otherwise.# Au Café de la Paix - 4:03...
(18 April 2006) - 250-2 Folk Playground (23 May 2006)
- 251-2 ¡Baila!: A Latin Dance Party (23 May 2006)
- 252-2 Music from the Wine Lands (27 June 2006)
- 253-2 Blues Around the World (25 July 2006)
- 254-2 Acoustic Africa (5 August 2006)
- 255-2 Radio Latino (3 October 2006)
- 256-2 New Orleans Christmas (3 October 2006)
- 257-2 New Orleans Playground (17 October 2006)
- 258-2 One World, Many Cultures (7 November 2006)
- 259-2 Asian Dreamland (5 December 2006)
- 2007
- 260-2 A New Groove (30 January 2007)
- 261-2 Women of the World: Acoustic (27 February 2007)
- 262-2 Gypsy Groove (27 March 2007)
- 263-2 Putumayo World Party (24 April 2007)
- 264-2 Animal Playground (22 May 2007)
- 265-2 Latin Jazz (26 June 2007)
- 266-2 Americana (31 July 2007)
- 267-2 World Hits (28 August 2007)
- 268-2 Israel (25 September 2007)
- 269-2 Brazilian Playground (25 September 2007)
- 270-2 New Orleans Brass (23 October 2007)
- 271-2 TangoTango musicTango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
Around the World (23 October 2007) - 272-2 Celtic Dreamland (6 November 2007)
- 2008
- 273-2 Latin Reggae (22 January 2008)
- 274-2 Hawaiian Playground (22 January 2008)
- 275-2 Euro Groove (11 March 2008)
- 276-2 African Party (29 April 2008)
- 277-2 African Dreamland (29 April 2008)
- 278-2 Café Cubano (27 May 2008)
- 279-2 Québec (10 June 2008)
- 280-2 Reggae Around the World (Re-release of 142-2 with different track order and 1 track less)
- 281-2 Acoustic France (19 August 2008)
- 282-2 Acoustic Arabia (2 September 2008)
- 283-2 Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
Playground (30 September 2008) - 285-2 A JazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
& BluesBluesBlues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
Christmas (28 October 2008) - 286-2 Women of Jazz (28 October 2008)
- 2009
- 287 African Reggae (27 January 2009)
- 288 India (24 February 2009)
- 289 ¡Salsa! (24 March 2009)
- 290 Italia (19 May 2009)
- 291 European Playground (19 May 2009)
- 292 Brazilian Café (28 July 2009)
- 293 Picnic Playground (28 July 2009)
- 294 España (29 September 2009)
- 295 A Family Christmas (27 October 2009)
- 296 Jazz Around The World (27 October 2009)
- 2010
- 297 Rhythm & Blues (9 February 2010)
- 299 Jazz Playground (9 March 2010)
- 300 Latin Party (6 April 2010)
- 301 South Africa (18 May 2010)
- 302 Rock & Roll Playground (29 June 2010)
- 303 Tribute to a Reggae Legend (13 July 2010)
- 304 Yoga (14 September 2010)
- 305 World Christmas Party (5 November 2010)
- 2011
- 306 Bossa Nova around the world (11 February 2011)
- 307 Acoustic Dreamland (22 February 2011)
- 308 Rumba, Mambo, Cha Cha Chá (5 April 2011)
- 309 Jazz (3 May 2011)
- 310 Kids World Party (28 June 2011)
- 311 African Beat (30 August 2011)
- 312 Latin Beat (30 August 2011)
- 313 Acoustic Café (12 October 2011)
- 314 Celtic Christmas (25 October 2011)