Putumayo

(VA) Putumayo Kids presents Hawaiian Playground
World | VA | Putumayo | MP3 VBR @ 180 | Jan 2008 | 39 MB

Hawaiian Playground is a lively collection that explores the playful side of Hawaiian music. With selections featuring the sounds of ukuleles, steel guitars and harmonious vocals, this album is as colorful as the islands which inspired it.

(VA) Putumayo Kids presents Asian Dreamland
MP3 CBR 320 | 2006 | 75 MB
World | Putumayo | Cover

No matter what the country or language, parents all across the world must find ways to get their children to sleep each night. Asian Dreamland offers soothing and musically intriguing songs from countries as diverse as Japan, China, India and even the Siberian republic of Tatarstan. This harmonious collection of tranquil songs is perfect for yoga and meditation, as well as putting the little ones to sleep.

(VA) Putumayo Kids presents Folk Playground
MP3 VBR 160 | 2006 | 39 MB
Folk, Easy Listening | Putumayo Kids | No Covers

Years ago, before MP3 players and video games, people used to get together with family and friends to make music. Gathered around the fireplace or sitting on the front porch, people of all ages would pull out instruments and sing traditional songs that had been passed from generation to generation. This is the very essence of folk music, and its legacy continues on Folk Playground.

(VA) Putumayo Kids presents Reggae Playground
MP3 CBR 320 | 2006 | 112 MB
World | Reggae | Putumayo Kids | Covers

Reggae Playground presents renowned artists from reggae’s birthplace of Jamaica. Judy Mowatt, a former backing vocalist for Bob Marley and respected solo artist, invites listeners to get moving with her rousing "Let’s Dance." We hear about the importance of respecting our differences and the need to work together in Rita Marley’s classic anthem "Harambe." The Jamaican reggae arrangements of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by the legendary Toots & the Maytals and the Burning Souls’ rendition of "Here Comes the Sun" demonstrate the adaptability of this infectious beat to almost any tune.

(VA) Putumayo Kids presents French Playground
MP3 CBR 192 | 2005 | 50 MB
World, French, Jazz, Lounge, Easy Listening | Putumayo Kids | Cover

French Playground, a musical rendez-vous of fun French and French Creole songs will delight children of all ages. French Playground reflects the rich variety of Francophone music.The styles employed evoke a nostalgic yet ultra-contemporary enfant boulevardier's world of cafés, bicyclettes with bells, bals musette and le jazz hot, so that parents will also be charmed and not find themselves left out of the experience, or worse, rolling their eyes and diving for cover. The songs not only reflect daily life as encountered by children living in France but accurately portray that nation's modern cultural melting pot – where immigrants and visitors from Africa, the Caribbean and North America, regardless of encroaching ultra-right isolationism, have indelibly graced the national consciousness with their own traditions and dialects

VA - Putumayo Presents: Rhythm and Blues (2010)
RnB/Blues/Jazz/Soul/ | MP3 | VBR 192kbps | 00:40:15 | 69 MB

Putumayo's newest release, Rhythm & Blues, features first generation soul legends and rising stars of the retro R&B revival. Scheduled for release on February 9th, it's the label's first album exclusively dedicated to the genre. The 60s and 70s rhythm and blues of The Four Tops, Otis Redding and The Supremes, among others, became a global phenomenon and has inspired a new generation of artists who are reviving the classic soul sound. Reaching mainstream popularity in the 1950s, rhythm and blues sprung from the rugged roots of blues and gospel music, pairing soulful vocals with pop sensibilities. While in recent years R&B has become more closely associated with rap and hip hop, legends and young artists are recreating the sound and mood of the genre's glory days.