Putumayo Presents Nuevo Latino

The spicy rhythms of Cuba meet the soulful swing of the Crescent City to create a savory musical gumbo. The CD includes detailed liner notes, artist photos, and an album download card. Featuring Poncho Sanchez, Dr. John, Los Po-Boy-Citos, Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias, New Orleans Heartbreakers with Big Al Carson, Zazou City, The Iguanas, The Neville Brothers, Otra, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

A captivating musical celebration featuring singer-songwriters from around the globe. Includes a CD, album download card and 6 regional recipes. No matter where you travel in the world, you will eventually stumble upon a great café. While they may take different forms depending on the country and local culture, great cafés share common features including comfortable spots to sit and share stories with friends. In the tropics, this might be outdoors under a leafy trellis with iced coffee or tea. In colder locales, a fireplace and a hot chocolate represent what the Danes call “hygge,” a term whose closest translation is “coziness.”

These seductive songs reflect the musical heartbeat of Brazil, from the romance of Rio to the soul of Salvador. The CD includes detailed liner notes, artist photos, and an album download card. Featuring Vania Abreu, Rogê, Bïa, Sandália de Prata, Luiz Melodia, Dona Onete, Sambasonics, Dendê & Band, Jair Oliveira and Aricia Mess.

Putumayo Presents Carnival is a rousing collection of world music suited for the purpose of annual street parades, large-scale block parties, and whooping it up in all the festooned finery of Mardi Gras. Only two songs here, Eddie Bo's "I Know You Mardi Gras" and Kermit Ruffins's "Kermit's Second Line," hail from New Orleans. The other eight tracks come from such carnival traditions as the world-famous Brazilian Rio de Janiero throw-down represented by Martinho Da Vila's "Canta Canta, Minha Gente" and Cuba's shindig celebrated here by the Cuarteto Patria, led by guitarist Eliades Ochoa, renowned for his Buena Vista Social Club contribution. Haitian band King Posse turn in one of the most fun performances with "Retounen," a booty-busting blend of reggae, hip-hop, and Haitian compas. With few exceptions, these cuts haven't been released outside their native countries, and as with all Putumayo compilations, Carnival comes with fantastic liner notes detailing both the artists and the carnivals of their homelands.

After the destruction wrought by World War II, it’s no wonder Italians of the 1950s wanted to put the past behind them and enjoy life for a change. The American GIs who filled the post-war bars and nightclubs of Italy’s cities in search of a little R&R (aka Roman Romance) brought with them a taste for the swinging jazz sounds that were all the rage back home. Before rock & roll took the world by storm, cool cats were dancing to big bands like Glen Miller and Benny Goodman. American jazz was as irresistible to Italian teenagers as pizza pie was to New Yorkers, and people from both sides of the Atlantic were looking for a taste of what the other had to offer.

Putumayo presents Bluegrass is a 2012 compilation of what may be some of the best bluegrass music put together. This was released by Putumayo,

Putumayo presents The Laura Love Collection is a 1995 compilation by Seattle singer and bass guitar player Laura Love. This was released by Putumayo World Music.

Putumayo Presents Israel is a 2007 compilation CD featuring some of the most beautiful music of the nation of Israel. This was released by Putumayo World Music.

No place is more defined by its music than Cuba. Music pours out of every doorway and vintage taxicab. A party in Cuba without music? Unthinkable. Indeed, there are three essential elements to a cumbancha (Afro-Cuban slang for party): good company, a bottle of rum and musical instruments (the rum bottle can work, as can tables, boxes, pots, pans and any other household object that makes a noise when banged or plucked). You don’t have to be particularly accomplished, just willing to participate.