Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World
| Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 25 May 1999 | |||
| Genre | World, Acoustic | |||
| Length | 75:17 | |||
| Label | World Music Network | |||
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Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World is a world music benefit compilation album originally released in 1999, with proceeds going to Amnesty International. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,[1] the release features global acoustic music, from traditional to pop.[2] The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, along with Amnesty, fRoots, New Internationalist, & NCOS.[3][4]
Artists featured cover a broad range of countries, hailing from The Americas (Argentina, Colombia, & the US), Asia (India, Japan, &China), Europe (Spain, Finland, & Scotland), and Africa (Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Mali, & Cape Verde).
Critical reception
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Writing for AllMusic, Alex Henderson called the album "unpredictable" as it does not only feature traditional music but global "contemporary, even cutting-edge pop". The record, according to Henderson, was "excellent" and "well worth obtaining".[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Artist (Country) | Length |
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| 1. | "Carnaval" | Manu Dibango & Cuarteto Patria   | 5:47 |
| 2. | "Cheka Ukama" | Oliver Mtukudzi  | 5:20 |
| 3. | "Azara Al Hay" | Rasha  | 6:28 |
| 4. | "Tizita (Memories)" | Aster Aweke  | 4:48 |
| 5. | "Lo Bueno y Lo Malo" | Duquende  | 4:24 |
| 6. | "La Casita de Mis Viejos" | Adriana Varela  | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Vuelo en Libélula" | Maximo Jimenez  | 2:56 |
| 8. | "Di Krenitse (The Well)" | The Klezmatics  | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Yksi Ruusu" | Niekku  | 5:44 |
| 10. | "Love" | Hariprasad Chaurasia & Shivkumar Sharma  | 5:56 |
| 11. | "Djam Leelii" | Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck  | 5:59 |
| 12. | "Alla l'Aa Ke" | Toumani Diabaté  | 7:15 |
| 13. | "Bia" | Cesária Évora  | 3:10 |
| 14. | "Red Ribbon" | Joji Hirota & Guo Yue   | 6:28 |
| 15. | "Dawn" | Savourna Stevenson  | 3:12 |
References
- ↑ Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- 1 2 3 Henderson, Alex. "Unwired: The Rough Guide to Acoustic Music from Around the World". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 Jan 2014.
- ↑ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- ↑ WorldCat. "Unwired : acoustic music from around the world". OCLC. Retrieved 2014-01-25.