World Music
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Not so much a genre, more a way of life, world music is as exotic, broad, and surprising as the planet itself. World music has become as big as its name. These 25 tracks offer a round-the-globe glimpse of the music's greatest artists.
£20.37 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Bamboleo Gipsy Kings 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Chan Chan (Live) Buena Vista Social Club 4:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Ikhaya Lamaqhawe (Home of the Heroes) Ladysmith Black Mambazo 3:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Diablo Rojo Rodrigo y Gabriela 4:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Allah Hoo Allah Hoo Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 8:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Mahdiyu Laye Youssou N'Dour 4:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Batucada Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 2:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Sous le ciel de Paris Edith Piaf 3:33 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Cler Achel Tinariwen 4:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Savane Ali Farka Touré 7:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Amsterdam (Live Olympia 64) Jacques Brel 3:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Tabla Solo in Ekial Ravi Shankar 6:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Cucurrucucú Paloma (Live) Caetano Veloso 3:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Transparente Mariza 2:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Nijaay Orchestra Baobab 7:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Clandestino Manu Chao 2:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Desafinado João Gilberto & Stan Getz 4:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Pata Pata Miriam Makeba 3:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 La Vida Es Un Carnaval Celia Cruz 4:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 The Girl from Ipanema Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto & Stan Getz 5:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre) Gotan Project 5:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Noches del Ayer (Caledonia Nights) Rubén Blades 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Coulibaly Amadou & Mariam 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Bat Macumba Os Mutantes 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
Maybe one day every nation's music will sound the same. So cherish the sounds of diversity — here are 25 of the richest rhythms and traditions that shout out their nations' pride, and cross every border.
£17.98 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Synchro System King Sunny Ade 6:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Beijo de Longe Césaria Évora 4:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Mambo Gozon Tito Puente 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Oblivion Astor Piazzolla 3:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Madan Salif Keita 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 We Are One Angélique Kidjo 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Odera Lwar Owiny Sigoma Band 7:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Grazin' in the Grass Hugh Masekela 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Von Vo Nono Orchestre Poly-rythmo 3:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Samba da Benção Bebel Gilberto 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Djelika Toumani Diabaté 7:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Soul Makossa Manu Dibango 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Canto Libre Victor Jara 4:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Didi Faudel, Khaled & Rachid Taha 6:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Addis Through the Looking Glass Dub Colossus 4:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Maria en la Playa Compay Segundo 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Jive Makgona Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne (You've Stolen My Heart) Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet 5:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Beng Beng Beng Femi Kuti 4:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Warriors of the Drum BURUNDI Music from the Heart of Africa 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 El Harab Wine Khaled 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Cheikh Cheb Mami 3:51 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Deep Cuts
Once upon a time, every nation's music remained a mystery to its neighbours. Now we can cross the world in less than a day — and call up the most sublime sounds from every continent at the click of a mouse. Travel the world with these 25 songs, representing many different sounds from as many different places.
£16.79 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Cannibal Courtship Dengue Fever 4:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Rebel Rebel Seu Jorge 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Kobo Baka Beyond 6:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Cannibal Courtship Dengue Fever 4:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Mbowdi Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba feat. Zoumana Tereta 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Ojalá Silvio Rodríguez 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Ederlezi (Scena Durdevdana Na Rijeci) Goran Bregovic 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Una Noche Mas Yasmin Levy 4:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Alili Fanfare Ciocarlia 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Con toda palabra Lhasa de Sela 4:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Polegnala e Todora (Love Chant) The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Ere Mela Mela Mahmoud Ahmed 4:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Uma Casa Portuguesa Amalia Rodriguez 2:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Mariba Yassa (feat. Mory Kanté) Rail Band 5:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Lufuala Ndonga Konono N°1 9:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Concheperla Novalima 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Aamu Värttinä 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Kabuangoyi Various Artists 9:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Azmari Dub Dub Colossus 5:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Raga Bhairavi: Dhun In Medium Teen Taal (Excerpt) Bismillah Khan 9:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Sebero Issa Bagayogo 4:20 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 21 Songs - Complete Set
Not so much a genre, more a way of life, world music is as exotic, broad, and surprising as the planet itself. Take the 75 essentials we have here: whether French chansons or the distinctive rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean, this music speaks volumes, whatever the language.
£55.14 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Bamboleo Gipsy Kings 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Chan Chan (Live) Buena Vista Social Club 4:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Ikhaya Lamaqhawe (Home of the Heroes) Ladysmith Black Mambazo 3:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Diablo Rojo Rodrigo y Gabriela 4:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Allah Hoo Allah Hoo Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 8:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Mahdiyu Laye Youssou N'Dour 4:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Batucada Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 2:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Sous le ciel de Paris Edith Piaf 3:33 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Cler Achel Tinariwen 4:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Savane Ali Farka Touré 7:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Amsterdam (Live Olympia 64) Jacques Brel 3:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Tabla Solo in Ekial Ravi Shankar 6:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Cucurrucucú Paloma (Live) Caetano Veloso 3:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Transparente Mariza 2:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Nijaay Orchestra Baobab 7:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Clandestino Manu Chao 2:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Desafinado João Gilberto & Stan Getz 4:14 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Pata Pata Miriam Makeba 3:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 La Vida Es Un Carnaval Celia Cruz 4:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 The Girl from Ipanema Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto & Stan Getz 5:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre) Gotan Project 5:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Noches del Ayer (Caledonia Nights) Rubén Blades 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Coulibaly Amadou & Mariam 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Bat Macumba Os Mutantes 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Synchro System King Sunny Ade 6:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Beijo de Longe Césaria Évora 4:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 Mambo Gozon Tito Puente 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Oblivion Astor Piazzolla 3:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 Madan Salif Keita 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 We Are One Angélique Kidjo 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Odera Lwar Owiny Sigoma Band 7:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 32 Grazin' in the Grass Hugh Masekela 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Von Vo Nono Orchestre Poly-rythmo 3:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Samba da Benção Bebel Gilberto 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Djelika Toumani Diabaté 7:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Soul Makossa Manu Dibango 4:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Canto Libre Victor Jara 4:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Didi Faudel, Khaled & Rachid Taha 6:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 Addis Through the Looking Glass Dub Colossus 4:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Maria en la Playa Compay Segundo 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Jive Makgona Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne (You've Stolen My Heart) Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet 5:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Beng Beng Beng Femi Kuti 4:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Warriors of the Drum BURUNDI Music from the Heart of Africa 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 El Harab Wine Khaled 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 Cheikh Cheb Mami 3:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 47 Cannibal Courtship Dengue Fever 4:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Rebel Rebel Seu Jorge 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Kobo Baka Beyond 6:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 Cannibal Courtship Dengue Fever 4:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Mbowdi Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba feat. Zoumana Tereta 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Ojalá Silvio Rodríguez 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Ederlezi (Scena Durdevdana Na Rijeci) Goran Bregovic 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 Una Noche Mas Yasmin Levy 4:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 Alili Fanfare Ciocarlia 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Con toda palabra Lhasa de Sela 4:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 57 Polegnala e Todora (Love Chant) The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Ere Mela Mela Mahmoud Ahmed 4:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Uma Casa Portuguesa Amalia Rodriguez 2:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 Mariba Yassa (feat. Mory Kanté) Rail Band 5:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 Lufuala Ndonga Konono N°1 9:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 Concheperla Novalima 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Aamu Värttinä 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 64 Kabuangoyi Various Artists 9:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Azmari Dub Dub Colossus 5:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Raga Bhairavi: Dhun In Medium Teen Taal (Excerpt) Bismillah Khan 9:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Sebero Issa Bagayogo 4:20 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 67 Songs
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As diverse and beautiful as the world itself.
