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New Digital Album from the folks at Putumayo - World Love Songs
A digital-only album features ten romantic songs from around the globe that will make every day feel like Valentine's Day.
Our friends at the Putumayo label continue to put out some of the best music in the world... And now, they do it digitally!
If most labels decided to assemble a collection of romantic world music, they would tend to make obvious choices like Latin ballad singers. But Putumayo has never been a label that inundates listeners with obvious choices, which is why its compilations are such an adventure.
While everything on this World Love Song release can be described as "romantic world music," the 10-song stream/download is hardly one-dimensional. Looking to Africa, Asia, Europe, plus North and Latin America, Putumayo provides music from all corners of the globe - from India (Aary's "Banjaara") to Morocco/France (with the lovely "Origami" by Erella), to Canada in Joey Nowyuk's melancholy "Sikungilunga (When I Close My Eyes)", to caressing sounds from Brazil ("Clarão de Lua" from Almirizinho Gabriel).
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If you need an example of how diverse African music is, just compare Burkina Faso singers Arouna & Biko's "Champions" next to The Two's wonderful "Fam Couma Ou." Other real gems comes from Americans Clara, whose "Me Faltas Tú" draws on Spanish music instead of modern pop and Ley Line's sublime "Sometimes" the closes out the collection.
Boasting one surprise after another, World Love Songs is one of the many reasons why Putumayo is a name that all world music enthusiasts should be familiar with. The release is available today on all streaming & download services... It's a perfect way to get you ready for the BIG day!
