Here are some great new CDs arrived at the WorldMusic.co.uk desk!

Various - “The Best of Mr Bongo” (Mr Bongo / 2008)

A 20 year anniversary special double CD  - jampacked with all things Bongolicious!  Featuring some of the best of Mr Bongo’s massive back catalogue (plus some as yet unreleased stuff) from Hip Hop to Funk, House to Afrobeat, Jazz, Latin, Reggae and Drum’n’Bass - it is full of absolute classics. This is a must-have for anyone, from dyed-in-the-wool musos to absolute beginners. 

Recommended?? Can’t recommend enough!

Glyn Phillips (WorldMusic.co.uk)

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Chiwoniso - “Rebel Woman” (Cumbancha CMB-CD-8) - [2008]

Upbeat mbira-driven music from Zimbabwean singer/composer Chiwoniso Maraire. Lyrics full of strength and wisdom on topics ranging from love, children, happiness and avoiding negativity to Shona healing, African mountains, Zimbabwean working conditions and land ownership, and being a strong woman. Very good.

Glyn Phillips (WorldMusic.co.uk)

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Rupa and the April Fishes - “Extraordinary Rendition” (Cumbancha-CMB-07)

‘Quirky’ is about the nearest adjective I can get to this band. An Indian chanteuse that sings in French, Spanish, English and Hindi over a musical landscape that includes Paris, Buenos Aires, New Orleans and Tijuana; all backed by a San Franciscan band that play double bass, cello, glockenspiel, percussion, trumpet, violin, accordion and bandoneon . . .  

Curiously agreeable music!  Recommended? Mais Bien Sur!

Glyn Phillips (WorldMusic.co.uk)

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