Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World
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, and NCOS.[3][4]
| 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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Artists featured cover a broad range of countries, hailing from The Americas (Argentina, Colombia, and the US), Asia (India, Japan, and China), Europe (Spain, Finland, and Scotland), and Africa (Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Mali, and Cape Verde).
Critical reception edit
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 edit
| No. | Title | Artist (Country) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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. OCLC 47899618. Retrieved 2014-01-25.