Rhythms Del Mundo Discography of CDs

Photographer: Sophie Molins. Personnel: Zamo Mbutho, Malebo Mothema, Stella Khumalo, Hamadou Bocoum-Afel, Lungile Dlamini, Suthukazi Arosi (vocals); Lamine Soumano, Jon Lewis (guitar, percussion); Vieux Farka Touré, Greg Georgiades (guitar); Sidiki Diabate, Josh Doughty, Mamadou Diabate, Toumani Diabaté (kora); Leo Steeds (keyboards); Godfrey Mgcina, Nahini Doumbia (drums, percussion); Drissa Kone, Jah-Man Aggrey, Adama ...

Rhythms Del Mundo CD discography Turning the covers album concept on its head, Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba doesn't set a varied group of northern artists loose on the music made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club, but instead sets the Club's members lose on the northerners' own songs. Now that's an inspired idea, and all ...

Rhythms Del Mundo albums Turning the covers album concept on its head, Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba doesn't set a varied group of northern artists loose on the music made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club, but instead sets the Club's members lose on the northerners' own songs. Now that's an inspired idea, and all ...

Rhythms Del Mundo music CDs Photographer: Sophie Molins. Personnel: Zamo Mbutho, Malebo Mothema, Stella Khumalo, Hamadou Bocoum-Afel, Lungile Dlamini, Suthukazi Arosi (vocals); Lamine Soumano, Jon Lewis (guitar, percussion); Vieux Farka Touré, Greg Georgiades (guitar); Sidiki Diabate, Josh Doughty, Mamadou Diabate, Toumani Diabaté (kora); Leo Steeds (keyboards); Godfrey Mgcina, Nahini Doumbia (drums, percussion); Drissa Kone, Jah-Man Aggrey, Adama ...

Rhythms Del Mundo discography The 3rd instalment that fuses an all-star cast of Cuban musicians including members of Buena Vista Social Club with artists inc. Coldplay, Green Day, Gorillaz, Dizzee Rascal, Bob Dylan, Wyclef Jean, Groove Armada, Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall and more. Recording information: Abdala Studios, Havana; Lazy Moon Studios, UK. Director: Lorna Howarth. Arrangers: Frank Rubio; ...

The third release in the Rhythms del Mundo series of charity compilations, Classics once again finds an Afro-Cuban band reworking a full album's worth of star-studded contemporary pop/rock. In this case, the reworked songs are all cover versions of well-known hits from yesteryear (i.e., "classics"). Most of the 19 tracks are comprised of previously released vocal material to which the Rhythms del Mundo band adds new music in an Afro-Cuban style. There is some previously unreleased material here as well, most notably the album's lead single, a version of the Eagles' "Hotel California" by the Killers. Among the previously released material, there are several songs that are familiar: Sam Cooke's "Cupid" by Amy Winehouse, the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" by Cat Power, the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" by the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" by Rodrigo & Gabriela. Because of the familiarity of the original versions of these songs, they're among the most curious inclusions on ...

Track Listing of songs: Clocks; As Time Goes By; Dark of the Matinee; Better Together; Dancing Shoes; One Step Too Far; I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For; Modern Way; Fragilidad; Ai No Corrida; She Will Be Loved; Don't Know Why; Hotel Buena Vista; High and Dry; Malecon Serenade; Havana Sunrise;