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| Putumayo World Music Presents: World Groove |
World Groove, the latest installment of the Putumayo Groove series, is an
upbeat, global dance party that features the hottest blends of world music with
electronica, dance music and more. World Groove includes two CDs, one
featuring all new tracks and a second CD sampler featuring 10 songs from the
other Putumayo Groove and Lounge collections.
World Groove is also an enhanced CD, featuring a colorful music video by
Egyptian star Hisham Abbas. The video is from the recently released (June 8th)
Travel the World with Putumayo DVD, a visual celebration of world music and
culture featuring videos and concert footage from around the globe.
The Putumayo Groove series, which includes Arabic Groove, Asian Groove, Latin
Groove, African Groove and Brazilian Groove, has earned critical accolades and
considerable sales success with more than 25 weeks combined on Billboard’s
Top World Albums chart. World Groove features two French DJ collaboratives,
Rouge Rouge and Major Boys, as well as Turkish star Mustafa Sandal, German
electronic pop group 2raumwohnun, and a collaboration between Algerian raï
legend Cheb Mami and popular French hip-hop singer K-Mel. Featured African
artists include the late Brenda Fassie (who passed away just as the compilation
was being finalized), Malian fusionist Issa Bagayogo and Congolese/Belgian
group Zap Mama. Also featured on World Groove are Cuban electro-son pioneer
Edesio and Lebanese star Ragheb Alama, one of the most popular singers in the
Middle East.
upbeat, global dance party that features the hottest blends of world music with
electronica, dance music and more. World Groove includes two CDs, one
featuring all new tracks and a second CD sampler featuring 10 songs from the
other Putumayo Groove and Lounge collections.
World Groove is also an enhanced CD, featuring a colorful music video by
Egyptian star Hisham Abbas. The video is from the recently released (June 8th)
Travel the World with Putumayo DVD, a visual celebration of world music and
culture featuring videos and concert footage from around the globe.
The Putumayo Groove series, which includes Arabic Groove, Asian Groove, Latin
Groove, African Groove and Brazilian Groove, has earned critical accolades and
considerable sales success with more than 25 weeks combined on Billboard’s
Top World Albums chart. World Groove features two French DJ collaboratives,
Rouge Rouge and Major Boys, as well as Turkish star Mustafa Sandal, German
electronic pop group 2raumwohnun, and a collaboration between Algerian raï
legend Cheb Mami and popular French hip-hop singer K-Mel. Featured African
artists include the late Brenda Fassie (who passed away just as the compilation
was being finalized), Malian fusionist Issa Bagayogo and Congolese/Belgian
group Zap Mama. Also featured on World Groove are Cuban electro-son pioneer
Edesio and Lebanese star Ragheb Alama, one of the most popular singers in the
Middle East.