Latin Beat CD

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Goza ~ Moneda Dura

2. Cumbia Lounge, La ~ Charanga Cakewalk

3. Chocolate ~ Profetas

4. Locuraleza ~ Jontre

5. As¡ Sin Querer ~ Digitano

6. Guajira ~ Grupo Lokito

7. Del Ray ~ Sola Rosa

8. chale Guarapo ~ Edesio

9. Qu?date Donde Est s ~ Calle 66

10. Pelo Shao ~ Sarazino

11. Bonita Mente ~ Bonita Suerte

Notes & Personnel Info
	Liner Note Author: Jacob Edgar.
	Putumayo does its usual thang in compiling a series of global tracks that all represent the inroads made into Latin music by other forms rather than the other way around. Predictably, the results are mixed. These tracks, which come from Cuba, the U.S., New Zealand, Colombia, Spain, Ecuador, and even an amalgam from the U.K., Colombia, and Africa's Congo, all begin as Latin grooves, from cumbias to sons, to merengues and rumbas, and are added to by modern -- sometimes synthetic -- percussion, multi-layered vocals, keyboards, and guitars, while retaining their root Afro-Latin sounds. The best moments here are from Spain's Digitano on "As¡ Sin Querer," with its trip-hop and DJ beats meeting fado head-on in a seductive, sultry meld; Colombia's Profetas with "Chocolate," which uses rumba, jazz, and hip-hop with a gorgeous collaboration between singers and rappers and numerous instrumentalists; and Cuba's Calle 66 with "Qu?date Donde Est s," with its big rhythms above a near traditional son. In a sense, given the name recognition of most of the artists here (all of whom have had hit singles and appear on other comps regularly), this is more for fans of Putumayo than those of "Latin beat." ~ Thom Jurek
Musical Guests
	Ibrahim Ferrer
	Adriano Rodriguez

BloomReach Content

Latin Beat (2011)