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The Rough Guide to World Music

The Rough Guide to World Music
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released25 October 1994
GenreWorld
Length71:26
LabelWorld Music Network
Full series chronology
The Rough Guide to World Music
(1994) 		The Rough Guide to West African Music
(1995)
Complete list

The Rough Guide to World Music is a world music compilation album originally released in the United Kingdom in 1994. The first of the World Music Network Rough Guides World Music series, it was co-released with an eponymous reference book.[1] The album features artists hailing from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Artwork was designed by Impetus, and the compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Raymond McKinney of AllMusic called the album an "ideal way to taste-test the endless flavors the genre has to offer."[3] Michaelangelo Matos, writing for the Chicago Reader, described the first two thirds as "pretty scintillating" but the last third as "folkloric" and "boring".[4]

Track listing

No.TitleArtist (Country)Length
1."Rebellion"Joe Arroyo Colombia6:09
2."Sama Rew"Africando United StatesSenegal4:17
3."Dugu Kamelenba"Oumou Sangare Mali5:08
4."Zaiko Wa Wa"Zaiko Langa Langa ZaireDemocratic Republic of the Congo5:40
5."Diandioli"Étoile de Dakar Senegal4:52
6."Rwanamiza"Cécile Kayirebwa Rwanda5:02
7."Jono"Tarika Sammy Madagascar3:57
8."Tsaiky Mboly Hely"Henry Kaiser & David Lindley with Roger Georges United StatesMadagascar4:04
9."Henna"Ali Hassan Kuban Egypt3:55
10."Tanola Nomads"Sainkho Namtchylak TuvaRussia4:59
11."Goodbye Again"Guo Yue & Joji Hirota ChinaJapan7:13
12."Khosid Wedding Dances"Muzsikás Hungary4:10
13."When I'm Up I Can't Get Down"Oyster Band England3:30
14."Hot Tamale Baby"Buckwheat Zydeco United States4:41
15."Theid Mi Dhach"Talitha MacKenzie United States3:01

References

  1. ^ a b World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. ^ Discogs. "Various - The Rough Guide to World Music". Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ^ a b McKinney, Raymond. "Various Artists: Rough Guide to World Music". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 Dec 2013.
  4. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.


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