Best Music of Costa Rica
Like the luscious drink itself, the tunes come in many intensities and flavors, ranging from a light-as-air ditty from Peru, to the more complex vocal stylings of Colombia's Claudia Gomez , to Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca 's earthy Afro-Cuban Congolese rumba.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"DO NOT PASS THIS CD UP!"
"This CD came and a host of other CD's via the Putumayo collectioncame in a timely manner and this one inparticular is simply lovely to listen to.I do not have a favorite due to all of the songs are great.For me to not understanding he language makes it even more interesting to listen to.The beats, rhythms, collaborations are simply EXCELLENT!!"
"Good Putumayo CD. Several very good tracks on this CD."
"CD was in great condition."
"My favorite CD."
"You will be hard-pressed to find such soulful, diverse, colorful sounds on a compilation CD."
"The cd was in very good condition, however the music wasn't what I expected it to be."
Spanish guitarists and Grammy nominees in the world music category, Jorge Strunz (Costa Rica) & Ardeshir Farah (Iran) perform 11 original compositions backed by a world class ensemble of musicians on bass, drums, congas, timbales, keyboards, violin & dumbec.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very refreshing and nice; similar to the Willie & Lobo genre..."
"I had the CD before and I lost it."
"Some good tracks here but, to me, much of it is derivative from something else I've heard from them on other albums before and after this one (or is the later stuff derivative from this one?"
"Great, soothing music."
"Strunz and Farah have been around for a few years and their mastery of the acoustic guitar is very impressive."
"Great mood music and motivational sounds."
3 Uno
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Excelente, you will enjoy all the songs!"
"I just discovered Malpais... and I love it."
"This is some of my favorite music in the world!"
"I love this music and its lyrics."
Best Music of Chile
Certified Latin Gold by the RIAA.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"OMG...sometimes I HATE Beto Cuevas...this guy sings like an angel (in Spanish, English, and French, thankfully, I speak all three, plus Portuguese)."
"Very best package and article in optimus status."
"One of my favorite MTV unplugged!"
"La Ley - MTV Unplugged is an awesome cd, I listen to it all the time, Great music."
"this CD is one of my fav."
"Yo que soy de Panama siempre estoy comprando CDs de bandas gringas."
"Lo que hace buenísimo este disco es que La Ley quita los sonidos techno que a veces hacen que sus discos no sean tan buenos como deben ser. La canción más mejorada de la original es, sin duda, "El Duelo," la cual es tan hermosa, te pondrá la piel de gallina. Las nuevas canciones "Mentira" e "Intenta Amar" son excelentes también, pero tendrás que fijarte en "La Luna" para descubrir la analogía sobresaliente que muestra la letra, a pesar de que sólo tiene 2 acordes (como explica Beto en el video Unplugged)."
Best Music of Nicaragua
Dance With Me ~ Dance With Me: Music From The.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I love this movie i have seen this film at least 20 times,i wish they could make another together,also i want to buy this movie in blu-ray when it comes out someday."
"I enjoyed the dancing scenes and was hooked on the music the moment I heard it."
"This music lifts my spirits without fail -- every time I listen to it."
"Timeless !!!"
"Fabulous Music, Fabulous Acting, Songs Great and Sensitive."
"Bought this CD again because I wore the 1st one out."
"Excellent."
Best Music of Panama
But Panama Red (their only gold record) had a lot more going for it than just countercultural kicks the band, by now consisting of John Dawson, David Nelson, Dave Torbert, pedal steel ace Buddy Cage and Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden was much tighter than any outfit this stoned had a right to be, and with songwriting contributions from Peter Rowan (the hit Panama Red and Lonesome L.A.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"a real fun album you'll love to sing along with."
"Owned this Record years ago and loved it then."
"excellent product & service."
"But I still will listen to it end to end smiling and even singing along."
"The "drug culture" and language that is present in the songs take you back to a seeminly simpler time, this one is definitely worth buying."
"Blast from the past."
"My all time favorite album!"
"I bought this because my father in law was looking for it specifically."
Best Music of Peru
Deluxe expanded version of the Pop diva's massively successful album features seven bonus tracks including three new songs, a megamix and versions of "E.T" featuring Kanye West, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)".
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I purchased this album for my little Sun Goddess who has a high taste of music and is not really in to lollypop music! I rather kids listen to this type of music which is at least meaningful and musically valuable, than listen to lollypop music and baseless mindless techno and rap."
"its a fun album."
"Pop music history, the singles are iconic."
"Very uplifting album."
"Love Katy Perry's songs on this complete collection, still listen to teenage dream, we all had them."
"what a great album."
"One of the best cd's ever."
Best Music of Ecuador
Best Music of Argentina
PIAZZOLLA ASTOR TANGO ZERO HOUR.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Astor offers us a record that embodies all his music."
"In my opinion Astor Piazzolla represents the typical melancholy, sometimes sadness but energy, passion and love of Buenos Aires."
"Piazzolla is the master of nuevo tango and this intense album captures his soul."
"Wonderful playing and composition!"
"Just accept my word for it, if you miss out on this recording you miss out totally on what Piazzolla has to say and what Piazzola has to say about the tango is worth listening to."
"Just accept my word for it, if you miss out on this recording you miss out totally on what Piazzolla has to say and what Piazzola has to say about the tango is worth listening to."
"I think that album has moments where it exceeds "Tango: Zero Hour" but as a totally-integrated album, "Tango: Zero Hour" has to stand alone."
"Piazzolla himself said that this album was his favorite."
Best Music of Uruguay
Luke Bryan will release his first full length Spring Break album on March 5, 2013.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you liked "Tailgates and Tanlines" and all of his other music, this is the CD for you."
"If you are a Luke Bryan fan this is a must have cd!"
"This is a man who knows what his fans want and he knows how to give it to them, as evidenced by his recent winning of the 2013 Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year Award."
"That voice though...more great music by Mr. Luke Bryan!"
"I love every song though."
"He's not really that country, doesn't capture the beach or salt water style like Kenny Chesney, or Jimmy Buffett, but Luke Bryan is sure enough "Here To Party"."
Best Music of the Andes
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I purchased two by accident but it will make a great gift to my friends."
"I am a self trained chef."
"I would buy this product again."
"Bought for a recovering surgical patient."
"I wanted to relive my experiences in Peru so ordered this cd."
"I cannot stand to,listen to this one."
Best Music of Venezuela
Like the other 20th Century Masters sets, this one is inferior to a previously existing greatest-hits package--in Jones's case, the 1998 Best of Tom Jones .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Four songs are absolute classics, ho-hum after that...but that was TOM."
"Who hasn't heard at least one Tom Jones song in a millennium movie or Cable Show?"
"Was looking for a best of Tom Jones with some of his latest hits since I have another with earlier hits and this was perfect!"
"The seller delivered the CD in perfect condition, it was packaged well and arrived earlier than expected."
"Powerful, provocative tunes like Daughter of Darkness and Delilah combine with perhaps his best performance, Without Love(There is Nothing), to give The Millenium Collection as much scope as Tom Jones had talent."
Best Music of El Salvador
Chanchona, literally "big sow," takes its name from the size & shape of the stringed bass that anchors this ensemble's music.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great cd whose loves salvadorian music..."
"I also love that the singers sound so real and unedited, instead of musically mastered by studio equipment."
"I enjoy this cd; however, i bought it for our nanny to play to our little boy."
Best Colombian Music
The 2 bonus tracks are different versions of 'Ciega, Sordomuda' (12 Inch Full Mix & Radio Edit).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Wonderful album."
"I do like Alanis and my first listening to Shakira did make me think of Alanis. But after much listening--and I have listed to this CD a lot--Shakira has so much more to offer. My favorite songs are Ojos Asi and Tu."
"Shakira is an accomplished artist...if you aren't sure of this album, listen to a few samplings with an open mind."
"Very good Japanese edition of this album "Donde Estan Los Ladrones?"
"Shakira's work in English is never as poignant as her Spanish work."
"I've been a fan of Shakira since 1998."
"One of my favorite Shakira albums!!"
Best Bolivian Music
While it's hard to separate acoustic guitar's early-'80s reinvention from the hands of the late innovator Michael Hedges, Southern Exposure reveals de Grassi as an integral part of that creative cauldron, and his work has dated little--still proof that meditative moods can coexist with accomplished instrumental skill.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"One of the main challenges of the solo acoustic guitarist is to sound fresh, full, and not leave the listener wanting for variety, while still maintaining some kind of identity."
"This is my favorite album from Alex De Grassi after "The Water Garden", which I listen to constantly."
"I finally found a copy of the cd i have been looking for!"
"The most awesome 12 string player I have ever heard."
"I use to have this cd, wonderful music, great guitar , I paid about $10 or $12 new for it!"
"More Alex deGrassi; not quite as impressive as "Slow Circle" but hey, who's complaining?"
"This CD only plays randomly in CD players."
Best Brazilian Music
Originally released in March 1964, this collaboration between saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist João Gilberto came at seemingly the end of the bossa nova craze Getz himself had sparked in 1962 with Jazz Samba , his release with American guitarist Charlie Byrd. Getz/Gilberto , which featured composer Antonio Carlos Jobim on piano, not only yielded the hit "Girl from Ipanema" (sung by Astrud Gilberto, the guitarist's wife, who had no professional experience) but also "Corcovado" ("Quiet Night")--an instant standard, and the definitive version of "Desafinado."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is one CD I never tire of hearing... the voices, rhythms and sensual, enchanting melodies transport me to a place within very different from the Portugal I visited in the 90's. If you cannot "get" why I and myriad others experience the Getz/Gilberto collaboration as Divinely inspired, one size never fits all."
"One can wear out the term "classic" and not half do justice to this important album, the best intro-to-bossa nova CD I know of."
"I first heard this album at my aunt and uncle's house about a year after it was first released, along with Jazz Samba, and was hooked on smooth bossa nova and the larger world of Latin jazz."
"The mint green disc is protected by a translucent plastic sleeve, which in turn has its own embossed cardboard holder. I have 3 versions of this samba classic from Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto- the Red Book CD, the SACD and the new SHM-SACD. In general, the disc sounds more analogue than digital and doesn't have the negative sonic qualities one might associate with many CD's. I hope that Amazon appreciates the fact that there is a strong market out there for hi rez formats that offer alternatives to regular CDs. Perhaps in the future Amazon will consider introducing a separate category for high resolution formats like SACD, SHM, XRCD, etc."
"Getz's jazz saxaphone unobtrusively blends in with the bossa nova and samba music. You can play it as background music for dinners or cocktails, or just play it to listen and dance (OK: this would be slow dancing rather than head bangind metallica) or just to chill while sipping wine, drinking beer, or savoring a caipirina. While living and working in Central and Eastern Europe so many people commented on liking the music (Czech, Austrian, Hungarian, Bosnian and Croatian) that I used to give out copies as presents. As you listen to the music you soon imagine being beach-side, the sun's rays beating down on you, the slight ocean breeze ruffling your hair and that of the pretty women you are trying to avoid staring at while you notice the seagulls crying in the distance sometimes louder than the crashing waves, sometimes not, and the scent of coco oil, and other tropical aromas, flavors and sabores. If for some reason you don't like the cd, give it to a friend, or better yet hold on to it, your musical tastes will mature so that you appreciate this."