A glorious and exhilarating collection of some of the greatest Cuban Buena Vista and ‘post Buena Vista’ musicians and groups. This fine collection of Cuban musicians includes tracks performed by Luis Frank, Soneros de Verdad, Mayito Rivera, Rudy Calzado, César Pedroso.
ARC Music is proud to release the first in a new world music series: ‘Musical Explorers: Colours Of Raga’ as recorded (CD) and filmed (DVD) by the late ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya (1920-2001). 'Musical Explorers' seeks to document the historic works of musicians and ethnomusicologists who brought attention to the burgeoning world music scene in the 20th century.
"A life lived without a dream is like a stream without water" - Elemotho
Two musicians sit under the shade of acacia trees with the Namibian sun beating down, blue sky above, the city of Windhoek lies in the far distance. Singer/songwriter Elemotho introduces the title track from his new album ‘Beautiful World’ on YouTube and performs it flawlessly with Samuel Batola (Congo Brazza).
Includes new songs, live shows & interviews.
‘Live In Mostar’ is the complete Divanhana studio and live performance experience. The album has a total of 11 carefully-selected recorded songs on the CD and DVD (the same set on each) and just under two hours of Bosnian sevdah, Divanhana-style.
‘Enamorarse en la playa’ is the debut album from Dominican-Canadian singer Rafael Wilsikin Medina aka Rafael. Irresistible Caribbean rhythms from start to finish with Dominican merengue, ‘good time party’ bachata, saucy salsa and Puerto Rican bomba. Rafael’s orchestra, Energía Dominicana, provides the massive Latin American sound on ‘Enamorarse en la playa’ with guitars, bass, piano, tambora, congas, bongos, timbale drums, campana bell, maracas, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and the defining güira.