CD-Charts Position 21
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Grandes Exitos de Juan Luis Guerra Y 4.40

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Juan Luis Guerra

Release Date November 14, 2000
We enjoy listening to Latin music and this CD is one of the best to listen
to. It makes you get up and dance to this music.

CD-Charts Position 22
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Wátina

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective

Release Date February 27, 2007
Wonderful offering of distinct rhythms from the Garifuna culture of Central America. Andy himself participated in more danceable, electric Garifuna music (such as Punta) earlier in his career. However, this offering is more refined, still very rhythmical of course, but more spiritual and carved out of his respect for his culture and roots. A wonderful album.

CD-Charts Position 23
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Bachata Roja: Acoustic Bachata From the Cabaret Era

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Various Artists

Release Date November 06, 2007
"Bachata" is a party music that comes from the Dominican Republic, and since the 1980s it has become a globally popular dance style... This disc explores bachata's roots in the early 1960s to the early '80s, when it was still a primarily acoustic form, mixing the heart-piercing sentimentality of the bolero with dazzling, multi-layered guitar work similar to the Cuban guajira and Puerto Rican jibaro music... This is amazingly rich, satisfying music -- one of the finest historical Latin albums of the decade, packed with powerful performances from rare, hard-to-find records. Highly recommended! (DJ Joe Sixpack/Slipcue)

CD-Charts Position 24
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Introducing...Rubén González

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Rubén González

Release Date September 16, 1997
i've really been enjoying this c.d.,especially the rhythm section,but the piano is flawless.thank god ruben cut this album before he passed on. he is considered one of the top 3 pianists to ever come out of cuba.put this c.d. on,lite up a nice cigar,and it really transports you!!

CD-Charts Position 25
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Love Is My Religion Re-Release

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Ziggy Marley

Release Date December 04, 2007
This CD was my first Ziggy Marley recording.
It is better than I expected.
The Tuff Gong would be proud.
I will be getting more recordings by Ziggy Marley-for sure...
Very pleasant sounds.

CD-Charts Position 26
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Putumayo Presents: Cafe Cubano

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Various Artists

Release Date May 27, 2008
Putumayo's "Cafe Cubano" is the latest in the world music's cafe series,and so far,the best. While Italian&French Cafe are bland collections, the Cuban one is a savory blend of old and new music. The compilation is like a mojito-a cold limeade with the extra kick of rum. There's even a recipe--a mojito dipping sauce made with lime,lemon&orange juices.

"Cafe Cubano" opens with Jose Conde y Ola Fresca's "El Chacal",a jazzy critique of Che Guevara. Conde is an alum of Boston's Berklee College of Music, but one wonders if this song will go over well in nearby Cambridge, with its Proletarian thrift shop&its Communist-themed bar. Ignacio Carrillo's "Lagrimas Negras" is a melancholy ode to unrequited love. Pedro Luis Ferrer,a critic of the Cuban ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 27
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90 Millas

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Gloria Estefan

Release Date September 18, 2007
this pulled me like a magnet!
amazing voice, amazing beats, one of her amazing albums, i am in love with her voice HER PASSION in music!
viva CUBA!

CD-Charts Position 28
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Very Best of Harry Belafonte

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Harry Belafonte

Release Date November 06, 2001
I could listen for hours. It reminded me so of my father walking around our home singing this music. This is ageless.

CD-Charts Position 29
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Heart of the Congos

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: The Congos

Release Date October 23, 1992
Seriously, this one brings me to tears every time. This is art for the ages.

CD-Charts Position 30
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Soca Gold 2008

CD-Charts > Music > Caribbean and Cuba
by: Various Artists

Release Date May 20, 2008
I am a Canadian living and working in Sherman TX,I miss my Soca and this year I will be missing my Caribana Jump Up in Toronto Aug 2,but this CD makes me feeling like I am there.I just found out I am a "Soca Junkie" too! Buy this CD and feel the Scoa Fever.Hey what has happened to Byron Lee's annual Soca CD?