Various Artists / Riverboat Records Sampler
| Album: | Riverboat Records Sampler | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Apr 2014 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2014-06-13 | Pull Date: | 2014-08-15 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 17, 2014: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood, It's Global Warming
Drinking Song, Drinking Song, Indospaniola |
2. | Jun 17, 2014: | Eclectic Erudition
Drinking Song |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2014-06-13
Reviewed 2014-06-13
Riverboat Records: Music From the Source [Disc 1] WORLD
VARIOUS ARTISTS 2014
1: 5:47 mid fast, plucked strings, loudspeaker voice, then female vocal
2: 4:10 slow to mid, thumb piano intro, female vocal, slow percussion, deep bass horn
3: 5:31 slow plucked guitar & sitar noodling, Flamenco sound, John McLaughlin, Jerry Douglas & Indian slide guitar maestro Debashish Bhattacharya
4: 3:46 mid tempo brass band with fast drumming from Jaipur India
5: 7:21 slow plucked & bowed strings w/ male & female voc/wail from West Java
6: 6:03 slow plucked & bowed strings from Palestine
7: 1:30 bowed strings, whistles, dog bark and vocal wails
8: 3:40 mid to faster, male voc, Big bass, percussion & sax from Mozambique
***9: 3:52 mid tempo, nice fem voc, great rhythm from Madagascar
10: 5:35 mid tempo, Saharan Blues, guitars, bass, percussion & male voc/wail
11: 5:14 mid tempo, bowed strings, mellow voc/wail/rap from South Africa
12: 3:58 mid tempo, reeds, violins & guitar, Eastern European orchestra
***13: 3:18 mid to faster Eastern European folk, nice sound
14: 4:02 slow, plucked strings & keyboard? from Finland
15: 4:23 slow to mid, Cuban son
16: 3:14 mid tempo guitar tango from Argentina
***17: 4:00 mid to faster, bowed strings, Chinese folk rockers from Beijing, Mongolian drinking song
D Farrell 06/2014
Riverboat Records: Music From the Source [Disc 2] WORLD
***1: 4:02 mid tempo, West African Blues rom Mali
2: 7:26 mid tempo, female voc/wail with plucked strings & percussion
3: 5:55 mid tempo, male vocals, guitars & percussion, Soukous from Congo
*4: 0:56 sounds like a radio promo for the following track
*5: 4:45 mid to faster Afro Columbian Champeta/Afro Latin/ Congo Soukous, fun tune
6: 3:21 slow to mid, Brazilian male vocal & guitar
7: 5:22 fast, male vocal fast percussion from Mali
8: 4:16 mid tempo, male vocal & Saharan blues guitar & percussion
9: 5:02 mid tempo, male vocal in French, flute, percussion accordion, from Martinique
10: 2:47 fast, flute & accordion from Indian Ocean island of La Reunion
11: 5:24 fast classical Indian violin with tabla.
12: 3:18 mid tempo, male voc/wail with plucked strings & hand drum from Bengal
13: 3:52 fast, plucked & bowed strings, male vocal, percussion
14: 4:27 mid tempo palm wine, male vocal & guitar
15: 1:43 a cappella, male shouts & wails
16: 1:20 fast fast percussion some shouts & wails
17: 4:40 fast, male vocal in Arabic, percussion & accordion? from Sudan
***18: 3:24 fast Chinese folk drinking song, plucked & bowed strings & drums D Farrell 06/2014
VARIOUS ARTISTS 2014
1: 5:47 mid fast, plucked strings, loudspeaker voice, then female vocal
2: 4:10 slow to mid, thumb piano intro, female vocal, slow percussion, deep bass horn
3: 5:31 slow plucked guitar & sitar noodling, Flamenco sound, John McLaughlin, Jerry Douglas & Indian slide guitar maestro Debashish Bhattacharya
4: 3:46 mid tempo brass band with fast drumming from Jaipur India
5: 7:21 slow plucked & bowed strings w/ male & female voc/wail from West Java
6: 6:03 slow plucked & bowed strings from Palestine
7: 1:30 bowed strings, whistles, dog bark and vocal wails
8: 3:40 mid to faster, male voc, Big bass, percussion & sax from Mozambique
***9: 3:52 mid tempo, nice fem voc, great rhythm from Madagascar
10: 5:35 mid tempo, Saharan Blues, guitars, bass, percussion & male voc/wail
11: 5:14 mid tempo, bowed strings, mellow voc/wail/rap from South Africa
12: 3:58 mid tempo, reeds, violins & guitar, Eastern European orchestra
***13: 3:18 mid to faster Eastern European folk, nice sound
14: 4:02 slow, plucked strings & keyboard? from Finland
15: 4:23 slow to mid, Cuban son
16: 3:14 mid tempo guitar tango from Argentina
***17: 4:00 mid to faster, bowed strings, Chinese folk rockers from Beijing, Mongolian drinking song
D Farrell 06/2014
Riverboat Records: Music From the Source [Disc 2] WORLD
***1: 4:02 mid tempo, West African Blues rom Mali
2: 7:26 mid tempo, female voc/wail with plucked strings & percussion
3: 5:55 mid tempo, male vocals, guitars & percussion, Soukous from Congo
*4: 0:56 sounds like a radio promo for the following track
*5: 4:45 mid to faster Afro Columbian Champeta/Afro Latin/ Congo Soukous, fun tune
6: 3:21 slow to mid, Brazilian male vocal & guitar
7: 5:22 fast, male vocal fast percussion from Mali
8: 4:16 mid tempo, male vocal & Saharan blues guitar & percussion
9: 5:02 mid tempo, male vocal in French, flute, percussion accordion, from Martinique
10: 2:47 fast, flute & accordion from Indian Ocean island of La Reunion
11: 5:24 fast classical Indian violin with tabla.
12: 3:18 mid tempo, male voc/wail with plucked strings & hand drum from Bengal
13: 3:52 fast, plucked & bowed strings, male vocal, percussion
14: 4:27 mid tempo palm wine, male vocal & guitar
15: 1:43 a cappella, male shouts & wails
16: 1:20 fast fast percussion some shouts & wails
17: 4:40 fast, male vocal in Arabic, percussion & accordion? from Sudan
***18: 3:24 fast Chinese folk drinking song, plucked & bowed strings & drums D Farrell 06/2014
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