Customer Reviews

Congo to Cuba

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I heard one of the songs at the San Francisco Latin Film Festival playing as the audience entered for the screening. I could not wait to ask the sound man for the title and I have not been disappointed. The songs I heard that night were Safiatou and the next song. Since I bought the CD earlier this year, I've been hooked. Very bright recording allows me to hear all the nuacnes of the melodic and percussion driven African and Latin music. I great find. I'm looking for other releases by these world artist on this compilation. Go get it.

as a listener of all sorts of interesting music, this complitation hits the spot. while i'm playing the cd i'm not sure if i'm in cuba or africa, but that doesn't matter. this is a must for those whoe like up tempo latin groove. hitting the repeat button over and over i feel the passion and soul of these artists. putamayo stepped to the plate, usually my only complaint is their compilations are too short, this one goes on......thanks for the groove...pete saloutos

I have not much to add to previous comments, except ONE very important thing. You cannot listen to most of Putumayo Cds on Amazon.com, however you can listen to most of them on Amazon.fr . Just paste your item title on Amazon.fr and then click on "les ecouter tous" (listen to all).
Hope it helps.

I would give it more than five stars if I could. I was hooked from the first track and it just got better. My favorites are tracks 1,2,3, and 6. This cd had me all over the net looking for more from the artists, especially Balla Tounkara (#6), Chico Alvarez, and Alfredo Valdés.

This disc is great. I love them all especially, Val Carretero, Yiri Yiri Bom, Le Monde Est Fou is awesome,Son Soneate, Ritmo de mi Son and African Salsa is the best.

As Cuban and an AFRO CUBAN who has enjoyed our music for more than 50 years it is never difficult to accept the fact that Africans came to cuba and to all of the caribbean light yrs before slavery took over in amerikka. We brought our culture, language religion and music with us and even today in 2006 one only has to pay attention to see that our flava has never changed..even in hip hop..So to say that some people re-africanized the music anything is a bad choice of words..how can you africanize what is already african?

The truth is we as a cuban people identified with the mother land, brought the music with us and got robbed

I found this album in, of all places, a Utah information station. They had gift items from Utah, the west and international craftsmen. My husband is Cuban so it caught my eye. We both listen to it over and over, the beat gets under your skin. It is great for driving or doing housework. We also appreciated reading about the artists in the enclosed leaflet. If you like Latin music you'll love this album. I plan on buying more from this company.

Congo to Cuba is a fabulous CD and I ordered it for friends as a gift. I already own a copy and play it often.
It combines the BEST of both countries and the music is awesome!!!

I love the blend of "Latin African" and this is a great CD.

What I loved best is how the music flowed from one to the next...
My fave tracks are 1, 5, 10 and 11... Great blend of two countries music that complement each other extremely...