WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICA

PUTUMAYO PRESENTS (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B0002PUH0Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,242 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #25 in Music > World Music > South & Central America > Chile
  • #43 in Music > World Music > South & Central America > Peru
  • #51 in Music > World Music > South & Central America > Colombia

Track Listings

1. La Ronda - Marta Gomez

2. Sinuoso Tropico - Jacqueline Fuentes

3. Justo Agora - Adriana Calcanhotto

4. Dancape - Monica Salmaso

5. India Song - Mariana Montalvo

6. Anda Mareado - Tania Libertad

7. Caras Lindas - Susana Baca

8. Icnocuicatl - Lila Downs

9. Todo Sexta-Feira - Belo Velloso

10. La Frontera - Lhasa

11. Yo Me Llamo Cumbia - Toto La Momposina

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Latin America has produced dozens of brilliant female singers and composers, including trail-blazers like Violetta Parra, Elis Regina, Soledad Bravo and Mecedes Sosa, to mention only a few. The present generation is also shaping up nicely. There are more women bandleaders than ever before, firmly in charge of their own talent, free to choose their material and back-up players without interference. As they so often do, Putumayo has supplied a short-list of emerging stars; the voices heard on this album are uniformly splendid and worthy of deeper exploration. But there are a few stand-outs: Brazilian Mônica Salmaso's creamy dark voice makes a strong impression, as does Chilean chanteuse Jacqueline Fuentes's plaintive, fado-like mezzo and Lhasa's limpidly nostalgic Mexican ranchera. Some may cavil at yet another gender-based compilation. But they should consider that male-dominated equivalents have existed since the dawn of the recorded era; they were just not labeled as such. --Christina Roden

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Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Muy Hermosa!, May 26, 2005

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LightofBeauty - See all my reviews

This review is from: WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICA (Audio CD)

Women of Latin America is truly a sweet treasure. This is the first album that i have bought from this series. I am very glad i did. Each artists from this CD exemplifies a mood in their own way. At times sensual to haunting, sad, and hopeful, these artists truly are talented, beautiful, and powerful. I wish artists like these had more praise and attention than the artists these days that are nothing more but entertainers using just sex appeal to be noticed. This is what real music is about, even when you don't know a single word from the lyrics! I know Spanish pretty well, and im telling you, even the lyrics are "muy hermosa" and just incredible. This is an album worth having if you truly appreciate the passion and beauty of the Spanish language, and beautiful Latin American woman. Gozar de la musica de vida!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super addictive music, March 8, 2007

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Charlotte Tomic "Media Guru" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICA (Audio CD)

The voices and songs of these women haunt you way after you've turned off the CD with incredible melodies and instrumental backups. I would buy one for all of my women friends for Women's Day, today!

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerizing, October 30, 2004

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Dr. John Laughlin (Glenn Dale, MD) - See all my reviews
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These vocalists and the songs they sing are exquisite works of art. Each voice is distinctively rich and though I do not speak Spanish the words and rythms convey their own poetry,