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Hailing from the Wassoulou forest region of Mali, singer Oumou Sangare helped modernize the acoustic-native mix of hunters' songs and sogoninkun dance music she grew up with.  Finding her way to the city of Abidjan in 1989, Sangare cut a cassette that would eventually sell close to a quarter of a million copies; it became her debut disc, compliments of the World Circuit label.  And while she would go on to cut albums with a mix of traditional and tastefully chosen Western elements, "Moussoulou" captures Sangare in all her sensual acoustic glory.  Undulating atop a musical base featuring violin, the djembe goblet drum, a call-and-response choir, and the kamalengoni harp, Sangare daringly speaks out against such traditional practices as polygamy and arranged marriages.  She fleshes out these modern views -- for Mali and many other African countries, at least -- with songs that both encourage her countrymen to recognize women as individuals and focus on a girl's struggle to reconcile old values with modern needs. A find for fans of West African folk-pop music.

Oumou Sangare - Moussolou

http://www.sendspace.com/file/l1my9t

 

 

"Loot" is the coming together of three distinct creative personas, of three distinct expressive forces; Melina Kana, the most arresting voice that has come out of Greece lately; Thanasis Papakonstantinou, the composer who thinks that the city of Ashkhabad is as close as a nearby village; and Ashkhabad, the finest soloists of Turkmenistan who can turn a mere gathering into a banquet. They met, developed friendships, improvised communications that deranged translators and made music. The result is a scrapbook of memories, laughter, non verbal jokes and heart felt emotions in the form of songs.

Melina Kana, Thanasis Papakonstantinou & Ashkhabad - Loot

http://www.sendspace.com/file/h43do1

 

Ray Stevens - Santa Claus Is Watching You

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jzo030

 

Barbra Streisand - The Ultimate Collection [2010]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vl25nj

 

Daniel Powter - Best Of Me [2010]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xs4c2g

 

Guns N' Roses - Family Tree [2010]

CD1

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bf2jdm

CD2

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xdjc1o

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