Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba

Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba
Rhythms Del Mundo - CubaCDWill Be Released: Nov 21, 2006
Released By Hip-O Records/Universal Music Enterprises

'Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba' is a collaborative album that fuses Cuba's beloved The Buena Vista Social Club and some of today's biggest artists such as U2, Coldplay, Sting, as well as some of the buzziest bands, including The Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and The Kaiser Chiefs. 'Rhythms Del Mundo' also includes music by famed Cuban singers Omara Portuondo and the last vocal recording of Afro-Cuban bolero singer, Ibrahim Ferrer, who died tragically in 2005. The album is in aid of Artists Project Earth (APE), which lends support for natural disaster relief and climate change awareness. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds from sales of the album in the US will be donated to the Music Rising campaign, an instrument replacement fund for musicians of the Gulf Coast.While the majority of the vocals remain the same on the tracks featured here, The Buena Vista Social Club take the original orchestration from each song and create something utterly unique casting their trademark mastery over each song. After obtaining permission from the various bands to modify their material, the Cuban collective (under the guidance of arranger Demitrio Muniz) created brand new backing tracks for the original vocals of songs like "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," "High And Dry" and "Fragile." The musicians who play on the album include Barbarito Torres, Amandito Valdes and Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez in addition to Omara Portuondo, who performs a killer cover of "Killing Me Softly," and duets with the late Ibrahim Ferrer on "Casablanca." The project emerged after the devastating Tsunami of 2004 struck and other environmental disasters followed like the Asian earthquakes and Hurricane Katrina All these artists featured here show their support by taking part in the project (even the packaging for the album is carbon neutral). You, too, can do something now by logging onto the following website links to be informed and spreading the word.

http://www.rhythmsdelmundo.com/