our latin thing

Ray Barretto - Close Your Eyes




* Photo originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal

mis sueños

Trio Matamoros - Lágrimas Negras

zece prajini

A Hawk and a Hacksaw (with Fanfare Ciocarlia) - Fernando's Giampari

tigris

Ahmed Mukhtar & Sattar Al-Saadi - Souq Baghdadi

ya rai

Cheikha Remitti - Hiyya Bghat Es-Sahra



"Inspiration comes to me at night, like a swarm of bees..."

(More info. here; also here.)

ska-ricua

Gary Crosby and Jazz Jamaica All Stars - Capullito de Aleli

nordeste

Zé Neguinho do Coco - Pau-de-Quiri

majagua

Claudia Gómez - Joropeando

like sonny

Sonny Rollins - Pent-Up House

marabi

Royal Players - Omnyakane



(Info. here.)

riffs

Taj Mahal with The Pointer Sisters - Sweet Home Chicago



* Photo by Bill Steber

xalam

Abdoulie Samba - Alfa Yaya (From African Journey)



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son de oaxaca

Dueto de Tinito y Porfirio - La Petroña



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* Image by Robert Sturman

carmen and the devil

Cassandra Wilson - The Weight



* Photo by Jalyah Burrell

bestiary [2]

Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble - Bunny with Short Legs



* "Das große Hasenstück" by Ottmar Hörl (detail)

bestiary

Ali Akbar Moradi - Partridge's Gait

banderas

Devendra Banhart - Samba Vexillographica

soul conakry

From Guinea, singer Sekouba "Bambino" Diabate - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World

feuilles

Alec Stone Sweet - Shady Grove/Salt River



* Photo from Tours, ma ville

porteño

Adrián Iaies - Nardis

zamba

Marta Topferova - Zamba Gris



* Photo by Guido Gayk

cantaora

Concha Buika - Ojos Verdes

high-life

From Ghana, Spike Anyakor's Rhythm Aces - Fabra Mento Bi



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batucada de bamba

Cássia Eller - Na Cadência do Samba



* Photo detail by sfeiner