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Free Music Notes for Islands
Free Music Review: Contemporary Island Music
Hit: 4 Stars
"Islands" is a compilation of contemporary music from tropical islands across the world. Artists from the Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Tortola, Hawaii and Tahiti are featured on this disc. The Cape Verdean blues singer, Maria Alice, is a real standout with her sad, haunting Falso Testemunho. Bobby & Angelo from Tahiti sing the beautiful, upbeat and distinctly Polynesian E Iti Taurua evoking memories of the cowboy melodies of the `50s. Hawaii's contribution is Hapa's Olinda Road, the disc's one instrumental selection. The selections from the Caribbean artists are all very good whether dance numbers or mournful love songs.
This very enjoyable album is both exotic and easy to listen to. It has introduced me to a number of talented artists whom I otherwise might have missed.
Free Music Review: Very good,not great,but still fun
Hit: 4 Stars
"Danca ma mi Criola" is a bouncy love song."Me ki sa oule" is a lilting song of longing."Bomba traigo yo" is joyfully infectious.The BEST songs are "Falso Testemunho" from Cape Verde&"Veinte anos" from Cuba.Both these songs are about unrequited love&betrayal.For popular songs,they are moving."Sonegaly" is an enchanting song from Madagascar.Tarika hasn't been as good since."E I Taurua"&"Olinda Road" are magical songs from Tahiti&Hawaii.
D'Gary&Jihe from Madagascar as well as Quito Rymer from Tortola aren't quite so good.Interesting sidenote-Rymer's "Mix up world" is one of the themes for Putumayo's World Music Hour.Oh well.
This is still a good album."South Pacific Islands" is EVEN BETTER."Islands" has held up for a good 9 yrs since its release.No wonder it's still in print.How many pop albums last that long???
Free Music Review: One of the best in this series
Hit: 4 Stars
My whole family loves this CD. My 2 year old daughter dances up a storm and my 4 year old son puts on his jolly roger do-rag and swashbuckles about. A little mellower and less adventurous, musically, than similar compilations, but the quality is higher throughout. Free Music Review: Incomplete
Hit: 3 Stars
Incomplete. What else can I say? This is a good mix, and a good cd, but the title is Islands. So, why not throw something a little more exotic into the mix? Cuba and Hawaii are predictable, but what about music from the Azores? What about the Madeira Islands? A little Luis Bettencourt, some Jose Medeiros, or Katia Guerreiro and this cd would have been a whole lot better!!! Free Music Review: Islands--Go Ahead, Dance!
Hit: 5 Stars
Flip this on and be instantly transported to an exotic tropical island-it costs a lot less than a plane ticket, and you don't have to buy one for each person you want to take with you.
Spend forty-five minutes in places like Hawaii, Madagascar, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Tahiti. Great stuff to dance to, just relax and feel it pulse through your veins. This music makes you feel awesome-makes you younger just listening to it.
Just imagine yourself relaxing on an island, no one but you and maybe your lover. You can dance in the sand, relax and listen to the ocean. Feel the culture in this wonderful music and let the sun warm your body. Nothing like it.