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Critics Week: The Year in Latin and World Music
All this week, Soundcheck is surveying the best (and worst) of the year 2007 in music and today we turn our attention to the all-encompassing genre of World Music. Siddhartha Mitter, WNYC culture reporter and Boston Globe world music critic, joins us with his picks. We also look at the year in Latin music with Sandra Guzman, editor of Tempo, the Latino section of The New York Post. And finally: The Harlem Experiment is an album that gathers some of the top musicians in the uptown jazz scene. Producer Aaron Levinson and drummer Steve Berrios talk about combining music with DJ scratches, spoken word, and sound bytes. Weigh in: Soundcheck's 2007 listener poll
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World Music: The Best of 2007
Boston Globe contributor and WNYC reporter Siddhartha Mitter shares his best of the year in world music.
Siddhartha Mitter's favorite albums of 2007
Various artists, What’s Happening in Pernambuco (Luaka Bop)
Erol Josué, Régleman (Mi5)
Andy Palacio, Watina (Cumbancha)
DJ Rekha, Basement Bhangra (Koch)
Tabu Ley Rochereau, The Voice of Lightness: Congo Classics 1961-77 (Sterns Africa)
Kiran Ahluwalia, Wanderlust (Times Square)
Youssou N’Dour, Rokku Mi Rokka (Nonesuch)
Latin Music: The Best of 2007
Sandra Guzman, editor of Tempo, the Latino section of The New York Post, offers her favorite Latin albums of the year.
Sandra Guzman's favorite albums of 2007:
Marc Anthony - El Cantante
Ibrahim Ferrer - Mi Sueno
CeU - CeU
Don Omar – King of Kings
Manu Chao - Radiolina
B-Side Players - Fire in The Youth
The Harlem Experiment
The Harlem Experiment pays homage to the various musical cultures of Harlem over the past century - from Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri to hip-hop and soul. Producer Aaron Levinson and drummer Steve Berrios talk about combining music with DJ scratches, spoken word, and sound bytes.
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