Track Listing

1. Sygt, Khoomei, Kargyraa (Styles Of Throat-Singing) - Shu-De
2. Happiness Is... - Yungchen Lhamo
3. Taboo - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/Peter Gabriel
4. Kel Kweyo - Geoffrey Oryema
5. To My First Love - Mara! And The Martenitsa Choir
6. Calling Home The Calves - Iarla O Lionaird
7. Mosquito - The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
8. Kronkrohinko - Ayub Ogada
9. Ore Poinkha - Paban Das Baul/Sam Mills
10. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - The Holmes Brothers
11. La Sombra Negra - Toto La Momposina Y Sus Tambores
12. T'Amo - Tenores Di Bitti
13. Gula Gula - Mari Boine Persen
14. Sisitizo La Amani Duniani - Hukwe Zawose
15. Nasikitika - Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila
16. Orovela - The Tsinandali Choir
17. Speaking In Tongues - Sheila Chandra
18. Awa Y'Okeyi - Papa Wemba

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #174824 in Music
• Released on: 2000-03-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Compilation
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

From Amazon.com
In the beginning there was the voice. And it was good. This anthology of great singers plucked from Peter Gabriel's Real World label demonstrates that it really is a large world after all--one in which overtone-rich, didgeridoo-like Tuvan throat singing can coexist with Indipop chanteuse Sheila Chandra's dexterous vocal percussion. Real World's reputation for sumptuous production is secured by tracks on which the vocals are almost secondary to the effects and beats (e.g., the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Gabriel and Bengal's Paban Das Baul with Sam Mills). Plenty of unadulterated vocal grain, however, may be found in the differing ensemble styles of the Martenitsa Choir (Balkan music from Australia!), Moscow's Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble, and Georgia's Tsinandali Choir. Africa both old (Tanzania's Hukwe Zawose, Kenya's Ayub Ogada) and new (Tanzania's Remmy Ongala, the Congo's Papa Wemba) sounds less foreign than the haunting Norwegian fusion of joik singer Mari Boine. But in the end, it's New York's own Holmes Brothers, gospel-soul singers extraordinaire, who prove that the voice can be all that and more. --Richard Gehr

Album Details
This Compilation Album Showcases Some of the Extraordinary Talent on Peter Gabriel's Real World Label Over the Past Ten Years. This Album Focuses on the Human Voice.