...is El Alma En Los Labios performed by the famous Ecuadorian pasillo singer Julio Jaramillo aka "El Ruiseñor de América" (1935—1978). Since 1993, his birthday is celebrated as Día Nacional del Pasillo ecuatoriano (1 October). Listen to more of JJ's songs here.
...is Boy Meets Girl, a duet of Anoushka Shankar with guitarist Pepe Habichuela.
...is Cimarroneando by the Colombian band Cimarrón. Their new album Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) is out now.
The Trio Chemirani are three Iranian percussionists, Bijan, Djamchid and Keyvan Chemirani. This week's song, Azadeh, is taken from their latest album, Invite, and features guest Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko and Cuban pianist Omar Sosa.
What a bummer! Recent "improvement" of blip.fm has rendered all songs I've blipped unavailable, while we7 moved to subscription-only mode. So much for "free music". I'd like to apologise to my readers since many links to songs published here may not be of any use.
Oh well, we have to move on. This week's song is No te iras by Dominican salsero Sexappeal (no, I don't think it is that good a stage name, even for a non-English-speaking country, but there you go), from his 2006 album Mal o Bien.
