From Putumayo World Music:
World Groove, the latest installment of the Putumayo Groove series, is an upbeat, global dance party that features the hottest blends of world music with electronica, dance music and more.
World Groove is also an enhanced CD, featuring a colorful music video by Egyptian star Hisham Abbas. The video is from the recently released (June 8th) Travel the World with Putumayo DVD, a visual celebration of world music and culture featuring videos and concert footage from around the globe.
The Putumayo Groove series, which includes Arabic Groove, Asian Groove, Latin Groove, African Groove and Brazilian Groove, has earned critical accolades and considerable sales success with more than 25 weeks combined on Billboard’s Top World Albums chart. World Groove features two French DJ collaboratives, Rouge Rouge and Major Boys, as well as Turkish star Mustafa Sandal, German electronic pop group 2raumwohnun, and a collaboration between Algerian raï legend Cheb Mami and popular French hip-hop singer K-Mel. Featured African artists include the late Brenda Fassie (who passed away just as the compilation was being finalized), Malian fusionist Issa Bagayogo and Congolese/Belgian group Zap Mama. Also featured on World Groove are Cuban electro-son pioneer Edesio and Lebanese star Ragheb Alama, one of the most popular singers in the Middle East.
