Any Putumayo fans?

Thanks for the recommendations, Honest1, Abdou, and Electroid. Listening to music in different languages and unfamiliar instruments always brings new excitement to music for me. For those who are looking to expand their music collection, World Music is one place to have a listen.

Good luck!

Putumayo has some Latin discs with good Salsas and Cha Chas.

Try Habib Koité - Baro.....
You won't regret this !

Yes, Habib is great. Baro is good... so is the other stuff. Mostly all the same songs on all the albums. Baro is a bit more mellow than other higher energy albums.

Lived in Mali for many years and have seen Habib in Person. Even took him to eat hot dogs once after a concert at Wolf Trap in Washington DC. Great guy. Great music.