Discovery Channel: Travel Channel -- Around the World (1998)

About this title: In the summer of 1998, Rhino released three collections designed to act as soundtracks -- or at least theme albums -- for three of the Discovery Networks' cable channels. Discovery Channel: Travel Channel - Around the World was one of these. The idea behind this disc was to compile a selection of indigenous musics from around the world, approximating some sort of musical travelogue. The disc concentrates on Latin and African musics, but it does wind up offering a good overview of worldbeat, featuring tracks from Ali Farka Toure, Tish Hinojosa, King Sunny Ade, Johnny Clegg, Hugh Masekela, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ejiro Oghene [Okulolo]
2. Karaw [Toure]
3. Mambo Banjo [Brown]
4. Twilight at the Zuq [Farah]
5. Chanate, el Vaquero (Chanate, the Cowboy) [Hinojosa]
6. Synchro System [Ade]
7. Rolling Ocean [Clegg/Mavuso]
8. Caramelos [Puentes]
9. Chiclete Com Banana [Castillo/Castilho]
10. Set Them Free [Forde/Robinson/Ford]
11. Workey Workey [Edwards]
12. Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela) [Masekela/Timothy]
13. Barcelona Nights [Liebert]
14. Rocky Road [Fleck]
15. La Danse de la Vie [Doucet]
16. Booma Lena [Cradick/Green/Baka]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.