ARTIST ... Origin
Title  Duration
(Album) [Label]

TUNARI .... Australia
Hoja de Coca 3'21
(The Colours of Tunari) [Independent]
Music of the Andes.

APURIMA .... Australia
Alla Viene un Corazon 2'22
(Latino) [SBS Homeland]
A compilation featuring Latin-American groups from Melbourne.

BAHIA BLACK .... Brazil / USA
Carlinhos BROWN, OLODUM, Bernie WORRELL, Henry THREADGILL.
Capitão Do Asfalto 5'31
(Ritual Beating System) [Axiom]

Sergio MENDES .... Brazil
featuring Carlinhos BROWN & VAI QUEM VEM
Magalenha 3'35
(Brasileiro) [Elektra]

Caetano VELOSO .... Brazil
O Leãozinho 3'04
(Beleza Tropical - Brazil Classics 1) [Fly/Sire]
A David Byrne compilation disc

ORQUESTA REVÉ .... Cuba
Que Te Importa a Ti! 5'13
(La Explosion Del Momento) [Real World]
A dance style known as son-changüi.

The Rita MENÉNDEZ Group .... Australia
Corazon Contesta 3'07
(Hasta La Victoria) [Independent]

SIERRA MAESTRA .... Cuba
Changó ta'veni 4'02
(Strictly Worldwide x3) [Piranha]
Compilation from the European Forum of World-Wide Music Festivals.

CONJUNTO CÉSPEDES .... USA
Virgen de la Caridad 6'29
(Una Sola Casa) [Green Linnet]
Cuban son from San Francisco.

Daniel LANOIS .... Quebec, Canada
The Unbreakable Chain 4'16
(For The Beauty of Wynona) [Warner]
The cover of this disc features a work by the Dutch artist Jan Saudek called "The Knife". It is a head-torso profile of a very skinny naked young woman, firmly clutching a knife, her ribcage protruding. Unfortunately, and not for voyeuristic reasons, the US edition has her nipples expurgated by the words "American Edition". Perhaps conservative American censorship committees will one day rampage the globe defacing all forms of art.

Daniel LANOIS .... Quebec, Canada
Under The Stormy Sky 2'18
(Acadie) [Warner - Opal]

COWBOY JUNKIES .... Canada
Misguided Angel 4'50
(The Trinity Session) [RCA]
The album that proves once and for all that with the right acoustics, you can make a stunning group recording with a single top- quality stereo microphone, and no overdubs or doctoring.

Suzanne VEGA .... Canada
Rock In This Pocket 3'28
(99.9 F°) [A+M]
Very distinctive production by Mitchell Froom.

Suzanne VEGA, John CALE, Hector ZAZOU .... International
The Long Voyage 5'47
(Song From The Cold Seas) [Columbia]
Lyrics inspired by a poem by Oscar Wilde. As you would expect on a long boat trip on the wild northern seas, lots of "going up up up, going down down down..."

La BOTTINE SOURIANTE .... Quebec, Canada
Picoro 5'45
(A Week In The Real World) [Real World]
A lively & fun acoustic dance group.

LITTLE OTTER SINGERS .... Canada
Grand Entry Song 1'30
(Honour The Earth Powwow) [Ryko]
I had to include at least a little music from the indigenous population, especially to lead into...

Bruce COCKBURN .... Quebec, Canada
(a) Stolen Land 3'13
(b) To Raise The Morning Star 7'29
(Bruce Cockburn Live) [Cooking Vinyl]
Recorded in 1989. Has anybody seen his early double live album on CD?

Loreena McKENNITT .... Canada
Marrakesh Night Market 6'22
(The Mask and Mirror) [Quinlan Road]