One of the fascinating features of the Putumayo offering is that the Salsa songs are from around the world -- and great.

Can you imagine Salsa from Finland, Japan, India and Greece, among other countries?

It makes for fascinating listening, to be sure.

Putamayo World Music:

Salsa Around the World is a unique collection of hip-shaking salsa tracks from unexpected places. The intoxicating rhythms and joyful melodies of Latin American salsa have traveled the globe, earning new followers and influencing artists from Haiti to Helsinki.

Over the years, Latin music has become part of the fabric of mainstream music, its influences turning up in jazz, rock and pop. As this collection demonstrates, it has infiltrated the world’s music as well. On Salsa Around the World one can hear salsa-influenced music sung in Greek, Arabic, Hindi, Papiamento,Wolof, Douala, and Haitian Creole. Typical Cuban instruments such as congas, bongos and timbales are played alongside pennywhistles and panpipes. It is a musical adventure everyone is sure to enjoy.

Playlist:

1 Salsa Celtica • El Sol de la Noche • (Scotland)
2 Havana Mambo • Malaniña • (Italy)
3 Arnell i Su Orkestra • Ban Sali • (Curaçao)
4 Apurimac • Forest Flower • (Greece)
5 Touré Kunda • Rapada • (Senegal)
6 Mousta Largo • Anna Maria • (Morocco)
7 Shaan • Mana Janab Ne Pukara Nahin • (India)
8 Babacar y Sabor Internacional • Ignane • (Senegal)
9 Orquestra de la luz • Flores y Tambores • (Japan)
10 Richard Bona • Te Dikalo • (Cameroon)
11 El Septeto • Ruñidera • (Finland)
12 Haitiando • Pa Koute Konsey • (Haiti)