One World, Many Cultures

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1. Wasis Diop with Lena Fiagbe • African Dream • (Senegal/UK) 2. The Idan Raichel Project • Come to Me • (Israel/Ethiopia) 3. Alan Stivell with Youssou N'Dour • A United Earth 1 • (France/Senegal) 4. Toots and the Maytals with Willie Nelson • Still is Still Moving to Me • (Jamaica/USA) 5. Taj Mahal with Toumani Diabaté and Ramata Diakité • Queen Bee • (USA/Mali) 6. Tama featuring Susheela Raman • Snimbe • (Mali/Guinea-Bissau/UK/India) 7. Baka Beyond presents EtE • Bwambwa • (UK/Ghana/Senegal) 8. Gigi • Utopia • (Ethiopia/USA) 9. Jérôme Lamasset with Fadoua • Yalil-Belle Futile • (France/Morocco) 10. Rocco De Rosa & Martin Kongo • Malonghi • (Italy/Congo) 11. Cheb Mami with Ziggy Marley • Madanite • (Algeria/Jamaica) Click to hear sample tracks

Music has the capacity to transcend all borders and languages. Over the years, Putumayo World Music has introduced audiences to collections of exceptional music from around the globe, proving that no matter how diverse, all people share this common bond. If music is the universal language, artists like Youssou N'Dour, Willie Nelson, Ziggy Marley, Taj Mahal and others featured on One World, Many Cultures demonstrate the unique ability of musicians from different cultures to speak with a common tongue. This album is a celebration of musical and cultural diversity.

"These days, musicians from around the world are collaborating at unprecedented levels," says Dan Storper, President and founder of Putumayo World Music. "Everyone from Sting to Springsteen, Mick Jagger to Aerosmith has collaborated with world music musicians. One of Putumayo's goals has been to introduce people to other cultures as a way of helping to overcome prejudice and bring people of different backgrounds together. Nothing accomplishes this goal like music, and we hope that this collection reinforces that idea."

Putumayo is donating $1 from the sale of every One World, Many Cultures CD to the non-profit organization Search For Common Ground, which works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. SFCG works with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to strengthen societies' capacity to deal with conflicts constructively: to understand the differences and act on the commonalities.

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