RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER JESSE BARNETT [email protected] www.rightarmresource.com 62 CONCERTO COURT, NORTH EASTON, MA 02356 (508) 238-5654 11/8/2006 Various Artists “Rhythms Del Mundo - Cuba” Some of the biggest artists today teaming with Buena Vista Social Club, going for adds on Monday! Featuring Coldplay’s “Clocks”, Jack Johnson’s “Better Together”, the final recording from Ibrahim Ferrer and more Yusuf “Heaven (Where True Love Goes)” From An Other Cup, his first album of new songs in 28 years, in stores Tuesday New: WNCS, KNBA, DMX, KTAO, KUWR, WSYC ON: KGSR, WFUV, WFPK, WXPN, WTMD, KLRR, KPND... Annie Stela Ben Harper “It’s You” “Morning Yearning” R&R Indicator #1 Most Added! First week: WTMD, WCBE, Another great add week! New: KTCZ, KLRR, WMVY, KTBG, WRNX, DMX, KMTN, KTAO, KUWR, WYOU KTHX, KCLC, KOZT, KFAN, WBSD ON: KBCO, Just finished touring with Joseph Arthur - more dates to come WRNR, WDST, WFIV, WTMD, WBJB, WMWV... EP released this past summer, full cd due in January Over 250K scanned! Rolling Stone: Four stars! Buddy Guy Damien Rice “I’d Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy” “9 Crimes” New: KGSR, KNBA, KPND, WMVY, WNCW, WUKY... The first single from his new cd “9”, in stores Tuesday ON: WRLT, WFUV, WNRN, WCBE, KSUT, KMTN, KDTR... New: WMVY ON: WFIV, WFUV, WXPN, WFPK, WYEP, WTMD, Featuring John Mayer on guitar and Steve Jordan on drums, WMWV, KSUT, WNRN, KTBG, KCLC, WCBE, Acoustic Cafe... from his career-spanning box set Can’t Quit The Blues, in stores now Full cd in your mail now! US press this month, tour dates in December KT Tunstall Joan Osborne “Other Side Of The World” “Who Divided” R&R Monitored 13*! Indicator 8*! R&R Indicator #20! FMQB Public 8*! Tracks 27*! New: WZEW, KMMS, KRVI Eye To The Telescope certified Platinum!! Her Vanguard debut Pretty Little Stranger hits stores Tuesday ON: KBCO, KFOG, KTCZ, WBOS, KMTT, KPRI, WXRV... New adds: WMNF, WFHB, KAXE, WBSD, WSYC, KBCS CD/DVD Acoustic Extravaganza in US stores now O N: KGSR, WXRV, WRLT, KTHX, WFUV, WXPN, WFPK, WYEP, WXPK... Keb Mo Los Lonely Boys “The Itch” “My Way” FMQB Tracks 42*! Over 40,000 scanned already! R&R Monitored #20! Indicator 9*! Indicator Most Added! New adds: KINK, KFAN ON: KGSR, KRSH, WUIN, WMVY, New: KBCO, KRVB, WFPK, WEHM, KHUM, WRNR, WXPK, KFAN KDBB, KSPN, KFMU, KUT, WFUV, KBAC, WWVV, WYEP... ON: WXRT, KFOG, KMTT, KPRI, WTTS, WRLT, KTHX, WCLZ... Recently finished his long tour with Bonnie Raitt See them on tour this month with Ozomatli What in the world is Rhythms Del Mundo? On November 14, Hip-O Records/Universal Music Enterprises will release Rhythms Del Mundo, an exciting collaborative album, which fuses the hot Afro-Cuban sounds of The Buena Vista Social Club with tracks from today’s biggest artists such as U2, Coldplay, Sting, Jack Johnson and Maroon 5 as well as some of the buzziest bands, including The Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, The Kaiser Chiefs and many others. It also features the amazing vocals from famed Cuban vocalists, Omara Portuonda, and the last ever recording of the much beloved Ibrahim Ferrer. The album is in aid of Artists Project Earth (APE), which lends support for natural disaster relief and climate change awareness. Universal Music Enterprises will donate a portion of its proceeds from sales of the album in the United States to the Music Rising campaign, an instrument replacement fund for musicians of the Gulf Coast. Rhythms Del Mundo is an electrifying album that fuses music of different cultures and comes up with a melting pot of rare sounds. Arranged by Demitrio Muniz, the main recording sessions took place in Havana at Abdala Studios from April 2005 to June 2006. While the majority of the vocals remain the same, The Buena Vista Social Club took the original orchestration from each song and created something utterly unique casting their trademark mastery over each track. Their noted and exceptional musicianship seduced even the notoriously protective Arctic Monkeys into handing over their track. As a rule, the band has never licensed their music for compilation albums, but were so enamoured with the result that they were happy for it to be included on the album. As well as The Arctic Monkeys’ track “Dancing Shoes”, Rhythms Del Mundo includes reworked tracks such as “Clocks” by Coldplay, “Better Together” by Jack Johnson, “She Will be Loved” by Maroon 5, “High and Dry” by Radiohead and others. Rhythms Del Mundo also includes music by famed Cuban singers Omara Portuondo and the last vocal recording of Afro-Cuban bolero singer, Ibrahim Ferrer, who died tragically in 2005. The other Cuban musicians from The Buena Vista Social Club who perform on this album are as follows: Barbarito Torres, Amandito Valdes, Virgilio Valdes, Angel Terri Domech, Manuel ‘Guajiro’ Mirabal, Orlando Lopez ‘Cachaito’ and Demetrio Muniz. Complete track listing: 1. Clocks - Coldplay, 2. Better Together - Jack Johnson, 3. Dancing Shoes - Arctic Monkeys, 4. One Step Too Far - Dido & faithless, 5. As Time Goes By - Ibrahim Ferrer, 6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - Coco Freeman & U2, 7. She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5, 8. Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs, 9. Killing Me Softly - Omara Portuondo, 10. Ai No Corrida - Vania Borges & Quincy Jones, 11. Fragilidad - Sting, 12. Don’t Know Why - Vania Borges, 13. Hotel Buena Vista - Aquila Rose & Idana Valdes, 14. The Dark of the Matinee - Coco Freeman & Franz Ferdinand, 15. High and Dry – El Lele De Los Van Van & Radiohead, Bonus track:16. Casablanca - Ibrahim & Omara Yusuf Islam speaks to UK’s In The News about his new cd “Yusuf Islam, more commonly known as the singer Cat Stevens before his conversion to Islam in the 1970s, is to release an album of new songs for the first time in 28 years. The singer-songwriter said that he felt compelled to return to the music scene due to “one hundred and one good reasons”. His first single, Heaven (Where True Love Goes), [was] released on October 30th, followed by the release of the album, An Other Cup, on November 14th. The release coincides with the 40th anniversary of the release of his first single, I love My Dog, in November 1966. Islam retired from the music scene in 1979 as he felt it was a “negative infringement” on his spiritual life. Since then he has been concentrating on “living, starting the charitable work I wanted to do, and having a family life”. But commenting on his return to music during the past year, he said: “When I picked up the guitar again it was like a floodgate. Ideas and melodies floated in without effort. The novelty of the whole process, searching for forgotten chords, inspired me; it made it feel the simple joy of being back as an amateur - with nothing much to lose. Today there are perhaps one hundred and one good reasons why I feel right making music and singing about life in this fragile world again. Much has changed, but today I am in a unique position as a looking glass through which Muslims can see the west and the west can see Islam. It is important for me to be able to help bridge the cultural gaps others are sometimes frightened to cross.” As Cat Stevens he achieved international success during the 1960s and 1970s. Since then his work has been recognized with major awards, including the Man for Peace award by a committee of Nobel peace laureates.” [NOTE: Yusuf will be performing at the Nobel Prize Peace Concert in Norway on December 11] Coming up... 11/20: Dito Montiel “Crossing Rivers”... For up-to-the-minute AAA news... RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY READER - 11/8/06.