VARIOUS ARTISTS
Mar 08, 2022
2 minutes
—Larry Birnbaum
World Circuit/BMG WCV050BOX (2CDs + 2LPs). 1997/2021. Ry Cooder, prod.; Jerry Boys, Bernie Grundman, engs.
In 1996, American guitarist Ry Cooder and British label owner Nick Gold traveled to Havana to make what they thought would be a Cuba-meets-Africa record with musicians from Mali. When the Malians didn’t show up, Cooder and Gold, with help from local bandleader Juan de Marcos González, mustered a group of
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