Phil Stanton - Music Rough Guides - Ultimate Musical Adventures (CD)

Armchair travel was never so soulfully sweet -- or funky -- as when listening to this outstanding collection of songs from around the world. American group Dengue Fever draws on Khmer pop for their raucous retro-psychedelia. Cameroon's Francis Bebey hilariously sings of an angry little guy forced to divorce because he's not "the tallest pygmy in the village." The Cuban Cowboys appear in all their rum-soaked, hell-raising glory. Other artists include Geraldo Pino and the Heartbreaks, Rhany, and Jolly Mukherjee and Sridevi.