Riverboat Records Sampler
Various Artists
World
| Apr 2014
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2014-06-13
Reviewed 2014-06-13
Riverboat Records: Music From the Source [Disc 1] WORLD
VARIOUS ARTISTS 2014
1: 5:47 mid fast, plucked strings, loudspeaker voice, then female vocal
2: 4:10 slow to mid, thumb piano intro, female vocal, slow percussion, deep bass horn
3: 5:31 slow plucked guitar & sitar noodling, Flamenco sound, John McLaughlin, Jerry Douglas & Indian slide guitar maestro Debashish Bhattacharya
4: 3:46 mid tempo brass band with fast drumming from Jaipur India
5: 7:21 slow plucked & bowed strings w/ male & female voc/wail from West Java
6: 6:03 slow plucked & bowed strings from Palestine
7: 1:30 bowed strings, whistles, dog bark and vocal wails
8: 3:40 mid to faster, male voc, Big bass, percussion & sax from Mozambique
***9: 3:52 mid tempo, nice fem voc, great rhythm from Madagascar
10: 5:35 mid tempo, Saharan Blues, guitars, bass, percussion & male voc/wail
11: 5:14 mid tempo, bowed strings, mellow voc/wail/rap from South Africa
12: 3:58 mid tempo, reeds, violins & guitar, Eastern European orchestra
***13: 3:18 mid to faster Eastern European folk, nice sound
14: 4:02 slow, plucked strings & keyboard? from Finland
15: 4:23 slow to mid, Cuban son
16: 3:14 mid tempo guitar tango from Argentina
***17: 4:00 mid to faster, bowed strings, Chinese folk rockers from Beijing, Mongolian drinking song
D Farrell 06/2014
Riverboat Records: Music From the Source [Disc 2] WORLD
***1: 4:02 mid tempo, West African Blues rom Mali
2: 7:26 mid tempo, female voc/wail with plucked strings & percussion
3: 5:55 mid tempo, male vocals, guitars & percussion, Soukous from Congo
*4: 0:56 sounds like a radio promo for the following track
*5: 4:45 mid to faster Afro Columbian Champeta/Afro Latin/ Congo Soukous, fun tune
6: 3:21 slow to mid, Brazilian male vocal & guitar
7: 5:22 fast, male vocal fast percussion from Mali
8: 4:16 mid tempo, male vocal & Saharan blues guitar & percussion
9: 5:02 mid tempo, male vocal in French, flute, percussion accordion, from Martinique
10: 2:47 fast, flute & accordion from Indian Ocean island of La Reunion
11: 5:24 fast classical Indian violin with tabla.
12: 3:18 mid tempo, male voc/wail with plucked strings & hand drum from Bengal
13: 3:52 fast, plucked & bowed strings, male vocal, percussion
14: 4:27 mid tempo palm wine, male vocal & guitar
15: 1:43 a cappella, male shouts & wails
16: 1:20 fast fast percussion some shouts & wails
17: 4:40 fast, male vocal in Arabic, percussion & accordion? from Sudan
***18: 3:24 fast Chinese folk drinking song, plucked & bowed strings & drums D Farrell 06/2014
VARIOUS ARTISTS 2014
1: 5:47 mid fast, plucked strings, loudspeaker voice, then female vocal
2: 4:10 slow to mid, thumb piano intro, female vocal, slow percussion, deep bass horn
3: 5:31 slow plucked guitar & sitar noodling, Flamenco sound, John McLaughlin, Jerry Douglas & Indian slide guitar maestro Debashish Bhattacharya
4: 3:46 mid tempo brass band with fast drumming from Jaipur India
5: 7:21 slow plucked & bowed strings w/ male & female voc/wail from West Java
6: 6:03 slow plucked & bowed strings from Palestine
7: 1:30 bowed strings, whistles, dog bark and vocal wails
8: 3:40 mid to faster, male voc, Big bass, percussion & sax from Mozambique
***9: 3:52 mid tempo, nice fem voc, great rhythm from Madagascar
10: 5:35 mid tempo, Saharan Blues, guitars, bass, percussion & male voc/wail
11: 5:14 mid tempo, bowed strings, mellow voc/wail/rap from South Africa
12: 3:58 mid tempo, reeds, violins & guitar, Eastern European orchestra
***13: 3:18 mid to faster Eastern European folk, nice sound
14: 4:02 slow, plucked strings & keyboard? from Finland
15: 4:23 slow to mid, Cuban son
16: 3:14 mid tempo guitar tango from Argentina
***17: 4:00 mid to faster, bowed strings, Chinese folk rockers from Beijing, Mongolian drinking song
D Farrell 06/2014
Riverboat Records: Music From the Source [Disc 2] WORLD
***1: 4:02 mid tempo, West African Blues rom Mali
2: 7:26 mid tempo, female voc/wail with plucked strings & percussion
3: 5:55 mid tempo, male vocals, guitars & percussion, Soukous from Congo
*4: 0:56 sounds like a radio promo for the following track
*5: 4:45 mid to faster Afro Columbian Champeta/Afro Latin/ Congo Soukous, fun tune
6: 3:21 slow to mid, Brazilian male vocal & guitar
7: 5:22 fast, male vocal fast percussion from Mali
8: 4:16 mid tempo, male vocal & Saharan blues guitar & percussion
9: 5:02 mid tempo, male vocal in French, flute, percussion accordion, from Martinique
10: 2:47 fast, flute & accordion from Indian Ocean island of La Reunion
11: 5:24 fast classical Indian violin with tabla.
12: 3:18 mid tempo, male voc/wail with plucked strings & hand drum from Bengal
13: 3:52 fast, plucked & bowed strings, male vocal, percussion
14: 4:27 mid tempo palm wine, male vocal & guitar
15: 1:43 a cappella, male shouts & wails
16: 1:20 fast fast percussion some shouts & wails
17: 4:40 fast, male vocal in Arabic, percussion & accordion? from Sudan
***18: 3:24 fast Chinese folk drinking song, plucked & bowed strings & drums D Farrell 06/2014
Recent airplay
Kembang Tanjung, Heritage Ya Luambo, Baala
Music Casserole — Aug 20, 2022
Rosita, Drinking Song
Music Casserole — Aug 09, 2014
Indospaniola
BravoMarco Variety Show — Aug 09, 2014
Kembang Tanjung
BravoMarco Variety Show — Aug 02, 2014
Drinking Song, Drinking Song
Global Warming — Jul 28, 2014
Ende Eyerusalem, Senzeni
Music Casserole — Jul 26, 2014
Charting
2014-06-13 — 2014-08-15
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Aug 10 | 2 |
| Aug 3 | 2 |
| Jul 27 | 2 |
| Jul 20 | 2 |
| Jul 13 | 1 |
| Jul 6 | 1 |
| Jun 29 | 2 |
| Jun 22 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Matia San Kai Ta Dika Sou | ||
| 2. | Mapfunde | ||
| 3. | Indospaniola | ||
| 4. | Piya Tu Ab To Aaja | ||
| 5. | Kembang Tanjung | ||
| 6. | Sans Adresse | ||
| 7. | Intro: Be Ea Bojoa (Part 1) | ||
| 8. | Rosita | ||
| 9. | Pardon À L?Afrika | ||
| 10. | Icheraid Azaman | ||
| 11. | Senzeni | ||
| 12. | Pearl | ||
| 13. | Esmera Min | ||
| 14. | Ahven (Perch) | ||
| 15. | Ausencia/Aurora/Se Fue/La Mora | ||
| 16. | Milonga De Corralon | ||
| 17. | Drinking Song | ||
| 18. | Baala | ||
| 19. | Ende Eyerusalem | ||
| 20. | Heritage Ya Luambo | ||
| 21. | Colombiafrica, The Mystic Sound System | ||
| 22. | No Habla Na' | ||
| 23. | Invento | ||
| 24. | Kènkan | ||
| 25. | Alabina | ||
| 26. | Egalité A Dé Vitès | ||
| 27. | Ogardanou | ||
| 28. | Annapoorne | ||
| 29. | Kaliya | ||
| 30. | Exil | ||
| 31. | See Wo Nom Me (Tsetse Fly You Suck My Blood) | ||
| 32. | Zande Tribe (A Cappella) | ||
| 33. | The Sky Will Fall (Remix) | ||
| 34. | Gamearina | ||
| 35. | Drinking Song |