Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World

Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World is a world music benefit compilation album originally released in 1999, with proceeds going to Amnesty International. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,[1] the release features global acoustic music, from traditional to pop.[2] The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, along with Amnesty, fRoots, New Internationalist, and NCOS.[3][4]

Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released25 May 1999
GenreWorld, Acoustic
Length75:17
LabelWorld Music Network
Full series chronology
The Rough Guide to the Music of Cuba
(1998)		 Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World
(1999)		 The Rough Guide to the Music of Eastern Europe
(1998)
Complete list

Artists featured cover a broad range of countries, hailing from The Americas (Argentina, Colombia, and the US), Asia (India, Japan, and China), Europe (Spain, Finland, and Scotland), and Africa (Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Mali, and Cape Verde).

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Writing for AllMusic, Alex Henderson called the album "unpredictable" as it does not only feature traditional music but global "contemporary, even cutting-edge pop". The record, according to Henderson, was "excellent" and "well worth obtaining".[2]

Track listing
No.TitleArtist (Country)Length
1."Carnaval"Manu Dibango & Cuarteto Patria 5:47
2."Cheka Ukama"Oliver Mtukudzi 5:20
3."Azara Al Hay"Rasha 6:28
4."Tizita (Memories)"Aster Aweke 4:48
5."Lo Bueno y Lo Malo"Duquende 4:24
6."La Casita de Mis Viejos"Adriana Varela 3:41
7."Vuelo en Libélula"Maximo Jimenez 2:56
8."Di Krenitse (The Well)"The Klezmatics 4:09
9."Yksi Ruusu"Niekku 5:44
10."Love"Hariprasad Chaurasia & Shivkumar Sharma 5:56
11."Djam Leelii"Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck 5:59
12."Alla l'Aa Ke"Toumani Diabaté 7:15
13."Bia"Cesária Évora 3:10
14."Red Ribbon"Joji Hirota & Guo Yue 6:28
15."Dawn"Savourna Stevenson 3:12

References
  1. Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. Henderson, Alex. "Unwired: The Rough Guide to Acoustic Music from Around the World". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 Jan 2014.
  3. World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  4. WorldCat. "Unwired : acoustic music from around the world". OCLC. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
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