Rhythms Del Mundo

Rhythms del Mundo are a band of Afro-Cuban musicians featured on a charity compilation series of the same name that debuted in 2006. The Rhythms del Mundo series is a nonprofit project intended to raise awareness for climate change and disaster relief in conjunction with Artists Project Earth (APE). Produced by music industry veterans <a href="spotify:artist:52WcMcl3IA091HKUesws0A">Kenny Young</a> and the Berman Brothers, the first album in the series, Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba (2006), finds affiliates of the Afro-Cuban superstar group <a href="spotify:artist:11kBu957KTYoAltZHDm8gW">Buena Vista Social Club</a> reworking a bunch of contemporary pop/rock favorites by <a href="spotify:artist:4gzpq5DPGxSnKTe4SA8HAU">Coldplay</a> ("Clocks"), <a href="spotify:artist:51Blml2LZPmy7TTiAg47vQ">U2</a> ("I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"), <a href="spotify:artist:4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb">Radiohead</a> ("High and Dry"), and others. Recorded at Abdala Studios in Havana, Cuba, from April 2005 to June 2006, the album features a star-studded lineup of British talent, plus <a href="spotify:artist:11kBu957KTYoAltZHDm8gW">Buena Vista Social Club</a> favorites <a href="spotify:artist:5dss7E1Ph0KxuF1ULfAx4D">Ibrahim Ferrer</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1h4iSQAKdvAAm07l6FX6dy">Omara Portuondo</a>, and fellow Cuban vocalists <a href="spotify:artist:1OCyJCwF6onX3XaOkdWOec">Coco Freeman</a>, Vania Borges, Aquila Rose, and El Lele of <a href="spotify:artist:4B5PkQ1wMjo1siTN9yD9Ds">Los Van Van</a>. Moreover, the Rhythms del Mundo band includes <a href="spotify:artist:4p5BbyWCGFwb1js3my0iy7">Barbarito Torres</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:29zs3dt9hJeHPzw0M4Pi4D">Amadito Valdés</a>, Virgilio Valdes, Angel Terri Domech, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, <a href="spotify:artist:46NzAs7obt30YFHdDt0O2m">Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez</a>, and Demetrio Muniz. The second album in the series, Rhythms del Mundo: Cubano Alemán (2008), is similar to the first, albeit with contemporary pop/rock oriented toward the German-language market. It features Afro-Cuban versions of recent hits by some of the biggest names in German pop/rock, including <a href="spotify:artist:3oCrmkKTKBi7DUgmtyGkId">Ich + Ich,</a> <a href="spotify:artist:6BHpFo1cbGCGLWh28wa43x">2raumwohnung</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:47RPLpnGhBRTjQrRBOev9s">Xavier Naidoo</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4KivBMgSnZ7hCDfPm46fKc">Jan Delay</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2nacZFQ7nlwSw4RpsZlbpP">Rosenstolz,</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3GbUWWI1rMwAIPbUVPvnPA">Silbermond</a>. The third album in the series, Rhythms del Mundo: Classics, is a return to English language that finds an international lineup of contemporary pop/rockers covering well-known hits from yesteryear (i.e., "classics"). Unlike the first album, there are only a couple Cuban vocalists features on this one. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi