Rough Guide to the Best World Music You'Ve Never - Rough Guide To The Best World Music You've Never - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Undoubtedly the most versatile of all instruments, the guitar's unrivalled cross-cultural popularity has made it synonymous with musical genres far and wide. From Congolese soukous to Calcutta slide guitar, this collection features kindred creative spirits who have harnessed it's limitless expressive potential.

Alice Coote, one of the most distinctive mezzo-sopranos of today, makes her recital debut on Hyperion with pianist Graham Johnson, a stalwart of the tag and tireless explorer of vocal repertoire. The Power of Love creates what Johnson describes as, Incha pageant of English song and poetry,Inch covering half a century of song and surveying not just human love but love of nature.

A classic from one of Jamaica's greats, NIGHT NURSE shows the Cool Ruler at his best-performing melodic, chilled reggae such as the title track and InchHot Stepper.Inch The title track was a hit for Simply Red when they covered it in 1997. The Roots Radics provide excellent backing for Isaacs' smooth vocals. Perhaps a bit too mellow for fans of more militant reggae such as that purveyed by the Revolutionaries, time has nevertheless proved this to be a classic reggae album. With Dub version extra tracks.