WFHB FireHouse Broadcasting

Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story

Review: “On the surface, this compilation is intended to be a broad rundown of a specific studio's output-- that of Compass Point, the Bahamian outpost established by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and manned by a who's who of reggae session players including the ace production team/rhythm section of Sly & Robbie. But it might as well be a symposium on the polyglot tendencies that made the dance underground of the first half of the 1980s so unpredictably rich in ideas. Name a genre that either established itself or peaked in the late 70s or early 80s-- electro-funk, disco, reggae, dub, post-punk, old-school hip-hop-- and it's represented in the music on this compilation, rarely without being comfortably fused to another genre to spectacular effect.”~pitchfork.com

Great Moments in World Music

Review:  Simon Broughton, editor of Songlines British world music magazine and co-editor of the Rough Guide world music series, helped us out with our spring ’08 fund drive by donating this double disc cd as a premium.  The first disc features world music greats like, Taraf de Haidouks, Ali Farka Toure, and Buena Vista Social Club.  The second disc introduces some needed newness, and the last 5 tracks are great Latin songs.       

comments / tracks  of interest:

Disc 1:

  #2: Roma music-instrumental

  #3: vintage recording from W. Africa

  #6: whirling feeling

  #7: a rocking guitar duo from Brazil

  #8: “2 gardens for you”

  #10: Garifuna Collective title song from Watina

  #11: old tinny recording

  #12: Afro-American spiritual, Moby covered this song

  #14: euroquest intro

Disc 2:

  #1: strong female vocals

  #3: salsa

  #4: rocking xylophone music

  #5: nice harmony in wind-o-phone section

  #9: interesting string sounds, beautiful Vietnamese music

  #10: Indian raga music-instrumental

  #’s 11-15 excellent Latin jams

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