From Buenos Aires to Barcelona, Mississippi to Mauritania, Blues Around the World demonstrates the influence of the blues on musicians in every corner of the planet. The far-reaching influence of the blues is undeniable. Putumayo World Music's newest release, Blues Around the World, documents the trials and tribulations expressed through the blues from a global perspective. Through the course of the album you'll meet a Catalonian "blues mama" and a Mandarin-speaking, motorcycle-riding blues poet, as well as a Mauritanian whose fans call him the "blues man of the desert."

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Unseen Guest - Listen My Son (UK/India)
2. Blues Etilicos - Canceriano Sem Lar (Clinica Tobias Blues) - (Brazil)
3. Big Mama & Victor Uris - No Way Out (Catalonia/Spain)
4. Jarabe De Palo - La Flaca (Spain)
5. Bonnie Raitt & Habib Koite - Back Around (USA/Mali)
6. Amar Sundy - Ouallache (Mauritania)
7. Otis Spann - I Got a Feeling (USA)
8. Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur - Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit
9. Down (USA)
10. Long-ge - Playing Mahjong (Taiwan)
11. Botafogo - Slide Blues (Argentina)
12. Taj Mahal Meets the Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar - Catfish Blues - (USA/Zanzibar)