Release Date:
10/25/2005
Artist:
Various Artists
Most people cant find Belize on a map (its right there below Mexico), but this compilation suggests its musical traditions arent all that foreign. Classic American soul courses through Cult Cargo: Lord Rhaburns Disco Connection is a Curtis Mayfieldworthy funk vamp; the sensual growl carrying the Webs The Same Old Me would do Otis Redding proud; and the Professionals take on The Back Stabbers imagines the OJays gone Caribbean. Reggae and Cuban jazz also loom large, especially in many of the tunes danceable rhythms, and although its hard to precisely define the sound of Belize, its not hard to listen to it.
