First off, you need this for k.d. lang's Fado Hilario, alone worth the price of the CD (she should devote her next whole album to this quintessential century-old Portuguese song form). This eclectic mixture of tracks from Portuguese, Brazilian, Cape Verdean, Angolan, and other artists and sources is Red Hot Organization's 1999 release to benefit AIDS research and relief. Names like the Portuguese ensemble Madredeus, and Brazilian artists Caetano Veloso and Nana Vasconselos, appear next to those of David Byrne, k.d. lang, and the female percussion ensemble Banda Feminina Dida; while electronic artist such as DJ Soul Slinger spice things up a bit by adding hip-hop and drum n' bass beats. The 23 artists in all that make up this exciting collection cover the best musical terrain from traditional to contemporary.

Red Hot & Lisbon-Onda Sonor