This 2000 compilation may well have you packing your bags and booking the next flight for Rio. The label, Putumayo, has a knack for producing excellent compilations that combine established artists with new artists and capture the musical essence of a particular region. So treat yourself to some of Latin America's finest artists including Llasa, whose sultry ballad on love and loss will make you long for Mexico... Susana Baca, whose smoldering voice and Afro-Peruvian beats will transport you to the heart of the Andes... and Mercedes Sosa whose deep, forceful voice resonates with the pride and bravura that is Argentina. Many of these tracks have never been released in the US including the Brazilian Rita Rebeiro and Chilean Mariana Montalva. Highly recommended -- you really can't lose with this one!