Putumayo Presents Dreamland: World Lullabies & Soothing Songs (2003)

"This compilation gathers a baker's dozen of diverse but restful songs aimed at - but not restricted to - children. The collection takes care to represent as many countries and continents as possible, and likewise presents its liner notes in 4 different languages (English, Spanish, French, and German) and offers phonetic pronunciations of the artists' names and song titles. However, the eclecticism and egalitarianism of the album feel anything but forced, as calming but beautifully distinct songs such as Angélique Kidjo & Carlos Santana's West African-inspired "Naïma," a lullaby written for and named after Kidjo's daughter, and Eric Manana's ode to his mother and his homeland of Madagascar, "Ny Fitiaavako An'I Mama," flow into each other. At other times the album makes unique cultural and musical contrasts, putting Teresa Doyle's wintry "A Lullabye," a traditional Scottish-Canadian song, next to the considerably warmer and softer "Thula Mama" by Sowetan vocalist Sibongile Khumalo." (Heather Phares, Allmusic)

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