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Sample Track 1:
"Any Day Now- by Coco Peila of Youth Movement Records (USA) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 2:
"Hello Bonjour - Michael Franti & Spearhead with Sly & Robbie (USA) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 3:
"Speak It - JBoogie, Tablapusher, Mandeep Sethi, MC Humble, Youth (India) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 4:
"Liberation 3000 -Nilla Green feat. Ganesh Barriya & Payal Vaghela of Manav Sadhna (India) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 5:
"Africa for Learn -Rocky Dawuni in benefit for Africa Live! (Ghana) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 6:
"Sunshine -Seasunz feat. Diamond in benefit for Art in Action (USA) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 7:
"Fire-Cottonbelly Remix -Miguel Migs featuring Junior Reid " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 8:
"He Manav Visvaas -by Cubanix featuring Ganesh Barriya of Manav Sadhna (India) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 9:
"Why? -by Sila and The Afrofunk Experience benefiting House of Hope (Uganda) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 10:
"Much To Do-Back to Guahan -Erica Nalani of Youth Movement Records (USA)" from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 11:
"Hear It Loud - Sam Norling and Ching-Hwa feat. Voudux and Mitchy Mitch " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 12:
"He Manav -GOONDA featuring Ganesh Barriya & Payal Vaghela of Manav Sadhna (India) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 13:
"BodaNathu -Amit Shoham featuring Payal Vaghela of Manav Sadhna (India) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 14:
"El tiburon del Lago Cocibolca -the Children of Ritmo en los barrios (Nicaragua) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 15:
"Dolare -Funkadesi featuring Pavithra " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 16:
"Ahimsa Street Dub -JBoogie & Tablapusher featuring the Children of Manav Sadhna (India) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
Sample Track 17:
"Bobby Friction Shoutout/BBC Radio 1 -Empower the Children Chorus (India) / Bobby Friction (UK) " from Project Ahimsa's "Global Lingo"
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Benefit albums are generally praised in the press because, even if the music is not that good, they mean well. Until proven otherwise, a good review is one of the most flawless ways for mere enjoyment to convert into proceeds. But Project Ahimsa is different because it's better. Not only does it have good music to speak for a good cause, it also engages the children in need in the whole process. And that is noble and fair.

Founded in the wake of America's troubled response to the 9/11 events, the project has since been home to some funky, socially aware rhythms. For this "Global Lingo" release, luminaries like Michael Franti & Spearhead, Miguel Migs, and J-Boogie joined forces with the children that benefited from the Project's programs over the past seven years. That engagement is most evident on tracks like Seasunz & Diamond of Art in Action's "Sunshine" or "El Tiburon del Lago Cocibolca", as performed by The Children of Ritmos en los Barrios.

Even when the chanting sounds just too childish (and that does happen a couple of times), the grooves are deep and the beats are pretty sharp. There's plenty of dancehall-oriented stuff to marinate on as well, like the aptly titled "Ahimsa Street Dub", delivered by J-Boogie & Tablapusher. But the greatest highlight from this hour's worth of music has to be Franti & Spearhead's "Hello Bonjour", which features no less that rhythm section legends Sly and Robbie.

This is well-intentioned celebratory music that connects the dots between faraway forms of expression like bhangra and reggae, African tribal chants and electronica. By doing so, this record does so much more than most disposable, contemporary music records with chartbusting qualities. And, in addition, as the old saying goes, by working with the poorest kids in the world, Project Ahimsa teaches them to fish so they can then feed themselves for a lifetime.
 08/11/09 >> go there
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