#8. Me Llaman Calle
by Manu Chao
Manu Chao sings in six languages, but he's world music's great
cross-cultural hope because his best songs transcend all of them. Chao's
warm singing over José Manuel Gamboa and Carlos Herrero's leaping
Flamenco counter melody creates a direct emotional line to the core of
this mid-tempo ballad. With its easy melody and universal rhythm Me
Llaman Calle walks proudly in the shadow of Bob Marley, the last guy who
made world music this disarmingly simple.
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