Sometimes a city, a state, a country just moves you to sing a song in its honor. And some songs – and singers – are better than others. These soulfully chill paeans to places near and far help transport you when you can’t get there quick enough. Enjoy.
Chaka Khan – “A Night in Tunisia”
Fania All Stars – “Isla del Encanto” (That’d be Puerto Rico, Isle of Enchantment.)
Tom Browne – “Funkin’ for Jamaica”
Cesaria Evora – “São Vicente di Longe” (One of the isles of Cape Verde)
Ray Charles – “Georgia On My Mind”
Morcheeba – “São Paulo”
The Jones Girls – “Nights Over Egypt”
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades – “María Lionza” (Folk Goddess of Venezuela)
Rosalia de Souza – “Ipanema”
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – “April in Paris”
Nice selections! Thank you!