In our experience, most adventurers don’t need a lot of extra incentive to book their next journey into “parts unknown.” But that hasn’t stopped us from finding a fantastic partner to make the pot a little sweeter.

World music record label, Putumayo World Music, and Another World Adventures are teaming up in order to gift amazing music to the first ten travellers who confirm a 2015 adventure booking.

Putumayo World Music is an incredible force for good when it comes to introducing people to the music of new cultures. Begun in 1993, Dan Storper has dedicated himself to creating joyful compilations that support the company motto: “Guaranteed to make you feel good!”

I had the pleasure of meeting with their music finder who travels the globe in search of new music and new styles. I watched him digging through stacks of CD’s from the wheelbarrow market sellers in Monrovia, getting more and more stoked about the tracks he was finding. It showed me first hand that music is their heart and soul – these guys find and pick AMAZING music.

What we love about Putumayo is the way they open up a new culture to people through music. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to travel and Putumayo brings The World to your home. They go to the source and as a result, you get music that you can’t hear unless you’re there.

Putumayo is committed to helping the communities where the music originates. The label has contributed more than one million dollars to international organizations like Amnesty International.

With Putumayo, your money not only gets you great world music, it goes on to support the places you’ve travelled or dream of visiting.

This is a label that selects high quality music – it’s carefully curated and their love of music, musicians, and cultural diversity come through on each CD. Their music makes great gifts for the intrepid travellers in your life and will bring back their adventure from the first track to the last.

At AWA, our trips are about a voyage of discovery and creating an experience outside your comfort zone. Music is an intrinsic part of life, and therefore the travel experience. Through this amazing partnership we aim to open our travellers minds to new places and to inspire the next great adventure.

For our giveaway we selected Cafe del Mundu, Brazil Beats, and Women of Africa. We’ve got a personal love and interest in the Atlantic Crossing to Brazil and we wanted to get folks in the mood to see this fantastic country. The Women of Africa compilation was selected to draw attention to the beauty of this continent. We want to help change perceptions of Africa and encourage people to keep travelling and sharing the love (which we do by belonging to an amazing group called unite4westafrica.org).

If your heart and soul have been shouting, “Yes! I’m ready for something awesome in 2015 – let’s go!” then we’re the company to help you make that a reality – and we’ve got a nice gift to help get the adventure juices flowing for those who confirm a booking before January 1st 2015.

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