Typically a Putumayo World Music compilation is presented as a theme under the title “Putumayo Presents:” The themes can be regional ( South Africa, Caribbean, Asia), music styles ( reggae, folk, Latin, jazz) and other themes ( lounge, groove, party). Her art is both folky and modern, and, according to the Putumayo website, "represents one of Putumayo's goals: to connect the traditional to the contemporary." Putumayo Presents Artwork Įvery release features the art of Nicola Heindl. The response from the public was so positive that, in 1993, he launched Putumayo World Music and began offering compilations for sale. He was impressed by the music and started compiling international music to play in his stores. In Golden Gate Park, he heard the Nigerian band Kotoja. In 1991, on his way home from Bali, Storper stopped in San Francisco, California. He eventually opened 7 world handicraft and clothing boutiques across the northeastern United States.
Putumayo is said to mean a heron and "the place where the river begins" in the local indigenous language. Storper took the name of his company, Putumayo, from Colombia's Putumayo River Valley where he travelled in 1974.
Dan Storper founded Putumayo in 1975 as a retail store in New York City featuring handicrafts from around the world.
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