New Music of the Day, December 30:

The Sound of Arrows, "Stay Free"

Here's a confession: back in the 90s, I liked pretty much anything which put a dance beat to "world music" sounds. Enigma, Deep Forest, Transglobal Underground--you name it, I listened to it. After a while, I soured on some of those groups (especially Enigma, who I started to find cheesy). But now that I'm living in Armenia, whose local folk music has sometimes been sampled in this type of "world beat music," I'm starting to reappreciate groups like Enigma. So this new song by Swedish group The Sound of Arrows, with its 90s world beat vibes, is right up my alley.