Dan Storper, founder, creator and president of Putumayo World Music, has passed away. He died last week in his home surrounded by his family, after a battle with cancer. He was 74-years-old. Storper ...

Putumayo World Music, the internationally recognized record label that showcases music and cultures of the world, is pleased to announce the start of its 30th anniversary year on April 13th. To ...

Dan Storper certainly had no idea that he would leave such a profound musical legacy. As a young man growing up in Great Neck, New York, Dan Storper developed a passion for world travel. On one trip ...

Human beings just love to categorize things. Eighty percent of human history is just nerds roaming around doing inventories, from grain storage to family lineage to Dave Matthews Band set lists (you ...

For the first time in its 18-year history, the world music label releases two compilations to online retailers. By THR Staff If the future of music sales is digital, world music label Putumayo is ...

Putumayo was started by Dan Storper in 1993 and created its own niche by selling its compilation CDs primarily in Storper’s Putumayo chain of clothing stores. Storper’s goal was to promote ...

The Putumayo World Music compilations have achieved an enviable brand status with their wide-ranging stylistic variety and the distinctively cheerful covers by artist Lisa Gonzalez. Grant's sparkling ...

So queries Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, in the swing band's cover of Louis Armstrong's Christmas hit. "We tried to pick music that would appeal to both parents and to children," said Dan Storper, president ...

Putumayo is preparing to celebrate its 30th year. The New York City-based record label, which now partially operates out of Charlotte, took its name from a Latin American handicraft shop that Dan ...

Among music's greatest gifts is its ability to soothe our bodies and minds. Putumayo Kids is pleased to help children and families find calmness and clarity during challenging times with Yoga ...