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Canadian string player (mostly mandola and mandolin) Kevin Breit is joined by singer Ariana Gillis on one of the few covers of a Warren Zevon song that has ever been successful and original.
Released in 2021
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Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp is possibly the best named band in Europe: artful, enigmatic and surprising at every turn. We'll have a review of this soon, but here's a taste of their newest album. While you wait, you can read Martha Willette Lewis' review of their previous album, We're OK. But We're Lost Anyway to get the lowdon on who they are.
January, 2025
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We just reviewed Lynn Adib's 2024 work with Zeid Hamdan, as the duo Bedouin Burger. Here's a taste of some of her solo work, from her 2018 album Youmma.
Posted January 2025
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Wishamalii is an adventurous trio based in Helsinki: singer, oud player and composer Nemat Battah (Palestine/Jordan), pianistand composer Kari Ikonen and Ethiopian-born, Finland-based percussionist Abdissa «Mamba» Assefa (Ethipia). Their newest work, Al-Bahr is rooted in classical Arab music but only as a starting point for new compositions. Ikonen has even refined a piano tuning to play the maqam notes at the heart of this music.
September, 2024
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We'll have a review shortly from this album by Polish cymbaly and accordion player Karolina Wegrzyn, but here's a taste of it, a traditional Carpatho-Rusin song that translates as "Whose scythe cuts well."
January 2025
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Two Italians and a Belgian come together in Brussels... sounds like the beginning of a joke, I know. But the sounds that come fromthe instruments, voices and hearts of Flavia Clementi (vocals, shruti box, percussion), Federico Bragetti (cello, vocals, percussion) and Thomas Van Bogaert (guitar, vocals, percussion) is serious, joyous and absobs all the influences a city like Brussels seems to embrace.
December, 2024
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