FAVEs
LiSTEN!
An Iraq few Americans know. "intense and totally unflashy. Just an oud with no accompaniment."
honorable mentions
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Mini review for pictured Cd's from top to bottom (left to right)
1. Kings of Leon ¥ Youth and Young Manhood: Three brothers plus cousin craft a 90's bridge between Skynard and Ramones
2. The Roots ¥ Phrenology: hip hop soul funk meets punk and brainy lyrics (note: parental advisory -explicit)
3. Gotan Project ¥ Le Revancha Del Tango: gentle brazilian edged ambient electronica
4. Suba ¥ Sao Paulo Confessions: a tragic Yugoslavian sweetly turns bossanova upside down
5. Cafe Tacvba ¥ Re: Mexican pop rock raunch ranchera fun
6. Herbie Hancock ¥ Flood: cream of 70's "noodle" jazz funk
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A few more....
Ali Akbar Khan ¥ Then and Now.....Guy Clark ¥ Dublin Blues............Led Zeppelin ¥ In the West........Lila Downs ¥ La Sandunga.
.......Lounes Matob ¥ La Complainte De Ma Mere......Sigur Ros ¥ Von/Recycle Bin..............Tran Van Khe ¥ Poesies et Chants........
Troubadoure Allahs ¥ Sufi Music from the Indus Valley ......Sol Hoopii ¥ Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1.....Underworld ¥ Beaucoup Fish
........ Wycleff Jean ¥ The Eclectic......Fela Anihulapo Kuti ¥ Shuffering and Shmiling/No Agreement
