Advantages: Great album, great fusion, great story. Disadvantages: Quailty not entirely held throughout album
...completed his education. Ceasefire is the product of both Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim, an Islamic older oud player from the North of Sudan, and not a stranger to the threat of war. Attacked by a fundamentalist who wanted to abolish music in the Sudanese region, their opposing backgrounds seem a perfect match for an anti-war album.
...And their styles are perfect antidotes. Old meets new, North Sudan meets South Sudan, Muslim meets Christian, traditional ... ...western listener, with a message; the anti-war sentiment especially poignant now with the troubles in Darfur, but also offering hope. And why not? With Jal and Salim at their sides, anything's possible...
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DaC_87 18.08.2006
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