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Music for the hips

Advantages: a varied mix of different styles, times, countries
Disadvantages: none

This is a really good introduction into arabic music. CD1 has classical singers such as the egyptian Farid El Atrache (when I hear this song I always think of Samia Gamal dancing) and lebanese Sabah (who is still going on today and only last year released a couple of pop songs with Rola a young pop singer). My favourite is CD2 which contains very famous pop singers such as Nancy Ashram (I defy anybody to sit still through Ahasmak Ah!) , Elissa ...
...most famous singer,he is from egypt and across the arab world he has outsold Michael Jackson and Madonna to name but a few....very good to dance to. CD 3 is laid back arabic lounge...just kick back and enjoy the shisha! This is a good taster CD as I feel it has something for everybody and is very danceable. ...

iubita31 16.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Beginner's Guide To Arabia - Various Artists

**MASALLAH** Cheb Mami!!

Advantages: Makes you loose weight because you can't not dance to it!
Disadvantages: No version of Desert Rose (duet with Sting).

...track. Track 1: Meli Meli - Very upbeat and you will find it very hard to resist dancing to this one. Lots of drums, and a good mixture of traditional and modern. Track 2: Alache Alik - A darker more emotional song, but still quite upbeat. Again, a good mix of modern and traditional. Track 3: Bledi - This song is quite unusual, it has the classic Arabic vocals, with latin sounding beats and guitars in the back, with clapping latin beats too! Very ...
...A nice indian drum style bouncy on this track, a cool echoey sound to it, sounds like he's sat in a cave with his musicians singing. Track 5: H'rabti - I love this one, very fast and makes you want to jump up and start jiggling your belly, even when you're driving. One of my favourites, actually, I think they all are! Track 6: Hada Ch'hal - Violins in this one, with their strings being plucked for a more funky sound. Another upbeat addition, I ...

mavimelek 13.05.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Meli Meli - Cheb Mami

Introducing... Warsaw Village Band ~ 'Uprooting'

Advantages: Exciting; unique; passionate; challenging
Disadvantages: Well, it's in Polish, so some may find that a disadvantage...

In recent years, the little-known Warsaw Village Band have risen from obscurity to earn some much deserved recognition, playing several high-profile festivals including Glastonbury 09, and even clinching the Best Newcomer award at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in 2004. 'Uprooting' is a fine example of the band's capability, and also of their potential to grow and continue. Comprising six young musicians from Poland's capital, the band blend ...
...passionate and hypnotising set of tracks which should be essential listening for any music fan. I had the honour of first hearing the band when they performed at Musicport Festival 2008, a very surreal experience indeed as they were supporting Rolf Harris! Their set consisted of many of the tracks from 'Uprooting'. The performance put on by the band was both aurally and visually stunning, in part due to their incorporation in their music of many ...

littlewiggle 25.11.2009 · Read full review
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'JOANNA...A Hymn of Devotion

Advantages: incredibly underrated music very well produced and presented
Disadvantages: none

...Devotion’ James Young's Joanna was made on the battered upright piano in his house - an instrument most pianists would reject without a moment's hesitation. Bad pianos - in pubs, bars, clubs, cafes and the parental home - are the bane of musicians and music teachers: the sustain pedal doesn't work; the felts are worn; mezzopiano is indistinguishable from fortissimo. And that's before you get on to the problem of keeping it in tune. Players develop ...
...wisdom on its head. Joanna is a hymn of devotion that both dignifies and delights in his old piano's imperfections. As Billy Jenkins wrote in Notes on Crap Pianos: "Years of warp and deterioration have ripened each mechanical artefact into its own unique sound. Do not attempt music scored for a good piano." Young describes his piano as "a ready-made that needed to be celebrated for its intrinsic peculiarities". There are antecedents: Virginia Astley's ...

JLWguardian 28.10.2009 · Read full review

Review of Joanna - James Young

"Remembering The Day", thought provoking and uplifting music!

Advantages: Beautiful, thought provoking and uplifting music
Disadvantages: none

"Remembering The Day" is such an evocative, beautiful, touching and sensual album, composed / performed by the multiple award winning violinist / composer Catya Maré. I´d like to recommend it to everybody who likes world / ambient / new age music! It is highly original. A mixture of ambient / electronica / classical / new age and world elements. And, in my opinion, it really touches your soul, leaves you refreshed after listening. Catya´s violin ...
...special. In some of her songs she combines her mesmerizing violin sound with a choir, that adds an ethereal quality to the song. I love it! If you like Deep Forest, Enigma, Delirium or classical crossover artists like Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli you might love this one. Worth the money... Cheapest buy at: http://www.soundloud.com/catyamare.aspx Also check out her websites..... www.catyamare.com or www.myspace.com/catyamar ...

Harry112222 27.10.2009 · Read full review
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