Artist Camille Album Review
Music Hole Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
Genre: Chanson
Origin: France
Format: Music CD, Import
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2008 release from the French vocalist best known for her work with Nouvelle Vague. Camille's third studio album 'Music Hole' shows a key turn in her career: it is mostly sung in English. "In 'Music Hole', I tried to mix the story-telling, "chansons" feel from musicals with something more tribal: body percussions, minimalist trance, sub bass and throat singing" says Camille.
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Artist Idir Album Review
Identités Label: Saint George / Sbme
Genre: World Fusion
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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"The king of Berber music assembles the best artists in world music today for new interpretations of his classic songs." With voice and guitar Idir has popularized Berber music from Algeria, and the pieces on Identités provide us with a good taste of this rich music.
Artist Issa Album Review
Tooting Broadway Label: Arion
Genre: World Fusion
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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"Kurdish folklore with Jazz and Flamenco..Excellent." Issa is considered to have produced a new style of Kurdish music by mixing flamenco and jazz with Kurdish rhythms and musical forms.
Artist Kali Album Review
Francofaune Label: Tinder
Genre: World Fusion
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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"Mandolin with Carribean music is a unique melodic combination from this talented writer/performer." -- combines zouk- party music of Martinique and Quadeloupe; and reggae. If you love Caribbean music and like to dance, this is for you.
Artist Manu Chao Album Review
La Radiolina Label: Nacional Records
Genre: Basque
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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Infusing rock fundamentals with elements of ska, reggae, punk, and Afro-pop since fronting Mano Negra ("Black Hand") in 1986, Chao's grown by continental leaps as a bandleader since then, as La Radiolina's mix of festival-rousing rock, defiant politics, and multilingual lyrics attests.
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Artist Rabih Abou-Khalil Album Review
Arabian Waltz Label: Enja
Genre: World Fusion
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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On Arabian Waltz Abou-Khalil brings aboard a classical string quartet (two violins, viola, cello) led by Roumanian Alexander Balenescu. Abou-Khalil plays his usual oud (Mideastern lute). The mixture is graceful, powerful and novel.
Artist Rachid Taha Album Review
Made in Medina Label: Ark 21
Genre: World Fusion
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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Rachid Taha returns with a stunning collection of original compositions that owes as much to rock as to his Algerian rai roots, connecting the dots between Europe and the Maghreb. Here he again teams with producer Steve Hillage (Gong, System 7), whose guitar work and arrangements provide the muscular frameworks for Taha's songs and emotive voice.
Artist Thierry Robin Album Review
Gitans Label: Silex
Genre: World Fusion
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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"Gypsy music with Robin's original interpretations and instruments." This fine French guitarist and oud player has gathered a delightful group of singers and players to explore the highways and byways of Gypsy music on this excellent CD.
Artist Toufic Farroukh Album Review
Drab Zeen Label: Le Chant Du Monde Fr
Genre: World Fusion
Origin: France
Format: Music CD
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Toufic Farroukh is a saxophone player and composer of jazz with a middle-eastern flavour stemming from his bi-cultural roots in Lebanon and France. "Drab ZeenAbsolutely brilliant album. First time jazz and electronica have been combined in a totally cohesive, very enjoyable way -- this is a masterpiece, and one that is endlessly fun to listen to."
