Pop Matters,
Best World Music 2010
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There have been so many reissues of great music this year, I felt justified in including this one, a truly magnificent sampling of sub-Saharan Nubian musicians working an Afro-Arab fusion of styles in the 1970s. Different from your expected Afro-pop, it isn’t precisely Middle Eastern music either—although that flavor is certainly strong. Highlights include Ali Hassan Kuban’s lively “Bettitogor Agil” and the funky harmonica and wah-wah guitar of Alnubia Band’s “Kobana”. Soft, breathy vocals from Salwa Abou Greisha alternate with plucked oud lines on “Galbi El Atouf” before the song breaks into a soft, insistent shuffle as unexpected as it is captivating 12/16/10
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