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"Manensa Asli (Miwawa)" from Mesk Elil
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"Mahli" from Mesk Elil
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Nils Jacobson's Best of 2006
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--by Nils Jacobson

Over the course of 2006, I listened to about 800 new recordings. The discs below represent the high points of this experience. A few releases from 2005 are also included (as noted) because they popped up on the radar after I made last year's list.

North Africa/Middle East

Souad Massi
Mesk Elil (Honeysuckle)
[2005]
(Wrasse) 12/23/06 >> go there
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