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Sample Track 1:
"Khaira" from Timbuktu Tarab
Sample Track 2:
"Djaba" from Timbuktu Tarab
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Pasadena Weekly, Album Reivew >>

THE SWAY MACHINERY FEATURING KHAIRA ARBY, The House of Friendly Ghosts Vol. 1 (JDub): (4 stars out of 5)

The Brooklyn collective, featuring Balkan Beat Box guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood and members drawn from Antibalas, Arcade Fire and Tom Waits, teamed with Mali’s Khaira Arby after playing Timbuktu’s Festival in the Desert last year. Talk about inspiration — it’s worth hearing for Arby’s dynamo vocal riffs over Youba’s slamming drums and squalling saxophones alone. The fusion of African rhythms, Jewish cantorial music, American blues and rock into one musically and emotionally compelling brew makes this one of 2011’s most original releases. At the El Rey in LA Tuesday. swaymachinery.com 


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