Yemen Blues at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC from al yaman Watch Video
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Description: There's been quite a frisson running through the world music community about this band. And I have to call it a BIG band, since it comprises viola, cello, flute, trumpet and trombone along with the requisite percussion, voice and bass. nAlthough the center of it all is singer and composer Ravid Kahalani, he is emphatic in saying that it is a group effort, with arrangements by Omer Avital and every band member contributing something valuable. To my ears, it is remarkably cohesive, considering the
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