Title: Terra Nostra
Product review: I bought the CD (actually 2 of them, one for a friend), as a result of a National Public Radio Magazine article about Sevina (article complete with great music clps). BUT, when the CD arrived and I played it, I was greatly disappointed. This CD needs a National Geographic Label not a Popular Music Label. Savina offers outstanding ethnic and musical talent. Sevina's haunting mid-Eastern "replicas" of Enja and Fairuz are wonderful but there are only five or six tracks that could be used in a group appreciation (party) environment, these are eclipsed by a cacaphony of, probably ethnically accurate, but tooth and spine jarring interpretations of multi- ethnic sounds. Note the word sounds - not music. For 13 bucks it's a great listening experience but it's one of those CD's that you listen to once and then bury - unless you have a CD burner and can pick and copy the up the best five.
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