Title: Nice sound... but it's not balkan
Product review: Beirut certainly has a pretty sound... but it lacks the aggressiveness that is characteristic of a Balkan brass band. The music is laid back and lazy. And while the band seems to consist of talented musicians, Condus' trumpet isn't anything special. I don't understand why this band has become popular.The band, for whatever reason, plays Balkan music but names themselves after a Middle Eastern city. There sound doesn't really describe, in my opinion, the sound which makes these regions so great.I've even heard this band compared to the Janissary-Turkish sound, but I don't hear that either.I would stay away from this album if your looking for authentic Balkan-gypsy folk music... or anything that sounds like it has spirit.
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