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Title: A disappointing experience..
Review: It is unfortunate that only a couple of tracks on this album actually feature african/arabic instrumentation and style. Like so many of global fusion recordings that there is a big danger of failure when the electic instruments are used. it's a big shame that Maryam's talent is wasted on this album and couldn't have been recorded with some real Somali instruments and musicians. The sound of keyboards and the fiddle with their long musical introductions is of very bad taste! I am truely disappointed and hopefully other Somali singers will stay more true to the beautiful sounds of authetic Somali music and not be tempted to make some horrible fusion with celtic or any other european instruments. Somethings were not meant to be mixed and I think this is true for keyboards (or bass guitars) and african music. Especially when there are such charming instruments like the oud to accompany with.
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