| Boniche, Lili / Trésors De La Musique Judéo-Arabe |
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| Album: | Trésors De La Musique Judéo-Arabe | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Boniche, Lili | Added: | Dec 2014 | |
| Label: | World Village/ Harmonia Mundi | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-01-04 | Pull Date: | 2015-03-08 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 | Jan 11 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 11, 2015: | Mix Tape Ma Bine Eih (What's With Us?) | 4. | Feb 21, 2015: | Mix Tape Guitarra | |
| 2. | Mar 07, 2015: | Music Casserole Elli Ghir | 5. | Feb 21, 2015: | BravoMarco Variety Show Alger Alger | |
| 3. | Feb 28, 2015: | Music Casserole Ana Fil Houb (I'm In Love) | 6. | Feb 19, 2015: | Mix Tape Ma Bine Eih (What's With Us?) |
| Album Review |
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| Abu Ramses Reviewed 2014-12-28 | ||
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Lili Boniche, “Tresors de la musique judéo-arabe” (World Village, 2014) Reviewed by Abu Ramses Lili Boniche (1922-2008), born in Algiers to a Spanish-Jewish family, sings in Arabic & French & plays oud, accompanied by piano, accordion, clarinet & violin. A cult album in world music circles first released in 2004. This reissue has 3 previously unreleased tracks. Musical fusion at its best - North African folk, French chanson, tango & rumba. He called it "francarabe." These poetic ballads are a variant of Algerian chaabi (popular) music that emerged between the 2 world wars & flourished until Algerian independence in 1962. Boniche moved to France in 1947 & became a fixture at the prestigious Le Soleil d'Algérie cabaret, where he was a favorite of future President François Mitterand. He returned to Algeria but like most Jews, left in 1962. From the late 1990s he (& Enrico Macias) led the revival Algerian chaabi in France. Try 1, 2, 9, 12 Tracks 1. Ana El Owerka – mid-tempo ballad - 5:47 2. Mazalat Fi Bali - (You’re still on my mind) – Violin improv, vocal solo in Jewish cantorial style, then upbeat 6/8 - 6:01 3. Ma Bine Eih (What’s with us?) - Latin beat with clarinet break - 5:05 4. Guitarra – tango style ensemble - 3:03 5. Inchallah Terbah - (God willing, you’ll win) - Piano & bongo lead Latin-Arab tune - 2:57 6. Golo Le Fene – solo piano, violin, vocal improv, lot of embellishment - 5:46 7. Ana Fil Houb (I’m in love) – slow violin & clarinet solos, then mid-tempo blend of Arab/Latin beat - 5:37 8. Bambino – All Latin beat - 2:45 9. Alger Alger – his signature tune, slow love ballad to his home town - 5:17 10. Ya Taleb – deceptively slow violin intro to md-tempo arabesque -5:36 11. Le Mariage – (The wedding) – Mid-tempo, Judeo-Spansih traditional /Franco-Algerian wedding dance music - 6:52 12. Elli Ghir – Perhaps the most “Arab” sound on the CD, chaabi style - 8:59 13. Elli Hebna – Andalusian piano riff intro, French chanson style - 3:10 | ||
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