| Toot Ard / Laissez Passer |
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| Album: | Laissez Passer | Collection: | Out for Review | |
| Artist: | Toot Ard | Added: | Apr 2017 | |
| Label: | Palmetto Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-05-04 | Pull Date: | 2017-07-06 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jul 9 | Jul 2 | Jun 25 | Jun 18 | Jun 11 | Jun 4 | May 28 | May 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 14, 2022: | At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from Jun 14, 2017) Asfur | 4. | Jul 01, 2017: | Music Casserole Bayati Blues | |
| 2. | Feb 11, 2022: | At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from May 10, 2017) Laissez Passer | 5. | Jun 28, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Laissez Passer | |
| 3. | Jul 05, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Laissez Passer | 6. | Jun 21, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Asfur |
| Album Review |
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| DJ McGriddle Reviewed 2017-04-27 | ||
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Toot Ard (Berry of the Earth) plays "Mountain Raggae", a very unique blend of upbeat Afrobeat and Arab rhythm on traditional rock instruments. This is a relatively new band from Palestine. RIYL Tinariwen, Cairokee. Electric guitar, Arabic vocals. I am a HUGE fan of every song here, and they're all quite accessible. 1. **** (3:55) Upbeat Afrobeat. Talking about not belonging to any specific citizenship. "Your home, your country, unknown... But if you ask me, I say I play the 'Oud!" 2. ***** (4:10) Happy, epic, danceable. "Rise, rise, Sparrow! Fly high!" Romanticizing the bird. Beautiful, spacey 45 sec intro. Sax, 3. **** (3:25) "I loved you in flight, I loved you in flowers, I loved you in the sea..." 4. ***** (5:23) "In the middle of the desert, inside a tent..." Almost instrumental song, lots of great jam/solo. 5. ***** (3:47) Dynamic, fusion, instrumental, upbeat. Very Arab sounding key, Afro beat, with sax solo departure to Western jazz. 6. *** (3:20) Slow dancey, sweet. "Mountain breeze" . "What's up with this girl--that perfume piques an interest for a crazy love". | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Laissez Passer | 4. | Sahraa | |||
| 2. | Asfur | 5. | Bayati Blues | |||
| 3. | Habeitek | 6. | Nasma Jabaliya |