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Les Yeux Noirs
World Village
World | Apr 2003

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Decca
Reviewed 2003-04-18
A French sextet that plays a wild combination of Gypsy & Yiddish music with a touch of French jazz. Led by 2 violin-playing brothers, this band’s been around for 10 years. Good mix of traditional & original material. All of the tracks are worth at least one star, and definitely worth play, but in the interest of space, I recommend the following:

1. Driving and energetic.
2. Very fast with some fun vocals.
3. Slow and simple, a beautiful lament.
5. Fast dance w/a wacky bounce.
6. A slow and sad vocal track, really lovely.
7. Upbeat dance w/a fun, tinny kind of sound..
10. Some contemporary funkiness & a folk theme.
12. Starts slow, gets crazy fast and lively.
14. Hyper-fast strings.
15. Zany fun version of the sabre dance.
16. Fast chorus, claps, a happy, bouncy folk thing.

4/03

Recent airplay

Djelem
anti-heroineFeb 22, 2011
Balamouk, Sanie Cu Zurgale, Ciora
Danse Du Sabre
Jewish Music AlternativeJul 29, 2008
Balamouk, Lluba
Jewish Music AlternativeJun 10, 2008
Lluba, Guene Roma
Jewish Music AlternativeMay 11, 2007
Ciora
the jewish alternativeFeb 02, 2007

Charting

2003-04-21 — 2003-06-23 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Jun 22 2
Jun 8 4
Jun 1 4
May 25 3
May 18 2
May 11 3
May 4 3
Apr 27 3

Track listing

1. Ciora
2. Sanie Cu Zurgale
3. Rozinkhes
4. Joc De Loop
5. Calusul
6. Lluba
7. Hora Ca La Caval
8. Cymbalum
9. Yiddishe Mame
10. Balamouk
11. Ot Azoi
12. Djelem
13. Liebkeit
14. L'alouette
15. Danse Du Sabre
16. Guene Roma
17. Tchaye
18. Lluba