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- Record Label: Transgressive
- Release Date: Dec 16, 2016
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- Summary: The live recording includes former members of the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music, Damon Albarn, Bashy, Julia Holter, Eslam Jawaad, Seckou Keita, Bu Kolthoum, Bassekou Kouyaté, Malikah, Noura Mint Seymali, Rachid Taha, Mounir Troudi, Paul Weller, and Faia Younan.
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- Record Label: Transgressive
- Genre(s): International
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Dec 9, 2016Definitely one of 2016's better achievements. [Jan 2017, p.99]
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Dec 9, 2016Defying all bureaucracy, borders, and strife, this concert and this orchestra proves that art at its very best is a grand gesture of empathy above all.
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Q MagazineDec 9, 2016The real highlights are when the orchestra are left to fly, communicating the powerful feeling underpinning a reunion that was clearly as poignant as it was joyful. [Jan 2017, p.104]
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UncutDec 9, 2016The famous guests broaden the appeal--but ultimately it's the Syrians who are the true stars. [Jan 2017, p.32]
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Dec 22, 2016It’s an entertaining, impressively varied set, and includes a fine reworking of the Blur song Out of Time. But the Syrian Orchestra surely deserved a full album of their own material, accompanied by a second set of collaborations.
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