Articles by Chris Burek

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  Bombino

  Agadez

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2011

  Countless mainstream artists often bombard their listeners with claims of authenticity and urban street credentials in an effort to separat...

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  Les Chauds Lapins

  Amourettes

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2011

  Brooklyn, NY-based duo Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt, the leaders of Les Chauds Lapins (the Hot Rabbits), specialize in a range of French...

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  Goran Bregovic

  Alkohol Sljivovica & Champagne

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2011

  Alkohol (the latest release from Serbian sensation Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Band) is an excited, crowd-pleasing pursuit o...

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  Yasmin Levy

  Sentir

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2011

  Yasmin Levy's sultry, enchanting voice could melt the heart of the manliest of men. It's no wonder that this celebrated, young Israeli sing...

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  Five Alarm Funk

  Anything Is Possible

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2011

  The self-produced, third studio album from this Vancouver, BC posse contains 14 youthful, exuberant tracks that groove with intensity and u...

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  Tarun Nayar

  22 Degrees of Beatitude

  PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2011

  22 Degrees of Beatitude is the sound of Tarun Nayar's musical journey across the globe combining electronic samples with the sounds of vari...