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Old 06-18-2018, 05:43 AM   #818 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lilja View Post
I have been getting into balafon music. Fun to play at work and great for focus/calming. And it is happy (A balafon is like a xylophone).

^ Yes, this is great music - soft but cheerful as you suggest. There's a beautiful track @ 20 mins, in which the balafon is accompanied by a violin.

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Kritika - Greek folk


Xylouris White - Mother
^ I like the casual, impromtu start to this album, the shuffling guitar rhythms, and the way the music is not immediately, obviously Greek, the way some Greek music is.
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I'd never heard of Omar Souleyman before, but I'm really enjoying his music, after being tipped off by rostasi. This is a video of such cool people and if I'd posted it yesterday, it would've been Fathers' Day topical too:-

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