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Oran Etkin: Kelenia

Read "Kelenia" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
March 17, 2010

Exposure to traditional African music is limited in the western hemisphere so it is always a pleasant surprise when a recording is released, especially when it is a solid, well above average effort. Clarinetist and saxophonist Oran Etkin has fused Malian music with elements of improvisation and jazz in his debut, Kelenia. This ...

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Kelenia

By Oran Etkin

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Yekeke; Nina; Kelenia; Not A Waltz; Nama; Lacy; Brink; New Dwelling; It Don't Mean A Thing; Damonzon; Kelenia Remembered.

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Oran Etkin: Kelenia

by Martin Gladu
June 15, 2009

As the open air arias of grilling cicadas and bustling barbecues mix in with the distant thumping of convertibles to announce the new solstice, what better than a hot, mellifluously ornate African chant to brush off what is left of spring and get everyone in a festive mood?The cause of celebration? Summer, of course. ...