Abdel Hadi Halo & the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers

• Abdel Hadi Halo & the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers [Honest Jon's, 2008] ***

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Abdel Hadi Halo & the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers [Honest Jon's, 2008]
Six guttural excursions in chaabi, where the bendir and derbouka sound folkloric to you and the piano and banjo sound Western to them ("Win Saadi," "Lalla Fatima"). ***