[An update to this essay:
Another fruitful Arab/African musical melange:
La
musique gnawa au Maroc:
http://www.medi1.com/player/player.php?i=5739668
http://www.medi1.com/player/player.php?i=5739668
Nota bene a particularly haunting melody, sung in English and Zulu, beginning ten minutes into the interview.
I don't really listen to pop music anymore; but every so often, two cultures interweave, in a way that makes the overfamiliar once again new and strange.
Hear that song separately, here:
“You Shall Rise”
and (with superb video), here:
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