Souad Massi - Mesk Elil
2005

BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, 2006
Winner, Middle East & North Africa. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2006/a4wm_souad.shtml

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For her third album, which was a strong presence on the European world music charts throughout late 2005, the Algerian-born, Paris-based singer-songwriter has chosen to operate on a much larger scale. Mauritanian vocalist Daby Toure (a star in the making if there ever was one), Pascal Danae, a French-born musician of Caribbean ancestry and the versatile Mino Cinelu on percussion are only a few of the capable artists appearing on the recording. The tunes are a mixed bag, jazzy, sophisticated yet for the most part true to their sources; clearly Massi is trying her wings as a composer. Ilhem ("Inspiration") a percussive gem fronted by chiming plucked strings, is infectiously extroverted and packs a strong West African/Touareg flavor, while Khalouni ("Let Me"), a North African-Iberian confection sung with a wonderful male singer named Rabah Kaifa, gets the blood moving. But the title track, with its limp Brazilian-inspired melody and MOR-like string arrangements, is less effective. Ultimately, although Massi's former one-on-one, almost perilously intimate rapport with the listener seems somewhat refracted these days, her message is as timely as ever. Her sensuous alto voice remains swooningly flexible yet serenely unadulterated, a miracle of confident, sensitive femininity.
-- amazon.com

Tracks
01- Mesk Elil (Honeysuckle)
02- Kilyoum (Soon)
03- Ilham (Inspiration)
04- Miwana (I Won't Forget My Roots)
05- Dardjedi (My Grandfather's House)
06- Denya Wezmen (That's Life)
07- Tell Me Why
08- Hagda Wala Akter (There's Worse)
09- Khalouni (Let Me)
10- Malou (Why Is My Heart Sad)
11- Mahli Remix
12- Ilham Remix (mino cinelu fast version)
13- Ilham Remix (mino cinelu slow version)

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