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Idan Raichel performing in the United States in March of last year. (Archives) Last update - 12:20 02/07/2007 N.Y. Times: Idan Raichel disc among 'most notable albums' By Haaretz Service A senior music critic for The New York Times has named Cumbancha, a recent album by the Idan Raichel Project of Israel, among "the most notable world music CDs released over the last year." The list of 14 albums compiled by Jon Pareles includes discs from Ghana, Brazil, Romania and the Comoros Islands. "The Idan Raichel Project was a huge hit in Israel for good reason: it envisions a modern, multicultural nation where voices of young and old, Ethiopian and Yemenite, are all heard in songs devoted to love and tolerance," Pareles wrote at the weekend. According to Pareles, keyboardist and songwriter Raichel is "clearly as familiar with Peter Gabriel as with Middle Eastern traditions. His arrangements bind the voices together in somber minor-mode anthems paced by electronic beats, earnestly seeking to uplift. Bookmark to del.icio.us   What's up, doc? Hamas airs television show featuring 'Jew-eating' Bugs Bunny look-alikes. Gaza Trip Livni takes 70 ambassadors on a visit to the Gaza Strip as part of diplomatic campaign.   1.   Now how can I attack Israel on this? 13:07  |  Yonatan 02/07/07   2.   re #1: how can I ...? 14:34  |  brit4palestine 02/07/07   3.   lets attack 14:41  |  prankman 02/07/07   4.   Response to #2 14:44  |  Gavriel Peretz 02/07/07   5.   british 4 palestine 14:52  |  Jessica 02/07/07   6.   Brit 4 Palestine... 15:07  |  Daniel 02/07/07   7.   re #4: Gavriel Peretz 15:08  |  brit4palestine 02/07/07   8.   re 7 15:23  |  bleh 02/07/07   9.   brit4Frankenstein #7 15:37  |  FOX 02/07/07   10.   brit4FRankenstein #2 15:41  |  FOX 02/07/07   11.   re 8: bleh 16:00  |  brit4palestine 02/07/07   12.   so b4p... 16:10  |  marbpl 02/07/07   13.   BneiBrit4Jerusalem your culinary knowledge lacks historical facts 16:42  |  Vino Veritas 02/07/07   14.   re #13: Vino Veritas 17:16  |  brit4palestine 02/07/07   15.   brit4palestine Not thinking of flying........... 18:26  |  Ari ben Yisrael 02/07/07

Today Online Israeli embassies on high alert following Mughniyah killing Responses: 37 Yossi Melman: It's not whether Hezbollah will respond, but how Responses: 30 IDF experts suggest 'surprise' roadblocks instead of checkpoints Responses: 16 Ari Shavit: The Israeli Barak is not like the American Barack Responses: 9 U.S., Israel have always busied themselves in each other's political world Responses: 2 Rosner's Domain Was the U.S. involved in the killing of Mughniyah? Jewish vote in Maryland: Why was Clinton on top? Poll: Was killing Mughniyah both justified and wise? Israel should stop giving fuel/food to Gaza (WTR) Guest: Bush is a friend and a very wise and courageous leader More Headlines 11:16 IDF bombs Gaza buildings used for rocket launching 13:42 Ballistic expert: Israel ignoring option of U.S. anti-rocket system 09:23 Israel embassies on high alert following Mughniyah killing 14:12 Study: 30,000 children slipped below poverty line in 2007 12:20 IDF experts suggest 'surprise' roadblocks in place of checkpoints 11:23 State offers to halve settlers' personal debts to NIS 350M 13:44 Hariri memorial and Mughniyah funeral splitting Beirut into twoivide Beirut residents 08:58 Bush orders new Syria sanctions over Lebanon, Iraq instabilities 13:03 ADL urges Polish Catholics to decry anti-Semitic Krakow meet 14:03 Condition improves for Sderot boy severely injured by Qassam 11:46 Israelis can soon travel the world with shekels in their pockets 09:52 ANALYSIS: Mughniyah killing appened under noses of Iran and Syria 10:07 Sanitation levels in Eilat hotels said to be substandard 10:26 China 'regrets' Spielberg's boycott of Olympics over Darfur Previous Editions Select Day 13 feb 12 feb 11 feb 10 feb 08 feb 07 feb 06 feb 05 feb 04 feb 03 feb 01 feb 31 jan

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