KAMI | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

"Although this is only his second album, Kamel El Harrachi is a well-known performer of chaabi, the Algerian popular music that has been around for 100 years or so now. (...) With his rich voice, Kamel is a natural storyteller, which means that non-Arabic speakers may not get the most out of this album. Lesser-known pieces by his father, plus original songs, use call-and-response between Kamel and a chorus, while the arrangements are clear, with Kamel's mandole (a kind of mandolin-oud hybrid) conversing with the banjo, violin and double bass, carried along by the percussion and occasional piano interjections. The recorded sound is wonderfully rich and full, as befits a 21st-century production." - Jo Setters, Songlines.co.uk