Lion of Panjshir
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The Los Angeles musician, Ariana Delawari — aka Lion of Panjshir — is half Afghan and half Sicilian and makes wonderfully enlightened weirdo folk rock. I hope she takes that as a compliment! Her music is delicate and powerful and she is a pure artist. Everything she does has that magic light in it. She made her new album partially in Afghanistan, and many of the lyrics deal with the continued oppression of people’s liberties by the Taliban.
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Brandobean Saturday 17 January 2009
I’m all for people doing semi-ironic covers of pop hits. Especially if they add a little ethnic style to it, but this is just terrible. It’s sloppy, there are rampant pitch problems, and it sounds very much like someone’s little sister doing a cover just for fun with a 4-track at home. It lacks the conviction to sound like it was done on purpose and the charm for the off-key vocals to sound endearing. 1 star.