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Re: New Singles--some thoughts

From: Markku Kolkka <mk59200@intianrastas.cs.tut.FI>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 11:32:18 GMT
Subject: Re: New Singles--some thoughts
In-Reply-To: briarpatch!billy@uunet.uu.net's message of Mon, 13 Sep 1993 05: 02:22 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Tampere University of Technology
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In article <9309130158.0.UUL1.1#120@briarpatch.UUCP> briarpatch!billy@uunet.uu.net (Billy Green) writes:

>   Musically, yes, it's very repetitive.  I want to avoid calling it Latin
>   music until I find what a Valiha is (an instrument played by Paddy and
>   someone else).

I've only heard the .WAV file version, but I thought it sounded
African, not Caribbean or Latin. Valiha is an African (or actually
Madacascan (sp?)) guitar-like instrument.

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	Markku Kolkka
	mk59200@cs.tut.fi