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| | reVIEWs: O'Leary |
 | | Andalusia harbored Islam in the Middle Ages: oud-music, whose techniques reach as far east as Pakistan, had its presence there, a presence resounded in the cante jondoö"deep song";or better, cante moroöthe "Moorish song" that registers an African presence as well, and so evokes the other side of the Mediterranean. |
 | | The effect is to enhance what is already present in Mackey's reading and propose a new possible meaning. |
 | | As Mackey reads lines about a flamenco singer as "burr-throat/ threnodist..." and about being "In a dark room/ discussing duende," Hartigan employs a set of Chinese opera drums, clappers, and cymbals toward establishing a dramatic, Noh-like ambiance. |
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