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Borders Books • Music • Cafe of Richfield

Located at the intersection of I-494 and 35W at Lyndale Avenue. The Borders Store in Richfield features a fabulous world music collection with headphones for your previewing pleasure.

from Borders of Richfield we'll be hearing:

Eric Fernandez
Magic Gipsy
Adios Andalucia
Shalom Israel
Nostalgia Otoman
Higher Octave
Modern-day Gipsy, Eric Fernandez, intertwines many of the diverse musical textures and traditions of the Mediterranean into a seamless and expansive Mediterranean basin soundscape featuring: flamenco guitar and vocals, Arabian percussion and Moroccan rhythms, Turk doudouks and the voices of Sardinian shepards

George Dalaras
A Portrait
Klirothika (I was Chosen)
Kir' Kostaki Ela Konda (Mr Kostaki, Join Us)
Minos EMI - Hemisphere
It is said that George Dalaras the most important popular artist in the modern history of Greece. Dalaras has produced nearly 50 solo albums during his 30 year music career.

Andrea Bocelli
Canto Della Terra also on Sogno
Canto Della Terra (radio version)
Official Web-Site: Andrea Bocelli
Polydor

Cheb Mami
Meli Meli
Alache Alik
Rani Maak El Youm
ARC21
Cheb Mami is acknowledged as the premier voice of the Rai movement.Recorded in Paris. Cheb Mami is known for mixing traditional Algerian beats with western rhythms and technology.