Word: kalimba
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...fellow folk-rocker Zach Condon of Beirut: tasteful sampling from a wide range of musical influences without ever seeming like world-music kitsch. “(a)spera” ends with “While We Have the Sun,” featuring a tingling melody on a kalimba, underlining Mirah’s capacity to make pure prettiness from exotic and unexpected elements. She ends the album on a hopeful note singing, “Sorry about all the sorrows.” It’s a tempered end to an album about the melding of beauty...