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Artist Ami Saraiya

Chicago songwriter Ami Saraiya might be shimmying along in the current parade of pleasantly eccentric, gypsy-inspired, accordion-wielding acts, but she plays the part with more follow-through than most. Saraiya’s album Archaeologist proves that she can legitimately shred on the squeezebox while wrapping herself up in sparse, elegant orchestration (saw, sousaphone, muted trumpets, strings) and minor-key hints of Old World atmosphere.  

Updated 03/23/2011

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