Matt Fink
December 2, 2002
Although it would almost seem self-evident that you shouldn't mix the complexities of
family with art and business, musicians have often gone against this conventional wisdom
and paid the consequences. From Bill Monroe's fallout with his brother Charlie to the
constantly quarreling Gallagher brothers, something about the unique dynamic doesn't
seem to lend itself to much long-term stability. It's hard enough to keep a family
together without adding the extra stress of that kind of endeavor. And even if it's
often a given that brother or family groups will have obvious benefits such as natural
harmonies that will give their music a unique quality, it ultimately seems that too
many theoretical spheres are involved to allow the collaboration to last very long
before going down in flames. Whatever the case, the debut by brothers Faris and Salim
Nourallah makes one hope that they can delay the inevitable for a few more years.
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